Mazda Rotary Club

I\'ve had this idea going around in my head for a while now and a couple of other have mentioned similar ideas so i thought i\'d put up a date and see what responce i got.
We\'ve done the tunnel/london runs in the passed and they\'ve been great but who would be up for a coastal run to Brighton on the 13th of september? Why then i hear you ask. Well there\'s lots of other shows and events happening and this seemed as good a time as any to do it and we could still have some nice weather for it.

The plan i\'ve thought of so far is to meet up in Guildford in the morning as this is a good central location for people to get to. Then drive down the A281 to the A24 near Horsham. Then down the A24 to the A272 and across this to the A23 and then down to Brighton.

Anyone coming from the east of London then feel free to come all the way to Guildford or if you want to meet us part way (at the A272 - A23 juction somewhere) then that would be cool to. If someone could let me know of somewhere in this area to stop and meet that would be very helpful
Also if someone knows of a spot down in Brighton itself that we can park up easily that would be helpful. Drop me a PM to tell me about it.
Now if people wanted to go on somewhere else from there after a while then we can sort something out, maybe over to Worthing or somewhere??
Got this off Mulitmap, not the best picture but gives you an idea
(http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/Adam-Blackshaw/multimap_map.png)

Hope a load of you guys and girls can make it and we can make this a fun event and get the roads full of a long line of rotaries :D :driving

Adam

Hi Adam.
I know there is a tunnel on the A27 going from Brighton to Lancing/Worthing... not very long but some good sounds whenever i go through it.

This looks a great idea Adam :Thumbsup!
 
A272/A23 Junction there is a Lorry Cafe under the flyover.

I\'ll be there, dude :Thumbs-up If all else fails we can have tea in the back garden :rollinI\'ll ask Beth to bake a cake or something :D

Quote from: Arnie_O;620817Hi Adam.
I know there is a tunnel on the A27 going from Brighton to Lancing/Worthing... not very long but some good sounds whenever i go through it.

Southwick Hill tunnel :yes The only good thing about commuting Wort\'ing to Brighton. Mind you, I came out of it at WOT t\'other day, and sure enough, the rozzers were sitting in their favourite laybay at the bottom of the hill :2Mad Thank the Lord for Uncle Clive\'s new brakes he sent me :D

Thanks for sorting this Adam,

As you know we thought this was a great idea and will be up for it,

We will get it added up the top of the page as an "event"  

Shame this is on the same weekend as JAE - :(
 
Would love to have gone on this - if it goes well and you repeat the run, I\'ll be up for that one :cheers

Well u already know I\'m coming but thought I\'d mention that I was on here too!! :Thumbsup! Ralphy\'ll give u plastic boys a run for ur money on a long, long, straight errr downhill stretch!! :p ;)

yea im dfntly up for the run, n a lil cruize on the coast

I\'m from Worthing??  Unfortunately away on holiday for that date.
 
Any help I can give please email me... Al.Dixon@yahoo.com (Al.Dixon@yahoo.com)

as always.. i\'d be up for it.. given i have my fc back :rollin
(tho starting to not be a laughing matter =( )

Quote from: Big Al;620929I\'m from Worthing??  Unfortunately away on holiday for that date.
 
Any help I can give please email me... Al.Dixon@yahoo.com (Al.Dixon@yahoo.com)

can we borrow your crib to throw a big BBQ..? :D

Glad this has got some interest already and thanks Clive for putting it on the event list on the opening page :Thumbs-up
I\'ve been getting some other suggestions for alternative routes down from guys that live it that area, Nik being one of them, so just be aware that the route may change nearer the time. But once we do settle on one i\'ll get a mao done up with it on and copy a load off to hand out so we wont get lost :D
i thought JAE was only on the saturday?? :confused:

Adam

Quote from: L18M;620939as always.. i\'d be up for it.. given i have my fc back :rollin
(tho starting to not be a laughing matter =( )
 
 
 
can we borrow your crib to throw a big BBQ..? :D

 
...sure, I\'ll instruct the butler to look out for you all  ;)

Sounds good I live bout 10 mins from Brighton, would sujest either Madera drive, or asda for a final destination.

some shots around the Marina would look awesome.

Its looking like we\'ll be finishing up at the Marina now as there\'s loads of parking apparently. Can always move on somewhere else to get some god shots too :d

Adam

Sounds good! and I LOVE the A272 -  I drive this on dry days just for the hell of it - such a nice hilly run! I\'m coming from Basingstoke, but will meet you guys at the A272/A23 junction as this road is not to be missed!

Good Idea... i\'ve done a couple of runs from Winchester to Brighton following the Famous A272 (http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A272) all the way but only with one other rotary, but no other roads and nothing near the coast!! this will be awesome!!


