Spotted Sevens...

[Smitters]

Dunno if we've had one of these and it's died off before, but I spotted Framerateuk on the M4 on Friday looking like he'd had a much better day than me, judging by his trackday wristband versus my haggard busy-week visage. I didn't wave, my missus thinks I'm odd enough as it is without sticking my hand out of the window and waving to "my internet friends" on the motorway...

There also seems to be a new orange Seven in the Tetbury area - saw it on Sunday at the Tipput's Inn pub and again this morning in traffic. Very nice.

Must fix alternator, must fix alternator...

[framerateuk]

Ha! Well spotted!

Yes I'd been at Abingdon for the day - not all perfect smiles though as my driver side cycle wing flew off on my first session after lunch and had to be duct taped for the way home - thankfully it held . Currently waiting for my Sikaflex to turn up so I can stick it back on!

It's the furthest I've gone for a trackday in a single day and I was absolutely shattered when I got home!

[Steve Campbell]

Was a nice day on Friday...lots of good behaviour on track AND it stayed dry :-)

[framerateuk]

Which car was yours Steve?

I really enjoyed the track layout, a little tight in places but really good fun!

[Steve Campbell]

Orange R400 with matching orange rollbar

Was there with 2 * R300's (Orange and Blue) and a green Elise with yellow twin stripes.

Sorry if we didn't say hello ! Did chat to a few folks but the 4 of us hadn't seen each other for a while so spent "none track time" chinwagging :-)

Edited by Steve Campbell on Tuesday 24th May 17:58

[framerateuk]

No worries, my friend was on his first ever trackday (blue MX5 NC) - which went well! I was surprised at how huge an MX5 felt after driving the 7.

Some of the Elise's were going very well around that that track too!

[Smitters]

framerateuk said:

Ha! Well spotted!

Yes I'd been at Abingdon for the day - not all perfect smiles though as my driver side cycle wing flew off on my first session after lunch and had to be duct taped for the way home - thankfully it held . Currently waiting for my Sikaflex to turn up so I can stick it back on!

It's the furthest I've gone for a trackday in a single day and I was absolutely shattered when I got home!

Ah - sounds less than ideal. Abingdon is a bit closer for me (but nowwhere near as useful as Keevil or Hullavington!) but it's really hard going a long way in a day for a trackday. I'd love to do some far-flung tracks, but the time away and cost when you add in a BnB just goes mad. Holiday to Spain type money sometimes.

Should be going to Abingdon in July with a mate in a Superlight (alternator willing). I thought it was quite a good layout, with a bit of everything.

[framerateuk]

Smitters said:

Ah - sounds less than ideal. Abingdon is a bit closer for me (but nowwhere near as useful as Keevil or Hullavington!) but it's really hard going a long way in a day for a trackday. I'd love to do some far-flung tracks, but the time away and cost when you add in a BnB just goes mad. Holiday to Spain type money sometimes.

Should be going to Abingdon in July with a mate in a Superlight (alternator willing). I thought it was quite a good layout, with a bit of everything.

I was hoping to do Hullavingdon this year but it seems to have disappeared from the trackday calendar!

You're right though, once you factor in a hotel/b&b the costs do go up. When we do Angelsey we usually end up turning it into a little holiday with a few stops on the way - so will hopefully get a trackday in there this year.

[Smitters]

Yeah - I'm lucky in that my OH's folks live near Pembery, so that's very doable. For me, I think the do in one day circuits have to be got to inside a couple of hours. Otherwise four plus hours of "commute" and a trackday and you're either dangerously tired on the way home, or you end up knocking it on the head early.

Got the car up and running, so should be at Abingdon in July. Otherwise, blatting about the south Cotswolds.