Alton day
12 September 2004, 01:45 PM
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Alton day
Live post from Alton scooby day
sitting in the pub listening to several scoobys burbling awy in the background...
in excess of 100 scoobs in attendance
Mart
sitting in the pub listening to several scoobys burbling awy in the background...
in excess of 100 scoobs in attendance
Mart
12 September 2004, 04:07 PM
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It will be over by 6
yes 150 scoobs turned up!!!!
120 at any given time...
proven were doing some good deals!!!!!
nice to see so many scoobs
were persuading Big Vern, to do it again next year!!!!
Mart
yes 150 scoobs turned up!!!!
120 at any given time...
proven were doing some good deals!!!!!
nice to see so many scoobs
were persuading Big Vern, to do it again next year!!!!
Mart
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12 September 2004, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by WRXPete
After all my careful planning to come, i'm gutted i ultimately couldn't.
12 September 2004, 07:08 PM
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i went along today to decide what models i might be interested in buying. i have to say you scooby lot know how to organise an event,well done. some lovely cars there especially the luuuuuurrrrvely P1. if any one saw it i was the one driving around in the modded mk4 supra
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12 September 2004, 07:23 PM
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What a great day - chilling in the square. Also different atmosphere in the high street. Both different - both great. Well done to ALL those involved in the organisation - esp Big Vern who kept his humour up every time i saw him. Saw lots of old friends, also all drivers I saw were well behaved. Great advert for the Scooby community I thought.
Only down side - my daughter said there were not enough "young studs" around for her liking! Don't know if that is normally the case in Alton.
Only down side - my daughter said there were not enough "young studs" around for her liking! Don't know if that is normally the case in Alton.
13 September 2004, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by No-bars Krud
Only down side - my daughter said there were not enough "young studs" around for her liking! Don't know if that is normally the case in Alton.
13 September 2004, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by andypugh2000
Sounds like you need to borrow one of my videos pete
13 September 2004, 02:49 PM
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Yes, it was a fab day today. Quote of the day has to go to the officer from the Hampshire Constabulary who stopped in his bmw estate patrol car and asked Simon at the car park closure point "have you seen a blue Subaru" which had apparently been travelling rather "fast" towards Alton in the morning!!!! After he asked how many people would be in attendance and being told around 150, he replied "well I'm not likely to find him then am I" and promptly drove off!!!
Well done to Vern and all - here's to next year???
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Well done to Vern and all - here's to next year???
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13 September 2004, 03:24 PM
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It was an excellent turn out and all in all an excellent day. We stayed over on Saturday night and made a real weekend of it.
I met a fellow Catalunya owner (no. 51) and were chatting for ages and didn't think to ask what his name on here was, so if you are here - hi
I met a fellow Catalunya owner (no. 51) and were chatting for ages and didn't think to ask what his name on here was, so if you are here - hi
13 September 2004, 03:32 PM
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Keith (Keef69),
Sorry I didn't go, I did get ya text but I had no bloddy credit......I bet it was good day, I wish I could have come..........try to save a bit of £££ at the mo, I am marshalling at the WRC GB Rally later this wk, so am having to spend all my money on fuel, accomadation, food, etc.......
Cheers for the offer
Tim (P5TPB)
Sorry I didn't go, I did get ya text but I had no bloddy credit......I bet it was good day, I wish I could have come..........try to save a bit of £££ at the mo, I am marshalling at the WRC GB Rally later this wk, so am having to spend all my money on fuel, accomadation, food, etc.......
Cheers for the offer
Tim (P5TPB)
13 September 2004, 07:46 PM
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.."Great Day"! 
Well done to Fatmanscooby & Big Vern & anyone else who helped organise.
Lots of Scoobs,nice relaxed atmosphere,good to see some old friends & make new ones too !...& the weather held out too
Well worth the trip ! See some of you at Longleat-Sunday October 10th,if you going !
Cheers all
Duracell
Well done to Fatmanscooby & Big Vern & anyone else who helped organise.
Lots of Scoobs,nice relaxed atmosphere,good to see some old friends & make new ones too !...& the weather held out too
Well worth the trip ! See some of you at Longleat-Sunday October 10th,if you going !
Cheers all
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13 September 2004, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by P5TPB
Keith (Keef69),
Sorry I didn't go, I did get ya text but I had no bloddy credit......I bet it was good day, I wish I could have come..........try to save a bit of £££ at the mo, I am marshalling at the WRC GB Rally later this wk, so am having to spend all my money on fuel, accomadation, food, etc.......
