by benofbrum » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:59 am
Congratulations to John for organising such successful event. He got a story in the local press the week before, which brought in a number of locals, several of whom knew nothing of Midas and the factory's history. 13 Midas's took park from far and wide, plus one Mini Marcos which had also been produced in the factory. The press were again there taking lots of pictures on the day.
As were were preparing to go over the top to the Oilcan Cafe near Holmfirth, the heavens very suddenly opened. I mean SUDDENLY, it went instantly from a few light spots to a deluge so that by the time we got into the cars, everyone was quite wet. The deluge continued all the way from Greenhill to nearly into Holmfirth showing a Midas limitation, namely the demisting system in extreme conditions. Everyone was driving with one hand on the wheel and a wiping cloth in the other. A great shame, since otherwise the climb out of Greeenhill, several miles with a continuous flow of curves, would have been a blast.
The Oilcan Cafe also got the thumbs up; an interesting and popular venue with generous proportions of good food.
Tony Moss and I had a great day out, thoroughly enjoying the fun up from Birmingham and Coventry through Derbyshire. Just what Midas's were designed for.