Anyone coming from the north of Hampshire?!? (Basingstoke way)

I may have to do a wee bit of p***ing on the bonfire now lads and lasses.... done a bit of checking on the Brighton council website; that weekend in September, the Saturday is the Brighton Speed Trials along Madiera drive and the Sunday is the Ace Cafe Reunion run, also to Madeira Drive, where they can have anything up to 40000 bikes turn up.

Short version....you\'re getting nowhere near it in an RX-7 :(

Looks like the Marina or nuthin then

Thanks for looking in to that Nik. Is there anyway to resever some space at the Marina (anyone we can call) or is it just a matter of turning up when we do and hoping we fit in?

Adam

Not sure about the Marina. I did enquire about the Madeira Drive, and if there\'s no event booked, we could have just turned up and staked our claim to a bit. Sadly, there are events both days that weekend, which buggers that up pretty soundly. With that said, the Speed Trials are a top day out, and I\'ll be going this year again. Andy (papercup) will be running his lovely FD again, so worth going to cheer him on even if you\'re not into the petrolheads nirvana of the rest of the field.

I don\'t think the Marina\'s gonna be a problem, but I\'ll ask for more info from my contact on the Council

I realise that Rotorstock is only a few days away and that most people will be wanting to get that out of the way before commiting to anything else but just thought i\'d bump this up to see if anyone else is interested in joining in :D

Adam

im a new member sounds good to me im in
see you on saterday  rs6

Hey Mick. Welcome to the club :wave
What you driving?? :D

Adam

I\'ll be coming on the bike, it seems :mad:

You\'ll have it all fixed by then dont panic :)
Suppose if you did come on the bike you\'d be able to keep up better :p

Adam

i have a rx-8
thanks for the welcome hope to see you on sat what time is evevy one turning up?

Adam,I will post this onto the RX8OC Forum,to see if anyone is interested & they can PM me for details etc..... :)

Yeh thats a good idea. I did mean to ask one of you Rx8 guys to do that for me.
Just let them know that the route isnt totally finallised but the start and finish points are :D

Adam

Ok Adam,I have put a Post up on the RX8OC Forum :Thumbsup!

If I\'m free that weekend then Her Royal Hoggnes and I may well attend this worthy gathering.:InLove

No takers on the RX8OC Forum as of yet,but it is still early days :2Rolleyes & I will keep Bumping it on the Forum :god

Quote from: Warthog;625150If I\'m free that weekend then Her Royal Hoggnes and I may well attend this worthy gathering.:InLove

It would be a joy and pleasure for you to join us :wiggle

Adam

I will be up for this, should be a nice run.

Time to bump this up again :D
I have heard that the JAE show is the same day as this and that if people wanted to go to that than do this run then i dont mind moving the day to another weekend so we can have a goor rotary presence at JAE.
Whats your views on that guys??

Adam

Yeah, well up for that run.  The south downs tunnel mentioned earlier is well worth going through in a procession.  Between Brighton and Shoreham.  Not far from Jason and Super 7.

Use it everyday to and from work :D

What time B-Rex?

Sounds an interesting day out. Hope to make the day as i am a new member with an 1st gen series 3.
 
Will be coming from Fleet (Hampshire)
 
I do the London To Brighton bike ride every year and always meet up at the end at the marina, there is plenty of parking. Also got the Asda car park there.
 
Look forward to seeing you all then.:Thumbs-up
 
Darran

Quote from: Arnie_O;620817Hi Adam.
I know there is a tunnel on the A27 going from Brighton to Lancing/Worthing... not very long but some good sounds whenever i go through it.

Its known as Southwick Tunnel I live right near its really in Shoreham as you pass the tescos on the bypass, hope I get my rx before this happens can really feel part of the fun :)


Interesting thing about the tunnel weather you belive it or not is up to you: The Argus Newspaper (http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/3615616.Southwick_Tunnel_is__secret_military_installation_/)

So will you come up to Guildford to then drive back :D
More than welcome of course. :D:D

Adam

Time for a list of names of people who r hoping to make this run I reckon! :D
 
Adam
Jo

Hi Adam,

Referance the conversation we had, yes JAE is on the same weekend but I have only had one person ask me if MRC are going so I would say we go with the "beano" unless you want to go to JAE instead:burnout.

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3. Nik
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5. Nigel

1. Adam
2. Jo
3. Nik
4. Clive n Lisa
5. Nigel
6. Clarky

Quote from: clive;630065Hi Adam,

Referance the conversation we had, yes JAE is on the same weekend but I have only had one person ask me if MRC are going so I would say we go with the "beano" unless you want to go to JAE instead:burnout.

