Soundwave Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Pretty much as per the title... info here for anyone who's interested:https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/events-articles/festival-of-the-unexceptional/hagerty-festival-of-the-unexceptional-returns-30-july-2022/ Same place as last time, tickets are now per car rather than per person to clear up last year's confusion. They're a bit more expensive than last time, which is alright as long as they spend the extra on hiring some competent traffic management... apparently tickets will be available to buy from April onward.Sooo... I've got 4ish months to get the Gooner sorted then! UPDATE: It was a rotten bag of bran flakes and holes underneath, so I bought back my old Rover 216 instead. ProgRocker, catsinthewelder, KWhite and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Ooh, I'll buy tickets for this again I think. Hopefully this time they don't have a shit and out-of-tune band playing Eye Of The Tiger. JakeT, Crackers and wuvvum 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 38 minutes ago, Soundwave said: as long as they spend the extra on hiring some competent traffic management A potted houseplant would be better than last years' traffic management. I've never seen anything like it. Eyersey1234, mat_the_cat, wuvvum and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 6 minutes ago, Talbot said: A potted houseplant would be better than last years' traffic management. I've never seen anything like it. It was absolutely dire. I remember a few vehicles overheating during the long wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 20 minutes ago, Fumbler said: It was absolutely dire. I remember a few vehicles overheating during the long wait. As @Crackers is very aware, I ignored the plonker who was asking for details and just kept the queue moving. Quite how they expected to process every car one-at-a-time is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Just now, Talbot said: As @Crackers is very aware, I ignored the plonker who was asking for details and just kept the queue moving. Quite how they expected to process every car one-at-a-time is beyond me. Yeah I remember you saying. They also helpfully* made you park your car in the modern section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob88h Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Well this is now my target date for getting the Sierra DieseL road legal! chaseracer, Dick Longbridge, Eyersey1234 and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Right… that’s my target date for the Nova! trigger, KWhite, Dick Longbridge and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 "Excuse me, have you got a ticket?!" "Yes!" "Can I see it?" "No. Bye!" St.Jude, Fumbler, LightBulbFun and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 38 minutes ago, Crackers said: "Excuse me, have you got a ticket?!" "Yes!" "Can I see it?" "No. Bye!" Reprocussions of this? Absolutely none. I was expecting to be stopped/turned around or otherwise chastised for having been a bit rude. The fact that we blatantly just waltzed in was another nail in the coffin of how bad their traffic management was. Eyersey1234 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Considering how late this has been announced and that the venue hasn't changed, I am wary to say the least. I'd like to go but, eh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Jude Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Yet again the Corolla is discriminated against by being made in 1998. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 30 minutes ago, Talbot said: Reprocussions of this? Absolutely none. I don't think you saw, but the look on the woman's face as we just drove off was a picture. What made the whole thing possibly funnier was that when we walked back out from the "modern" parking to the main driveway, the queue of cars had split up and gone about a million different directions across the grass, leaving the traffic "management" staff to lose their shit entirely and give up. Talbot, Eyersey1234 and chaseracer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 10 minutes ago, St.Jude said: Yet again the Corolla is discriminated against by being made in 1998. You can still come in, just not apply for the concours. Plenty of W reg dross was on display. AnnoyingPentium and St.Jude 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 who was it that put a g reg on something far younger cant remember if that was for this or chumbawumbalogmodestly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 48 minutes ago, hairnet said: who was it that put a g reg on something far younger cant remember if that was for this or chumbawumbalogmodestly That was Chumley iirc think it may have been on a C15 van… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I am afraid i will be away for this one which is a crying shame. I had to miss it last year because of ‘life’ and wanted to make a triumphant return; alas - holiday. Will look forward to a lot of photographs please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I will be going in the 100nx . It's only up the road. Took us about 15 minutes to get there and about half an hour in the queue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 It clashes with the family holiday to Devon, bloody typical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobloseven Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, trigger said: It clashes with the family holiday to Devon, bloody typical Same here, only Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 7 hours ago, Soundwave said: as long as they spend the extra on hiring some competent traffic management... Apparently they're on it... Quote David March 14, 2022 at 6:05 pm Is the traffic coming into the venue going to be managed differently than last year? It’d be useful to know as if not I’m going to have to upgrade my cooling fan. Reply James Mills March 14, 2022 at 8:55 pm David, absolutely. The issues that impacted last year’s traffic situation, early in proceedings, were identified and will be addressed for the 2022 event, so it will be the best experience yet. Hope that helps. Ghosty, Fumbler and catsinthewelder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 @Talbot was that you! chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montytom Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I'm tempted to go this year in my 620ti apart from my p6 it's the only thing old enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I think the Dyane might enjoy this... wuvvum, LightBulbFun and brownnova 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeT Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 The one weekend of the summer I have a bloody wedding. Shame. As others have said, the traffic on the way in was something else, and I was really quite early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schaefft Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Excellent, attempt#2 to get the Corona EXiV there is a go then! LightBulbFun, RoadworkUK, brownnova and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Not unexceptional surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Coincidentally, I've leave booked that week already with nothing planned. Winnar. I'll be there in zee Audi again. Hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 after failing to get any of my fleet there last year and ending up in my mum's 2005 Fiesta I shall definitely have to try again this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95 quid Peugeot Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Yah pre fotu bacon rolls at Colsterworth again chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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