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8th and 9th May - Stoke Goldington

One of R10's members, has managed to give us an excellent little surprise. He is a good friend of Dave Clark (no, not the singer) but in fact Mr Tiff Needel's co driver. Dave clark is a spirited driver, and has (amongst many cars) a nice, well driven GT3 RS. He has agreed to "lend" us the GT3RS for the show, with an option on a 356B cab as well. I think that looking at the very latest entry list, (attached) we are now FULL.

Excellent news & thanks to Graham M for organising this.

Steve

PS - we are now "full".
 
WEATHER UPDATE

I have spent a couple of hours up at Stoke Goldington this afternoon checking for myself what the conditions are like.

1) There has been no rain for 2 days.
2) The site where the Porsche stand is, is perfectly situated adjacent
to the arena - and it is not wet (it's at the top of a hill).
3) From Stoke Goldington village, the entrance lane, a farm track, is a
little bit muddy for 50 M or so...in fact it's a not go area w.r.t MUD.
4) However for the next 400M of track (only used for exhibitors ) it
dries up very well.
5) Beyond this, is the main entrance for all exhibitors...and this is
the problem.
6) The ground in this area has been churned up - badly - by the constant
movement of lorries / engines / tractors. etc...and in this area, they
are having to tow every single vehicle in - sometimes using 2 big
tractors. The mud is not slush, but compacted, and firm, but the ruts
are over 2 feet deep...

Our Porsche's will not get in here.

HOWEVER.....

The organisers will be making the whole of the track as good as
possible, in a fit state for the public and us, once all the vehicles
are in. They will compact, roll, and then lay hardcore down / woodchips
etc so that we can get to the area.

They are (frankly) working very very hard...

I met with the TVR club (next to us) and they have agreed with the
following course of action:-

1) I do not recommend you attend on Saturday with your Porsche and
attempt to show it. If you do fancy coming along to the show, then by
all means do so (it's a great day out) but don;t try to exhibit.
2) Between now and then, the organisers will make the road good.
3) The area will dry out (no rain is forecast)
4) The entrance will have time to dry out....

So, If you are planning to come on Sunday - PLEASE DO SO, unless you
hear otherwise.
If you are planning to come on SATURDAY, Please DO NOT bring your
Porsche - I'll not be bringing mine !!

Please continue to monitor your e-mails for further updates. I'll be
calling the organisers at midnight (yes, midnight) to get a further
update on the condition of the road, and will report ASAP.

Rgds

STEVE

PS - I have put the Gazebo up where our stand is destined to be. If you
see a lonely Gazebo, then that's where we'll be !....

PLEASE CALL if in doubt.
 
hasn't stopped raining here all night and so for today (saturday 8th) so imafraid its not looking good for tomorrow either.

steve you must be gutted after all the hard work you have put in. im really sorry[&o]
 
Hello all...

Michele and I went to the site this morning to remove the gazebo and whilst we met a windswept family sheltering under it looking at the formation kites, [:D] had no alternative but to take it down.

The ground is atrocious. Frankly, we only just got on and off the site in our everyday car, and it's only going to get worse.

So, with regret, forget it - I would not even recommend you go just for the casual look unless you have a well equipped car with lots of ground clearance - its is like the Somme - stranded transporters & cars (ouch) and only one classic car, an Austin A7 on display (he was pulled up by the tractors yesterday).

It's obviously somewhat disappointing for myself and the organisers as there has been a fair amount of hard work (and £) put into the event, and gate receipts will be low.

I'm hopeful that we could organise a similar level of Porsche support for next yrs. event, and on a final note, they remarked how pleased they were with the organisation we put into the event.

Just as an FYI, Region 10, is still planning to have it's regular monthly meeting at the beautiful Cowpers Oak Pub and Restaurant - if you are not "in the region" you'd still be very welcome to attend. All the best to you, we hope your weekend turns out well.

Rgds

STEVE

P.S. - I have laminated "Car Descriptions" for every car that was planning to attend. If you want yours to use at a future event, then please drop me a line, with an A4 SAE, and I will send to your home address - If I don't hear from you within a month, will assume you don't want them, and will discard.
 
Oh well, as always we can do everything except fix the weather.

On a positive note, the car has just received a really good clean in readiness, so it at least looks spotless now. Keep us posted for the next event and hopefully the next one will have better conditions.

Guess we should say thanks to the organisers and the effort put in.
 
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