Hi Clive. Think Lisa has already answered this for you by putting your names on the list. I was happy to change the date if we got the support for JAE but if it is just the one person then maybe we should do this for now and next year we\'ll really push the promotion of the JAE show hard to get us all there :D
Are you bring your rx4 or the b? :)

BTW, what time do you guys think we should meet and set off. Midday in Guildford??

Adam

Might be a bit of a late start, depending on how late you wanna be staying in Brighton till?

Quote from: Ada7;630160Hi Clive. Think Lisa has already answered this for you by putting your names on the list. I was happy to change the date if we got the support for JAE but if it is just the one person then maybe we should do this for now and next year we\'ll really push the promotion of the JAE show hard to get us all there :D
Are you bring your rx4 or the b? :)

BTW, what time do you guys think we should meet and set off. Midday in Guildford??

Adam

The JAE thing sounds like a plan :Thumbs-up

I\'ll decide nearer the time which horse to ride:D

Quote from: russellparkerx;629487What time B-Rex?

Depends on shift but usually between 6am and 7am, not in rex though in the Audi.

1. Adam
2. Jo
3. Nik
4. Clive n Lisa
5. Nigel
6. Clark
7. Andy

Beasty boy can you add any of the rx8oc guys and girls on to the list so we can get an idea of how many we might have coming in total :D

Adam

No one has shown any interest in this :( ,so looks like just us on the MRC :)

1. Adam
2. Jo
3. Nik
4. Clive n Lisa
5. Nigel
6. Clark
7. Andy
8. goldk28611 (Aaron)

I still reckon we wanna be meeting before 12 in Guildford, meself. Doesn\'t leave a lot of time after driving to Brighton, waiting for people who get lost, etc. Anyone have an opinion?

I would have thought that leaving before 12 would be better,to allow for time & for others to catch us up,also parking in the Brighton area:)
 
How long is this finale route we doing?

Would people b happier to meet at 10 to leave at half past? Know some people r coming a little way to get to Guildford in the first place so don\'t want to make people get up too early!! ;)  I haven\'t run this past Adam though so he might have a better idea for the time. :D

I\'m happy with meeting at 10 :D
Route is still not finallised. If you wanna do more of the A272 then we can do that. :D
Glad your joining us Aaron :D

Adam

10 is fine with me :)

10 zer gut! Where are we meeting in Guildford (dunno why I asked really, like I know anywhere other than the Cathedral or that car park thing that I can\'t remember the name of anyway :o!)

10 is fine with me too.

10 good for me too!!! Don\'t mind on the route, just pushing my thoughts and my love of that road! High Risk routes on hilly roads FTW! :p

1. Adam
2. Jo
3. Nik
4. Clive n Lisa
5. Nigel
6. Clark
7. Andy
8. goldk28611 (Aaron)
9. Den (gofaster RX8OC Member)
 
 
 
Added a name to the above list:)

Drove that rtoute last night with a couple of mates, one with a black 8 and one with a TT... even with all the rain and the fog it was an epic drive. we left pease pottage services at about 10pm cut straight accross to horshame then on to guilford. stopped for a while then headed back the same way... the run back was even better. a little foggy on the high parts but epic. if i can make this i will but its mighty close to some other engagmentsa i have booked.

Like the Tunnel Run the Night before :D

Eee a grand day out - excellent stuff. (If it\'s still on)
Is there a road book? :D
Tulips will do - I have to change my spectacles to read flashy pace notes these days and good help is so hard to find.

1. Adam
2. Jo
3. Nik
4. Clive n Lisa
5. Nigel
6. Clark
7. Andy
8. goldk28611 (Aaron)
9. Den (gofaster RX8OC Member)
10. Jinx

Glad this is getting more interest as we get nearer the date :D

Adam

Definately up for this.... where and what time?

10 oclock in Guildford, dude...though Adam hasn\'t let us in on the secret of where in Guildford yet lol

Yeh there is still a few detials to sort out and finalise. Meeting point and route, quite major points some might say :rollin

Adam

Hahaha! So, just the start, middle and end to sort then geez! :rollin

Thought we had the end sorted.. the marina? :D

Adam

Oh yeah.Just the beginning and middle then :Giggle. We should sort something out on Monday, maybe? Easier to talk it through than try to sort it here, methinks

A few more people would be good,just to clog up the roads even more on the Sunday :Giggle
 
I thought we were going for the same Car Park,where we met up for Brooklands :2Rolleyes ,after all its still empty at 10am :2Rolleyes :)
 
Look forward to seeing the Route you are drawing up for us Adam :)

1. Adam
2. Jo
3. Nik
4. Clive n Lisa
5. Nigel
6. Clark
7. Andy
8. goldk28611 (Aaron)
9. SleepyDude (Mark)

Ill come and try and get my dad to come in his as well, so dif. one extra maybe another as well.

