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Posted by Chris Brook..... "Just got back from a weekend marshaling this event for about the 7th year. Think my fellow Harewood Marshals will agree that I speak for all of us in saying "Thanks" for a great weekend of racing and fun. The BBQ you laid on was much appreciated" Let's do it all again next year." Gutted I couldn't head over, 1st Blyton missed since WSCC's been there. I'll make sure life revolves around Blyton in July 2020. Well done Panda et'All!!

Had a lovely day out today with my friend Graham as a birthday treat for him. We met some great people today and also saw quite a number of lovely vehicles on the roads. We kept away from main roads all day between our stops, and travelled through beautiful countryside and moorland on single track roads which I love. We enjoyed a little swim through the ford on our travels. We visited and stopped at quite a few places but the two best ones where the motor museum at Thornton Le Dale and Grosmont engine sheds. Very interesting vehicles in the motor museum and a lot are up for auction. Dinner was at the Crown in Hutton Le Hole which does brilliant food. Engine sheds at Grosmont was as always, very interesting. Here are a few pictures of our day.

I was on the phone to my mum on the way home; explaining that unlike my brother i get to meet my friends only a couple of times a year. This weekend was one of them! Blyton this year was good, and also emotional thank you to richard & jane usher for their amazing hospitality, and we wish them every success in their next adventure. I'm sure their will be post saying thank you as drivers get home unload and get a beer and watch the f1 repeat; but this event can't happen with without the help of an amazing helpers and teams...... Nigel Curry - thank you i did 17,000+ steps a day; god knows how many you did. the Amazing Alan Smith - clerk of the course the timing team - David Clay, Chris Winstanley Graham Frankland - the GF meal as good as ever. Andy Banks and Ian Tolfree - the braimasters 20 harewood team members led by Mike Shoreley Darlington & district Eastern Recovery Del for hosting the clubs kit @mrs panda - for putting up with this. all the drivers for making this a wow event. If i haven't mentioned you I'm sorry, I'm going to hibernate for 360 days and see you at blyton 2020 iI welcome ideas on how we can finish my last year on a high. eg parade lap etc... cheers Panda

"Hi John Just a quick note to say a massive thank you to WSCC for the hospitality shown to all the Marshals at this weekends Blyton Sprint. Whilst talking we all agreed the Club always looks after us very very well which is very much appreciated by all. Please pass our thanks on to all concerned. Keith"

Huge thanks from me too for yet another great weekend of Motorsport, some personal records broken for some amazing cars and drivers; a really efficient couple of days resulting in a good number of timed runs. Good to see a few faces come join us at the BYOBBQ social too... Thanks everyone and especially you John (Panda) Crowd gathering... Track day start line... GF Meal... Marshalls, Medical and Rescue dinner courtesy of WSCC...

Great weekend John, thank you for organising. Hope no-one found any raw sausages or burgers!! I will be back in 2020 for sure thanks Ian

Essex monthly meet stated with a hour and a half blat around the countryside then back to Runwell Toby to meet our guests from Essex 7's good turn out nice guys interesting motors.

Sunday morning Blatter's! Really good drive. Nice and quiet 👍

A beautiful winters day here is Tasmania so a bbq was had A yellow Elfin, my Aussie Westfield and in the shed is a PRB

We will be having a weekend run out on the 7th/8th September staying at The Highland Moors Llandrindod Wells for one night only, to book a room phone Sue on 0159782515 tell her you are with the Wirral N/Wales WSCC group then let me know when you have confirmed booking. Jeff 2014

Meet at Sainsburys Matlock DE4 3SP at 10.30am for a run on the back lanes of the Peak District to finish up at a new and right Royal pub for lunch. Cake will follow shortley after, I might try the new cafe on the Monsal Trail again if I think we can park, and defect to The Smithy in Monyash if not. This is weather dependant, so who is going to join us if it's sunny?

One that might appeal to all present, Go Pro Hero 7, with accessory kit (cheaper than buying the camera individually): https://www.amazon.co.uk/GoPro-Hero-7-Black-Adventure-Kit/dp/B07T42DHNJ/ref=gbdf_tit_m-3_eca7_f86abe8d?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=a2bf8ace-e09c-47ed-a637-0deadb5feca7&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=10157705031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=WQSPECK50870NBN03D96&th=1 Verrrrrrrrry cheap - shame I cant justify it at the mo! I was looking for a new TV but they all seem to be 2017 models. If you find any other bargains feel free to share!

