FOS car park photos thread
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ukaskew said:
CAR PARK UPDATE: we recommend heading for Car park M if you can, as the muddy conditions are causing issues in other areas
Car Park M is a good option. When you get in look over to your left and go and park over there if you can, or ask a marshal if you can park near to the gate. Further into the field it drops down to a much lower level and you may struggle to get out once the grass is churned up 
It is a little walk to the entrance if you park at the top of car park M but could save you some grief when you want to leave.
Just back from a day at GFoS.
The photographs don't do justice to the problems. The bits where it is impassable were localised, but at 7.15 this morning a Transit had got itself stuck. Chatting to a chap who had come down from Petworth, the Midlands for those of us who live in Sussex, it would appear that the lumpy car parks gave problems for the cars coming in so getting out, he thought, would be a problem for his MGB. The car park I went in, from the south along the 285, will be the best bet tomorrow as they are flat and although the mud and lack of coefficient of friction will still make things difficult, it will not be exacerbated by gravity.
Two other things:
The walk to the grounds from the car park was muddy in most places and very slippery, and this at 7.20am or so. On the way back there were bits with deep mud. I saw one chap fall to the ground and a young woman who was in the pits area had obviously fallen onto her bottom. There should be boarding at the obviously muddy spots and there were too many 'pinch points' where the crowd were forced into paths a few feet wide. Perhaps widening the path as it crosses the golf course?
One old boy was having difficulties and was trying to convince his friends that it would be better if the went back to the car and waited there.
The metal walkways in the grounds were slippery as well. There were a few small 4x4s which were bringing loads of mud onto them.
There were a lot of empty slots and some cars that had arrived were covered.
The display at the front of the house was magnificent. There was a team of 'dryers' that was fighting a losing battle with the rain.
There was a magnificent display of Brabham GP cars, the BT50 onwards. There was the BT55, one of the most remarkably adventuresome race cars of the period but not one of Murry's best. As the commentator at Brands for the GP in 1985 said after a particularly dismal few laps by Derek Warwick on the Saturday: Tomorrow's technology, unfortunately it won't be for tomorrow. Harsh but so very accurate.
I've been many times to GFoS and today was about the least inspiring. Having mud up the sides of your jeans is no fun, especially when having to get into my SLK for the return home, making the inside nearly as muddy as the outside. I know it is not the organiser's fault that it rained, but some contingency planning might have helped.
The forecast is for dryer weather, but there's a lot of mud to dry out. There's rain now still and being muggy, it's unlikely to dry out by the morning. Saturday should be better I think, but don't quote me.
There is the normal range of magnificent cars going by my mudstained programme so it should be as good as ever for the weekend.
The photographs don't do justice to the problems. The bits where it is impassable were localised, but at 7.15 this morning a Transit had got itself stuck. Chatting to a chap who had come down from Petworth, the Midlands for those of us who live in Sussex, it would appear that the lumpy car parks gave problems for the cars coming in so getting out, he thought, would be a problem for his MGB. The car park I went in, from the south along the 285, will be the best bet tomorrow as they are flat and although the mud and lack of coefficient of friction will still make things difficult, it will not be exacerbated by gravity.
Two other things:
The walk to the grounds from the car park was muddy in most places and very slippery, and this at 7.20am or so. On the way back there were bits with deep mud. I saw one chap fall to the ground and a young woman who was in the pits area had obviously fallen onto her bottom. There should be boarding at the obviously muddy spots and there were too many 'pinch points' where the crowd were forced into paths a few feet wide. Perhaps widening the path as it crosses the golf course?
One old boy was having difficulties and was trying to convince his friends that it would be better if the went back to the car and waited there.
The metal walkways in the grounds were slippery as well. There were a few small 4x4s which were bringing loads of mud onto them.
There were a lot of empty slots and some cars that had arrived were covered.
The display at the front of the house was magnificent. There was a team of 'dryers' that was fighting a losing battle with the rain.
There was a magnificent display of Brabham GP cars, the BT50 onwards. There was the BT55, one of the most remarkably adventuresome race cars of the period but not one of Murry's best. As the commentator at Brands for the GP in 1985 said after a particularly dismal few laps by Derek Warwick on the Saturday: Tomorrow's technology, unfortunately it won't be for tomorrow. Harsh but so very accurate.
I've been many times to GFoS and today was about the least inspiring. Having mud up the sides of your jeans is no fun, especially when having to get into my SLK for the return home, making the inside nearly as muddy as the outside. I know it is not the organiser's fault that it rained, but some contingency planning might have helped.
The forecast is for dryer weather, but there's a lot of mud to dry out. There's rain now still and being muggy, it's unlikely to dry out by the morning. Saturday should be better I think, but don't quote me.
There is the normal range of magnificent cars going by my mudstained programme so it should be as good as ever for the weekend.
They're usually pretty good at acting overnight to help with the mud problem. I suspect there will be copious amounts of straw put down over the mushy parts, some rerouting of footpaths and maybe additional temporary hard surfaces installed.
Not much you can do about the weather really.
Not much you can do about the weather really.
Derek Smith said:
There were a lot of empty slots and some cars that had arrived were covered.
It was only a few years ago that this was often the situation on Friday morning (I vividly remember driving along the A27 at 6:30am with some of the cars that were heading to be displayed in the Supercar Paddock), so it's not too surprising that this now happens on Thursday.Very apprehensive about tomorrow with the car park situation (particularly travelling alone) given the reports and that presumably it's only going to be worse once everyone has left today.
ukaskew said:
Derek Smith said:
There were a lot of empty slots and some cars that had arrived were covered.
It was only a few years ago that this was often the situation on Friday morning (I vividly remember driving along the A27 at 6:30am with some of the cars that were heading to be displayed in the Supercar Paddock), so it's not too surprising that this now happens on Thursday.Very apprehensive about tomorrow with the car park situation (particularly travelling alone) given the reports and that presumably it's only going to be worse once everyone has left today.
Had a friendly chat with a BMW rep who was obviously a nerd for the make.
My wife wants a 4x4 after us being involved in a multiple vehicle accident, although with no damage to us. A small Japanese hatch went headfirst into a Japanese 4x4. The hatch was unrecognisable from the front 'cause it didn't have one but the 4x4 was more or less intact if you ignored the front offside.
So I was wandering around the various stands and the Honda rep got me into an HR-V (or similar) and then tried to convince me that I had ample room in the back. I'm 6'3".
The chap on the VW stand just kept asking me how comfortable I was in the Tiguan. This despite my jeans being muddy.
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