It\'ll certainly get us some attention if your dad does come down with his Fortune car, dude. Like we wouldn\'t have anyway :rollin

That means we may have two fortuna kited cars :driving

List seemed to have become a little confused so have taken the liberty of combining the two and adding myself and the lady wife now that I have convinced her to get ready for leaving by 8.00am (actually 8.30 would probably be OK, but this way we may just get out at 8.15):2Rolleyes

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2. Jo
3. Nik
4. Clive n Lisa
5. Nigel
6. Clark
7. Andy
8. goldk28611 (Aaron)
9. Den (gofaster RX8OC Member)
10. Jinx
11. SleepyDude (Mark)
12. Rote8 (Ray n Linda)

Thanks for organising this by the way, any excuse for a day out in good company.

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2. Jo
3. Nik
4. Clive n Lisa
5. Nigel
6. Clark
7. Andy
8. goldk28611 (Aaron)
9. Den (gofaster RX8OC Member)
10. Jinx
11. SleepyDude (Mark)
12. Rote8 (Ray n Linda)
13. BO05TER ( RX8OC Member )
 
 
Ok Adam added another one to the above List from RX8OC :)

Nice one Beasty. I think i\'ve decided on a meeting point. Just off the A3 is a big Tesco\'s with a huge car park. Easy to find for all coming from the A3 :D
I\'m just worried my car isn\'t going to be going on this now due to my engine problems :o

Adam

Well Adam,I do`nt think I will be in the RX8,as at the moment I can`t drive a Manual :( ,so I may have to bring the other car & follow behind the Convoy,as I do`nt see why my health should stop me doing anything :D

Quote from: Ada7;635315Nice one Beasty. I think i\'ve decided on a meeting point. Just off the A3 is a big Tesco\'s with a huge car park. Easy to find for all coming from the A3 :D
I\'m just worried my car isn\'t going to be going on this now due to my engine problems :o

Adam

Does that mean you also wouldn\'t be going, or would you come along with Madame le Jo in Ralph, dude? Or want a lift off anyone else for that matter? I\'m assuming you\'d not want to drive your Bavarian Murder Weapon :Giggle

Do you have the Postcode for Tesco in Guildford ? :D

I think I shall be coming, despite being on a Tunnel run the night before, I may stay down south for the night prior to starting this little jaunt.

Quote from: clive;634546That means we may have two fortuna kited cars :driving

ahh who else has the fortune kitted car then? :3gears-lh

Quote from: Nik da Greek;635328Does that mean you also wouldn\'t be going, or would you come along with Madame le Jo in Ralph, dude? Or want a lift off anyone else for that matter? I\'m assuming you\'d not want to drive your Bavarian Murder Weapon :Giggle

No i wont be coming in my Beemer! :eek:
if i dont drive my 7 due to engine works or issues then i\'ll probably get a ride in Jo\'s rx4 or maybe do some crazy car swapping en route to get some good pictures as we go :D

Quote from: GreySilver Beast;635362Do you have the Postcode for Tesco in Guildford ? :D

Yeh good point. Ok, for eveyone using a satnav or whatever the post code for the tesco\'s in Guildford by the A3 is... GU2 7UN

Glad there\'s more and more people coming now. :D

Adam

thanks for that, dude, as I\'ve already proved I can still get lost even following a SatNav I need all the help I can get :rollin. Maybe I should steal Beth\'s camcorder thingy off her for the day and you could get some cool  vids?

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2. Jo
3. Nik
4. Clive n Lisa
5. Nigel
6. Clark
7. Andy
8. goldk28611 (Aaron)
9. Den (gofaster RX8OC Member)
10. Jinx
11. SleepyDude (Mark)
12. Rote8 (Ray n Linda)
13. Colin (BO05TER RX8OC Member )
14. Will66  - possible?
 
 
List Updated :)

Cheers Beasty :D
Camcorder could be a great idea Nik :D
Do you still think the Marina will be a good finishing point? Park for us together easy to get to and all that?

Adam

Dunno! Haven\'t been down there for about five years or so, so I\'ve no idea what the parking\'s like currently. Maybe one of our Brighton inhabitants could confirm this one? Or I could pop over for a quick recce, I suppose

That woud be great if you could. :)
Maybe leave an area coned off for us too :p

Adam

Parking down the Marina can be a little difficult sometimes, the multi storey is off limits really as its not really front splitter friendly! Other options include the Macdonalds or Asda car parks (Both of which will be heaving on a sunday around lunchtime when we arrive :(

There is always Black Rock which is at the far end of Madeira Drive, there is a good chance of getting parked either in the car park there or just outside of it and its quite a nice backdrop for a few photos etc, just an idea.

