We saw your car at SS13 Lemmy but we couldn't get parked in time to see the first cars so we went to SS14 instead The organisation this year seemed very poor compared to previous years We only got to see 2 stages all day!

 

I think it depended on the stage. We arrived at the 9.25 am North Ringwood stage at ~8.30 and there were only about 15 cars in the car park and noone to collect the parking fees. The marshalls we spoke to were very helful regarding good places to watch. We encountered no problems at all, but it probably helped that this was an early stage.

I certainly agree with you regarding SS13 though.

Alan

 

Bit of a shame because by missing SS13 to go to SS14 we missed SS16 In previous years we have done about 4 or 5 stages if not more in a day On Saturday we ended turning round on the way to a stage (SS4 I think) because of traffic and then couldn't get into SS13

 

I think adding Wareham screwed the timing up a bit. It was more difficult planning a route (even though I didn't go in the end!)

MB

 

How to get to that stage wasn't even in the program I don't think the program gave as much detail as it should Still looking forward to next year though

 

Warehams not the bes spectator stage IMO. It is very fast though.

MB

 

My first time to this, although it's very local to me - seemed to have missed it previously.
Excellent day out - couldn't get to the 9:05 ish stage in ringwood coz of traffic, but went to Somerley - arrived before everyone else. Watched the first stage there for an hour or so, went to Wareham and although the car park was full, parked in a field they'd opened a bit further down the road to Wareham and got a great spot to watch - 90 degree bend - watched on the inside, then walked down the straight (very fast) to a hairpin. I thought that was really good.

Finally went back to Somerley and watched the end of the second stage there and most of the final stage in the dark and cold. The additional bit on the last stage that you could watch in the woods was a good spot.

Agree that the programme was pants - would be really useful to actually show the course on the maps (doh) with start/finish and the close up map bits were so small/local it was difficult to work out where the stages were - Wareham particularly.

Enjoyed the paddy field - err car park - at Somerley. LOL when the attendants tried to warn me I would get stuck, as I breezed past them and all the other stuck cars.
Got very mucky and spent all afternoon cleaning the mud off.

Never seen so many scoobs, although didn't recognise any.

 

Had lunch at Somerley watching the Saxos and Fiestas playing in the mud

Anyone see us in this monster


It was just too capable! We didn't even have any trouble on the snowy Forestry tracks