30th august

[jasonh131]

Hi Neet - I'll be on my own....but travelling with Theo.... if you know what I mean! 

Hi Neet - I'll be on my own....but bringing Kevin.... if you know what I mean!   

hi anita  -i,ll be on my own ....following theo .....who's bring kevin ...if you know what I mean   
jason

[Thotos]

Was planning to start from our place unless people want to meet up on route,Theo is picking Kev up just after 8 oclock so shall we aim for 10,30-11,00 but if anyone wants to turn up early or even stay over just let us know

Andy+Anita

Stansted airport to A&A in Polegate is 1 hour 31 minutes according to Autoroute or 1 hour 53 minutes according to my Sat Nav. Taking into account the roadworks between J27 and J28 of the M25 I'd say a 2 hour drive is what we should expect. Kevin arrives at 8:05am so hopefully we should be on our way before 9:00am and should be at A&A in Polegate by 11:00am. 

[jasonh131]

theo 
 A21 ,tonbridge, bank holiday traffic
you'll have to find us a cross country route  or off the  M23
jason

[Thotos]

I doubt there'll be too much traffic on the A21 on Sunday morning the time we'll be there. The M23 is too far west for us so we should try A21 then  A267  and A22 into Polegate. I know East Sussex reasonably well so if need be we could bypass Tunbridge Wells by going through Lamberhurst then Wadhurst. The route through Hook Green has some great 131 driving roads!  

Don't forget the ?1.50 correct change for the bridge toll.

[kev131]

Weather forecast is for a sunny day with a "few" showers.

http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/forecast-details.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&postalcode=BN21 3DE&metric=1&fday=4

[eugene]

Wishing everybody to have an excellent day for this event .Eugene

[jasonh131]

super super day great thanks to anita and andy ..
 great time had buy all of us  
the eastbourners


bodium castle



and the rears




jason

[Thotos]

A HUGE thank you to Anita and Andy for organising a fantastic day. Great company, excellent driving routes, outstanding food and even our parking in the Castle was pre-arranged and paid for; Anita and Andy simply thought of everything. Kevin and I might have demanded a recount for the treasure hunt points but our hosts were so welcoming and organised we had to concede and accept that second place was the best we could do on the day    Congratulations to Wendy and Simon on winning the treasure hunt and thanks again to Anita and Andy for pulling out all the stops and making sure we all had a great time and were well fed  

[kev131]

Just home now after a really enjoyable trip and I'd like to add my sincere thanks to Neet and Andy - Really fabulous organisation and hospitality.

Sunday was a long day for me, 5.0am to 11.0pm but we managed to pack so much in during the day....capped with the treat of watching Ferrari win it's first race of the season, on Theo's sky box when we got home! A successful Italian themed day - We even had Lasagne for dinner! 

Thanks for everything guys - Theo and Linda too for looking after me so well. 

I'll add some more detail and photos later in the week.

[Gremlino]

Just to say many thanks to Andy & Nita for a fantastic day with great grub and thanks to everyone who attended for making the whole event a real cracker 

I just hope they'll be no long lasting effects on Nita & Wendy from their passenger rides with me in Voli

We all knew who would win the treasure hunt ......but it didn't stop us having a lot of fun, Even Jay enjoyed his many 9 point turns

I hope everyone got home ok with no dramas, my trip home was great without the 1935 Leyland bus hogging the road

[Andy c]

Hi one and all, we would like to say our thanks to all of you who made our day SO enjoyable, we have decided to try and make it an annual event, it was fab for us to spend a day with such great people, and great friends, Wendy your a star  in giving Anita female company the kids were great to.
Looking forward to meeting up with all again in the very near future.

Andy & Anita

[kev131]

Here is some Youtube footage of the event. The first one is a collection of stills...
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcHt6faMeCw

and the second is a full bore standing start in a twin 45 equipped Guy Croft engined Theo piloted Fiat 131 Sport.  

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

Don't forget to leave your comments on Youtube so I'll know how they are being received...

[jasonh131]

As usuall  kev great photo show.

[curt]

Hey Theo - nice to see you took the throttle off as you approached the school markings 
Fab bit of video 
Sounds absolutely lovely 
And who were you apologising too ?
After all Simon made you do it -didnt he 

[Thotos]

I try not to be TOO irresponsible   Another sign of old age I suppose   Might seem boring to someone but it was a public road 
The apology was to Shannon, Simon's daughter who was a passenger in the back of the 131. It was Kev (the cameraman) who was urging me to go fast! He is still young (well, younger than me anyway   ) so he is still allowed to be irresponsible occasionally