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A great weekend and lots of great battles on the track. Well done to Adrian but Stu was very very close all on the last run. Glad my 'mini' busa held together given I only finished swapping engines 3:30 Friday morning. I hope Graham's car all fixed again soon. Cedar straight is not somewhere you would wish to come off the track. Plenty of WSCC speed series team spirit on show. Big thanks for GF for organising the meal on Saturday evening. Windy and Howard did a great job of helping Pete fix his car. All credit to James for letting Graham double drive the mighty crossflow after the accident. Likewise to Keith for letting Howard double drive his car after Howard broke a driveshaft. We even helped a few Caterhams again. I need to sort my brakes out though. They seem like an on off switch and very hard to modulate as Geoff's photo shows on approach to Fallow.. David

There's a speed series in the caravan club. I fancy a go myself. Might have to join too!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_axIytjoJU

The famous tyre wall strikes again...a few have been there! Last time I was there Graham rolled his car so its not a good track for him but I hope damage is quickly and easily repaired

Home safe n sound and knackered, it's been a brilliant weekend and a fitting end to my first speed series season We've had some highs and low's mostly provided by Gluten Free, the social high point of Gluten unveiling his latest addition to the chateau, "Gloria" the inflatable sofa and getting us all a little worried waiting to hear how he was after having a big off and hitting a tyre wall, the good news was no real damage to Graham, can't say the same for his car though but all repairable Here's Gloria

Marcus should your statement read as above?

You wouldn't have liked it, all lovely light sponge cake, perfect moisture content, and tangy lemon, it was disgusting. No you definitely wouldn't have liked it.

There are several points to be made here. The biggest problem is that the EU apart from being a money sucking drain, is full of people who are somewhat dim. These decision makers are easy fodder for the professional lobbyist, some of whom I have met and despise. They are employed by those who want change, so the tree huggers have employed them to convince them that we are all going to die from global warming, sorry no now climate change and we need to reduce our power consumption. They convince the EU it is necessary and they start with easy targets, who would object to a hoover not sucking quite as much? Then as has already been pointed out they will reduce it again in the near future. But lets not stop there, when they have got used to that lets start on other things, drills, mowers etc all for our own good. Big industry employs better lobbyists and they convince the EU they cannot reduce their use so the public must do their bit first as we do not have lobbyists at our disposal. I met a group of lobbyists who were telling me that once they had succeeded in getting smoking banned, there was a lot with nothing to do so they look for new causes to get paid to do. So alcohol and food is now their cause, no cause is wrong so long as they are being paid by someone to get to the correct ear in government or the EU. Just pick any group who get press coverage and they will employ one of these people to push their agenda. The EU seems very easy for these to influence over a short time. We will follow others will ignore it, we will prosecute those found doing bootleg cleaners but allow real criminals to get let off. The EU as a trading partner is fine but this sort of rubbish is why we need to be out.

Chocolate cake was my contribution, glad you enjoyed it!

Well the WSCC site was well up to our increasingly exacting standards - rows of Westies, many parked up in a straight line, heaps of flags both new and old, impressive tent and gazebo which was just chock full of tea and cakes and Del talking slip angles (I think). Nice to see so many Yorkshire folk too (Ricky, Marcus, Red Spider, Frank, Barry, Julie and Glen (OK not Yorkshire people but nearly!) and some others that I will have forgotten. Happy days

And a big for the chocolate cake... it was delicious!

Hi all I am the owner of a sad but loved, SEI wide body 1992 with a X flow engine bored out to 1800cc with twin webber carbs. I parked this about six years ago in a container as I had to move to Ireland. I have recently had someone look at it and I have been told that the moisture in the container has sized the engine. I don't have the time or ability to do anything with this. Would people on the forum be able to give me a rough estimate of its value as is ( A project) otherwise the car is in good nick and used to handle like a dream and I have taken it to Les Mans on a number of occasions. any help much appreciated. Mark