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#181 Delta Deano

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Posted 16 January 2012 - 06:50 PM



:D It will encourage me to go somewhere else next year if im barred! Or ill book it in Emmas name :ninja:

Emma's just has bad as you your both p*ss pot's :drink: thumbsup


Oh yeah. Spa it is next year then B)

Might take you up on that i fancy doing Spa at some time in my life.
When's your first trackday this year buddy.

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Posted 16 January 2012 - 06:57 PM




:D It will encourage me to go somewhere else next year if im barred! Or ill book it in Emmas name :ninja:

Emma's just has bad as you your both p*ss pot's :drink: thumbsup


Oh yeah. Spa it is next year then B)

Might take you up on that i fancy doing Spa at some time in my life.
When's your first trackday this year buddy.


Im on call this weekend but if i dont get called out on saturday and its not wet ill be going down to Oulton and trying to get booked on, theres still places left at the moment and Mulder is doing it. Otherwise its Snetterton on the 26th feb. We will have to get something booked for march, maybe blyhton? Doing Oulton in april if you fancy it.

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Posted 16 January 2012 - 07:08 PM

I think Darron was talking about Blyton to see how the car handles after all the mods. Could be early March he doesn't get the car back for a few more weeks yet. I quite fancy doing Oulton in my car just to see what it's like on track.

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Posted 16 January 2012 - 07:59 PM

I think Darron was talking about Blyton to see how the car handles after all the mods. Could be early March he doesn't get the car back for a few more weeks yet.
I quite fancy doing Oulton in my car just to see what it's like on track.


If you find a weekend date for Blyton let me know as I'd be interested.

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Posted 16 January 2012 - 08:14 PM


I think Darron was talking about Blyton to see how the car handles after all the mods. Could be early March he doesn't get the car back for a few more weeks yet.
I quite fancy doing Oulton in my car just to see what it's like on track.


If you find a weekend date for Blyton let me know as I'd be interested.

Could be intrested in this http://www.javelintr...cchk=1&Itemid=1 What do you think of this date.

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Posted 16 January 2012 - 08:23 PM

Same day as Snetterton though mate.

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Posted 16 January 2012 - 08:26 PM

Yes i have just found out off Georgebc. There is plenty to sort out in the next month or so it was only an idea.

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Posted 16 January 2012 - 08:27 PM

Half a dozen weekend Blyton dates currently showing in TrackdayList from Javelin and LoT

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 12:09 AM

Will head out morning on the tunnel, but will mostly stay off the A28 and take the classic route , D901 Boulogne to Abbeville and D438 Rouen to Alencon, then D338. Plenty of time to stop for friteries.


Sounds like you know where you're going. Can I follow you? :)

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 10:18 AM


Will head out morning on the tunnel, but will mostly stay off the A28 and take the classic route , D901 Boulogne to Abbeville and D438 Rouen to Alencon, then D338. Plenty of time to stop for friteries.


Sounds like you know where you're going. Can I follow you? :)


there might be a convoy , depending on crossing times. They might just blast it down the motorway, thats one option , or the route above ( http://g.co/maps/35evh )

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 10:22 AM

looks like the tunnel then since it's the first time I wouldn't mind tagging along with someone who has been there and knows the ropes Imnotworthy I'm not very good at navigating :lol:

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 10:40 AM


I'm not very good at navigating :lol:


i will never travel BA

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 11:30 AM


I'm not very good at navigating :lol:


i will never travel BA


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Posted 17 January 2012 - 12:07 PM



:drink:


too early for that

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 12:08 PM



Will head out morning on the tunnel, but will mostly stay off the A28 and take the classic route , D901 Boulogne to Abbeville and D438 Rouen to Alencon, then D338. Plenty of time to stop for friteries.


Sounds like you know where you're going. Can I follow you? :)


there might be a convoy , depending on crossing times. They might just blast it down the motorway, thats one option , or the route above ( http://g.co/maps/35evh )


Unless you've got lots of time on your hands, it's much better to stick on the Autoroute all the way to Rouen and get the first half of the journey out of the way as quickly as possible. Then pick up the traditional old Le Mans route on the former Route Nationale N138 (or D338/438 as it's now called) just the other side of Rouen and follow it all the way into Le Mans, maybe with a lunch break in Gace (traditional stop off for the Bentley Boys and lots of LM24 memorabilia down there), depending on timing. It's that second leg on the autoroute that is the real grind as bar a couple of bridges it's just featureless and feels never ending.