Cheers for the offer
Tim (P5TPB)
Sorry I didn't go, I did get ya text but I had no bloddy credit......I bet it was good day, I wish I could have come..........try to save a bit of £££ at the mo, I am marshalling at the WRC GB Rally later this wk, so am having to spend all my money on fuel, accomadation, food, etc.......
Cheers for the offer
Tim (P5TPB)
marshalling that is...
i thinks its off that you have to fund it...
you ought to group together and say pay us or we dont marshall
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13 September 2004, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by SlowBoy
Very impressed with the event. Well organised - thanks to all those involved.
Good food at the pub, too.
Some really nice cars there, too. Esp liked the blue STi 5 parked outside Pezzo - those Advans look fantastic.
Good food at the pub, too.
Some really nice cars there, too. Esp liked the blue STi 5 parked outside Pezzo - those Advans look fantastic.
That Version 5 was a Version 6 V Ltd
and its mine. Thanks for the comments the Advans have to go i hate them.You were all a credit to your clubs well done i was proud to have been a part of the organising. Same time same place next year????????
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13 September 2004, 11:04 PM
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(IN MY OPINION)... before you decide that my words mean anything but.....
We arrived just at 9am and luckily enough were in time to be able to park in the main Town Square. I pitched my scooby outside the Town Hall and unloaded the urchins from the back.
Immediately we spotted a man polishing his car. Admittedly I had run my car through the car wash the previous day and quickly polished the front and back - probably because I hadn't done it for about 2 months. I drive my car, it's not a work of art
My Husband decided to ride his bike to take full advantage of the beautiful weather... well, it was when we started out!
Making our way to the Pizza Express we were able to command an outside table. This afforded a great view for people watching - I love people watching. Sipping scalding hot cappuccinos and smoking menthols. I was in my element.
The Square started to fill nicely - there were reported to be 150 cars at any one time through out the day.
We enjoyed a fabulous Italian meal at the Pizza Express with a complimentary bottle of wine.
Said a few hellos to fellow ScoobyNet members and finally disembarked from the event around 1.30pm. I must say this though. To have the **** taken out of me for my lone Soulgirl glittery sticker on my rear window is a travesty of justice. One particular offender even had his own name on the side window of his car anyway so pot kettle black springs to mind.... Some of the cars, and their contents were unjustifiably stupid... actually, just plain wrong! Middle aged men with a cargo of stuffed ScoobyDoo toys! What's that all about?
There was also an air of cliqueness (is that a real word?) - small gatherings of owners talking upgrades and enhancements. Cars displaying neatly typed, encapsulated lists of mods and stick on numberplate's displaying website addresses.
It came across as a bit **** for me. Not sure I will attend such an event again as there seemed to be no intention of people just saying hi.
Oh well, must be the girl in me.
We arrived just at 9am and luckily enough were in time to be able to park in the main Town Square. I pitched my scooby outside the Town Hall and unloaded the urchins from the back.
Immediately we spotted a man polishing his car. Admittedly I had run my car through the car wash the previous day and quickly polished the front and back - probably because I hadn't done it for about 2 months. I drive my car, it's not a work of art
My Husband decided to ride his bike to take full advantage of the beautiful weather... well, it was when we started out!
Making our way to the Pizza Express we were able to command an outside table. This afforded a great view for people watching - I love people watching. Sipping scalding hot cappuccinos and smoking menthols. I was in my element.
The Square started to fill nicely - there were reported to be 150 cars at any one time through out the day.
We enjoyed a fabulous Italian meal at the Pizza Express with a complimentary bottle of wine.
Said a few hellos to fellow ScoobyNet members and finally disembarked from the event around 1.30pm. I must say this though. To have the **** taken out of me for my lone Soulgirl glittery sticker on my rear window is a travesty of justice. One particular offender even had his own name on the side window of his car anyway so pot kettle black springs to mind.... Some of the cars, and their contents were unjustifiably stupid... actually, just plain wrong! Middle aged men with a cargo of stuffed ScoobyDoo toys! What's that all about?
There was also an air of cliqueness (is that a real word?) - small gatherings of owners talking upgrades and enhancements. Cars displaying neatly typed, encapsulated lists of mods and stick on numberplate's displaying website addresses.
It came across as a bit **** for me. Not sure I will attend such an event again as there seemed to be no intention of people just saying hi.
Oh well, must be the girl in me.
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13 September 2004, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by fatmanscooby
That Version 5 was a Version 6 V Ltd and its mine. Thanks for the comments the Advans have to go i hate them.
You were all a credit to your clubs well done i was proud to have been a part of the organising. Same time same place next year????????
and its mine. Thanks for the comments the Advans have to go i hate them.You were all a credit to your clubs well done i was proud to have been a part of the organising. Same time same place next year????????