Club Arnage

Note the French title - that is because the UK is to be honoured next week by a rare visit from Gilles, our Man About Town in Le Mans. Gilles is over here for a few days, on business I think, and will be staying around the south end of the country.

So....

Ferrari Spider is going to find a hostelry somewhere in the Alton/Winchester/Basingstoke/Goodwood general area which can serve us with some liquid and solid sustenance, this Tuesday evening. Probably 7:30 - 8 ish, details to follow from FS on this thread tomorrow.

I am up for it, JPC will be (if he can find a chaffeur - he has w*nkers wrist or something and can't drive), but ALL CAers would be welcome to come along. I know there are quite a few south of Watford so it would be great to see a few faces, plan some stuff and have a generally good time.

If you are new to CA and haven't yet met anyone, don't let that put you off. I might wear my 2005 CA t shirt (already resplendent with Alan McNish's paw print) and my Aston baseball cap (with some driver signatures) so you can find us, but even if I don't, you will soon recognise Gilles by the beret, stripey t shirt and string of onions round his neck...

Apologies for the short notice, I hope to see lots of you there.

Please add a post here if you might be there, just so FS has an idea of numbers...

Gilles, I thought you previously said you had to go to somewhere near Silverstone for some work related activities??

maybe just an half day, around thursday evening.

... also looking for Brits Girls !!!!  :o

Here you are Gilles, a fine example of British womanhood

Gilles, I unfortunately wont be around in time on Tuesday to join you (some how these meets always seem to coincide with my rare trips abroad), but if you want meet up at Brooklands, call me on my mobile (best not on Tuesday as I am in Germany) - 0044 7958 523213 and we can arrange it.
Cheers
Ian

I can be around, and will wer either my CA Jumper, Shirt, or Polo...


And no beer bellies here thank you very much.

If the venue is within an hour travel I'm up to meet you Gilles on Brit turf.
Sofar most of the fore mentioned is looking good FS.
Look forward to it. May just christen the new CA tee. ;D

Mr Spider - where are we meeting then???

Hello Andy, ltns. Looking forward to meeting you tomorrer.

Apologies in advance for my non-appearance.  I will be oop north in Manchester and will be on my best behaviour!

I'm sure you'll all have a falling-over water on my behalf  8)

Smokie, apologies for not putting on the net sooner, my chum JP with the w***ers wrist was supposed to put the contact details on the web page?  will follow up early tomorrow

OK. Ferrari Spider is "at a function" this evening so it falls upon me to pass on the meeting location.

Assuming everyone is happy with the location, we will be meeting at "The Fox" in "North Waltham".

Approx 4/5 minutes from Jct 7 of the M3. A nice country pub, in the middle of nowhere with views across fields (depending on when we get there) with excellent food, fine real ales and a good wine list.

Ferrari Spider will collect Gilles and bring him along. As I have w**k*rs wrist of the achilles tendon (smokie???) I will either be collected by Fat Lad and driven there, or get a taxi, or a friendly moderator may like to collect me (and Fat Lad) and drop us back as he'll literally have to go past the door  ;D

Definates so far are Gilles (of course) Ferrari Spider, Smokie, JP Chenet and Fat Lad. Probables are Robbo and Andy. Zarse is a possibility.

Any more for any more???

Mark, well done!!!!!!!!!

Local Map  

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=456288&y=146070&z=0&sv=RG25+2BE&st=2&pc=RG25+2BE&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf

Meeting time 7.30 onwards i will pick  up gilles about 7.00

the address is  North Waltham, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG25 2BE

here is a web link for the pub

http://search.yell.com/search/ShowMap;jsessionid=cO7wFp9BG6y_?nat_id=3466316&location=NORTH+WALTHAM&clarifyIndex=&clarifyOptions=&searchType=classic&replayURL=%2Fucs%2FUcsSearchAction.do%3Bjsessionid%3DcO7wFp9BG6y_%3Fooa%3Don%26searchType%3Dclassic%26companyName%3Dthe%2Bfox%26location%3Dnorth%2Bwaltham%26scrambleSeed%3D5242%26ooascrambleSeed%3D

Easiest directions for everyone. M3 Junction 7. Take the A30 towards Basingstoke.

Take the 1st left by the traffic lights. Follow this road for about 3/4 of a mile and you will see The Wheatsheaf Hotel on the right. Immediately after the Wheatsheaf is a right hand turning. Take it.

After half a mile, the road bears to the right and aturning is on the left with a triangular fashioned junction. Turn left here.

The pub is then just alongon the right and the entrance to the car park is just after the pub and leads to a large parking area around the back.

Rick Cutler has now confirmed he will also be attending!

Won't be able to make it I'm afraid, just had a close encounter of the snowy kind, resulted in being medivacced home yesterday on crutchs, can't drive, can't drink  :'( :'(  due to painkillers.

Hope you enjoy your trip to GB, Gilles.

Hi Barry,
             Get Well Soon.
Canada Phil

Jesus Barry, what happened?? Were you run over by the Piste-basher?

The one thing that always spoils the build up to my annual skiing holiday is the thought of coming back in several broken pieces. I've always gotten away with it (so far) and I couldn't give a monkeys when I'm out there on the edge. It's just the contemplation beforehand that gives me the heebeegeebees.

Anyway, get well soon mate, hope this has not jeopardised your trip to LM. Actually we are taking a little crippled boy aged 40 this year, so if you need to borrow his wheelchair, do let me know!

Regds

Andy

Sorry i didnt make it.

I have been working some horendous hours recently, and am knackered.

All work and no play means i am not getting laid.

Andy and Phil, thankyou for your get well wishes, nothing broken, just lower leg and foot damage. Torn calf muscles are very painful :o :o
Should be able to throw away the crutchs and have that ' it's a miracle, I can walk again' moment in about 7 days. ;) :)

Hopefully it will all be better by June, although I've had to temporarily cancel the Ducati going in to be stage 1'd, should be done before the pilmgrimage though ;D

Anyone heard from Gilles, has he awoken yet.  I do believe some of the group had actually been to Sebring?

Only half of us!!  ;)

You mean there's more of you???   :o :o

?????? ??? :-\ ??? ??????

You were one of the half!!!  (I meant out of the six people at the get together, three of us were in Sebring!)

but, what about Gilles?

Haven't heard from him, but then we weren't planning on meeting up again.

There was a chance that IRW might try to meet up with him to show him around Brooklands. Maybe he's heard from him??

No, no news from our little friend - think you've broken him! ::)

Oh dear!  there's not a lot of him.

Be Quiet

I come back safe in my country....
... and unfortunately couldn't find the time to visit Brooklands. Trip has to be better planned next time.

I gonna try to have the requested info about th campsite open during PQ...
... and I try to free some space to store all your camping gear.

The ACO told me it would be one near the Porsche Curves but not MB. BSJ, surely.

??????Do I get a drift that there may be a chance of leaving the camping gear there for the 24 after the PQ????? It would certainly open up the possibilities of getting over to it.

Not sure I'd risk leaving anything unattended for a week or so. Check your PMs.

Smokie and Gilles -
You have PMs