RE: PH Sunday Service: Aston Martin St Athan 09/04

[focusedtom]

Got my tickets through work, looking forward to seeing you all.

[thecremeegg]

Wish this was a week later as I'm just down the road for Easter!

[bobski1]

Dropped out so B00st (Ollie) you're in.

[Chapppers]

aaand that's 31 people dropped out since I registered a few days ago which means I'm in!

[GloriaGTI]

8am arrival time!!

[V8 FOU]

So now it's "escorting" across the runway(?) At 8.00am? Really?
WTF?
Hotel is booked and paid for, otherwise I would not bother. 500 mile round trip. £200 for petrol and (non-refundable) hotel.
Then book your time to be "escorted" again.

PH - not heard of 6 P's? Perfect Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.

Pathetic.

[morgs_]

GloriaGTI said:

8am arrival time!!

Just got the email. Does make it rather early, at least the roads will be pretty clear

[wigit]

GloriaGTI said:

8am arrival time!!

A second 9:00 slot would have been nice, early start gets earlier

[chris.tarry85]

Had to remove myself due to arrival time etc. Storeman - you're in!

[awlp16]

Shame about the 8am start time and not being able to park in the hanger, but hey, still get to check the place out and meet some new people.

5am start for me, did someone say coffee?!

[Porsche911R]

members arrive by 8am !!

have you seen where Aston is !!!

[WillS66]

Well, that's the car choice sorted then.

A 5am start on a Sunday in the TVR, with it's "I'm twelve years old and like loud noises" sports exhaust would get me lynched by my neighbours!

First long run in the new/old Cayman it is.

WillS.

[GloriaGTI]

"we then have 2 leaving times, 11am and 1 hour later at 12. Again, members need to be escorted across the runway and you will not be able to leave before/after these times unfortunately."

So we are stuck in south Wales forever if we don't leave at 11 or 12?!

[GloriaGTI]

WillS66 said:

Well, that's the car choice sorted then.

A 5am start on a Sunday in the TVR, with it's "I'm twelve years old and like loud noises" sports exhaust would get me lynched by my neighbours!

First long run in the new/old Cayman it is.

WillS.

Bks to your neighbours, I say!

[cheeky_chops]

V8 FOU said:

PH - not heard of 6 P's? Perfect Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.

Agree with the 6 p's - its not like this live runway has just appeared is it What happens if your late eg motorway closed?

We are staying at friends in Cardiff and were planning to leave at 9ish. Dissapearing at 730 looks like we are taking the michael

[RedSpike66]

And you've got to pay to get in the damn country across the bridge unless you go up the M5 to Gloucester !!! 8am turn up and just one escort ?? Really ??

[Jack Mansfield]

V8 FOU said:

So now it's "escorting" across the runway(?) At 8.00am? Really?
WTF?
Hotel is booked and paid for, otherwise I would not bother. 500 mile round trip. £200 for petrol and (non-refundable) hotel.
Then book your time to be "escorted" again.

PH - not heard of 6 P's? Perfect Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.

Pathetic.

As stated in the email, this is some last minute information Aston have given us. Agreed its not ideal and we apologise it wasn't given sooner, but we have let everyone know as soon as we can. Is pathetic really a fair analogy?

Thanks for your courteous response, though.

[Jack Mansfield]

RedSpike66 said:

And you've got to pay to get in the damn country across the bridge unless you go up the M5 to Gloucester !!! 8am turn up and just one escort ?? Really ??

I'll see if we can get a second 9am slot, bare with me!

[Squadrone Rosso]

It does seem a shame but these things happen.

How will the parking work then?

[Jack Mansfield]

GloriaGTI said:

"we then have 2 leaving times, 11am and 1 hour later at 12. Again, members need to be escorted across the runway and you will not be able to leave before/after these times unfortunately."

So we are stuck in south Wales forever if we don't leave at 11 or 12?!

I don't know about you, but we're getting out sharpish...