I am going to be there also in my slow narrow bodied white westie! I have offered Mark Bishop a double drive if he is unable to get his engine re-built in time! I will murder him if he does a better time than me! See you all there with famous sun tan lotion on show for all to see! Glutey

Worth mentioning on the GoPro's, theire been a hundred pound off offer running for a while, outside of Prime. And also that there seem to have been some colossal order fulfillment issues and a lot of angry people. Be interested to hear if any members are running the 7 Black, was looking to get one, but extremely put off by the feedback. Just wondering if there's anything to it?

If your insurer says they only recover losses in cases of negligence, and not accidents, how do they deal with motor claims? Sounds utter BS so I would speak to a manager at the insurer or better still email and keep a record of what they are stating. I would ask the neighbour the name of company that fitted the shower and do they have liability insurance (they should) and your insurer will reclaim losses from them possibly including your excess if you have legal cover; otherwise you might have to claim the excess thru small claims court at about £25 premium. Going thru your insurer will get the repairs done quickly and professionally. Good luck.

Found another one - Dremel tool, cheapest ive seen them in a long, long time! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dremel-Platinum-Attachments-Accessories-5000-35000/dp/B007651OPW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 There are other variants available There are also some nice OX tools on offer as well.

Nah! Sorry if I slowed you down. I was perhaps warning you that there was a lesser spotted Gary up ahead!

I'm sorry to have missed this too. I was the idiot in the blue Mercedes frantically waving and flashing (headlights) at you when you were on your way up Glenshee to meet up with Gary and Trina. We had just left them at Glenshee and were on our way to Glamis for the classic car show. That's why we didn't join in with you yesterday, but we can't do everything I suppose.. Glad you all had fun though. David

Yeah had this a few years ago when our neighbours set fire to their shed, which caused a mass of damage to our house. In the first instance, their insurance is supposed to cover the costs of repairs to your property, for which they'll need to send out an assessor. There should be no claim against your insurance as you are not at fault and the damage is a consequence of their actions. Unfortunately, in our circumstance, our neighbour didn't have any insurance, so we had to claim through ours. Our insurance co tried to reclaim the losses from them personally, but after a year of evasion, they gave up so we lost our excess and our premium went up.

Sorry to have missed this run - I saw you (Brad and Jim or John - was red anyway..) going up the A9 towards Broxden, as I was going south in the camper. Would have gladly swapped places!! Dave.

A number of years ago the son of a neighbor smashed my front door glass..I asked him to pay. He agreed but never paid. I repaired the glass. After repeated requests I went to small claims caught and got full costs recovered. Why should you claim on your insurance..he has damaged your property and therefore I would have thought he should pay for the repair.. you going to YOUR insurance should not necessarily be your first action. I would get an estimate to repair and then put it in writing that you want him to pay etc..if not take him to small claims court if within the limit.. Unless of course there is some legal difference with properties etc..

Awesome stuff, what an achievement, well done!

Got to agree with John - great weekend. My thanks to Karl from Force, the Mugglestones, Phelp's, Ron and Mick and Derek who helped me keep going on Friday and enjoy the weekend. Great club motorsport!

WOW what a great day out !!! a big thanks to all who came today and enjoy great day out in glorious weather we did 220 miles and I’m sure that everyone from down south did much more we set off south at 8.30 to meet up with everyone at glenshee, getting there a tad early meant there was time for a bacon roll and coffee sitting outside in the sun , there are a lot worse places to be on a Sunday morning! Soon there were 3 Westies and a tiger parked and ours made 5 a quick chat and we decided to press on to tomintoul and have a regroup there, on passing corgarf Les with his seight was waiting and waving us on he caught us up at tomintoul, onto a refuel at Grantown-on-Spey before taking the backroads through nethy bridge, coylum bridge and feshie bridge to loch insch boathouse for lunch after some good food and chatter, John said he was going to press on south so we all headed down the backroad to Kingussie and Newtonmore before saying goodbye Les said he was going for fuel and then to explore lochness side so we parted ways and we headed back up speyside for home. sat here in glorious sunshine and I’d just again like to thank everyone for a great day out

More pain...

