Silverstone GP camping - be careful!
Silverstone GP camping - be careful!
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Piglet

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6,250 posts

284 months

Friday 19th June 2009
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If you're camping at Silverstone this weekend then be careful with your belongings. There was a spate of thefts on the Marshals' campsite last night, it was very Le Mans style with thieves entering tents and caravans overnight whilst the occupants slept and stole wallets etc.

They may well move onto another site tonight rather than revisit the same one so if you've up here tonight or Saturday night then be careful - lock all valuables out of sight in your car and keep the keys close to you.

There are always some problems but there seem to have been many more than usual last night.

Other than that, the sun is shining although there are also quite a lot of clouds. It's pretty chilly in the wind and it was bleeding freezing last night so bring lots of bedding!

Ian Davidson

4,506 posts

225 months

Friday 19th June 2009
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This happened at Le Mans this year, even for the drivers!

One of my brothers' friends girlfriend had her Blueberry stolen while they were asleep in a camper. My brother and his wife were also asleep, when they heard someone try their doorhandle FFS!

Hope this happens to no-one. Leave absolutely nothing on show. You'd think being a great sporting event these people wouldn't even turn up, but it must be the latest trend for them.

jbudgie

10,036 posts

241 months

Friday 19th June 2009
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Pikeys obviously like F1 too.shoot

Kecky

95 posts

207 months

Friday 19th June 2009
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2 years ago, i had my union jack flag pinched that was staked outside my tent.
OK it wasn't worth anything, but i had that flag with me on rally GB for years, during the great McCrae v Burns era.

Then last year my mate and his Dad had money stolen from their tent whilst asleep, and not content with that, the pikey scum, took their cooler box outside, tipped out all their food and crapped in it furious

Where do these morons come from ?????

DSM2

3,624 posts

229 months

Friday 19th June 2009
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Kecky said:
2 years ago, i had my union jack flag pinched that was staked outside my tent.
OK it wasn't worth anything, but i had that flag with me on rally GB for years, during the great McCrae v Burns era.

Then last year my mate and his Dad had money stolen from their tent whilst asleep, and not content with that, the pikey scum, took their cooler box outside, tipped out all their food and crapped in it furious

Where do these morons come from ?????
Max sends them.......................

Derek Smith

49,748 posts

277 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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I had my tent pinched on the Sunday during the race some years ago. Returned after it to find it gone. What was irritating was that I thought I'd gone to the wrong field or the wrong part, and it wasn't until I found the tent pegs in the little square that I realised what had happened. And it was a decent quality Vango, new that year. (So if anyone see an orange Vango ridge tent, please let me know.)

wanacoop

1,249 posts

251 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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jbudgie said:
Pikeys obviously like F1 too.shoot
i don't know if that was meant to be funny, but i couldn't help but laugh.. quality.

T89 Callan

8,422 posts

222 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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Just one of the many reasons why I hate camping.

RichB

56,259 posts

313 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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Several years ago my wife and I were camping in Dorset for the weekend. We both had some pretty decent new mountain bikes which were individually locked and then chained together onto the chassis of the trailer I'd taken with me. During the night I heard a ping right beside the tent and instinctively knew someone was cutting the cable locks. I simply grabbed my peg-mallet (club hammer) and charged outside stark-bk naked yelling that I was going to kill the fker!!! Outside was pitch black and couldn't see a thing for a few seconds then I saw two blokes run away and dive into a Toyota pick-up and drive off. I think they shat themselves!

chevronb37

6,472 posts

215 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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Kecky said:
2 years ago, i had my union jack flag pinched that was staked outside my tent.
OK it wasn't worth anything, but i had that flag with me on rally GB for years, during the great McCrae v Burns era.

Then last year my mate and his Dad had money stolen from their tent whilst asleep, and not content with that, the pikey scum, took their cooler box outside, tipped out all their food and crapped in it furious

Where do these morons come from ?????
I had my Ferrari flag stolen from a Spa campsite last year. Was gutted - I bought it from Maranello 15 years ago. Scum. Subhuman scum.

eastlmark

1,656 posts

236 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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Ian Davidson said:
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One of my brothers' friends girlfriend had her Blueberry stolen while they were asleep in a camper.
Pie or tart?

andygo

7,392 posts

284 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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Was a spate of stuff being nicked from the paddock at Oulton last year. It was only a club meeting, but laptops and phones went walkies. They know if you are a FF1600 race team and the race is underway, everything left is up for grabs. Absolute scum de la scum

We lock up everything now when we are on track. PITA