BoLOCs to Goodwood FOS - Next Friday?

[Grinnders]

CORRECION: This is for FRIDAY 3rd JULY (currently 2 weeks away)


Not sure how many of you may have benefitted from my post about FREE tickets @ www.timesonline.co.uk for the Friday at Goodwood 2 weeks time but it appears those of you that may have reacted quickly were successful.

There are quite a few of my BoLOCs and petrolhead friends that got tickets and are planning on going. I'm going to check the timing of events and plan to get there early taking the motorway for most of it and then ducking via the back roads from Havant (traffic can be bad via the A27 route if you leave it too late)

Anyway, any others interested in a convoy from Poole/Bournemouth let youselves be known. If you don't have tickets but are interested I may (just may) be able to help.

Cheers
Capt. Grinnders

Edited by Grinnders on Saturday 20th June 08:47

[Janitor]

Meh, missed it

[Grinnders]

FYI
http://www.goodwood.co.uk/site/content/festivalofs...

and the intended (slightly revised to pick up a chum in Earle Road Bournemouth and by way of a happy accident swing past MiniD & Marcus' pad) route

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&amp...

Departure time TBC: but early !

Edited by Grinnders on Friday 26th June 09:53

[noodleman]

Just got mine in the post.

Thanks mate.

I'll have a brand spanking duratec in the back that week. Perfect trip out to run it in!

[Twit]

Yes thanks indeed, mine turned up yesterday. Should be a good day.

[fatwomble]

See you there

[OrangeD]

Yep yep yep, we'll be there - probably bringing the mini

[Grinnders]

ace. so far everyone I told seems to have been successful.

[village idiot]

i'll be up for it, but i need to get hold of a ticket... does anyone have a spare they can post me? i'll happily take the day off and bring the tvr.

[s111dpc]

Grinnders you are a star, my tickets turned up on Friday as well. Sad thing is I sold the Lotus last month so all being well be be travelling with a mate in his S2. See you there

[village idiot]

i need a ticket :-( ... just one... anyone? anyone?

:-(

[Grinnders]

village idiot said:

i need a ticket :-( ... just one... anyone? anyone?

:-(

I can be your saviour but you'll have to join the early-doors convoy to get the ticket. Always worth getting the wife to apply too to double your chances

[village idiot]

Grinnders said:

village idiot said:

i need a ticket :-( ... just one... anyone? anyone?

:-(

I can be your saviour but you'll have to join the early-doors convoy to get the ticket. Always worth getting the wife to apply too to double your chances

early doors suits me down to the ground... i always try to get to the fos super early to avoid the queues... as for whether mrs g will come along... i'll have to ask... if not, i'll wear a skirt and shove two large balloons down my t-shirt... will that do?

[Grinnders]

village idiot said:

Grinnders said:

village idiot said:

i need a ticket :-( ... just one... anyone? anyone?

:-(

I can be your saviour but you'll have to join the early-doors convoy to get the ticket. Always worth getting the wife to apply too to double your chances

early doors suits me down to the ground... i always try to get to the fos super early to avoid the queues... as for whether mrs g will come along... i'll have to ask... if not, i'll wear a skirt and shove two large balloons down my t-shirt... will that do?

I think you misunderstood. What I meant is that me and my wife applied for free tickets independently as it was a max of 2 per person not 2 per household, hence I have 1 ticket free for you. My remaining ticket may already be promised.

[village idiot]

of course i misunderstood you... look at my sign-in name!

[Grinnders]

village idiot said:

of course i misunderstood you... look at my sign-in name!

It does get quite confusing as I refer to my wife as Mrs.G (number plate M15US G)!!!!

[Grinnders]

Automotive p0rn NS@W

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/grouptests...

just kidding

Well I'd make room for at least half of them...given budget and storage!

[village idiot]

Grinnders said:

village idiot said:

of course i misunderstood you... look at my sign-in name!

It does get quite confusing as I refer to my wife as Mrs.G (number plate M15US G)!!!!

well i've got the day off now... so i'll dust off the tiv, find the tow rope, update my rac membership and get myself ready for motoring nirvana!

thanks for the ticket offer by the way... u r a star!

[Grinnders]

village idiot said:

Grinnders said:

village idiot said:

of course i misunderstood you... look at my sign-in name!

It does get quite confusing as I refer to my wife as Mrs.G (number plate M15US G)!!!!

well i've got the day off now... so i'll dust off the tiv, find the tow rope, update my rac membership and get myself ready for motoring nirvana!

thanks for the ticket offer by the way... u r a star!

Always worth meeting new like-minded people on burger runs!

Have I just labelled myself an idiot too?

[Grinnders]

Just assessing the right time to depart. Tyyping out loud!

Action starts at 0845. Gates open at 0700. Car Parking opens at 0630.

I'm suggesting an 0600 start from Bournemouth, hoping to arrive around 0715-0745? Google maps is suggesting a 1hr50min trip. I think that is slightly excessive as I know it takes me about an hour to get to Funtington, which is approximately 10 minutes away on normal days. However allowing for traffic both commuter and event) I think 1hr30 is a reasonable estimate.

Plan is to pick up my chum in Earle Road, swing past M & M in Alumhurst Road, Westover Road anyone?, Perhaps a swoop down at Cooper Dean roundabout for another chum, Ringwood swoop down anyone? brief pause at Rownhams pertol station for any refuellers and New Foresters (V.I.?) circa 0630 then motorway to Havant, known back roads (but not the FatWomble twisty ones) to Goodwood. I think we discovered that although fun, the FW HamLOC route delayed us quite considerably for the breakfast club arrival the other week.

What's the general opinion? If it's too early for some, no bother but the traffic can be horrendous if you mix in with the south coast commuters and have to deal with the event traffic

N.B. I personally plan to leave mid afternoon (3-4pm) to miss the evening commuter rush too at Porstmouth, Southampton and the Friday Forest dash!

Useful tip: If you don't want to buy a programme, bring an FM radio device so you can tune into the event coverage. It's useful to keep abreast of what's happening and perhaps who's driving what, when!

Those that want to convoy, name and rendezvous location below. cheers