Shitefest 2017... is it happening?

[The Moog]

Dropped them a line asking about June

[loserone]

France then?

 

[edit: "A warm dry month.."]

[dollywobbler]

The Bubble car museum i can do but Scotland would be too far for the cars that I've got.

 

Pfft! Oh come on. Scotland turns up at these things in everything from a Suzuki Alto to a ruddy great double-decker bus. No excuses! Time and money are fair enough though. 

[hairnet]

trig you pussy - tony g does it in his jaaaaag so bring focus

[trigger]

We have this conversation everytime! Whilst i agree that doing it in a Alto was bloody hardcore i really couldn't do it in my Rover or Dolly, according to Google its nearly 8 hours or 440 miles to Scotland from here (which is just over 100 more miles more than Scotland to Devils Bridge).

 

We'll see how things go.

[Six-cylinder]

Dropped them a line asking about June

I liked the sound of the bubble car museum and dropped them a line a couple of months ago, but never got a reply.

 

I hope you do better.

[CreepingJesus]

I will, as is fairly traditional for me, throw my hat in the ring, say I'm coming then have something staggeringly unlikely/unfortunate happen at the last minute and not come. Even tho the car's packed.

[Junkman]

But, but, but...

 

That bubble car museum is in Lincolnshire!

 

I CAN HAZ FEAR

[rrsix]

France then?

 

[edit: "A warm dry month.."]

 

I did a week in May in Scotland and a week in July in France last year in my seven.  It was t-shirt and shorts up north and scuba gear down south. 

[hairnet]

We have this conversation everytime! Whilst i agree that doing it in a Alto was bloody hardcore i really couldn't do it in my Rover or Dolly, according to Google its nearly 8 hours or 440 miles to Scotland from here (which is just over 100 more miles more than Scotland to Devils Bridge).

 

We'll see how things go.

dont think itll be scotland - lincs is too far tho innit

[320touring]

What about a return to the Yorkshires?

[Guest Breadvan72]

Cars not yet invented there.  Not sure they have roads either.

[dollywobbler]

What about a return to the Yorkshires?

 

I'm not sure they've recovered yet.

[richardmorris]

I've just offended people on the ccc forum by moaning about the national rally being in the East Midlands for a record year on the run. I've not much against Lincolnshire, but after a few decades of car meetings it gets a bit samey.

[Six-cylinder]

I've just offended people on the ccc forum by moaning about the national rally being in the East Midlands for a record year on the run. I've not much against Lincolnshire, but after a few decades of car meetings it gets a bit samey.

It is the eternal problem you can't please all the people all the time. Wherever we go it will not suit some, but anybody who bothers to organise deserves to be supported as much as possible.

[dollywobbler]

There is a lot to be said for moving it around. Every Shitefest has had its own character. I like that.

[Ghosty]

Shitefest?

 

*expression of interest*

[mat_the_cat]

I'd like it to be a reasonable distance away to give an excuse for a road trip. I'd also like to make it there without fuel starvation problems and the consequent 7 hour drive at 35 mph, which was somewhat stressful!

 

I don't mind anywhere really, and if we're stuck then I don't mind organising one in Llangollen again.

[trigger]

Aye, people could only drive for 7 hours or 385 miles in the 70s.

 

If it's really an issue, why not come up in the Fiesta?

A: in the 70s it was a new car, it's now over 40 years old, don't forget i drove to Wales in my Cortina so that's not really an excuse.

 

B: If I'm doing a road trip to Shitefest then I'm wanting to do it in something better that a 12 year old Fiesta.

[trigger]

Yes, which i had restored and fitted a 5 speed box too. Stop being a pedantic arse.

[beko1987]

Trigger I really wouldn't care , and I imagine most others wouldn't really care either if you turned up in your modern, as long as you were there really.

 

You can park out of the way, it's fine...

[Lacquer Peel]

We have this conversation everytime! Whilst i agree that doing it in a Alto was bloody hardcore i really couldn't do it in my Rover or Dolly, according to Google its nearly 8 hours or 440 miles to Scotland from here (which is just over 100 more miles more than Scotland to Devils Bridge).

 

We'll see how things go.

 

I have you beaten.

[Richard]

Ipswich to Aberdeen is actually 540 miles and over 9 hours.

[Angrydicky]

I don't mind where it is, but last year it clashed with the Austin Counties rally which I always like to attend. I missed a good rally because I had to choose between it and Shitefest. Now, had it been on any other weekend of the year it wouldn't have been a problem.

[chaseracer]

Plenty of space at the Truckers Rest.

 

[garbaldy]

Yes, which i had restored and fitted a 5 speed box too. Stop being a pedantic arse.

I don't think it's solely aimed at you it just seems to be the most common reply on all threads which gets a bit tedious.

Oh and the colt is only a four speed but coped with the long run when I collected it 😉 uncomfortable mind.

[plasticvandan]

im oot if its the bubblecar museum,the owners are arseholes.

[Twiggy]

http://www.bubblecarmuseum.co.uk/how-to-find-us/

 

They are  closed till spring 2017, which may explain the lack of response.

 

They have a "fantastic" campsite which is available for hire at a "great" price.

[oldcars]

A warm dry one

We don't get these here i'm afraid 

[Longblackcoat]

My oldest car dates from 2006, all of them work perfectly well, and there's not a drop of beige between them.

 

Do I need special permission to come, or do I just have to park out of the way to avoid embarrassing you lot?