Not much to do there though except look out to sea lol

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2. Jo
3. Nik
4. Clive n Lisa
5. Nigel
6. Clark
7. Andy
8. goldk28611 (Aaron)
9. Den (gofaster RX8OC Member)
10. Jinx
11. SleepyDude (Mark)
12. Rote8 (Ray n Linda)
13. Colin (BO05TER RX8OC Member )
14. Will66 - possible?
15. Big Al
 
List ammended again

Quote from: Brighton-Rex;638106Parking down the Marina can be a little difficult sometimes, the multi storey is off limits really as its not really front splitter friendly! Other options include the Macdonalds or Asda car parks (Both of which will be heaving on a sunday around lunchtime when we arrive :(

There is always Black Rock which is at the far end of Madeira Drive, there is a good chance of getting parked either in the car park there or just outside of it and its quite a nice backdrop for a few photos etc, just an idea.

Not much to do there though except look out to sea lol

Thanks for that info mate. had been told the Asda car park would be a good spot Madeira Drive would be to busy so a little confused now :confused:
If you know thd area well and can think off a better finishing point then please do say :)

Adam

Or maybe finish here ? http://www.modifiedmadness.co.uk/ just a thought,
I\'m off to Silverstone for the Lemans 6hr series this day, or would be along.
Paul.

Quote from: Ada7;638150Thanks for that info mate. had been told the Asda car park would be a good spot Madeira Drive would be to busy so a little confused now :confused:
If you know thd area well and can think off a better finishing point then please do say :)

Adam

Yeah Madeira can get busy too, i\'m happy whatever we decide :)

We can always move on from wherever if no space.

Madeira Drive may well be closed at the Pier end because of the Ace Cafe bike run thing, which is why the Marina was suggested in the first place. Dunno if the Marina end of Madeira Drive would still be open, though? As above, I\'m sure we can find somewhere, even if it means going out of town a bit to the Devil\'s Dyke Tavern or something like that

What about somewhere out at Telescombe Cliffs area ?

Do you know of anywhere good to park up a whole load of cars out that way, Mr Beast? I know the Beachy Head Inn\'s got a big car park, but that\'s a good few miles down the road

Quote from: Nik da Greek;638300Do you know of anywhere good to park up a whole load of cars out that way, Mr Beast? I know the Beachy Head Inn\'s got a big car park, but that\'s a good few miles down the road

 
I know there is a Pub up there,with a large car park,also there is parking along the Cliff area,but there is nothing there in the way of a Cafe/Ice Cream etc.....
 
Its a question of how long we want to stay in the area,but the Brighton Marina would be best place & more people would be down there :),but parking could be a major problem :(
 
A decision needs to be made,as there is only 2 weeks to go ;)

We any closer to where we are finishing up yet ? :2Rolleyes

Well i would like to stick to trying to park at the marina. If we get there and find its to busy and going to be to hard to get us all in then we could do with a Plan B place to go, so if anyone knows of a pub or something in that area with a big car park can they please say. :D

Adam

Well, the problem is that none of the pubs near the seafront in Brighton are likely to have any kind of car park, you\'d have to go back out of town for that. Can\'t remember (and cant be arsed to check :p) if I suggested the Devils Dyke tavern before? Likely to be busy on a sunday, but quite a parge car aprk and fantastic views. Or, since we\'d be out that end of town anyway, we could whizz accross to the Beachy Head Tavern via Seaford and that, it\'s about ten miles or so. From memory they have a big car park and anyone whos motors\' gone pop on the way down can always avoid the pain of a rebuild by jumping off the cliff :). that was a joke, btw. Allegedly :o


Hopefully someone who lives in Brighton can offer some alternative ideas, just in case? It\'s been too long since I spent any time in or around, I just drive to the station for work and if I go out in Brighton I tend to go by train cos then its free so I\'m hopelessly out of touch

Ok,I take a drive into Brighton Tomarrow Morning & take a look around,but not promising anything,as I rarely get a chance to go down that way :2Rolleyes
 
I Post up sometime Tomarrow Evening :driving

Yeah, help us out here, Nigel, we clearly need an adult to sort this out :Giggle. BTW, the random edit function is conspiring here to make me look sillier than I really need to. In my previous post, when I said "quite a parge car aprk" obviously what I meant to say was "quite a large car park". Thankyou. Just wanted to clear that up. Move on now, nuthin to see here :o

Ok then,I have been down to Brighton this Morning & found a Plan B if required :)
 
First you all need to know the following :-
 
On the A272 between Cowfold & the Connection to the A23 Brighton Exit,there are Road Works,which started on 15/06/09 & go on for 16wks :( ,I very much dought we will get all the cars through in one go,so for catch up just before the A23 Junction,there is a Nursery & Truck Stop on the Left,where we could drive in to allow the rest to catch up :)
 