On the front at Woolacombe Ilsham marine drive Torbay, the week is almost over so it’s M5 back home on Sunday

Off to Blyton yesterday at silly o’clock

Mr Chairman airing his views

NOW SOLD 2009 Westfield SEIW 2.0 Duratec 1st registered 01/05/2009 - Westfield sports 2000cc red/black on V5 so correctly done. Mileage: If you can show me how to get the mileage display on the Stack gauge please do, I'm guessing around 6000 miles, supposedly 1000 ish on it when I bought it and I don't do more than 1000miles a year, its condition certainly marries up to the low mileage. All numbers matching on V5 including engine number. 2 former keepers, me since July 2014. MT 75 wide tunnel chassis originally built with a pinto engine, then a brand new 2.0 crate duratec was fitted so the engine sits nice and back in the chassis. When I bought the car it needed a fair bit of 'putting right', so below is everything that has been done within my ownership within the last 5 years. Basically I went through and either replaced, re-plumbed, re-wired or took apart and re-put back together properly 90% of the car as it had all the right bits, but hadn't quite been put together right. Chassis: Powder coated red Protech single adjustable dampers supplied by blink motorsport & valved for a Westie. Have the damper plot graphs etc. From memory 300lb springs in front & 180lb in rear. Playskool adjustable ARB's both front and rear. Geometry setup by myself (spent day tweaking it and took guidance from Adam R who has also driven the car on track) 2 sets of 13" Team dynamics wheels: 1 set with brand new R888r's on, and the other set has Yoko AO32's which are a fantastic road tyre that also work brilliantly on damp/wet track days. They are probably half way through their life. Brakes: Just last week put brand new Hi-Spec 4 pots on the front with Ferrodo DS2500 pads. Rear brakes are the standard golf setup. Bodywork: Standard ZK wide body in post office red Genuine carbon mods carbon nose cone that I had JK strengthen with kevlar in places just incase Carbon cycle wings from carbon NV with mud flaps Carbon rear arch protectors Detachable rear arches RAC roll bar Clear motorsport aluminium rear diffuser Removable rear mesh wind deflector Carbon look lights all round with decent headlight reflectors & bulbs so they work well Drivetrain etc: "New" sierra 7" LSD 3.92 ratio from Dave Rae motorsport fitted with new joints & shafts etc (everything I bought brand new from westfield to convert the rear end from its original Freelander diff setup as is was previously geared to the moon) BGH heavy duty rebuilt type 9 - Type E2 road, long 1st. Near enough 1st - 40mph, 2nd - 60mph, 3rd - 90mph, 4th - 120mph, 70mph in 5th around 3400rpm. Raceline lightweight bell housing with hydraulic concentric release bearing (nice clutch pedal and no need to adjust a cable, easily accessible bleed nipple too) Titan lightweight flywheel so engine revs up nice and quick Clutch I can't remember, but was absolutely fine when I looked when I was changing the gearbox. Lightweight prop made by North west props New after registration 2.0 duratec crate engine, 185bhp & 158lb ft, 7000 rpm redline Emerald K3 ECU Mapped by Chris at efi parts in runcorn who had nice things to say about the built and I have dyno graph. TItan roller barrel throttle bodies with 90mm trumpets and big ITG filter (the 90mm trumpets made the same power as 70mm ones but 10lb ft more torque throughout most of the rev range) New 320cc injectors IIRC and a Weber adjustable fuel pressure regulator Jam sport black fuel rail with quick release lines hidden in the engine bay New coil pack recently Raceline water rail with 80 degree thermostat Raceline baffled sump 5ltr capacity, I run 10/40 Titan fully synth oil. ARP rod bolts installed Davis craig 80lph electric water pump with digital controller running it & alloy racing fabrications header tank on scuttle Big thick Radtec aluminium polo sized radiator Mocal laminova oil cooler getting fed from a sandwich plate (The biggest one I could fit behind the nose cone & plumbing so it's also in the air flow) Small denso 50 amp alternator mounted on the cold side of the motor (it's the only belt driven item) Standard westfield exhaust manifold going into a 6" re-packable Wunof stainless silencer that I re-packed with acoustafil not so long ago. Always measures 97-98db static, done Donnington twice and never once had any issues on drive by noise at all) Bits & Bobs: Carpet still in the interior 300mm Steering wheel on a Rapfix re-movable boss welded on column (nice bit of kit) All stack gages: Water temp, Oil pressure with warning light & fuel gauge Stack ST700 programmable rev counter with shift light & digital speedo gauge. Also gives you battery voltage, can do 0-60 and more with more sensors, but can I b******* get it to display mileage! Duralite switches Heated windscreen Carbon dash Custom padded JK seats on bases & runners JK's are also heated baby! Best mod ever! 2 x Power sockets hidden under the dash Fuse box located under dash on top of tunnel so accessible from within the car and nice and dry/cool Full side screens Half doors - custom made out of full side screens Wind deflectors, that can also be put on with the half doors! Full hood and 2 pole frame Soft bits half hood & homemade pole for support Soft bits rear tonnau cover Small fire extinguisher bolted in the boot box Fleece lined fitted Hamilton classic breathable & waterproof cover will come with the car There's probably bits I have missed, but I also have a few boxes of assorted spare bits that will come with the car and Loads and loads of receipts in a box file. It goes well, stops well, sounds well and handles well. Done 8 track days in my 5 years of ownership and it's never missed a beat, temps and pressures always rock solid. I always spend half a day spanner checking & cleaning the car after every track day to make sure nothings broken, come loose or cracked. (I use to mechanic Demon Tweeks fleet of historic racing cars so it's a habit now). Working 6 days a week and not being able to store the car at home is why I've only managed roughly 1k and 2 track days per year in 5 years of ownership, hence the reason for sale. I've only made it to the Lancashire area monthly meet twice in all that time. Only small downside on this car is the type 9 came back from BGH with a very slight oil leak (As all type 9's do!). I top it up every winter and only get about 300ml in, so once a year isn't an issue in my book! It's easy to get to with the MT75 chassis too and only takes me 5mins on a ramp. Given the spec, condition & mileage I think £13,500 is a reasonable price? Dan

