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Brilliant day out today at RAF Cosford, then followed a gorgeous BMW B9 3-5 ALPINA back home

Ouch, sorry to hear that @RallyVW , don't mention to the dentist that you have joined a club that eats lots of sugary snacks, maybe not the best thing for teeth Us with lots of calcium phosphate still in our mouths met at Matlock and did the rather funny looking Westfield dance at the back of our cars, well that's what it looks like anyway. We took a spectacular route over the tops, all on B roads and away from main stream traffic, the views were good and the weather just got brighter as we headed West. We arrived at The Rudyard Hotel and one took one's lunch in the Ballroom. It was all a bit posher than we are used too but at 8.45 for a carvery you can't go wrong. The Rudyard Hotel Rudyard Lake After lunch we needed some teeth destroying sugar and those twisty's were waiting for us, so off we set up and over on a slightly different route back which included our favourite Crowdecote road. The MX5 club had the same idea and we joined the back of a convoy of 15 (I think that is how many Sue said she counted) of them. Glen said to me 'well that answers your question Julie - I wonder what the MX5 club get up to' It also reminded me why I drive a Westfield as the journey was a little tame, shall we say. We turned off at the next junction and resumed some proper motion in order to arrive at our cake stop in the Stone Centre, Wirksworth. Blimey, it was humidly warm so we sat outside and ate cake whilst looking at our cars, bliss. The panorama dance was soon employed by the dafter ones in the crowd, says she who delights in it! Chris, Mo, Andrew and us avoided a potentially busy Matlock Bath and headed home through Chatsworth Park where we saw a herd of deer. Martyn, Sue and Trevor took the Ca**ington route back, which I am sure looked lovely now the sun had come out. The Stone Centre It has been yet another successful day, with terrific driving roads, yummy food and just the best company you can wish for. Thank you tonnes to everyone for making the effort and travelling such a long way to join us, I hope you have all enjoyed it too

Bagpuss because @Julie Hall - AO Representative, Peak District AO says so

I needed somewhere better than the dining room/living room to store the new tub, so as the old one is now off... Mind you, lots of work to be done before I can fettle and fit it properly, but at least I’m not falling over it every day, now!

Following a cracking morning at Haynes Breakfast club (pics here https://forum.wscc.co.uk/forum/topic/133535-pictures-added-haynes-breakfast-club-sunday-7-april/), my dad, bro and I headed over to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton for a quick snack before enjoying the non-forecast sun on the way home

Buttercup. Because I thought it suited her. Mind you, at the moment thinking of changing her name to "Dusty"

What I can’t understand is why the scrute did not pick you up on not having a cat at the time of scrutineering.... and that they waited until the end of play.... so unless somebody complained what prompted him to enforce the clause post having a race ticket ?

Beautiful day for a blat

Was great fun although a little cold, 50 miles on the M1 was possibly not the best idea but this is going to be a learning curve for me. Pair of gloves will be ordered as will a screen mounted mirror, rear vision is pretty poor with wind deflectors fitted. Fingers crossed for a bit of sunshine today..i feel another run is in order.

Car collected and given a good run out, definitely going to need a pair of gloves next time out, this really isn't the best weather for a good run...hands just about warmed up! But great fun...the M5 driver who tried his luck off a roundabout was left standing

Here's some photos of the models currently in the cabinet.

My father taught me how to ride a motorcycle when I was 13, I rode a bike all year round until about 15 years ago when following a slide down a wet road on my knees my family bought me driving lessons for Christmas... So I was over 50 when I passed my test, my first car was an Alfa Romeo Spider which I adored... it was followed by a variety of cars but I always had a love of Alfas. Makes me smile that I had trouble getting insured for my Spider, Saga and Sheila's wheels.. not interested! Almost 4 years ago the Alfa Romeo I loved was hit by a KTM Superduke doing 120 mph, head on. The ensuing fire ended the life of the biker at the scene and my husband 3 days later. I inherited his Westfield and although it was built by him on a shoestring almost 20 years ago I am so proud to drive it and drive it I do - constantly.

Metalflake?

Personally I have always found sprinting to be a friendly, welcoming place, and a great way to test yourself and your car. We as a family have never encountered any issues that weren't easily shrugged off or resolved with the help of our racing community, and one poor experience should not put anybody off. I'm sure both the SSOT and Longton will do everything they can to ensure this doesn't happen again in future, and we need to trust and support them in that. Unfortunately, a rule is a rule, and if they choose to investigate it fully, there is not much the Clerk of the Course can do. @Archibald Meatpants Please don't allow this one unfriendly character encountered by @maurici over the weekend to influence the impression of a community that is overwhelmingly friendly, welcoming and supportive of anyone who choses to join it.

Will see you there and say hello.

Sprayed with a few additions.

Jumpy gauge could be an earthing issue.

Looks like you had a fantastic day.

OOOOH, I thought YOUR name was Buttercup!

Get them done tomorrow

It's still in the "work in progress" stage.

Good to see David and Adge today and to meet Carl with bike engined Westi. It was a huge turn out of cars of all types and ages and the weather was great. Pics for those that couldn't make it.

Thoughts are with you. Talk about polar opposites. Not much worse than having tooth out but hopefully it resolves a problem you are having and things look up. By the way, we had great fun

Russ, after my experience yesterday at Cadwell, it seems to be much more to do with the organiser than the type of event...

Nice trip to the RAF Museum at Cosford.

29th? Ha ha, got to go to work to pay for this, but yes, thanks, very pleased it's almost like getting my previous megaS2k back…but much better, see you on the 27th cheers

I'm up for a blat now Pete as back on the road now! Your car looks 'proper by the way! Mart.