If I do this trip, it'll be the eighth year in a row I've done the schlep down to Le Mans and without a few nights stopover en-route like last year, that's the best route. But, if you're under time pressure (or towing a VX) then stick to the autoroute all the way in.

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 12:12 PM

Rouen Tunnels :D rallly

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 12:27 PM

via tunnel (35 mins) on Friday 3rd £90 return (on Monday 6th). Then you've got a 260 mile drive on the other side, circa 4 hours, to Le Mans.


so book early then anyone else booked already? and if so what train time

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 01:30 PM

I've booked a 11am train (Friday). If the consensus is to go earlier I will turn up and see if they will put me on an earlier train - I've done that before.

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 06:49 PM

Attending:

1. JimmyJamJerusalem
2. Ali
3. 5oc - Booked (both dates)
4. JG - Booked
5. I 8 a 4RE - Booked (only Bugatti)
6. Joe_589 (both dates) - Booked
7. CocoPops - Booked
8. Darron wall & Deltadeano (both dates) - Booked
9. georgebc - both dates - Booked
10. Sutol (probably just the Bugatti but for the whole long w/e) - Booked
11. Red5 (both dates) - booked
12. Rally - (both dates) - booked
13. Partridge
14. Sticky
15. Siztenboots - booked
16. 2deano5
17. MaxR (Both Dates)
18.Nickb777 (Both Dates)
19. Martin S (Both dates)
20. Frosty & Minno (Sunday only)
21. PeterVXR37 (Attending both dates, tracking Sunday only) Booked

Crossings:

Tunnel, tbc:
1. Jimmyjam
2. Techie
3. Red5 - out 3rd 8.30am, return ? - Booked
4. Rally - out 3rd 11:20 return 4th 16:20 - booked
5. Peter VXR37 - out 3rd 12.20 , back 6th 14.50 - booked

Ferry Ptsmth/StMalo 3rd 20:15 ~ Caen/Ptsmth 12th 12:15
1. JG - Booked
2. Cocopops - Booked

Ferry, Ptsmth/Caen 3rd 08:15 ~ Caen/Ptsmth 6th 16:30:
1. 5oc - Booked
2. MaxR - To be booked

Ferry, Newhaven/Dieppe 3rd 10.00 ~ Dieppe/Newhaven 6th 19.30:
1. Darron & Deano - Booked
2. Georgebc - Booked
3. Sutol - Booked
4. Martin S - Booked

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Posted 17 January 2012 - 10:49 PM

Attending:

1. JimmyJamJerusalem
2. Ali
3. 5oc - Booked (both dates)
4. JG - Booked
5. I 8 a 4RE - Booked (only Bugatti)
6. Joe_589 (both dates) - Booked
7. CocoPops - Booked
8. Darron wall & Deltadeano (both dates) - Booked
9. georgebc - both dates - Booked
10. Sutol (probably just the Bugatti but for the whole long w/e) - Booked
11. Red5 (both dates) - booked
12. Rally - (both dates) - booked
13. Partridge
14. Sticky
15. Siztenboots - booked
16. 2deano5
17. MaxR (Both Dates)
18.Nickb777 (Both Dates)
19. Martin S (Both dates)
20. Frosty & Minno (Sunday only)
21. PeterVXR37 (Attending both dates, tracking Sunday only) Booked
22. Joss & Nigel booked

Crossings:

Tunnel, tbc:
1. Jimmyjam
2. Techie
3. Red5 - out 3rd 8.30am, return ? - Booked
4. Rally - out 3rd 11:20 return 4th 16:20 - booked
5. Peter VXR37 - out 3rd 12.20 , back 6th 14.50 - booked

Ferry Ptsmth/StMalo 3rd 20:15 ~ Caen/Ptsmth 12th 12:15
1. JG - Booked
2. Cocopops - Booked

Ferry, Ptsmth/Caen 3rd 08:15 ~ Caen/Ptsmth 6th 16:30:
1. 5oc - Booked
2. MaxR - To be booked

Ferry, Newhaven/Dieppe 3rd 10.00 ~ Dieppe/Newhaven 6th 19.30:
1. Darron & Deano - Booked
2. Georgebc - Booked
3. Sutol - Booked
4. Martin S - Booked
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