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Hello from Huddersfield. I've had my Westfield for 2 years, but only now joined the club and I am looking forward to meeting fellow members in the Yorkshire and Peak District branches. My Westfield is a Sigma engined car, but is plenty fast and fun enough for me.

That time again 3rd Coast 2 Coast Blackpool to Whitby Looking at Saturday 15th or 29th July meeting on Blackpool seafront over to Whitby. Hotel stay then back home Sunday. Let me know what date suits most and will go for that. the more the merrier, All welcome.

There is no simple way of putting this, so i'll say it how it is lol Unfortunately we will be closing our online webstore part of the business soon, possibly the end of this month if not sooner. I knew that when COVID first hit back at the tail end of 2019 that this time would come at some point as it was always an expensive endevour on our part it only just made enough to make it worth while. As you all know the costs of everything have gone up dramatically over the last year or so and therefore as a result it has been getting harder to run the webstore effectivly what with decreasing margins etc. So we have taken the decision to shut down the e-commerce part of the website. The costs of warehousing, the associated software and hardware, manpower, costs of processing, shipping etc has gone up 30% and it's apparent that it's no longer financially viable to continue to run the online webstore with all the support infrastructure that a webstore needs. We have also seen that with the recent cost of living crisis we have seen a downturn of 40% online business from this time last year which is unsustainable. So what does this mean? Well Its not all doom and gloom. The good news is (yes there is good news) that we are not closing Hawke Motorsport, we have our workshop in Romsey, Hampshire and we will still be able to supply you all the equipment that we do now, but it will be a order only basis, i.e you will need to PM, Call or email with your requirements. We will of course update the forum with specials as we do now. There are major benefits to this, for instance we will be able to keep our prices low and be able to offer better deals for the club as we won't have the overheads of a warehouse and other associated costs etc. There is also the fact that we do also have a fully functioning workshop, with in house fabrication, a precision engineering business partner (for those one off special precision parts or part runs), in house bodywork repair with paint booth and in house, ramp, tyre & garage facilities, so if you are in the area we can help you in a more practical way. We will of course remain a sponsor So not great news but not bad news either.

Yep, that’s right. There are actually four but the top one is a bit dimmer, better here.

@fatblokestu Presumably that's Jupiter on the right with three of it's moons visible? Nice shot

This was the view here in Thailand, taken with an iPhone 11.

From the safety of my own garden this evening 😉, I caught a nice long break in the cloud and saw the conjunction, naked eye and through the scope. Wasn’t expecting to see it, so was a nice surprise.

Evening, seen the posts and been on the website to see what is happening. The entry is as follows: Whilst we have been working with the Westfield and Chesil supply chain, we have taken the opportunity to update and improve the online shop. It will open for business on the 1st March 2023. Our parts and technical support helpline will be available from April 1st 2023. This suggests to me the parts shop opened today but I cannot find it on line, does anyone have any more info that can be shared?

My cars wrapped,and the professional fitter that did it said wrap won't hide any cracks etc and will always show through, if not straight away it will in a short time.

Let me know the route and I'll see if we can meet up somewhere.