My granddaughter sits in the car in the garage for a play with the lights and horn. Usually the next morning involves me connecting up the charger.

I still remember my first couple of drives. Even after 5 years of ownership the car still puts a grin on my face....

That's good, you wouldn't like us if we were hungry

This is the last model I finished. It's a Ford Escort Mexico, converted from a RS 1600 rally car using decals and RS alloy wheels from Motobitz.

But what better motivation than a Westy train at Cadwell Park!

Worried that 20 month grandson is claiming his inheritance a little early. Gary

Well. Just got home at 12.30 P.M. On sunday of what was meant to be the first weekend of my sprinting season after a year without competing. This is a post to highlight how roten and how little common sense is applied by several people on this sport, but if you are a member of SSOT and you are reading this lines, don't worry, this wont be one of my inflamatory posts moaning and swearing. I've been asked to write this in a MP to the SSOT, but, I really think It must be public, so I've done my best effort on being objective and descriptive. The weekend started bad, very bad, on friday where we was allowed to scrutinie our cars.It was a good Idea to do so and take it out of the way. The day was typical miserable Anglesey weather, with rain and wind. I went to the scrutiniering bay and queued under the rain getting soaked for an hour while the scrutinier decied to accept to take a radikal in admision without logbook and arranged to have it made in-situ while the others were waiting in the queue, under rain cold and wind. When this individual, finished with the loog book, told to all the cars in the queue that he was tired and he would not accept any other car. That was 17.50 P.M. The scrutiniering times were till 18.30 P.M. Fair enough he didn't wanted to scrutinie our cars, but was absolutely unnecesary to have us waiting for an hour under the rain, and even more unnecesary to laught in our faces when all the 4 cars there waiting told him “c'mon, only 4 cars and we have been soaked under the rain for an hour”... This same undesirable individual, laught in my face again on saturday morning when I went to scrutinie my car, asking me if I was still soaked after yesterdays wait. Poor taste, and a clear view of a person that shouldn't be allowed to share space with normal people. After the 4th saturday timed run, I decieded to call it a day. I was first in class, and I wasn't going any faster, and I was reasonably happy with the points scored in the speed series, so I went with my dad walking to rocket corner to see the last timed run from there. When we walked back, Gavin, Longton's secretary came to tell me to go to the scrutiniering bay as I was requested by the scrutinier team. When I arrived there, I found myself and another 5 westfields under re-check for not having catalytic converters in the car. I have to say, that everyone will know their circumstances, but in my case, being road-going and Q-plate, and enforced by both championship rules to bring the car in the exact same condition that it wen trough the MOT, I was pretty convinced that my car didn't need it. Apparently does. In summary, we were all of us excluded from the event and banned to take part in next day event. The same undesirable individual who had been behaving not very well during the whole weekend, was extremely rude, unpolite, and refused to even debate the rules. He was too busy issuing us non compliance sheets with his best sarcastic smail and with a feel of satisfaction while f***** 5 amateur drivers and making them waste a lot of money for all the wasted weekend. The clerck of the course, surprisingly, was the one who took the decision to exclude us, and supported this individual position. A clerck of a club (whitch I'm a paid member) that is alive because there is amateur drivers competing with them, and other clubs (like wesfield one) attending to their meetings... so witch hunting amateur competitors of a whole “friend” club, doens't looks like the best practice. The rule of the catalityc converters is been there for ages, and is been not enforced, because is not realistic, and technically speaking you can't fit them to any engine. Is not a safety issue and should be prossecuted ONLY if another competitor claims against your car. And that, from my experience in club motorsports, rarely happens. If they wanted to start to police it, or enforce it, they shold have had to issue a warning beforehand to avoid competitors with cars that had been compilant for 10 years to waste over a grand preparing the weekend. (as for example happened with the warning of the f***** lithium batterys). And the should had to do a sample of the WHOLE PADOCK. I did walk a bit this morning, and I could count from a single pass, about 15 cars post 1999 without catalytic converters. Is another stupid rule, like the one of the size of the headlamps (just to quote one), that if you apply it with severty, half of the grid would be excluded. What happens now? Well. This is my goodbie to the competition world. At least the MSA world, and my return to trackdays. There will be two clubs without me as a customer due this incident, and a license less in the MSA, so they are losing it, not me. For you to understand my point, I'm not an sprinter, and I don't praticularly enjoy sprinting itself. I like track time, and I like competition, and sprinting is the only way of competition I can afford, so NO, I'm not sprinting anymore and not giving longton or MSA a single penny ever else. After wasting over a grand in one weekend, I think I had enough. They lose a customer (and maybe other 4), they will look terrible to the public, More issues will arise now... its been a terribly poor move from all of them. Who wins? Unfortunately nobody aside of the undesirable scrutinier who enjoyed the whole story like if he was wining the lottery. Shame and poor management from all of them this weekend. Those are the facts, from my point of view, and I've tried my best to be as objective and near to the real truth as I possibly can. Regards. Maurici Revilla-Vazquez. Msa National B license Holder. Longton And District M.C. Member. WSCC member and Speed series competitor.

I've been looking for carbon light pods as well you can get them from here but make sure you're sitting down before you look at the price https://westermann-motorsport.com/en/produkte/carbon-fibre-headlight-assembly I've brought a second had chrome pair of pods which I'm going to skin in carbon

Myself and Tash were really looking forward to another run out with you guys. But instead I’m sat in a random dentists waiting to have a tooth pulled. Have a good day and hopefully be out next time