What: Run to Ashbourne and on to Great British Car Journey
When: Thursday, 6th October 9:30am depart, 18:00 (latest) leave the museum
Cost: It depends how many of us there are and on your age! Maximum price to enter the museum is £16 per adult. Concessions for groups of 12+ and over 65s. Please see: Directions, Open Hours & Prices - Great British Car Journey
Menu for the cafe at the museum: GBCJ_Cafe_menu_2022.docx
Please post here or in the Facebook group if you can come, thank you!
Going (so far):
Mike and Anna (organising)
Chris Davis
John Shuck
Lynn and Roy
Ben and Marg
Chris and Christine
Joining in Ashbourne (NEM members):
Steve and Rachel Thompson
Ann and David Mortiboys
David and Anita Tidman
Nigel Beardsmore
James
Details:
- Meet at the Costa Drive Thru on the A449/M54 roundabout on the outskirts of Wolverhampton at 9:15am for a c. 9:30am depart. Access to Costa’s car park is the service road after the A449 southbound and before the M54 westbound exit - you leave the roundabout as though you are visiting the Porsche garage and drive all the way around it.
- Drive to Penkridge via A449, take the Teddesley Road to Brocton, on to Milford, then Tixall, and back towards Stafford to pick up the A518 where it heads out via the County Showground. This is the most complicated part of the route but it’s quite a nice run and won’t be busy at the time we drive it.
- Take the A518 all the way to Uttoxeter, then the A50 towards Derby, and A515 to Ashbourne, arriving by 11:00am.
- Parking will be in Shawcroft Car Park in Ashbourne off the A517 Park Road, postcode DE6 1GD where we will hopefully meet up with NEM members. Car park information: Ashbourne - Derbyshire Dales District Council
- Have coffee and/or wander around Ashbourne in small groups, followed by an early lunch then leave at approx. 1pm for the museum, which is about 30 minutes away.
Some cafes that look good:
- Bramhalls Deli & Cafe: Google Maps
- The Little Shed: Google Maps
- Beaumont’s of Ashbourne: Google Maps
Travelling to the museum is straightforward from Ashbourne:
- Take the A517 east to Belper
- Join the A6 Matlock Road and head north through Ambergate and the museum is situated off the A6
An alternative would be to detour around Carsington Water, but that may be a bit much to fit in unless we’re ahead of schedule.
We will arrive at the museum for by 2pm, where there is also a cafe if you haven’t had lunch. The remainder of the day will be spent at the museum (as long as you wish up to 6pm). Head home separately or in groups.
Note: Drive Dad’s Car (where you pay extra to drive one of a selection of their vehicles) is not available on this day, but Anna and I will be going on another date (TBC) to do that.
Route overview:
The museum’s cafe menu is available for you to view (link in first post) but I intend to look for places in Ashbourne or between Ashbourne and the museum that have a more extensive menu for an early lunch. I’m treating food at the museum as a fallback. I will get in touch with the museum to see how they would cope if we turned up wanting lunch and have not preordered food so leave it with me.