Once on the A23 Southbound to Brighton,it is a fairly easy drive,although be WARNED there is unmarked Police Cars Patrolling that road all the time 7 days a week :(
 
Then its a matter of driving into the centre of Brighton & making sure you are all in the correct lanes (I drive in Brighton quiet a bit :2eek) otherwise you will end up going the wrong way & it will save you carving other drivers up :Laugh
 
Once we are down at the Seafront,we Turn Left towards the Brighton Marina,now be WARNED it is 30mph or less & there are Speed Cameras with Marked & Unmarked Police Cars Patrolling this Road all the time :(
There is alot of Roadworks for the Exit off the Roundbout for the Marina,so if you get in the wrong Lane,do`nt Panic,as you can go onto the next Roundbout & Turn round & then go off the Slip Road into the Marina :)
 
So there should,as Adam has said enough Parking for 14 to 20 RX Cars :driving,but failing that then we could go on to Telescombe Cliffs,where I found a Pub,with a reasonable sized Car Park :driving
 
Badgers Watch Pub perhaps Nik would be so kind to look up the Full Address in his Telephone Directory :)
 
So I hope the above is of some help & be free to comment :cool

Also Adam,should be able to Pre-Warn us about the A281 from Guildford to Horsham as well.
 
As far as I know,the A24 is all ok & the A272 between West Grinstead Traffic Lights & Cowfold,are free of Roadworks :yes
 
So looking forward to our Beano Run on Sunday 13th september :wiggle,except I will have to do the drive in the SAAB,as still can`t drive my 8 for more than 15mins :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI

Oooopps, sorry, wrong badger watch :rollin I haven\'t got a Brighton phone book, Mr Beast :confused: I can have a look on \'tinterweb if it\'ll help?

Is this the one, Mr Beast? Looks ok to me....

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/23/23641/Badgers_Watch/Telscombe_Cliffs

http://www.vintageinn.co.uk/thebadgerswatchpeacehaven/










....badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger :rollinhee hee hee hahahaha! Love that clip :Giggle

Thanks so much for your help Beasty. :Thumbs-up
Well have a look at all this and finallise something at last :D

Adam

OK... a bit late to the party, but I\'ve now got some wheels :yes :3gears-rh

Nigel... you might want to be a passenger?

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2. Jo
3. Nik
4. Clive n Lisa
5. Nigel
6. Clark
7. Andy
8. goldk28611 (Aaron)
9. Den (gofaster RX8OC Member)
10. Jinx
11. SleepyDude (Mark)
12. Rote8 (Ray n Linda)
13. Colin (BO05TER RX8OC Member )
14. Will66 - possible?
15. Big Al
16. HypoThermia

Quote from: Nik da Greek;639641Is this the one, Mr Beast? Looks ok to me....
 
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/23/23641/Badgers_Watch/Telscombe_Cliffs
 
http://www.vintageinn.co.uk/thebadgerswatchpeacehaven/
 
 
 
....badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger :rollinhee hee hee hahahaha! Love that clip :Giggle

Thanks Nik:cheers
 
That is the One I found this Morning for Plan B :yes

Quote from: HypoThermia;639651Nigel... you might want to be a passenger?

I think about that Ian :) ,if I was to come as a Passenger,would you be picking me up from my Home ? :2Rolleyes

Quote from: Nik da Greek;639640http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI
 
Oooopps, sorry, wrong badger watch :rollin I haven\'t got a Brighton phone book, Mr Beast :confused: I can have a look on \'tinterweb if it\'ll help?

 
Nik,you worry me sometimes :rollin:rollin:rollin:rollin

Nigel - that\'s a lot of driving. I\'ll pick you up at Guildford and drop you off there on the way back. How\'s that?

Ian.

I let you know Ian :)

I\'m gonna defend him now and point out that he did have a full route planned and a start point with his very first post.....was only the finishing point he was unsure about!!!
 
Adam\'s trying to please as many people as possible with the route hence no finalised set in stone plan yet....u all know where we\'re starting, with postcode no less!! ;) We have a plan A and B for finishing (thanks again for lookin into that Beastie-gonna speak to the badger badger badger badger snnnaaakkkkeee tomorrow) and he\'s finding a place or 2 to park up on the way so we can stop for a natter............so stop yer worryin peoples :spank is all under control and we\'ll all have a great day!!!!:Thumbsup!