Thanks guys, appreciate the comments! You got room for it Ad? Keep it 5 years or so as a road going one then sell it back to me once youv tinkered with it some more ha. 😄 Il for sure look for another Westie in the future, thoroughly enjoyed ownership and Iv never met such a nice bunch of car club people. It will be easier if I get to the point where I can store it at home and have some more time off work.

In sunny Madeira Island mountains testing the latest mapping of the MegaSquirt

New wheels today, quick spin out to try

Some people were asking yesterday on the Braemar run about the level of map-reading there was to do, that map-reading wasn’t their strong suit. There is no map-reading – well, not until you get lost and have to open the emergency envelope with has a map of the area with waypoints to get back on track, and the destination. The whole route is navigated using ‘tulips’, like what the old-school rally cars used before pace-notes (and still use for the touring sections between stages). Each instruction box contains a ‘tulip’, which is a plan-view of the approaching intersection with you as the ‘bulb’ at the bottom approaching it. The number in the RH top white box is the distance to that intersection from the one last one, and the yellow-boxed number is the running total on your tripmeter when you’re at the intersection you’re approaching (zero’d back at the start). There may be references to a road sign found at that intersection, to further confirm you are at the right intersection. So… Instruction 45 – A dog-leg T-intersection (right-then-left), 0.2 miles from the last instruction, 18.2 miles from when the speedo was last zero’d, and there is a sign at the intersection that says Edinburgh (but not necessarily where you’re heading). Instruction 46 – T-intersection, turn right, 0.9 miles from Instr.45, tripmeter now says 19.1 miles. Instruction 47 – Turn right onto side road/slip road, 1.3 miles from Instr.46, tripmeter now says 20.4 miles. Simples! Don’t worry, it will all be explained at the crew brief at the start on the day.

Afternoon @Robin (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO - I will be sunning it up on Holiday on this date unfortunately. Enjoy!