Where next in the UK and Ireland?

I can't do June and May may be too short notice - so I'd prefer July. I am not worried about the day.

Phil Wood wrote: Overall I'd prefer a day in London.

Thanks Phil, and on that note, before this proposal completely loses traction, let us say we do have a 2025 UK meet in the capital city, please help in firming up a date. After which we can decide on the location.

So, London, 2025, would you prefer:

May / June / July?

and either:

week day or Sat/Sun?

I like London, it isn't too expensive or difficult to access by train, avoiding the obvious peak travel times and I have happy memories of my days with Dyxumers at Greenwich in 2013 and South Kensington museums in 2018 and it is high time for another one

EDIT: This post is intended for everyone, not just Phil   


Edited by bonneville - 25 April 2025 at 15:49

For Brands, the midweek days (so track days and testing days) are free. They tend to show up on the strip calendar 'Whats on track at Brands Hatch' thingie as black, while the events you have to pay for seem to be red.. They usually have a testing day on Fridays (prior to the weekend events)

Well, I'm up for most stuff - I can generally fit a date in around my Nolan trips and should be able to attend (barring family emergencies).

Some options spring to mind:

South Kensington Museums
RAF Museum
Greenwich
Docklands/Wapping
South Bank
Brands Hatch

I think all of these can be done for free and, other than Brands Hatch are accessible by public transport (if we had a couple of people with cars they could pick thers up from a station). Brands Hatch is expensive for race days, but practice days/track days (most Fridays) are free entry and free parking and offer an opportunity to shoot some moving vehicles with relatively few people or other distractions around.

...There may be other places as well - I'm keen to go to places I haven't been before - so I's be very interested in other suggestions.

First shots of the meet are posted here ;


Dyxum Manchester meet up November 2024

It seems that Piccadilly is being chosen to fit my arrival? If so I have a spanner to put in the works! I will be there as planned, but have just realised (typical bad planning in my part) that most museums will be closed on Monday. As I particularly want to visit Salford Museum it will have to be on Sunday, between my arrival and 4pm.
Perhaps you two may wish to join up earlier and check out Castleford in slightly better light - and I will join you at Salford Quays?

alanfrombangor wrote: Where exactly should we meet? Piccadilly is a pbig station.

I've never taken any notice of what's in the station as I've passed threw it , but a quick Google search shows three cafes.
A Caffe Nero , Black sheep coffee and cocktails and Moose coffee.

Looking at the pictures posted , the Black sheep coffee one seems to have a decent sized seating area if we're waiting for trains to arrive .

Any preference ?