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Early finish from work, roads were all dry and sun still in the sky. Chilly but lots of time for a fun short blast.

Popped out for a little 30 miles. Very chilly but snug with the good old roof and heater 😂 roads are drying up, no more rain for a little while 🤞🏼🤞🏼☀️

I emailed Nigel with a link to this thread yesterday, just to draw his attention to the issues members were having, I got a reply back overnight, but my apologies, this is the first chance I've had to come on-line with an update. Nigel has asked me to post directly the following: Obviously, from the more recent messages, we can see this has already taken affect, re callers getting responses. More generally, Nigel did discus the service level issue, and understand the frustration that has resulted. They are taking steps to improve this, and will be putting out another message to the Club in due course.

May take a trip down to meet you guys in the summer. I'm north east of Bristol. I think maybe a few of us from Chris Broster's Bristol area group might be up for that. We have spoken before about trying to get to Re:Fuel sometime although obviously coming from a distance a weekend daytime would be best. A nice summer's evening is pretty good fun though!

The updated weather forecast is good, so this is on.

@Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator Can you add me to the tour list please; Holiday Inn, Darlington booked, very tempted to book the Travel Lodge for the Sunday night too, rather than travel all the way back to Cheshire on the Sunday.

The council could have stepped in to help but when it was run by the Green Party they tried to get it stopped several times. in 2014 there was a huge petition to keep it going and the council narrowly voted to let it continue but failed to invest in Madeira Drive and insisted on ever more insurance restrictions. This event brought in thousands each year for local hotels and vendors but I understand if the club is running it at a loss they have no alternative. We need to keep supporting local club racing so it continues for as long as it can

Yes @DanDB please do come along and join us 👍

Can I come even if I don’t bring a Westfield? It’s in bits at the minute!

13 x 6 on the front with 185/60/13 and 13 x 7 rears with 205/60/13 Not sure on the offset as I got them from a friend and then had them powder coated satin bronze. Ive fitted 16mm spacers on the rear with longer studs but may go down to 12mm to avoid scrubbing. And 5mm spacers on the front to centre the wheel in the cycle wing.

Roll on Sunday, I'm off out! Cloudy, sunny intervals, dry, 11° I hope!

Hood and heater? Luxury. When we were kids we had to sit in t'engine bay to keep warm. Remember the old Monty Python sketch? 😁

I'll be there 🍻🍕

I’ll be there.

Cheers Ben, I'll be there Sunday..

As with any new car, drive it off the forecourt and you lose money. As much as we all love and enjoy Westfields, they are rarely an investment to make profit, they're a kit car. Yes, perhaps some old pre-lits may make some profit or break even, but it needs a serious enthusiast to want it. At 33K expenditure, even with a 23 year plate (non Q) you will possibly not see any + return or break even, sorry be prepared to take a hit, if you were to total up man hours to undertake the build it adds even more to your overall cost, but that's what we have all done, its the enjoyment and pride at the achievement. Sadly when we sell our Westfields we only get what someone is willing to pay, you can get a wide choice of fun sports cars for 25k in Autotrader, that are far more practical. Sorry for the killjoy mode.

Normally at Re:Fuel in Cullompton Steve, but last night it was unexpectedly closed so we had to decamp to the Halfway pub nearby which was actually very nice. Might try it again.

Brighton itself has gone to the dogs, unfortunately. I commented on the Argus webpage about my disappointment and at least a dozen or more agreed:

@Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman you are added to list as requested 👍 and I also advise booking the Sunday Travelodge asap if you want it as prices are going up compared to Julies... it must be popular !!

Sadly, the century old event put on by Brighton and Hove Motor Club is no more. Brighton Argus My attendance as man and boy goes back to the 1950s - it will be sadly missed.