Goodwood Vee Power Sunday
Discussion
Simes205 said:
RichB said:
rockin said:
Goodwood has become the new British Rail - taken completely by surprise every time British weather arrives in Britain.
Because the public, of which there are a large number, park in the fields surrounding the track that is, IMO, a totally unfair remark. If you can predict the weather 3 - 4 weeks in advance I suggest you apply for a senior job at the Met Office. Else, just accept that it's a free met-up with breakfast options and the organisers do the best hey can. 
Now then, if motoring events were moved up hill to the well-drained horse racing course there wouldn't be a problem!Errrrm….
Implementing something like field drainage is the sort of thing I would like to see people locked up in Prisons perform as part of community work, it would get them working and give then a sense of purpose, projects like this could be subsidised by Government, and could help prisoners giving them a sense of worth to the community.
rockin said:
Quite. And Goodwood makes an absolute packet out of these "free" events by selling a shed-load of coffee and bacon rolls at very full prices. March doesn't just run them so that everyone can have a free day out.
Now then, if motoring events were moved up hill to the well-drained horse racing course there wouldn't be a problem!
Errrrm….
... they really don't ... after they've paid staff etc etc.... they could quite easily ditch BCs and just hire the track out as normal to someone if they wanted to make money... Now then, if motoring events were moved up hill to the well-drained horse racing course there wouldn't be a problem!Errrrm….
Best call to cancel... save the ground for the MM ...
rockin said:
Simes205 said:
RichB said:
rockin said:
Goodwood has become the new British Rail - taken completely by surprise every time British weather arrives in Britain.
Because the public, of which there are a large number, park in the fields surrounding the track that is, IMO, a totally unfair remark. If you can predict the weather 3 - 4 weeks in advance I suggest you apply for a senior job at the Met Office. Else, just accept that it's a free met-up with breakfast options and the organisers do the best hey can. Now then, if motoring events were moved up hill to the well-drained horse racing course there wouldn't be a problem!Errrrm….
fatboy18 said:
Implementing something like field drainage is the sort of thing I would like to see people locked up in Prisons perform as part of community work, it would get them working and give then a sense of purpose, projects like this could be subsidised by Government, and could help prisoners giving them a sense of worth to the community.
I think this is a great ideaLynchie999 said:
rockin said:
Quite. And Goodwood makes an absolute packet out of these "free" events by selling a shed-load of coffee and bacon rolls at very full prices. March doesn't just run them so that everyone can have a free day out.
Now then, if motoring events were moved up hill to the well-drained horse racing course there wouldn't be a problem!
Errrrm….
... they really don't ... after they've paid staff etc etc.... they could quite easily ditch BCs and just hire the track out as normal to someone if they wanted to make money... Now then, if motoring events were moved up hill to the well-drained horse racing course there wouldn't be a problem!Errrrm….
Best call to cancel... save the ground for the MM ...
Turn up early-ish in something ordinary modest & uninteresting & say you have a flying lesson booked. You'll be directed through the tunnel where you'll be left to park wherever you want, usually in the flying club car park & behind the Boultbee hanger. If you have something nice that does not too obviously conform to the days theme then do the same thing then it's easy to slip into the paddock area from the rear, staff & marshals per-occupied looking in the other direction.
Great fun beating the increasingly officious system & awful overcrowding which I have done a few times but not so often as to get noticed.
Great fun beating the increasingly officious system & awful overcrowding which I have done a few times but not so often as to get noticed.
WJNB said:
Turn up early-ish in something ordinary modest & uninteresting & say you have a flying lesson booked. You'll be directed through the tunnel where you'll be left to park wherever you want, usually in the flying club car park & behind the Boultbee hanger. If you have something nice that does not too obviously conform to the days theme then do the same thing then it's easy to slip into the paddock area from the rear, staff & marshals per-occupied looking in the other direction.
Great fun beating the increasingly officious system & awful overcrowding which I have done a few times but not so often as to get noticed.
Or just be a normal decent individual and park with everyone else and walk in? Great fun beating the increasingly officious system & awful overcrowding which I have done a few times but not so often as to get noticed.
ecsrobin said:
WJNB said:
Turn up early-ish in something ordinary modest & uninteresting & say you have a flying lesson booked. You'll be directed through the tunnel where you'll be left to park wherever you want, usually in the flying club car park & behind the Boultbee hanger. If you have something nice that does not too obviously conform to the days theme then do the same thing then it's easy to slip into the paddock area from the rear, staff & marshals per-occupied looking in the other direction.
Great fun beating the increasingly officious system & awful overcrowding which I have done a few times but not so often as to get noticed.
Or just be a normal decent individual and park with everyone else and walk in? Great fun beating the increasingly officious system & awful overcrowding which I have done a few times but not so often as to get noticed.
At the end of the day, ecsrobin is just parking a car in a place, not committing high treason!
bolidemichael said:
That's unnecessarily judgemental and so PH of you; a little bending of 'rules' periodically is fine, what's wrong with the insight?
At the end of the day, ecsrobin is just parking a car in a place, not committing high treason!
I know it’s the most petty of things but it’s not like the fields are that far away to walk like everyone else and if it’s good enough for Gordon Murray in his Mclaren F1 then anyone can do it. At the end of the day, ecsrobin is just parking a car in a place, not committing high treason!
Photo from another PH thread about the fields.
ecsrobin said:
bolidemichael said:
That's unnecessarily judgemental and so PH of you; a little bending of 'rules' periodically is fine, what's wrong with the insight?
At the end of the day, ecsrobin is just parking a car in a place, not committing high treason!
I know it’s the most petty of things but it’s not like the fields are that far away to walk like everyone else and if it’s good enough for Gordon Murray in his Mclaren F1 then anyone can do it. At the end of the day, ecsrobin is just parking a car in a place, not committing high treason!
Photo from another PH thread about the fields.
Nice photo though
My favourite was a Facel Vega, but an unusual one in a barn find condition - one of a handful in LHD and owned from new.
Shaoxter said:
I wonder why they don't just tarmac the parking areas? Or are the fields used for something else when there aren't events on?
Goodwood has talked about this before. Its because some of the parking areas are actually within the South Downs National Park and all of the others border it. This brings with it restrictions on what they can do.Edited by realjv on Sunday 1st March 10:05
fatboy18 said:
Nice morning for a run to Goodwood 
A bit late now i know but just had a thought for any other cancelled breakfast mornings,the tower cafe is open on Sundays and mainly during the summer months people meet up there for a small unofficial gathering,perhaps we should have done the same today as there is no issues within the circuit and the cafe should be open ,especially as it's a lovely sunny day, rat rod said:
fatboy18 said:
Nice morning for a run to Goodwood
A bit late now i know but just had a thought for any other cancelled breakfast mornings,the tower cafe is open on Sundays and mainly during the summer months people meet up there for a small unofficial gathering,perhaps we should have done the same today as there is no issues within the circuit and the cafe should be open ,especially as it's a lovely sunny day, 
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