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Malcolm,

We need to call the hotel when we cross the border into Holland as they have asked for a heads up as to when we might arrive.

:-)

I will be a passenger again - RX8 is locked away for a bit longer  :-)

I would imagine so.

I am looking forward to this. After almost 2 years since breaking my legs I should be able to get in and out of Aston's car without causing a scene every time and since there are no toll booths on the motorway I won't get shoved out the window to pay the tolls... :-)

I am hoping to be able to go and see the nature reserve and the funky statues at some point if the rain stops.

See you all on Friday!

At the moment I can't make the 10th December. Hopefully I'll catch up with some of you at one of the local meets 😊

All done for us.    See you all on the 5th!

Hi Lisa,

I am waiting to hear if/when I am having my knee dissected, hopefully I'll have a date by the 13th November when I see the knee surgeon next. Aston and I will sort out our meals then. Hotel is booked.  :-)

Great day today, thank you for the sunshine and for a nice and relaxed event in such a beautiful place. It was great catching up with some of the Euro Trip Crew but we forgot our secret sign greeting   :-D

I posted a few pictures on the Facebook page  :-)

See you again soon!

It's tonight Guys and Guy Essex!

Aston will see you all in a short while  :-)

I have 2 years to achieve that. Bearing in mind you sail everywhere you are missing out on all things inland. I just discovered there is a village with no roads near the area we stayed in. Definitely not a car related thing!

The social side was great btw. Fingers crossed for the next one.

Like a plum I posted in the old thread here when I got back on Sunday.

D'oh!!

Hopefully I'll see you all again soon! Meanwhile I'll be having fun doing this:

Here we go... just to remind all of you who are not following us on the Facebook page of the achievements of the MRC Int'l Massive at this year's Rotarystock in Holland. It was a fun event, very relaxed and with great company. Our hosts were incredibly friendly and welcoming and even arranged for the weather to be superb on Saturday!! Perfect.

A quick note for those of you who had concerns about this being a "strictly car related" event: we managed to make it into a mini-holiday and although some of us spent all day Saturday burning dinosaurs juice round the track, on Sunday we played tourists around Amsterdam and chilled all day going on boat tours, walking, passively smoking outside coffee shops  while walking, shopping for flowers, eating ice creams, walking, drinking coffee, walking and looking at (plastinated) corpses. What more could I possibly say to persuade you to join us next time? 

So, to recap the winners were:

Clive: Best RX4 and Best of Show
CJR: 2nd in the Time Attack (Choo-Choo cars)
Arnie_O: 1st in the Slalom (Turbo cars)
LennyCarloff: 1st in the Slalom (n/a cars)*, 3rd in the Time Attack (n/a cars)* + the trophy he won 2 years ago for fastest Northener abroad
Exiled Viking: Best RX8 in the EEC

* n/a = Not Applicable   

People who should also have won a trophy:

Simon: best bonnet cable release
Mike: best black FD travelling on the upper floor of Le Shuttle
Graham: bravest vegetarian in the world for ordering just salad in a steak house
Me: best Time Attack sighting laps
Tina: best linguist for consolidating the MRC super secret sign language
Lisa: most patient event organizer
Heidi: she's Jim's girlfriend

In between laughing, eating and drinking it was suggested that perhaps the next time the MRC does Rotarystock we could make it even better by turning it into a proper road trip using the back roads (especially in Belgium) and taking in the sights. A bit like an "all day breakfast" run on the other side of the road... 

Thank you so much everyone for making this such a special weekend. Hopefully I'll see you all again soon! xx

This is it guys: we are off to Rotarystock! 

Pictures for rubbing it in purposes will follow in due course, of course  :-)

Are we going to meetup somewhere before Folkestone so we all check-in and board together? If so, where and when?

That's what Jims do, isn't it? :-D

Btw you are the first to known that Aston finally came out of the tifosi closet and shouted "forza Seb" during the GP