We attended the UK Owners Club National event on September 10th~12th in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales. A weekend of great driving and fun.
The event was really well organised by Rob & Charlotte who had meticulously planned the weekends events, a huge thankyou to them as it could not have been easy to do and must have taken them days of work. Great job!
We had booked a Caravan at the Lakeside Caravan Park (https://llangorselake.co.uk) along with a bunch of other club members and our plan was to set out around 11:30am on Friday 10th and meet up for a drink around 6pm. Our route would take us out to Thame and then onto Oxford to pick up the A40 and follow it all the way to our destination.
Along the way I had booked us in for lunch at the The Royal Oak, Burford. A beautiful stone built pub off the main street of Burford which has some nice beers on tap and a great selection of food, well worth seeking out.
The traffic around Oxford was a nightmare and it took us longer than we had hoped but BART coped with it well and didn't overheat! After lunch we headed back out and made good progress until we got to Monmouth where we faced a 30min traffic jam. The Satnav took us off the A40 at Huntley to cut the corner via the A4136 but by the time we realised the amount of traffic trying to cross the River Wye we where stuck.
After that hick up we picked up the A40 again and made it to our destination, a little late but relieved!
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| BART and Caravan |
The following morning we all gathered for some photos and coffee to clear our heads after the night before and get prepped for the days driving. Rob had worked out routes over the Black Mountain pass for the morning and an afternoon run that would see us all end up in Brecon in the afternoon. A meal had been organised at the Caravan park for the evening and a bit of light fun with a Quiz and chat afterwards.
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| Curious Swan |
24 cars attended in total with only one suffering a mishap with some serious engine issues. The Black Mountain run was spectacular, there is a short video published at the bottom of this page and an action shot of BART: photos.app.goo.gl/jwn9BELJUEM9SSNf7 and more pictures here: https://www.x1-9ownersclub.org.uk/forum/4-news-and-views/31657-the-brecon-national-a-few-pictures.html
For the second day there was a more gentle and less frantic drive out to the Elan Valley reservoir and lunch at the Penbont Tea Rooms. We all met up at the visitors car park where for a bit of fun we all voted for their favourite car and cleanest engine. I was incredible surprised and bowled over when I was told BART had won the favourite car section, thank you guys!
At Elan Valley Rob had arranged for Youtuber 'HubNut' to meet up and review one of the x1/9s. To say he was impressed would be an understatement his video can be seen on the following link and also the convoy of x1/9s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzyIOMfSNPg
Its probably one of the best reviews of the x1/9 on the internet.
After lunch we parted ways with everybody heading home. We covered 457 fun (well mostly) filled miles and averaged approx 40mpg despite some hard driving. Many thanks to the owners club committee and especially Rob, Charlotte and Juliet.
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