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Great to see everyone there and put faces to names. Some top people, top cars and great vibes.

Magic Honda did 630miles on 4/5ths of a tank. Reckon i could do another 100. Impressive for a 40 litre tank

@alcyonecorporation, I ran out of steam but you're welcome to test drive whenever you want. I'm sure I'll catch you around. 

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Bonus BX and dug'n'rover on the way home

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24 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said:

What happened to the beat wheel ? 🤣

He needs to get that fixed, came off far too easily! 

I'm home now. Went to church Stretton with ma and had a coffee then carried on whilst they waited 3 hours for some charge! 

It's fucking hot out there, several times id go to speed up to overtake and the turbo just didn't, must have been so hot. Equally once I got on the m54 which is an UTTER CUNT of a road I was sat at the speed limit/80 with no mercy so I'll forgive it. 

Used about 3/4 of a tank on a very wide range of driving so I'm happy with that. Furthest I've driven since probably the last shitefest

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Having a nice coffee, then it's time for the post shitefest shower and the sadness to set in 👌

Then unpack the car, ugh

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Another cracking AS weekend, thanks to all who came but particularly @Sunny Jim

Weather was glorious although a bit hot for some.  I only found it too hot in the train as one of the windows was taped shut.  Otherwise it was best dealt with by a combination of sitting in the shade, eating ice cream and drinking lots of beer so I can't think of a better bunch to be with (apart from a few of you who couldn't make it).  Even had a swim in the river this morning which was a little scary as it's 14' deep by the campsite but ideal for jumping in once we were feeling more confident.

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5 hours ago, sdkrc said:

Great to see everyone there and put faces to names. Some top people, top cars and great vibes.

Magic Honda did 630miles on 4/5ths of a tank. Reckon i could do another 100. Impressive for a 40 litre tank

@alcyonecorporation, I ran out of steam but you're welcome to test drive whenever you want. I'm sure I'll catch you around. 

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Bonus BX and dug'n'rover on the way home

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jim does that with his :D

 

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More Scotch home noo. I reckon we made up about 1/3 of the attendees.

 

Was well worth the trip, and great to catch up with everyone, a properly good weekend. Special thanks to @Sunny Jim for organising and @Six-cylinder for the grand train trip.

 

I didn't take too many pics on account of welding my camera lens.

 

Here's what I took

4.30am on the way back from a single fish

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This was the spit of the first Seat our family owned - lovely!

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@beko1987 I think this may have been the first electric car to charge at a shitefest?

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Ans I couldn't leave this m49 un-photographed for @loserone and @Jimbob McGregor

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Mr @320touring is indeed correct, is this the first ever shitefest where we had to work out provisions for an electric car? Is this the end?

@Kiltox you'd have been alright! Guy wouldn't take the tenner Keith offered him, he had to tuck it into his top pocket in the end 😂

Talking of parents_beko, they are home now after 4 hours in church Stretton. Longest they've ever been in the scalextric car. They had a lovely time, so much that their original plan of doing loads of walking during the day and using the tent as some digs went out the window as they started to enjoy themselves, plus the heat knocked the walking on the head, although they did do some. 

I'm sure @Six-cylinder is not looking forward to their next slimming world meeting (they are in the same village and the same group), I saw lots of photographic evidence being taken from both sides 😂 They would like to come to shitefest again, plus I might try and bring the kids next year. But it is nice to be child free and just drink year out of date lukewarm Guinness all weekend (and some mega cold ones thanks to @davidfowler2000s freezer 👌

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Cracking weekend all round.  Journey home was less painful than the journey there - apart from a jam on the A494 due to a phantom lane closure it was clear until just before Newmarket when the A14 was closed due to an accident and everyone had to divert down some amusingly tiny Suffolk B-roads, which was interesting (and lost me about 45 minutes).  I caught up with 3VOM half way down the A55, and MrDuke overtook me just as the M6 becomes the A14.  In an interesting colour inversion of my spots on the way there, I saw a yellow Commer PB camper and a blue Mk2 escort hooning down the outside lane in the opposite direction.  I also overtook a Ferrari FF and a Dodge Charger (the driver of which surprisingly* declined to acknowledge me as a fellow Dodge owner...).

Thanks to Sunny Jim for enabling the event to go ahead and organising accommodation.  Also thanks to Maxxo for the ride out in the XM and to Conrad D. Conelrad for the very enjoyable drive of the Marina.

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What an awesome weekend!

Great fun, great cars, great company.

