Please note as we have to advise numbers beforehand, booking for this event closed at 9:00 on Friday 4th
The Sunday (6th) Run is to Hopton Hall nr Carsington Water, meeting in Morrisons Cafe Hillsborough, Sheffield S6 2GY (as Towsure is being refurbished) at 9:30, leaving at 10:10, our route will take us by The Ladybower Reservoir to The Hope Valley and up The Winnats Pass and onto Buxton via Sparrow Pit and Dove Holes.
Our late morning comfort stop is at Pooles Cavern in Buxton where we will have a quick tea or coffee in our own private room.
We have been asked to pre order to give them a rough idea of our requirements. Car parking £2.00
From there its onto Hopton Hall via Breirlow Bar, Glutton Bridge, Hulme End, Hartington, Newhaven, Pike Hall (No relation to Humpty), Grange Mill Crossroads, Longcliffe, nr Brassington to Hopton Hall where altogether parking has been organized for the MX-5s. Parking is Free ,Admission to the Snowdrop Walk is £5.00 per person. The plan is then to ‘Wander through Drifts of delicate snowdrops in 5 acres of woodland and marvel at the first signs of Derbyshire spring’.
From their web site
However after many long discussions over the past few months we have decided that we will not offer in-house Cafe facilities. We want to keep our visitors and staff safe and given COVID 19 and all the challenges that it has brought, we have decided that it would be inappropriate to open the Snowdrop Cafe in the west wing of the Hall. We do however hope to offer outside catering options this season for a bracing cuppa and a cake.
This is not a National Trust property so admission charges apply
The final part of the run is to The Shalimar Indian Restaurant in Rowsley for one of their award winning curries, via Godfreyhole, Wirksworth, Cromford, Matlock Bath and Matlock. Tables are booked for 2:30 onwards
Total Mileage Hillsborough to The Shalimar approx 65 miles.
Please note the starting point has been recently changed from Towsure to Morrisons
Members from all MX-5 Club Areas (and prospective members) are welcome to register then join or leave at any point, please let the leader know if you intend to do this so we are not waiting for you, and if you are leaving mid route, ensure that the cars behind know you are leaving the convoy, or you may find you have extra guests at your house for tea !!!!
Please study the clubs Good Driving Guide before coming on a run
The Route Card will be available here on or before the Friday before the run, please print it out and bring it with you.
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