PHEA Roadshow: Kimbolton Charity Car Show - Sunday 13th July

[iluvmercs]

Hi Alex.

I always bung in a couple of fold up chairs. Sometimes they are used, other times not

Darren

[agreen]

iluvmercs said:

Hi Alex.

I always bung in a couple of fold up chairs. Sometimes they are used, other times not

Darren

Cheers

[kdsl]

I shouldn't have looked......

[iluvmercs]

BBC's forecast keeps changing: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/pe28
Yesterday there was just one shower cloud, which implies they don't really know

Darren

[HanksBM]

iluvmercs said:

hoodedreeper and cyberbelly:

Sorry to hear you are both unable to attend, but thank you for letting me know

I hope you car problems are sorted soon and hope you'll both be able to join us at another Event

Darren

Morning, i'm sorry a couple of your guys cant make it, If you have space for a Northants car I would be happy to join you all for the day, I could meet at the A14/A1 services if that's OK?

[iluvmercs]

Please do! You are welcome to join us

For what car shall I be looking out? Does the "BM" in your name infer A Bavarian motor vehicle of some description?

Darren

[HanksBM]

Thanks for your quick reply and hospitality, you are correct with your guess its a Black BMW M5 of the V10 variety. I look forward to meeting you all in the morning. Guy,
I,ll be on my best behavior....Mrs Hanks wants to come along too!

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[iluvmercs]

V10 M5

See you in the morning

Darren

[Gretchen]

It's been bloody gorgeous here today, late 20s & sunshine all day. A grey cloud passed and to be honest I have a good feeling it might be reasonable tomorrow. Hopefully any rain will hold off. I'll report as early as any one wants in the morning. I'm practically on the castle's doorstep.

[Freddie328]

Hi Darren,

Feel guilty that we nicked 2 places but due to the torrential downpours we had here last night we are going to be precious Ferrari owners & leave the 328 in the garage!! We'll still be joining you in the R8 though

See you later,

Lisa
x

[Gretchen]

Heavy rain overnight, roads are still wet and there's still light rain

Local weather says fog at the moment. Clearing/dry in next couple of hours, sun out at 3pm!!

Edited by Gretchen on Sunday 13th July 08:20

[Gretchen]

It's drizzle here, does look like it's easing and getting brighter.

For those interests the BBMF Spitfire is due to leave RAF Coningsby at 1540 and flypast for Kimbolton set at 1605, weather permitting.

[Gretchen]

It's stopped raining & is drying up

[msdes123]

Very enjoyable day, good convoy up from Ipswich despite the weather, time for a McD's breaky at the meet up location and then on to the car show with lots to see and do.

Thanks as always to Darren for organizing and everyone who attended, great to meet you all and your cars, hope to see you again at a future event, will definitely have this one down in the diary for next year. Thought we had a really good location in front of the house and layout with the cars and central gazebo seating area.

Given the state of the weather as I left at 7.30 this morning I cant believe that I seem to have picked up a slight sunburn forehead during the afternoon!

Edited by msdes123 on Sunday 13th July 20:54

[kdsl]

To Echo what Mark has already said, big thank you to Darren for organising, and an even bigger thank you for somehow getting us the best position. Can't believe the weather held off when you consider the downpour we drove through on the way over. Nice to meet you guys and look forward to the next event.

Hope to get some pictures up soon.

[tigerzetec]

Another thank you to Darren, from me and the family. The weather was unbelievable, considering the forecast. Also, it was very wet back home apart from a small part of the day.
Kimbolton ordered sunshine and got it for the whole day.

It was also great to meet up with everyone as well.

I have some pics to share, so I will get that sorted as soon as I can.
Oh, and not forgetting a short video of the day. (Need some time to put that together though)

Grant

[Gretchen]

You're so lovely Darren, thank you for today and your time. Really enjoyed our walk too. And Dylan it was great to meet you too

I wasn't on the stand much and apologise to other attendees. I would like to do a few more EA events though if I'm welcome do will keep an eye out.

Hope everyone got home safely.

[HanksBM]

Well done to Darren and the East Anglia Piston Heads for a thoroughly good day out today at Kimbolton. It was nice to meet you all and you made us feel very welcome. To echo others we had a good pitch in a prime slot for a small gathering in quite a large Show, Thanks Darren we don't know how you did it.
Sorry we left without saying goodbye and leaving you to take down the gazebo I hope you had help.
Just settling down now to watch the Moto GP, with Ferrari red faces, after a day that started wet and threatened rain most of the time. I'm sure we'll be up for it next year and with a camera this time can't believe i left it at home.
all the best G&M

[kdsl]

Gretchen said:

You're so lovely Darren, thank you for today and your time. Really enjoyed our walk too. And Dylan it was great to meet you too

I wasn't on the stand much and apologise to other attendees. I would like to do a few more EA events though if I'm welcome do will keep an eye out.

Hope everyone got home safely.

Nice to meet you too, although you were missing in action for most of the day, I only saw you as you arrived then as I was leaving!

[iluvmercs]

What another fantastic day out.

Thank you to everyone who turned out for what proved a very enjoyable day of nattering and car viewing.
With 9 of us braving braving the poor morning weather, we another varied display on offer, from the latest of hot hatch to Italian GT.

I can't believe how lucky we were with the weather - we seemed to have a micro climate of global warming! As with others, I packed for rain but ended a lovely shade of red.

With so much to see and positive feedback from you guys, we'll be sure to return
Sorry I wasn't about when a couple of you departed.
Great to meet the newbies and catch up with the mix of regular faces.
Many thanks again for you all coming along

Finally, another rare speedy upload means you can already view my photos from the day - Just CLICK HERE

Next up is our Three Counties Breakfast Run - PHEA Thread HERE

Our next Show sees us return to Helmingham Hall on Sunday 3rd August - details will be posted very soon.

Darren

Edited by iluvmercs on Monday 14th July 18:33