Caterham Academy @ Curborough Sat 6th April 10am

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

Hi,

 

The Caterham Academy are doing their normal Championship Round 1 at Curborough (Netherstowe Ln, Lichfield WS13 8EJ) tomorrow morning.

 

Feeling the need to bring some balance to the force, I thought it would be great to take some Westfields along to watch the Caterhams for an hour or two 😂

 

We will aim to arrive around 10am for a brew, wander around the paddock and watch the on track action.

 

As always with Curborough, spectators and parking are free.

 

Feel free to join us 👍

[Quinten]

My son and I are planning to join you, probably be around 10:30 by the time we will get there...  I've never been before, is it easy to find you?

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

8 hours ago, Quinten said:

My son and I are planning to join you, probably be around 10:30 by the time we will get there...  I've never been before, is it easy to find you?

It's not the biggest of places. They'll likely to be testing bacon products in the cafe, or walking round the paddock area.

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

9 hours ago, Quinten said:

My son and I are planning to join you, probably be around 10:30 by the time we will get there...  I've never been before, is it easy to find you?

 

Hi @Quinten, you have a WhatsApp. Just give me a call when you land 👍

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

14 minutes ago, Rob Hunter - Club Secretary said:

 

Hi @Quinten, you have a WhatsApp. Just give me a call when you land 👍

You won't miss him. He's about 12 foot tall 😉 

 

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

What a beautiful day! Hopefully the weather gods are starting to play nicely!

 

I met up with Ben, Steve, Vicky, Colin and Gavin at the A38/A50 services just after 9am for a chat a kick of the tyres.

 

 

Rather than do the boring A38, I'd decided to take us down some of the brilliant South Derbyshire B roads. Sadly, everyone's grandmother in a Kia Picanto or Ford Ka seemed to conspire against any brisk progress 🤦‍♂️. At least it was warm and dry and the scenery was nice. We had plenty of friendly waves, hoots and headlight flashing from passes by as the convoy headed south through the villages, it's great to put a smile on people's faces!

 

Landing at the Curburgring we found a nice GBS Zero to park next to and were then joined by Matt who lives locally and Quinten who'd driven up from Northamptonshire! Nick was also there in his Striker but he had already started on the bacon sandwiches...

 

Tony, Hedley, Iain, Rachael and Ian had also joined us in their tintops.

 

 

 

A shot of Quintens unique SEIGHT on its lovely steelies next to Matts Sport 250 with gold Minilites.... really brings home how no two Westfields are the same!

 

 

Nick's lovely new Striker. It's so small I could wear it as a shoe!

 

 

Chris also joined us in his "tintop"... Sadly Chris and his wife have recently sold their "his and hers" Westfields due to unforeseen circumstances, so have replaced them with this! What a stunning machine and it sounds glorious 😍 

 

 

After a dose of caffeine and saturated fat along with a good chat we headed for the busy paddock.

 

 

 

This annual meet is a real "seven" lovers paradise with so many lovely cars on display and being driven as they should be.... flat out! It's also the only Caterham Academy round that is free to watch so it would be rude not to come along.

 

Really great to see everyone today, over a dozen members plus spouses and family members is an awesome turnout 👍

 

Oh, and good luck to @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO who is running in the Potters 'Arf Marathon tomorrow.... you must be mad my friend! 😂

 

 

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

We also seemingly had a "topless competition". 

 

Gavin and Colin have obviously been spending time at the gym so we're showing off....

 

The Mighty Pinto on webers, it's a heavily tuned lump that sounds awesome and pops and bangs like a teenagers Fiesta ST in a Tesco carpark 😍

 

 

Gavin had spent ages taking the engine out and cleaning the car up before reinstalling a couple of weeks ago. Can you beat the look and noise of a tuned Redtop?

 

[Quinten]

What a lovely morning spend.  Even the A5 was kind to us with plenty of dual carriageway sections to pass those pesky grandmothers in a Kia Picanto or Ford Ka .   A bit windy but dry and a decent amount of sun, so much that I think I'm feeling my forehead already 🤣

 

Promise to meet up a couple of times this year, given that we're in a bit of a dull area ourselves 👍

 

Good luck @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO tomorrow!

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

The WSCC is open to all creatures great and small

 

 

 

@Quinten @HB46443