Avinalarf at Burghley

[avinalarf]

Arrived home safely after a truly magnificent weekend .
Our most sincere thanks to Ed for organising this most successful event.
It was very nice to meet old friends,and especially new faces, that we knew only from this forum.
May I mention Robert and Mollie,so pleased ,at last ,to meet you.
A special thanks to those we sat with at dinner,there was Jeff, V8V Pete and Sunseeker Gus ,for making an enjoyable evening.
Thanks to Martyn,J12MOC,for explaining the intricacies of the BR tweeky bits.
Thanks to Jeff for showing me how to have an erection,the erection of my sat nav,I hadn't had it up before.
David Goldie for chatting about his smashing car.
Paddy for ,well just being Paddy.
If I've forgotten anyone,my apologies.
The sun shone,the spitfires flew over,and the auction and raffle raised many a titter,as well as lots of dosh for the charities.
Who will forget Tony,with his bellows of "Oi you " at the unfortunates who forgot to pick a new raffle ticket, he is definitely a star.
Met Mrs Nick,how he pulled her I just don't know !
Then,just before we left,to my huge delight,VantageBabe and Mr Babe,a fitting end to a fab day out.
Bye for now.

Edited by avinalarf on Sunday 27th July 18:59

[tonyhall38]

Ye....thanks for the badge....a lot of effort must have gone into it.....learning to spell and the handwriting of a 5 yr old must have taken along time to master.....keep at it....it will get better with practice ...;)

[VantageBabe]

avinalarf said:

Arrived home safely after a truly magnificent weekend .
Our most sincere thanks to Ed for organising this most successful event.
It was very nice to meet old friends,and especially new faces, that we knew only from this forum.
May I mention Robert and Mollie,so pleased ,at last ,to meet you.
A special thanks to those we sat with at dinner,there was Jeff, V8V Pete and Sunseeker Gus ,for making an enjoyable evening.
Thanks to Martyn,J12MOC,for explaining the intricacies of the BR tweeky bits.
Thanks to Jeff for showing me how to have an erection,the erection of my sat nav,I hadn't had it up before.
David Goldie for chatting about his smashing car.
Paddy for ,well just being Paddy.
If I've forgotten anyone,my apologies.
The sun shone,the spitfires flew over,and the auction and raffle raised many a titter,as well as lots of dosh for the charities.
Who will forget Tony,with his bellows of "Oi you " at the unfortunates who forgot to pick a new raffle ticket, he is definitely a star.
Met Mrs Nick,how he pulled her I just don't know !
Then,just before we left,to my huge delight,VantageBabe and Mr Babe,a fitting end to a fab day out.
Bye for now.

Edited by avinalarf on Sunday 27th July 18:59

Was good to put a face to a name avinalarf - and ty for the name badges !!!!
Look forward to catching up again some time

[avinalarf]

tonyhall38 said:

Ye....thanks for the badge....a lot of effort must have gone into it.....learning to spell and the handwriting of a 5 yr old must have taken along time to master.....keep at it....it will get better with practice ...;)

No problem Tony,having met you before,I thought it best to keep things simple,no long words,that sort of thing.
BTW you were supposed to hang it around your neck,but your novel idea worked very well,if not a tad unusual,certainly alarmed the lady to your left.

[avinalarf]

VantageBabe said:

Was good to put a face to a name avinalarf - and ty for the name badges !!!!
Look forward to catching up again some time

Absolutely Babe,such fun behind the horse chestnut.
Talking about nuts.........

[alcohol7]

Steven, Tony, I didn't get the pleasure of meeting either of you today but think I worked out who you were from afar during the raffle.

Steven I love your witty prose on this forum - were you a poet in a former life?

Tony didn't need to "Oi" at me as I was quick to get my hand back in the bucket after collecting my raffle prize, and I even survived the whole day without being called a Tr. I think that's a result.

Colin.

[avinalarf]

alcohol7 said:

Steven, Tony, I didn't get the pleasure of meeting either of you today but think I worked out who you were from afar during the raffle.

Steven I love your witty prose on this forum - were you a poet in a former life?

Tony didn't need to "Oi" at me as I was quick to get my hand back in the bucket after collecting my raffle prize, and I even survived the whole day without being called a Tr. I think that's a result.

Colin.

Likewise Colin,but judging by you Forum nickname ,I think I spotted you,gently swaying.
You are so kind,not sure pleasure,is the correct adjective though.
As for having a former life,well if I had one, maybe,with luck,it was as a fully formed normal person with social skills and six more inches ( in height,that is ).

[paddy328]

Thank you for my special badge! Nice to meet you too mate.

[avinalarf]

paddy328 said:

Thank you for my special badge! Nice to meet you too mate.