Thanks for organising @Sunny Jim and to the scotch for the square sossy!

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There were many Volvos… 

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Only needs a regas mate… 

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Oh… it actually did! 
 

views…. Badly timed first attempt… 

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And I ventured down the road to find… 

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That’s my shitefest virginity done… 

1100/10 would shitefest again. 

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That’s the Cornish back . Myself and brother were pretty smug having Ac today that’s for sure . Not that we mentioned it much to my young employee Dan in the matt black focus with a non operating ns window . The focus is now nicknamed the toaster and him the pop tart . 
 

Many many thanks to all that made it happen and especially @Sunny Jim for organising it and a cracking informative walk on the Saturday . 

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Epic one day weekend. 

Thank you to @Sunny Jim and to all the glorious bastards too numerous to mention that made the craic HEAVY with win. 

 

Piper at the gates. @Cord Fourteener playing fantastic pipes. 

 

 

 

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Some of the cars were so hot that they needed their own towels and everyone was cool.

Great seeing you all. 

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It started on Friday, left the house at 8am, was at work by 9:45, finished at 13:30, got home for 16:45. Vehicle prepped (I threw a suitcase of shit and an untested air bed and some bits of cardboard in the back) and hit the road just after 17:00.

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Traffic was great* on the M74 as a BMW had converted itself into a fine paste somehow.

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An X3 also shat itself and had to be pushed out of the way of this monster:

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An N reg Atkinson with some sort of APC on the back. I later encountered him doing about 65mph on a downhill stretch. Legend.

Once the traffic cleared I had the idea of "making time" using all of the redblock's 120bhp. I passed @sdkrc in the Insight. By the time I reached Tebay the fuel gauge had dropped from full to 2/3rds. I decided I couldn't be trusted and phoned @sdkrc and asked if he wanted to convoy down. He was aiming for mega mpgees and was sitting at a steady 58-62mph and I figured using him as a rolling road block would prevent me from using all the petrol in the world.

A cheeky remortgage saw us fed with a sandwich and artisan cola.

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The north of England was everything I expected and more.

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We arrived at around 00:15 on Saturday morning. I still managed a beer before going to sleep, dedication.

My accommodation was the height of luxury.

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The following morning I beheld the sight of the first Shitefest I'd attended since 2018. My car definately didn't* lower the tone by looking like a tramp's home.

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Some prime chod was in attendance. This Marina arrived with a idle speed of 3,500rpm but was soon fettled into submission.

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This Seat inspired much rubbing of thighs.

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Iconic AS vehicle.

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The weird Honda section.

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FRENCH.

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Some people came more prepared than others. @cms206 also used the kitchen of this to prepare the traditional SCOTTISH BREAKFAST, with extra grease for sealing those internal systems up right good.

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Attempts were made to rid this of rattles. The light trim was wrestled back on successfully only to find that the "rattle" was actually the horn ring jiggling and causing the horns to "pop".

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A BX on ramps marked the site enterence having blown it's LHM return line on a half line journey. A dog used it for shelter.

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Air conditioning re-gassing was on offer for those lucky enough to have FANCEH CAURS.

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Chats were had, old magazine ads were laughed at, dogs were patted I got pissed and spent all of Sunday morning with a cracking headache.

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Also on Sunday morning the 205 shat it's diesel return hose.

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An enshortening of the hose and some rerouting saw that fixed. Then my Volvo didn't start because I'd left the ignition on and the running lights flattened the battery. So that needed a jump.

Then @davidfowler2000, @320touring, @jaypee , @Supernaut and I hit the road homewards in convoy. Unexpected drive through the alps was nice.

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Home. I'm fucking shattered, reckon I had 8hrs sleep over the two days and the heat was intense.

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Big shout out to @Sunny Jim for sorting the site and the site owner for allowing a bunch of weirdos with shit cars to temporarily ruin a picturesque bit of Wales.

Also @davidfowler2000 for supplying traditional Scottish breakfast items and @cms206 for cooking it in his camper, forever making it smell like a catering van. Also @catsinthewelder for lending me a mug so I could have a cup of tea instead of dying of not having a cup of tea.

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I think Volvos outnumbered every other marque by a fair margin. @Jim Bell left a dog poo bag of melted  Twixes in my car. @aldo135 consumed more cans of Tennants than should really be allowed under then Geneva Convention. I don't think @binhoker668 was sober for even a single moment over the full weekend. @maxxo gave me a lift in his XM and now I kind of want one.

Was a great time. Would attend again. 11/10.

 

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