Hi Tom, thank you for sending the tickets, postman delivered them this morning :-)
Hi Tom, thank you for sending the tickets, postman delivered them this morning :-)
Thanks for the updates guys :D
Gary, Anthony and me are meeting at 1pm on the Thursday at Watford Gap services if anyone wants to join us?
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Save a spot for us and our big tent please :) Tom has to work 'til 3:30pm, so we'll be there between 5:30 and 7pm (depending on traffic and food shopping). I'm really looking forward to catching up with everyone and, of course, the epic, fun-filled weekend that Silverstone Classic always is!Quote:
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Lo x
(The Chairman's Long Suffering Wife - it's a hard life!)
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Will do and looking forward to catching up.Quote:
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Graham
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Hi there, did you get sorted?Quote:
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Cheers,
Tom
Count me in on that. have we got the post codeQuote:
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Bill
Hi tom
thanks for the car pass see you saturday, cheers malcolm.
It looks like a few posts have gone missing from this thread?
Watford Gap address:
M1 motorway junction 16/17
Northampton
NN6 7UZ
Yup, sorry about that. I had a little fight with the web server! :)Quote:
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The sign also says "Watford Gap Services" on it :-)Quote:
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If you see signs saying M25 you've gone too far!Quote:
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Sorry I wrote a huge rant earlier and its disappeared. I'm absolutely gutted but I won't be taking part now. I will be there as a spectator with my lovely MR2 as a complete waste sat out in the public car park.
It's my own fault, I was prioritising finances and I pushed the Silverstone tickets down the list in favour of a wheel referb and so then I couldn't afford tickets. I live a few miles up the road and have a few contacts at Silverstone. They wangled me a pass for the weekend but couldn't get me a car pass as the event is not run by Silverstone but an independent events team. I called the events team, said I had won some tickets to the event for the weekend but wanted to get my car in so that it could go on the MK1 display. They were completely unhelpful and uninterested. Said even if I paid for a pass their are no more passes being issued. I pointed out there is space for my car within the owners club and she just riled me even further by saying your welcome to park your car for free in the public parking and can 'walk in and see your friends'.
As I say can only blame myself really, don't pay the money and expect the world I guess so have to look to next year. Shame as its the only MK1 meet of the year that's within sesnsible reach for me and its wasted now. Hacked off is a mild way of putting it!
I couldn't attend this, as I am working.
But the two guys I'm working with on Friday, want to go Silverstone to see the classic cars!!! Get in! So I'm going for free!!
Was that for Bill :-)Quote:
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Yep!Quote:
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Woo, no more sleeps! :D
See you all down there later.
Cheers,
Tom
We're running late. Hoping to get to Watford Gap for 1:30.
M6 misery
We've been going so slow a massive spider has had time to make its home on the side of that ka!
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Oh dear! We've had a bump which has damaged the back end of the caravan and put us about an hour behind schedule.Quote:
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Oh dear! We've had a bump which has damaged the back end of the caravan and put us about an hour behind schedule.Quote:
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Oh no!
At least it sounds like you're all ok.
A bit of duck tape will sort the van 😉
Sorry to hear that guys!
In other news, more detailed info on where our stand is:
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We're here and set up. Having a G&T with Tommy and Carolyn.
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I've put my flags up. Look for a chequered flag with a Yorkshire flag underneath. There are flashing lights on the pole. We're happy to charge phones etc.
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Red Bull, Everton & Chequered flags also flying at camp cheapskate!
fantastic have a great time guys hope the weather stays good for you
Didn't realise Yorkshire had its own flag, was expecting to see a pudding on it, lol.
Have a fun time tomorrow, I'll bring the sunshine with me on Saturday.
*****Spare ticket alert*****
Anyone want a cheap day out? I've got a spare ticket for beer tokens.
PM me. 1st come first served ☺
This was the stand yesterday, not the greatest of pics. Gary was performing an impromtu engine tech when we arrived :-)
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The cloud cover broke up quite quickly producing plenty of sunshine, and there were a lot of people in attendance so a very good day all in all.
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There were lots of great track racing and then the hot air balloons set off in the late afternoon sun.
On the evenings' entertainment, Reef was very impressive
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and the AC DC tribute act was, well a tribute act, but after two numbers from The Stranglers, we departed. I think they're only for the die hard fan unless you'd had a skinful by then.
Thanks for arranging a great weekend, Tom!
Thanks for being an awesome neighbour, the chilli & curry, Graham!
Thanks for being part of a great weekend, everyone else!
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Great to see everyone, this event gets better every year. Lots of late nights and great chat, roll on next year when hopefully Mike will be going again :-)
It was a fantastic weekend. As I said a few times, it was like someone had built a theme-park just for me!
We'll be back next year, and we've just booked tickets for the 2017 British Grand Prix!!
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Thanks to everyone for a fantastic weekend! Great fun, amazingly good company, fantastic cars, great racing and so much more.
Really looking forward to doing it all again next year.
Thanks Tom for all your hard work - it is very much appreciated.
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Sweeeeeeet!Quote:
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I had a look round the stand on Saturday. No one was on it at the time so didnt get to say hello to anyone. Great stand, and great to see A MK1 representation in among all the exotic cars there. There was one Red example on display which is the most mint example of a MK1 I have ever seen- beautiful car who ever that one belongs to.
I did also see a very young looking guy walking round in a Black T-Shirt with a White MK1 design printed on the front. Not sure if that was someone from the club or just a coincidence
The young lad with the black t-shirt was at the stand early Saturday - lives in Belgium and has a MK1 and is looking for a sump - Gary suggested he posts on here.Quote:
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That'd be me and glad you liked her. :)Quote:
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It's the one in the second pic of my post from yesterday at the top of this page. See this also: http://www.mr2mk1club.com/showthread...-Introductions
Shame I wasn't about to say hello as I'm the one down the road a bit from you, remember?
Jonathan
What a fantastic weekend!
Thank you to all those that attended and those that popped by the stand to say hello (sorry we missed you Crossle).
The weather was on our side this time, which was a great help and made for wall to wall smiles from everyone all weekend. This event just keeps getting bigger and better. So many memories from this one; great music from Boomtown Rats, Reef and The Stranglers, big wheel ride, smokey passenger ride in a Jag, cars, cars, cars, so much racing, meeting Freddie Hunt, hot air balloons, aerial displays, drag racing and top company. :D :) :D
Roll on next year!!!! :D