For everyone meeting at Abington we will leave 5am sharp from the services to make sure that we get down in time
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For everyone meeting at Abington we will leave 5am sharp from the services to make sure that we get down in time
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The fettlin’ has begun.
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I’ve managed the foaming, shampooing and drying and started to finish it off with some detailing spray.
I’ll sort everything else tomorrow.
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Oh, and I’ve managed to squeeze in yet another unplanned mod.
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p.s. No William, Andrew & Ali, it’s not.
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As a reminder for anybody travelling south with us on Friday morning, chances are we’ll use the M6 Toll road, so you’ll either need change or a card handy for payment. It should be £6.40 to use the it during day time.
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Thanks for the heads up.Quote:
Originally Posted by DigitalLemming
Davy
I wouldnt never claim to be at Pete's level of skill when it comes to packing stuff in the rear of a mini. The amount he fits in the back fo the roadster can only be attributed to black magic.
But for a mini euro trip I think I've packed plenty into the little coupe.
1 double airbed
1 sleeping bag
2 goose feather pillows
2 20L wash buckets with grit guards
1 bag of every cleaning product necessary
1 large bag of microfirbes (various piles)
1 holdall with changes of clothes for every day
9 bottles of Lipton ice tea
6 cans of blood orange San pellegrino
And a litre or so of oil (because mini)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5a1cc9db15.jpg
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Ps I've even got room for souvenirs
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That’s a cracking effort Mark.Quote:
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You seem to have taken the art of MINI Tetris to a very high level.
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So are we all about ready then??
I've got my final shift at work today, then its off to feed Cri a tank of V Power, check tyre pressures (Engine checks were done last night and oil topped up, breaskdown cover bought as well), pack a cleaning bag, print my ticket and reservation off, spend 5 mins with kids and in bed for about 8ish. Planning on getting up about 2 or 3am and leaving the house no later than 3.45am! Knowing me I will be out house at 3.15am and then grab a nap at Abington!
Davy
Two down, two to go.
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Here's mine packed just the cleaning stuff and a balance bike!!
No weekend bag yet lol!
Had to tilt the seat forward to get the bike in!!
If you are wondering why there is a bike in the rear it's for my nephew when I head back up the road!
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If it rains before Sunday I shall scream and scream and scream until I’m sick...
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See everyone in the morning at Abington to leave at 5
Have a safe and pleasant trip down all of you getting up in the next hour or so.
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I’ll be down at the hotel for about 14:30ish tomorrow afters.
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See you soon xxxxQuote:
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Have a safe journey and a great time at the show everyone. Shame not to catch up.
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That’s Rocky fettled as far as I can for now.
There’s just no point in vacuuming and dusting the interior ‘cos it’ll be a roofless cruise down the road tomorrow so it’ll just get loppy again by the time I get there.
Have fun today and this evening all and I’ll see you tomorrow afters.
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Down safe and sound and Factory Tour done. Was a brilliant tour with an insight into some of the changes being made to accommodate the new electric car
Tour was fantastic, great insight into how the factory runs and seeing a mini being produced to rolling off the production line.
Davy
Thank you to everyone who came along this weekend. It was a brilliant weekend and hope that everyone enjoyed the Factory and the show.
The show was a new show for NMS to attend and the show has a lot of potential that I’m sure can be worked out but is still worth a travel down to attend.
More catering is is certainly needed and merchants need to have more on to sell, there was plenty company’s there but not a lot to buy. SMPS where really the only exception to this that had lots on offer.
We’re now off to have a look at the cottages for the Bakewell Tour so apologies for not travelling back up with everyone but will be worth it in the end.
That’s me not long back home too. Had a brilliant weekend, factory tour was excellent and show was a good experience. Fun day out yesterday too and I’ve even come home with a tan [emoji3508]
Here's a few pics of the club stand
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Here's a few pics from today. It was a well attended MINI event and definitely has potential with a few tweaks. Sorry we had to leave early :(
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Not usually a pink gal on cars but my fav car from today
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My fav pic of the weekend :thumbs up:
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Unfortunately I never got to take many pics, or video, due to the amount of folks that wanted to have a chat about Rocky. It was absolutely mental and it attracts way more attention than 1499 ever did !!!
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At any future shows I’m just gonna grab mi cameras, put mi head down and run away from the club stand to see what the rest of the show looks like.
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I had a stunning roofless cruise on the way down and had no “traffic issues” until I hit the M40, which was expected.
The fact that I ended up being 6 minutes earlier the planned was a very nice bonus though.
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I personally really enjoyed our 300 mile walk around the centre of Oxford and it was a nice addition to a great few days away.
In regards to the actual show it was a great turn out but I personally think that there are quite a few areas in need of improvement.
They really need to be quite a few more “marshalls” walking around checking on stands, be able to answer any questions about the show and generally just police the event in general eg actually enforce the rules especially the “no revving” rule. It can’t be THAT hard to kick out folks if they are being a complete moron.
There were also next to no bins which is a huge omission in my eyes. The layout though is as good as it could’ve been and makes good use of the huge space available.
The severe lack of catering was disappointing but I did enjoy the walk down to Burger King so it wasn’t all bad.
I’ve still got to look through the few pics I did take to see if they are worth posting but I can post this one for now which I’ve taken from the time lapse I took on the Insta360 One X.
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Love that little NMS world picture Pete. Laura love your photos as well. Sadly I never got any pictures due to the camera being out of charge :ragin:. Looking forward to everyone else’s photos when they get round to posting them.
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I must apologise for the shaky footage in the vid but I’d not tightened up the camera to the stick tightly enough so it moved slightly which is why the video jumps occasionally.
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Oh well, I now know for next time.
It’s not up to Spielberg standards but it has given me an idea of what it’s possible to film whilst we are setting up a club stand.
It’s only 2 minutes long so you can save yourself opening the popcorn.
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https://youtu.be/OC3PXSMw-PM
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Here are the very few pics that I did manage to take.
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Great pictures Pete and love the Video
Cracking pics Pete the video is something else :cool:
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I’m very happy with the pics because I’m still getting used to the new camera and still have a few things to work on with it.
Yeah, the video was just a test really to see if I could get the effect that I was looking for.
It worked a treat but I do need to make sure that the camera is fully fastened to the stick the next time I try it.
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Before MMM I’ll try it out again but with the stick fully extended. Yesterday it was less than half the height it could’ve been.
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What a fantastic weekend, good company and prob spent more than I should have! But worth it.
Got tons of pics to go through!
Thoughts on the show:
I enjoyed it but lack of catering unless you liked expensive pulled pork, crêpes or coffee sort of ruined it but luxework even admitted that and how much of a killing they could have made!
Revving of engines totally agree with Pete and could be better enforced.
Traders could have been better
Again it's the second year of this show but could have been a lot more with it being the 60th anniversary year as into seemed people were leaving by lunchtime.
Would defo do it again next year through.
Davy
I’ve just re-edited the original time lapse footage and created two tiny planet style videos from it.
I’ve upped the speed to 8x and also added motion blur to the first one.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
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They are now only 16 seconds each in length.
https://youtu.be/0pihLsvNY9Y
https://youtu.be/BT4wg6e-c_I
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Prefer it without the motion blur as well Pete
Ta William.Quote:
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I’ve passed on your feedback to Kieran at Luxwerks
A few of my photos from the weekend:
Evidence of the time I had to get up at...
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When you realise William is at the MINI factory and he has his wallet
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Cracking photos Andrew.
Davy
Great photos Andrew
I’m an idiot lol