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29 March 2008, 10:47 PM

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Glad you found those pesky skid-lids....

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29 March 2008, 11:08 PM

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Copy the text in the bottom panel labelled 'IMG Code' and it contains the syntax to embed the images into your post, like.....

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29 March 2008, 11:46 PM

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What a fantastic day, after my operation I came with the intention of doing as much as I could to enjoy myself, and well it all just came together nice the pain stayed at bay for longer than I could of hoped for.

it has been said but again a huge thanks to the Ladies for the catering, full respect to you all for feeding me and keeping my strength up, I can't express how easy you made it for me Thank you x

And again to all the little people for all their hard work.

David another success hats off to you mate, I think the flags and track senario worked perfectly well done to you al and sean and that thin handsome guy who did the track recovery

I only managed to take a few pics as it was difficult for me at times but here are a few please enjoy all
these have been shrunk down to accomadate PB but Hi res ones available at request 3456 x 2304 ish.

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30 March 2008, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Bullitt_Rich

Not much video footage this time round, only got 15mins worth from the corner, no in car footage at all, the rain didn't help matters.

i got some incar footage, but its very rough tho, just a hand held cam phone, very rough n bumpy and not very high quality, but ill get it post on net some time soon n get a link set up with any one want look

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30 March 2008, 02:09 AM

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WOW well where to start, i was just wanting to say a massive thanks to all of the WYIOC members for your time effort @ blyton, you exceed my expectations by miles and carried on going,i couldnt of dreampt of a better day out, just saying thanks for a superb day and there isnt nothing you could have done to have made it any better for me, wish i could have said thanks to you all in person, it was nice meeting you all, and i look forward to future events and hope to see you there, maybe if im luck i might have a manual by then lol never wanted a auto, would be alot better
big shout out and thanks to
Corradoboy
Alan c
debs
for your time and correspondence & patching me in n getting me connected with your group
keep up the good work

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30 March 2008, 09:26 AM

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I felt i had to come onand thank you all for an awesome day(i was the idiot in the blue skoda fabia) thanks to Dave,all you guys who did the food,all the kids for a sterling job of keeping 5 at a time on track,and everyone else who turned up to make it such a great day,once again thank you

And thanks to Duncan for scaring me silly

Oh and i managed 15mpg

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30 March 2008, 09:45 AM

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Great stuff once again guys!

Track car only sessions were great fun!

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30 March 2008, 11:26 AM

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We were the two lads in the smokey black fabia with the bumper opened up for the fmic.
And my mate was the lad in the white wide arch KA.

All three of us had a brill day. Allistar says thanks for the passenger ride Dunx

, he wants a scooby now

If anyone has any pics of my fabia or the white ka other than whats been posted up I would really appreiciate copys.

Sorry to all the guys who had to follow me on the drive there, the smog clouds will be fixed this friday

Many Thanks to all who organised it

Hopefully will be at the next one

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30 March 2008, 11:52 AM

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Right...

Thanks first of all...

Dave - As always, many, many thanks for organising what is , for me at least, the highlight of the WYIOC calendar. These things just get better and better. Keep up the good work mate.

Mick - For turning up and looking well. Great to see you up and about.

All who helped getting the car on and off that bleeding trailer. What can I say? It was cheap

Sean, Kaine, Bexter, Kathryn, Emily and any kids I've missed off. We couldn't have done it without you.

The laidies doing the cooking & hot drinks. Yummy!

All my passengers throughout the day... thanks for the smiles, laughs, chatter and sometimes silence

Simon - Cheers for the help unloading back at the unit

The whole day was full of highlights, but the most memorable ones must have been passing Craftsy on the grass...

...oh, and the "Oh F**K" moment when Scott was in with me. I blame the rain

As most of the day was spent on the track, I had very little chance to get any decent pics. Here's the best of what I got...

Roll on Bly10

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30 March 2008, 01:26 PM

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Hi Gary glad you "enjoyed" it.... I have realised that moving the rear ARB to the middle setting would have "calmed down" the over-steer..... I HOPE !

Thanks for the spin in yours, it's a credit to you that "she" handles so well, and goes some. I sent my pal James the shots of yours to annoy him !

Hi to Alistair and "smoky joe" (I had to get out from the smoke screen on the M180), Just get the KA RWD and you'll be fine lad !

Thanks to Sarah for driving me to collect the various bits of my car.... Hmm!

Sorry to Zak for missing him !

Duncan

P.S. Good to see Mick up and about again !

