G-Wagon 40th Anniversary at Mercedes Brooklands

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Very well done Gooch.  Thouroughly enjoyed the day in spite of having to use the ML.  I am giving our discussion a lot of thought and will be in touch soon.

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Same.  Great to meet G fans and hear all their experience and stories with Gs, and see so many examples in one place, old to new, short to long, petrol to diesel (and even LPG I think) - all have great road appeal.  An annual (or ad hoc) attempt at further meets should follow more easily.

 

 

 

 

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Very well done Gooch.  A very friendly gathering with more G Wagens in one place than I have seen for a long time. This has to be done more often. 

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Thanks guys for the support!

Yes Fraj we need more events, maybe some green lane cruising events, Shockl mountain in Austria even !!! Im up for anything.

I am very happy we got MB-World to greet us and make this event Special.

We can do another meet soon if everyone wants soon?

Ace Cafe? German night oooooohhh thats cool stuff lol

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jdring wrote:

Same.  Great to meet G fans and hear all their experience and stories with Gs, and see so many examples in one place, old to new, short to long, petrol to diesel (and even LPG I think) - all have great road appeal.  An annual (or ad hoc) attempt at further meets should follow more easily.

 

There will be further meets soon

Lets get things rolling faster lol

 

 

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Thank you Gooch, it was a great day and a super crowd of G enthusiasts. 

Good venue for a first meeting and look forward to the next.

Many thanks and best regards.

Rowland.

 

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Cannot seem to upload digital pics ouch !

Give me a day or so guys thanks!

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I love the last pucture of Theo’, Waiting patiently to park his lovely G lol

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Rowland Kenny wrote:

 

Thank you Gooch, it was a great day and a super crowd of G enthusiasts. 

Good venue for a first meeting and look forward to the next.

Many thanks and best regards.

Rowland.

 

Thank you for coming, really appreciate your time and effort in this event!

Hopefully soon we should do another meeting who knows 

Take care and thanks for supporting our beloved G’s

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Guys i will get hopefully the Digi pictures on here soon, maybe the Youtube videos links too!

Will keep you updated on the Magazine spread also

Thank you to all for the support in doing this event!

Cheers

Gooch

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Photos look amazing, really sad to not have been able to make it. Well done on organising Gooch, these things take a lot of time so its really appreciated. 

My partner and me run a small German bar in north Milton keynes and would love to host a meet up if anyone is interested? 

 

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hniblett wrote:

Photos look amazing, really sad to not have been able to make it. Well done on organising Gooch, these things take a lot of time so its really appreciated. 

My partner and me run a small German bar in north Milton keynes and would love to host a meet up if anyone is interested? 

 

This sounds like a good plan, have you got details? Website etc

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gooch wrote:

hniblett wrote:

Photos look amazing, really sad to not have been able to make it. Well done on organising Gooch, these things take a lot of time so its really appreciated. 

My partner and me run a small German bar in north Milton keynes and would love to host a meet up if anyone is interested? 

 

This sounds like a good plan, have you got details? Website etc

The MK biergarten in wolverton, http://www.mkbiergarten.co.uk/ the facebook is probably a little more up to date. 

 

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the facebook.  Love it.

A G meet and convoy there one Saturday might book the cafe takings as well and be a nice trip out.  I'd love a bratwurst.

Pick a date and circulate for suitability.  Good for a early pm timeslot maybe.

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To me, the important thing is, what's the parking situation?

 

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Looks like parking is plentiful either side of the Bar, but not in the complex itself?  Tesco car park one side, Wolverton Station car part the other.

And its a bar not a Cafe, sorry.  But if we planned a Saturday, they do hot pretzels!  It would be a short meet because one could only sample one or 2 biers if driving, so should have something on tap, like coffee??  Over to you.

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Sounds like a plan chaps.

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we have a streetfood van every other friday evening if you want food, next one is the 28th July and is jamacian curry i think...

We do coffee and tea every day and pretzels on a saturday, no bratwurts i'm affraid though unless you get the right streetfood evening. There is a very good tapas restaurant two doors down called Cafe Ole. 

Parking is plentiful around the shop. Dont use tesco, its a short walk, but to drive you go all the way round, its a bit awkward as there is a railway line inbetween. 

for dates how about:

  • friday 28th June
  • Saturday 29th June
  • Saturday 13th June

Any takers? First round is on me :-) 

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Sorry I am late with this but would like to add my thanks to Gooch for organising the MB World G-Day.

A great opportunity to meet and catch up with other G-Owners and share info and war-stories, much appreciated.

Hope to see you all again soon.

Best wishes to all

OE68

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niblett..  next weekend is a bit too soon. Happy to try Sat 13th July.  That works for me and a trip to Wolverton.  It sounds like there are a few parking spots around, a canal round the back and a park across the road (if anyone has dogs to walk!)

Late pm sound OK....?   say 4pm.   

Saturday 13th July, 4pm,  MK Biergarten, Wolverton.

A Beer/Drink and Pretzel or whatever you have for sale.  I'm sure a handful might make it, even though this site is not the most visited anymore.  I'll decide which G to bring later.  The 350Cdi is more modern and economical than the 230GE

 

 

 

 

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Saturday the 13th sounds good to me. see you there! 

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On the back of this successful meet, and the discussions held there about GWOA future.

There will be an EGM (concall) on Sunday 30th June 2019, at 7pm  (UK)

Please see http://gwoa.co.uk/content/club-where-are-we#comment-88263 

Would love to have you all on the proposed EGM call.  Lets get this rolling and elect a new working Committee for GWOA. 

The separate GWOA Limited Company can then be addressed, before it is struck off the Companies House Register.

Regards

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Although I keep bashing the screen - sometimes quite hard - it still comes up as "Access denied". We'll not be able to join you BUT we will be thinking of you and wishing you all well. There are so many good folk out there, with so much knowledge. All power to ye!