{"id":2021,"date":"2018-05-19T23:59:03","date_gmt":"2018-05-19T22:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2025-01-31T13:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T13:10:20","slug":"80-sevens-on-the-2018-taffia-fish-and-chip-run-drone-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/05\/19\/80-sevens-on-the-2018-taffia-fish-and-chip-run-drone-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"80+ Sevens on the 2018 Taffia Fish and Chip Run &#8211; Drone Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, my co-driver (Joel) and I took part in the Lotus7.club 2018 Taffia Fish and Chip Run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll put a longer post together when I get a chance along with hopefully a YouTube Video, but for those interested, here\u2019s a drone shot I took just before we all left from Chepstow to Aberdovey on a 250 mile round trip for Fish and Chips!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/D94DCDBC-E48E-4F3E-8AD8-0C4B8B710FF5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"438\" data-attachment-id=\"2022\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/05\/19\/80-sevens-on-the-2018-taffia-fish-and-chip-run-drone-shot\/d94dcdbc-e48e-4f3e-8ad8-0c4b8b710ff5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/D94DCDBC-E48E-4F3E-8AD8-0C4B8B710FF5-e1526850250226.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2545,1858\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1526755085&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"D94DCDBC-E48E-4F3E-8AD8-0C4B8B710FF5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Drone shot of car park&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/D94DCDBC-E48E-4F3E-8AD8-0C4B8B710FF5-e1526850250226-2048x1495.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/D94DCDBC-E48E-4F3E-8AD8-0C4B8B710FF5-e1526850250226-600x438.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/D94DCDBC-E48E-4F3E-8AD8-0C4B8B710FF5-e1526850250226-600x438.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/D94DCDBC-E48E-4F3E-8AD8-0C4B8B710FF5-e1526850250226-768x561.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/D94DCDBC-E48E-4F3E-8AD8-0C4B8B710FF5-e1526850250226-2048x1495.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I understand there were over 80 Sevens that headed out and more like 90 by the time we got to Aberdovey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fantastic day out in glorious weather&#8230; Highly Recommended!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, my co-driver (Joel) and I took part in the Lotus7.club 2018 Taffia Fish and Chip Run. I\u2019ll put a longer post together when I get a chance along with hopefully a YouTube Video, but for those interested, here\u2019s a drone shot I took just before we all left from Chepstow to Aberdovey on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,51],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-2021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blat","category-caterham-blog","tag-blats"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/D94DCDBC-E48E-4F3E-8AD8-0C4B8B710FF5-e1526850250226.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8yl38-wB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2040,"url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/06\/09\/taffia-2018-fish-chip-run-the-full-story\/","url_meta":{"origin":2021,"position":0},"title":"Taffia 2018 Fish &#038; Chip Run &#8211; The Full Story","author":"John Martin","date":"June 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"After posting a quick Drone shot of the start of the Fish & Chip run I've gone back to give a longer post on the day, read on... 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