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30 March 2008, 03:47 PM

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And then it rained

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30 March 2008, 05:05 PM

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i've finally recovered and dragged myself outta bed!!! early mornings on the weekend are not my thing at all!!!

thank you so much to everyone for such a cracking day, we just keep getting better!!!

thanks mostly to the tea shack...kept me warm and dry for the most part

and the kids were ace

well done icklies!!!

the food was ace, the drinks were ace, and most of all the company was ACE! cant say enough about the love i got for you chaps

hehehe!!!

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30 March 2008, 06:17 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by donaldmac

Testing photobucket!

If Carlsberg did marshalls.......
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn74/donaldmac/IMG_1445.jpg

HILARIOUS!!!!

as you can see the wyioc take safety very seriously,

there was a point in the day where dave mentioned that there were a few too many cars out on the track, i had to point our that we had a 7 & 10 yr old running the security....

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30 March 2008, 07:32 PM

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HILARIOUS!!!!

as you can see the wyioc take safety very seriously,

I was patiently waiting by the 7 & 10 yr old marshalls, they couldnt work out why there were 2,3,4,5 and 6 pegs but only 5 of us running,

had to give the thumbs up

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30 March 2008, 07:36 PM

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I liked how whilst the track car session was on, they walked down the line of waiting cars handing out the blocks [good thinking], but if no-one was in the car they went to the next one

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30 March 2008, 08:12 PM

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A big thanks to Dave and everyone at the WYIOC for another fantastic day at Blyton - possibly the best yet?
Really enjoyed the sideways stuff in the wet too - that was really addictive. lol.
See you all at the next one!

Jon

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30 March 2008, 08:26 PM

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Well it just gets better and better everytime we go to Blyton

Thanks to everyone for turning up and making the day what it is, but big thanks to Dave for organising, and along with Al, keeping everything running smoothly.

Sticky, really really appreciate you taking my spare wheels over, as I would'nt have been able to go sideways so much if I'd have had to save my tyres for the drive home

And as for the passenger laps . . sure you go a bit

soon as you get in that Pug

Awesome experience mate, foo knows how that Pug keeps going with the abuse you give it

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30 March 2008, 10:18 PM

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The secret is not to touch the oily bits unless you realy, really have to. And when you pop the bonnet always have someone nearby who has a clue (Thanks to the Precious Metal guys

)

Oh, and treat the accellerator as if it's a digital switch. On / Off, nothing in between

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30 March 2008, 10:26 PM

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Or in your case, just 'On'...

It certainly sounded like the 'Death Rattle' was present towards the back end of the day...

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30 March 2008, 10:29 PM

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That might have been where he gently rested the car on the trailer by its bumper,,,

PMSL

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30 March 2008, 10:32 PM

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All the pics are awesome guys. Looks like we missed a great day

We will defo be up for the next one

Michael & Lindsay

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30 March 2008, 10:40 PM

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That might have been where he gently rested the car on the trailer by its bumper,,,

PMSL

That was the highlight of the day. FPMSL

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30 March 2008, 10:51 PM

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Shame we did'nt get it on film, that look on his face when he got out of the pug.....PRICELESS..

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30 March 2008, 11:08 PM

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I'm sure we should be able to recreate it with a bit of creativity from the pics we have and some images from old episoded of SHARPE

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30 March 2008, 11:33 PM

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If you think that was funny you should have been at the unit to see the unloading.

Just myself and jade. Rolled the car right to the back lip of the trailer, went round to the front and lifted with all my bloody might whilst Jade put that bit of wood under the frame to support it....

and the car rolled off the back with a bloody great crash.

At this point I'd not got round to fixing the ramps to the back, so it went as far as it could (about 2' back and 1' down) before being stopped by the exhaust brackets I'd repositioned earlier in the day.

About 700kg of Pug resting on a 6mm thick bit of metal!

Put the ramps on as best as I could, considering the bloody car was where they should have been...

Managed to cajole Jade into getting in and keeping her foot on the brake whilst I hurriedly poked about around the exhaust with a bit of timber to try and lift it free of the trailer lip, then talked her through gently letting off the brake...

"Okay, brake... BRAKE!!!!"

1...

2...

3...

Brakes go on (Frogot she was blonde, short delay in processing the request

)

Eventually rolled the car off without further incident and with the exhaust in tact.

Result.

Rich, the "Death rattle" was a result of the ignition barrel sticking by the end of the day, meaning that if I didn't turn it back a click after starting the car, the starter motor kept turning. Fathomed it out and a quick squirt of WD40 later she was fine. (Had me worried for a good 30 seconds though

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31 March 2008, 12:59 AM

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^ ^ ^ PMSL!!!!!! sounds like cracking fun mate, next Blyton....you really need to tell people to come and help you out unloading stuff too

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31 March 2008, 02:46 AM

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Well another skoda member here. Just like to say a big thanks to Dave and all the other people who helped out had a really good time. Cant wait till the next one.