Burghley House Aston Martin Event Charity Pot.
Discussion
Hi,
Just to let you know I've taken the sticky for the event down now and to close the threads surrounding the event I thought you might like to know a few facts.
The day attracted 249 Aston Martins to the grounds of Burghley with people travelling from as far a field as the Highlands of Scotland in the North and from Devon and Cornwall in the South West.
We had a several more exotic visitors to the show with Phil popping in from Bermuda and Ron dropping by via Abu Dhabi in his 1953 Concours winning DB Mk 111 just to add that international flavour.
Following onto the long haul boys we welcomed Gus over from Cork to add his infectious enthusiasm to the weekend,lets be having the 7 ready for next year Gus.
The 2 Spitfires were superb I think you will agree with the Blue one being a Super Marine MK19 running on a Griffon Engine and the other of course a Mk 9 with its Merlin power plant.
Both Aircraft for your interest are based at Coningsby in Lincolnshire and are part of the BBMF.
Look these Guys up as they do a tremendous job helping raise a lot of money for charities through out the year……….www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf
Well the main point of the post is to tell you the figure raised for Cancer Research and The MacMillan Organisation is £10,788.20 ……..
So thank you all for your support and for putting up with my ramblings…….
See you all again plus the rest that missed out next year,lets be going for 500 plus cars,I'll organise it if you lot will support it…………Game On….
Just to let you know I've taken the sticky for the event down now and to close the threads surrounding the event I thought you might like to know a few facts.
The day attracted 249 Aston Martins to the grounds of Burghley with people travelling from as far a field as the Highlands of Scotland in the North and from Devon and Cornwall in the South West.
We had a several more exotic visitors to the show with Phil popping in from Bermuda and Ron dropping by via Abu Dhabi in his 1953 Concours winning DB Mk 111 just to add that international flavour.
Following onto the long haul boys we welcomed Gus over from Cork to add his infectious enthusiasm to the weekend,lets be having the 7 ready for next year Gus.
The 2 Spitfires were superb I think you will agree with the Blue one being a Super Marine MK19 running on a Griffon Engine and the other of course a Mk 9 with its Merlin power plant.
Both Aircraft for your interest are based at Coningsby in Lincolnshire and are part of the BBMF.
Look these Guys up as they do a tremendous job helping raise a lot of money for charities through out the year……….www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf
Well the main point of the post is to tell you the figure raised for Cancer Research and The MacMillan Organisation is £10,788.20 ……..
So thank you all for your support and for putting up with my ramblings…….
See you all again plus the rest that missed out next year,lets be going for 500 plus cars,I'll organise it if you lot will support it…………Game On….
Edited by Ed50 on Thursday 31st July 17:20
d put in the £8.20.......Ed50 said:
Who ever it was he wasn't as tight as the Guy who refused to pay my daughters the fiver on the gate
as he wasn't planning on stopping to long…………..
I sh*t you not……
Well Ed, I would leave the donation page open for a while longer so he (and any others who feel they could give a little more to very good causes) still have time to donate.as he wasn't planning on stopping to long…………..
I sh*t you not……
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/astonmartin
Let's face it a tank of fuel is £100, so let's see if we can push that total a bit higher still.
Thanks again Ed. A tough act to better next year but I'm sure you'll do it.
Edited by V8V Pete on Thursday 31st July 21:34
V8V Pete said:
Well Ed, I would leave the donation page open for a while longer.
Don't forget some proceeds from the professional photographs should bring in a few quid. 
Has everyone seen the link?
http://www.skwimages.com/-/images/motorsport/aston...
Edited by RichB on Thursday 31st July 21:14
Yes Dave they did,but it all happened so quickly and with cars waiting in line to get in it was a split second thing.
I didn't even think about that until later when they had all been cut from the sheet and placed in the bucket………lol.
Would have been ironic if he was the prize winning plate that got drawn out that didn't answer the call so we pulled another one………….lol.
Not to worry,not the end of the world it was Burghley that got turned over not the charity fund...
I didn't even think about that until later when they had all been cut from the sheet and placed in the bucket………lol.
Would have been ironic if he was the prize winning plate that got drawn out that didn't answer the call so we pulled another one………….lol.
Not to worry,not the end of the world it was Burghley that got turned over not the charity fund...
L0TT0] said:
Ed50 said:
Who ever it was he wasn't as tight as the Guy who refused to pay my daughters the fiver on the gate
as he wasn't planning on stopping to long…………..
I sh*t you not……
FFS hang your head in shame sir as he wasn't planning on stopping to long…………..
I sh*t you not……
Edited by L0TT0 on Thursday 31st July 21:32
Unbelievable. If ever there was a case for naming and shaming, this is it.
gmacdb9 said:
Unbelievable. If ever there was a case for naming and shaming, this is it.
Sorry I can't agree.Unbelievable - yes, but 'naming and shaming' serves no useful purpose.
Lets be charitable (irony intended) and assume it was a spur of the moment decision on behalf of the driver.
I have no idea who the 'guilty party' is but perhaps, in hindsight, he regrets his actions and may choose to donate using link above
Nuff said.
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