After six months of planning and with over 20 convoys confirmed for the night, we were well looking forward to this. Plus we were heading further north for once, so we were looking forward to a change of scenery.

After pulling onto Rochdale the turnout wasn't too bad considering the weather, and there were a few new faces, which is always nice. We made our way up to Birch Services to meet up with Saxokel's convoy, and as usual once we were all together the night looked quite promising.

Again there were plenty of new faces and nicely modified motors. Where do they all spring from?? Anyway, we set off towards Lancaster to where Pug Luver was waiting, and our very own Sy was giving us updates, which were promising.....to begin with.

Deciding to go ahead of everyone else meant CossieRob and myself were the first of the north west to arrive, only to find about 30 cars parked up just off the motorway sliproad in a Holiday Inn car park with a very worried looking Pug Luver. It turned out that the coppers were ahead of the cruise, and had blocked off pretty much everything in the area. Gutted. In these situations there really is only one option....... Blackpool. Blackpool can always be relied on when you need to save a cruise.

So off we set to Blackpool, as the word slowly filtered through to all the convoys. Forton Services, where the majority of people had ended up waiting whilst a decision was made. After CossieRob and Sy got a bit giddy with their speeds on the motorway, we ended being the first onto the coach car park in Blackers.

Half an hour later the place was jammed with some very tidy motors and the stereos were turned up, and it ended up being a very chilled atmosphere, in more than way than one! Taking pics whilst not being able to feel your hands is not a very enjoyable experience, believe me!

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