Thats ok Jo,I thought I try & help out,seeing I still off Work,although I killed two birds or should it be Badgers :rollin & called into my New Store to collect all the Rotas etc..... :D

If you guys decide to pass by the West Pier (the one that\'s burned) could you beep your horns or rev your cars a bit so I could get to see you?
(I\'ll be working right in front of the Pier, so I can pop my head out and admire your cars)
It\'ll be really apreciated.
:cheers

See this link for the final plan :D:D

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?p=639996&posted=1#post639996

Adam

Looks a great route!

So 10am at Tesco\'s car park in Guildford?

Thats the one mate. Post code on the first post of the other link. Come off the A3 where it says A+E and you cant miss the Tesco\'s :D

Adam

Hopefully we should be able to make this now too:guinness
 
 
Names
1. Adam
2. Jo
3. Nik
4. Clive n Lisa
5. Nigel
6. Clark
7. Andy
8. goldk28611 (Aaron)
9. Den (gofaster RX8OC Member)
10. Jinx
11. SleepyDude (Mark)
12. Rote8 (Ray n Linda)
13. Colin (BO05TER RX8OC Member )
14. Will66 - possible?
15. Big Al
16. HypoThermia
17. BIG RX8 (& Jackie)

Deffinately wont be coming in my car now.
Its not been running right for a couple of days now and i think something might be missing :confused:














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Ahh, there is it :D

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Adam

You and Jo are coming in Ralph, though, yeah? I just spent hours copying and deleting about two hundred videos of the li\'l \'un off the camcorder, so one of you had better be available for videographer duty :Giggle

Oh yeh of course i\'m coming still. :D
I\'m no Jackson or Speilberg though

Adam

Well, you can drive mine and I\'ll use the camera then. Probably be more like Jackson Pollock then :rollin

Names
1. Adam
2. Jo
3. Nik
4. Clive n Lisa
5. GreySilver Beast - Sorry I wo`nt be in My Car on Sunday :(
6. Clark
7. Andy
8. goldk28611 (Aaron)
9. Den (gofaster RX8OC Member)
10. Jinx
11. SleepyDude (Mark)
12. Rote8 (Ray n Linda)
13. Colin (BO05TER RX8OC Member )
14. Will66 - possible?
15. Big Al
16. HypoThermia - I be a Passenger instead :yes Nigel
17. BIG RX8 (& Jackie)
 
Have revised the above List,due to not being able to drive my RX8 still :( & did`nt want to follow the Convoy in the Saab :( ,so see you all on Sunday then :D

1. Adam
2. Jo
3. Nik
4. Clive n Lisa (RX-8)
5. GreySilver Beast - Sorry I wo`nt be in My Car on Sunday :(
6. Clark
7. Andy
8. goldk28611 (Aaron)
9. Den (gofaster RX8OC Member)
10. Jinx
11. SleepyDude (Mark)
12. Rote8 (Ray n Linda)
13. Colin (BO05TER RX8OC Member )
14. Will66 - possible?
15. Big Al
16. HypoThermia -
17. BIG RX8 (& Jackie)
18  Andy (White RX-8)

Last call. Anyone else want to join us tomorrow :D

Adam

Quote from: Ada7;640973Last call. Anyone else want to join us tomorrow :D

Adam

Looks like you had better bring your car after all,

 I\'ll send some help :Giggle

I love Mater :D He drive better backwards than i do though :rollin

Adam

A Few Photos :D
 
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Clive went Off - Roading :Giggle,when parking his car at the Pub :rollin
 
This was a good day & can`t wait until next years now :D

Cool Pictures Beasty. I only got a couple myself. Will sort them out and post them up :D

Adam

I didn\'t take anywhere near enough pics, and many would be very similar to Mr. Beast\'s but I\'ll do the ones that aren\'t....

Horde of disreputable rotary types descend on unsuspecting Tescos car park, much to the enjoyment of most locals and to the curious enragement of one flabby beard-wearing buffoon who seemed to take great exception to it! Weirdo...
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.....but at least the choccy pastry counter got patronised :Giggle
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I didn\'t get the chance to ask about the bodywork on this \'8, but it\'s very different with the little bumper bars front and rear. Someone\'s gonna have to fill me in on the details, please?
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Ooooh, look, carbon KnightSports Airgroove intake, mmmmmmmm :InLove
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Loved Andy\'s white and carbon \'8, looked and sounded ace....not sure the same can be said for the driver hahaha. Only kidding, top geezer, full on guy but funny as hell :D
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Rare shot of Aaron\'s car not being lost :rollinStill one of my fave FDs, just looks so right, still covet those wheels :mmmm
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Mmmmm, more KnightSports :InLove
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Old \'n\' new blue
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Not everyone was lost...just waiting for those who were to un-lose themselves :D
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The only real traffic snarl-up of the day, when we, errrrm deviated from ze Plan a bit :p What this pic doesn\'t show is my water temp gauge reading 98-ish, the heater and blower full on melting my feet and the huge clouds of smoke belching from the exhaust as my smoking issues continue to worsen :(. Oh well, another rebuild, then....
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And the defining image of the day, Clive shows us young whippersnappers what Extreme Hard Parking really means :rollin
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Nik, the Winning Blue 8 belongs to Ray.  It\'s got the full Mazdaspeed kit plus those bull bars to prevent damage to it when the holiday-goers to the area of Essex where Ray lives use his nice kit to judge parking distance.  It\'s a very nice 8!