No problem Paddy ,thanks for showing me that special place,where you keep your shammy.

[DB4DM]

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[V8LM]

Ah. Spoil sports.

Was a great day. Nice daily drive.

Edited by V8LM on Sunday 27th July 22:54

[sunseeker]

avinalarf said:

Arrived home safely after a truly magnificent weekend .
Our most sincere thanks to Ed for organising this most successful event.
It was very nice to meet old friends,and especially new faces, that we knew only from this forum.
May I mention Robert and Mollie,so pleased ,at last ,to meet you.
A special thanks to those we sat with at dinner,there was Jeff, V8V Pete and Sunseeker Gus ,for making an enjoyable evening.
Thanks to Martyn,J12MOC,for explaining the intricacies of the BR tweeky bits.
Thanks to Jeff for showing me how to have an erection,the erection of my sat nav,I hadn't had it up before.
David Goldie for chatting about his smashing car.
Paddy for ,well just being Paddy.
If I've forgotten anyone,my apologies.
The sun shone,the spitfires flew over,and the auction and raffle raised many a titter,as well as lots of dosh for the charities.
Who will forget Tony,with his bellows of "Oi you " at the unfortunates who forgot to pick a new raffle ticket, he is definitely a star.
Met Mrs Nick,how he pulled her I just don't know !
Then,just before we left,to my huge delight,VantageBabe and Mr Babe,a fitting end to a fab day out.
Bye for now.

Edited by avinalarf on Sunday 27th July 18:59

Well that is me just home after one of the best weekend I have had in a long time. It was great to meet you Steve and you lovely wife Bernadette. I think table 5 done the best from the raffle. We all won something. See you all again soon.

Edited by sunseeker on Monday 28th July 08:53

[AMDBSNick]

avinalarf said:

Met Mrs Nick,how he pulled her I just don't know !

Isn't it obvious

Great to meet RichB who post up pictures of his car nearly as much as I do my trim

A brilliant weekend, thank you Ed

[avinalarf]

sunseeker said:

Well that is me just home after one of the best weekend I have had in a long time. It was great to meet you Steve and you lovely wife Bernadette. I think table 5 done the best from the raffle. We all won something. See you all again soon.

Edited by sunseeker on Monday 28th July 08:53

Thanks Gus,didn't we have a grand time. Bernadette and me thoroughly enjoyed meeting you.
Yes ,we did well at the raffle. I think that's the first time I've ever won a prize at anything ( no surprise there, then. )
Your idea of slipping Tony a tenner before the draw appeared to have paid off.

[avinalarf]

For those of you that have not met Gus ( Sunseeker )he really is a great,fun guy from Ireland ,near Cork.
He has recently purchased a DB7 that he is restoring.
At the moment it is in Scotland,in bits,awaiting a respray.
We wish him well with the restoration and look forward to seeing both him and the car.

Edited by avinalarf on Monday 28th July 10:11

[RichB]

AMDBSNick said:

Great to meet RichB who post up pictures of his car nearly as much as I do my trim

Bugger and there was me about to post some pictures

[avinalarf]

Just a quick thank you to Gus for the bottle of champagne, we will drink a toast to the successful restoration of your car. Good luck Bernadette & daughters.

[sunseeker]

[quote=avinalarf]Just a quick thank you to Gus for the bottle of champagne, we will drink a toast to the successful restoration of your car. Good luck Bernadette & daughters.
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You are more than welcome. I am going to post pictures up of my car I got them today.

[sunseeker]

avinalarf said:

sunseeker said:

Well that is me just home after one of the best weekend I have had in a long time. It was great to meet you Steve and you lovely wife Bernadette. I think table 5 done the best from the raffle. We all won something. See you all again soon.

Edited by sunseeker on Monday 28th July 08:53

Thanks Gus,didn't we have a grand time. Bernadette and me thoroughly enjoyed meeting you.
Yes ,we did well at the raffle. I think that's the first time I've ever won a prize at anything ( no surprise there, then. )
Your idea of slipping Tony a tenner before the draw appeared to have paid off.

A TENNER!!!. I had to give him Forty quid!! ....lol.

[sunseeker]

avinalarf said:

For those of you that have not met Gus ( Sunseeker )he really is a great,fun guy from Ireland ,near Cork.
He has recently purchased a DB7 that he is restoring.
At the moment it is in Scotland,in bits,awaiting a respray.
We wish him well with the restoration and look forward to seeing both him and the car.

Edited by avinalarf on Monday 28th July 10:11

Thank you for your kind words. It was an absolute pleasure meeting you and your lovely wife.
I will be starting a post. Showing the on the work to the car.