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[LooseCannon]

These are some of the events I'll be aiming to attend this year. Stress the word aim as in the best of years lucky to get to a quarter of them! Most of them have been put in the calendar, please note if you fancy attending some require pre-booking if you want to get in cheap, otherwise you'll pay full whack on the day.

May
Sun 6th Classic Cars Ripon Sat 12th Hillclimb Barbon Manor, Westmoreland
Sun 13th Cars in the Park Newby Hall, N Yorks
Sun 13th Fastlane Corbridge
Sun 20th American Cars Masham Marketplace
Sat 26th Club Lotus Castle Combe
June
Sat 2nd Vintage Hillclimb Harewood, N Yorks
Mon 4th Classic Cars Ripley Castle, Harrogate
Sun 10th Borders Vintage Auto Club Thirlstane Castle, Berwick
Tues 19th Butterwick Hospice Hardwick Park
Tues 28th Butterwick Hospice Bishop Auckland Marketplace
July
Sat-Sun 14th-15th Classic weekend N Yorks Moors Railway
Aug.
Sat Sun 4th-5th Nostalgia Wekend Croft, N Yorks
Sun 5th Classic Cars Ripley Castle, Harrogate
Sat 25th Classic cars Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland
Sept
tba tba American cars Masham Marketplace
Oct
Sat-Sun 13th-14th Masters Historic Championship Donington

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[MartinL]

Hey Mark, some good shows on your list, lets hope we get some local enthusiasm (spelling??)
I am deffo up for Bardon hillclimb next week if you fancy a meet up for a blast over the 66..........
NO cameras, but watch out through Kirkby Stephen as the bas.... got me last year with a mobile camera van, i had to do a "speed awareness course".................waste of 4 hours, but no points!!

[philip600]

Hi,
I'm hoping to get to some of these shows, work & weather permitting.
Probably go for -
CITP on 13th May
Ripley on 4th June
I've got Silverstone Classic weekend booked.
Hoping to get to Croft Nostalgia this year & will try & attend the Butterwick Hospice shows, there is also one of these at Wolviston Village ( listed in Morgans yearbook ) on Tuesday 8th May from 5.30 - 9.00. You need to pre-book to show your car though.
Hope to see some of you out & about this year. Didn't get my Esprit until late July last year so missed most of the shows due to other commitments.
Got first decent run planned this weekend ( hoping weathers ok ) off to Whitby / Scarborough then over night in hotel on NY Moors then back home via either Helmsley or Fylingdales. ( Tractor run on in Helmsley on Sundy so probably Fylindales !! )
Don't know about elsewhere but our local council seem hell bent on having us all drive at 20mph everwhere, they are obsessed with speed humps ( that my totally standard height S4s will not go over, what's the legal position with these ? surely if you buy a road legal car you should be able to use the roads without having to scrape the front on these humps whilst driving on them ! ) & now the latest scheme is reducing a number of NSL roads to 40mph, speed kills aparently although I've driven fast quite a few times & I'm still here !
Rant over, drive safely.
Phil.

[LooseCannon]

Well my alternator died last night and the electrician dude is on holiday until next week so may miss a couple.

13th May I will probably do Fastlane at Corbridge rather than CITP as I know the lad who organises it; he puts a lot of effort in and want to support him

Saw the Wolviston village one but the place is tiny? Not sure where everyone would go. Might pop along even if mine isn't mended.

[philip600]

Sorry to hear about alternator dying. Do you not fancy having a go yourself ? Shouldn't be too difficult ( says the bloke who dropped a nut into the water pump while carrying our a 'simple' thermostat replacement !! )
I must admit Wolviston isn't the most ideal location. I went last year ( or maybe the year before ) & there wasn't a huge amount there & it was spread out. They usually have one in Elton Village & Sedgefield as well, they're are better locations.
Hope this weather starts to pick up.
I was going to try Fastlane as it's a nice run up from here but not sure if the Wife is coming & the flower show is on at Newby ( I think ) so it's easier to presuade her if there's something else to do ;-)
Phil.

[LooseCannon]

Missed Corbridge, got the alternator in the next day absolute pig of a job when you are a lard arse lying in the boot.

Really fancy Ripley Castle on Monday, supposed to be a break in the current poor weather according to the forecast, fingers crossed.

[philip600]

Anyone going to Hardwick Hall classic car show tonight ? Hoping to have a run over if it stays fine.
Phil.

[philip600]

Hi,
There's a classic Mini show ( including classic cars ) on at Saltburn by the Sea on Sunday 1st July. There's also apparently an air show on as well along with stalls & things for the kids to do, here's a link.

http://www.theseavie...Event-2012.aspx

Only up the road from me so I'll be popping along. It's free as well :-)
Phil.