Quote from: Will66;641239It\'s a very nice 8!

Thanks Will. :wiggle

The bars are custom made the a guy who ignores the \'keep off the grass signs\' :Giggle and who swears he will never make another set. Can\'t make out if that is because he thinks they spoil the cars look, or because he spent so much time, effort and no small amount of skill in constructing them, and that aged him in the process.:D

But as Will says they are in an effort prevent the day trippers parking their Ford Escort (substitute whatever crap car you can think of) against the vunerable body parts. Not entirely successful, but have certainly saved some damage.:(

Many thanks for yesterday people even if it was a bit like the Fox Trot, slow, slow, quick, quick, slow, hang on I forgot the STOP bits :Giggle.

It was great to look in the mirror and see a stream of varied Rotarys coming down a beautiful English country lane :mmmm,

Real nice day out with real nice people :Thumbsup!

Quote from: rote8;641392Thanks Will. :wiggle

The bars are custom made the a guy who ignores the \'keep off the grass signs\' :Giggle and who swears he will never make another set. Can\'t make out if that is because he thinks they spoil the cars look, or because he spent so much time, effort and no small amount of skill in constructing them, and that aged him in the process.:D

But as Will says they are in an effort prevent the day trippers parking their Ford Escort (substitute whatever crap car you can think of) against the vunerable body parts. Not entirely successful, but have certainly saved some damage.:(

Had to change horses to clarify what Ray has said above as it was business related,

When Ray said he wanted "Bull Bars" incorporating in his new body kit and unsuccessfully trying to talk him out of them, I embarked on designing and making what I called "hot rod" style bars that would be as discreet as possible and follow the body lines of the car,

After deciding I would use the 3 RX-8 towing eyes to mount the bumper irons the first problem was that we only had one at the back so a new towing eye had to be fabricated and welded to the boot floor,

Next up was that I knew the bars were going to get hit so the bar mounts were made deliberately to fold up to save damage to the chassis however the bars are made from CDS roll cage tube and they ain\'t never going to bend !

As Ray said though, "never again", which should make this one real unique RX-8

Quote from: Nik da Greek;641227Rare shot of Aaron\'s car not being lost :rollinStill one of my fave FDs, just looks so right, still covet those wheels :mmmm
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Not everyone was lost...just waiting for those who were to un-lose themselves :D
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:p oops! getting lost twice in 1 day i think is quite an achievement! first time was kinda my fault by just following the RX8 in front and 2nd time was me just being a dope and putting the incorrect (yet close) postcode into the Tom-Tom! Was still a good day even though i spent a few hours going round in circles!

The day didn\'t start too well either as the night before I hit something on the road that caught my air duct under the oil cooler and then in turn it all ripping off and taking with it most of my wheel arch liner too!!! Didn\'t fancy having a tick tick tick noise or a burst/damaged tyre, so a few cable ties later and it\'s pulled up outta the way, great start!!! :rolleyes:

Once again great company and lovley cars. Will get my pics up when i can.


As for the videos! Hmmmmm, Adam you were right - i have 2 mins of videos checking out my car roof! :rolleyes:

I\'m going to rename this to the "FAIL RUN" for me!

Great day all in all and would like to thanks those again that made this day happen and those that attended... looking forward to the next one!

Finally joined the 21st Century and got some vids up on YouTube. Only short clips, I\'m afraid, but I think they capture the essential je ne se quoi of the whole event (but I dunno what it is, arf! Lol at the French joke) *ahem*

....thanks to Jo and Adam for their camerawork, especially Madame le Jo, a natural film director if ever I saw one :rollinThe start of the first vid is a total classic :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJDGzib-wFA

Some car park panning, along with dodgy man love! :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGyE00D5xH4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHbnR6J1r28

Sorry they\'re a bit brief, but we\'re going for quality not quantity here :Thumbs-up. Now I\'m slowly getting the hang of this camcorder malarkey I promise to do better on the next one.

Aaron, where are the pics you promised?........

Excellent work Nik :D
Nex time we\'ll have to pass a camera around a bit within the convoy so we can see it from a few angles :D

Adam

Thanks Nik,Adam & Jo :D ,great Videos,can`t wait to the next time now :yes