My wee brother stays next door to your sister in law, and you went up past my house a couple of times on Saturday,


PS. Still to get my own plate onto mine H19 JAF Ringing any bells??

Edited for PS

[Edited by jaf01uk - 6/1/2003 9:53:36 PM]

 

I heard a rumour today that Williams F1 have made an offer (presumably to McDermott's) for the fabrication yard at Ardersier.

The plan is to develop a test track on the site.



Any locals heard anything about this ?

 

LOL, are they going to build them from pig iron and run them on crude oil!

 

On the face of it, it does seem weird but I understand that it has been looked at in the past with a view to developing it as a motor sport facility (by private individuals / syndicates).

I've been thinking about it and ...

• A lot of the tarmac is already in place
• It's a secure site (prying eyes are fenced out)
• You can count on one hand the number of folk living close by (i.e. no noise issue)
• There's plenty of sheds / hangars
• It's on the door-step of a reasonable airport

 

it is a cracker! having worked there for 6 years there is only about 600 metres of tar (which will be u/s now)and it is anything but secure.there is only a few locals near and there is an airport near but that is it.the place is a desert!.i only stay about 27 miles away (or 22 minutes away in the good old days with my mk2 sunbeam lotus)
cheers shoppe

 

LOL WATCH OUT FOR THE WOMBLES and DINOSAUR GOLDHATS !!!

 

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WISE MEN FROM THE EAST OR THE COWBOYS FROM THE WEST ?
SHOPPE

 

If it was true and they built it, I wonder if they would hire it out as a change from Knockhill ?

 

I hope the wombles aren,t hired as the pit crew or stewards as they will always be on strike...

 

Wheres arderseir? it rings a bell but cant think........

 

Between nairn and inverness, was a rig building yard, mothballed now. I worked there for 2 years in the late eighties.

 

**** me doh!

I am working in Invernees at the mo


would be nice and handy

what about millton airfield, the local motor club hold stages there, could maybe organise a day???

 

I can see Milton airfield from sitting here, and the problem is that it is still owned and operated by the RAF as a "listening station" The only club that uses it is the Raf Motor Sport Club who hold a tarmac rally there once a year. It is used by an HGV training school who also have a "Skid Car" but they pay a fee for it, admittance to the public is not allowed, Boo Hoo!!!

 

There is a possibility of a RWUB up north of scotland end of august and going up there tomorrow to give the place the once over and hopefully will be able to confirm next week.

the place in question is near Thurso.

any questions I'll try to answer next week

STAN

 

Is that where they hold the kart racing?, we provide emergency cover occasionally for the championship races up there. There is a show and shine in Elgin this weekend and there was a Fast Car event up in Inverness the other weekend, the north is starting to fight back?

 

to jafoiuk
i stay 2 miles south of new elgin,.i have a v reg uk turbo micra blue standard apart from padig front discs /pads.what do you run ?
i am a member of the 63 car club and we get into millton to help with the running of the event,but like you say only once a year

 

Alright, I ave a WR Blue WRX PX52 *** with Morrete lights on the front and a Wr sport back box, I'll look out for you,

 

@shoppe

will look out fo you mate , i live in Elgin and have just got a X plate WRX Silver debaged full MRO bodykit,White 17" Speedlines, STI rears and a very loud HKS system , will have my private plate on this week though A16 M ** you might have seen me in my black GSI vectra ?

 

@jaf01uk
you stay in Bishopmill right ? Will have to stop for a blether next time i see you :-)

 

Thats right, saw your car today, was at mates in laws at S C Hill back of t time tonight, and aye its loud but sounded good when you booted it out of the bottom of the road,

 

You should have seen the golfers faces the other night when i booted it out by the driving range ....lol

 

i go home past the driving range every day and at funny times of the night (shift worker). i have seen the jam sandwich sitting tucked behind the driving range watching,waiting ????
will see you around elgin in the future soon.

 

ouch , will look out mate thanks

 

Never heard anything about the F1 thing LOL Will try and find out - had the Auction brocher for all the old stuff out at Ardersier today! Some pretty meaty stuff! I can't see any of the local plant hire peeps using some of those craines - they are huge

 

I live about two miles away from the yard in question and haven't heard anything about it yet but will be doing some investigation regarding this. Icouldn't think of a better location to be honest. It is just far enough from any houses etc not to bother anyone and it is pretty big really.

One thing that is a bit of a pi$$er is the weather up here. It dribbles down all day every day!!!

Nice place other than that though.

I would be DELIGHTED if it all goes ahead!!!!!!!!

 

I might have sussed why the rumour has started, my mate works at Highland Galvanisers in Elgin and they are working on a part of the wind tunnel for Williams Engineering....................................... .................or might it only be going as far as Ardersier????????

 

The security guard has reported that Frank in his wheelchair was up there last week with some other people (not recognised).

 

Seriously hope this goes ahead!! Has anyone else heard anything?

Had my ear to the ground but nobody local seems to know anything about it!


Steve

 

Sorry for the pedantic (and off topic) nature of this mail. However, just to set the records straight, Nairn is NOT a wet place, as mentioned in a previous message. That area is one of the driest in Scotland! People in Aberdeen also complain about how wet it is - they don't know what wet is! Aberdeen gets about 850mm rain per year. I was born in Fort William. There are areas close to there that get nearly 4500mm per year! Sorry but I just had to get that off my chest!

Hamish

 

Hamish, not trying to put you down or anything but I have lived there for 23 years now.

I'd appreciate if you kept your thoughts to yourself regarding this. If you haven't lived there, you can't possibly comment. Now if you want to start a thread about the weather, get your statistical info sorted and go to www.ilovetalkingaboutweather.com or something.

Keep this thread to the topic. Appreciated.