BLTN MonzaPhil gets his camera to poop out some photos..

[MonzaPhil]

Our motley assemblage preparing to leave from our top secret base in The New Forest, halfway between Lymington and New Milton, not far from the National Park boundary.



Then stuck in some hellish traffic with the Monza disliking it.



Having a drink....



Some need a larger drink than others.



Camping area secured and after a long battle for planning permission we got our indoor area sorted.





Then it was time to mooch around the site.

[MonzaPhil]

Awful photo of some cool cars. . .



Kinda sets the theme for my photography aptitude.

Very nice Lada.



Simple but effective long roof 405...





Oof.



Oof.



Kadett Coupes do it for me.





Then Friday night arrived....

[MonzaPhil]

Saturday morning arrived with a thump. It was too early, too bright and slightly moist.



And it got moister.



Then it got drier.



This turned up. I'm not a beetle person but I rather liked it.



Proper Minis next door.



Was surprisedhappyamazed that this made it.



I love the diversity at The Gathering.





Free beer which I'm sure was great but I'm always wary of free unattended alcohol.



This...



And this!



Another strange blend of metal. Charade, Camaro, Delta etc



Epic.



Another proper Mini.



Phils R9




Shenaniganery






Then it got moist again.







We invited the lads in the Fords to shelter with us as it's not fun sitting in a car in the peeing rain.









Then we found some food etc and mooched to the paddock.

[MonzaPhil]

Then, OMG, Tat!!!!!







Then, OMFG Only Andy flibberting Frost! !!! What a nice bloke. Please help his quest for World's Fastest Vauxhall Victor by buying a sticker off him or donating. Please.



Later that evening we retired to our pitch and amused ourselves by playing Buckaroo with MrMouseBladder.





I haven't laughed so hard in ages.





Eventually he decided to wake up and go to sleep in his tent.

We stayed up until about 3 idly chatting (quietly).

Mr Blobby did appear at some stage.





Utterly terrifying.

[MonzaPhil]

Show Day!!

Early start to get over to the show field.



There was mud. Thanks to all who help push me out of it.





It's a Mini takeover!



Things.



I think almost every remaining Renault Turbo was there.





More things.




















An Ian...







MONZA!!!!



Up to the posh bit of the field.
















Then a Dave appeared.



Eventually we did a clear up and clear off.






And the pictures just suddenly run out really.

All had a great time. Last outing for the Senator, probably last time the Monza comes with me, Sport Range Rover will be resprayed for next year, Golf might be finished, Cortina will probably be the same, Caddy will probably be the same.

See you all in a few months.

[Sinky]

Great Pics

[bstardchild]

Excellent - really sums up the whole weekend nicely

In a couple of the shots Dave (clerk of the course) and myself were discussing the issue of a driver who had issues with distinguishing red and green - clearly colour blind, poor fella can't understand why he takes such good pictures with that handicap - and how we deal with his future runs up the hill. We came up with the solution of a chock in front of his wheels

AB car pix Of course we wouldn't have been talking about you chap - was some other fella

[HoTWire]

And NOW an engine shot of the winning Truck arrives.... *sigh*

[bstardchild]

Sept 16, 2016 11:12:40 GMT HoTWire said:

And NOW an engine shot of the winning Truck arrives.... *sigh*

I'm waiting for luckyseven picture thread - unless of course I have missed it and then I'm sorry.....

[MonzaPhil]

Sept 16, 2016 11:12:40 GMT HoTWire said:

And NOW an engine shot of the winning Truck arrives.... *sigh*

I'm very sorry for the delay but I don't own a computer, couldn't figure out how to get the pictures from my camera to my phone, only have an internet speed of 0.61 MicroBlarpsPerSession or whatever at work so I couldn't do that either.

Anyway. I'll get back to work.

[alexhatcher]

Great pics, I was one of the lucky few to push you out on Sunday morning

[HoTWire]

MonzaPhil just realised it says last run out for the Senator, why is that? It looks ace.

[MonzaPhil]

Ah. Thanks, it does look pretty good but you wouldn't believe what I had to do to get it to The Gathering. It'll live on in other cars but it will be componentised fairly soon.



On the plus side it didn't cost a lot in parts this year and only took a week to make it roadworthy again...

[bstardchild]

Sept 16, 2016 13:42:05 GMT HoTWire said:

MonzaPhil just realised it says last run out for the Senator, why is that? It looks ace.

My guess is it's been fizzing underneath for too long and probably needs more of a weldathon than even MonzaPhil fancies tackling

[MonzaPhil]

I did the weldathon but no way I can sell the car on, I'd rather use it to get other things finished.

It's a bit of a shame as it dies drive beautifully (apart from the very poor front dampers that I can't change due to the state of the struts... )

Mr MOT asked me kindly to never bring it back....

[MonzaPhil]

Back on topic..










Probably poor resolution.....


Sent from my desk at work using proboards while no one is looking.

[MrSpeedy]

Great pics that tell the stories of the weekend well.

Blobby was a random and slightly disturbing sight on the Saturday night.
I was very surprised at just how close he got to some of the campfires. He didn't exactly look flame retardant to me!!

[HoTWire]

Sept 16, 2016 15:25:35 GMT MrSpeedy said:

I was very surprised at just how close he got to some of the campfires. He didn't exactly look flame retardant to me!!

Did we every find out who blobby was? I we still need to know if he has internal injuries from being tackled.

[MonzaPhil]

I think knowing may spoil the magic.

I missed him getting tackled, sounds amusing.

[AB car pix]

Sept 16, 2016 10:12:50 GMT bstardchild said:

Excellent - really sums up the whole weekend nicely

In a couple of the shots Dave (clerk of the course) and myself were discussing the issue of a driver who had issues with distinguishing red and green - clearly colour blind, poor fella can't understand why he takes such good pictures with that handicap - and how we deal with his future runs up the hill. We came up with the solution of a chock in front of his wheels

AB car pix Of course we wouldn't have been talking about you chap - was some other fella

Good idea, would assist with burnouts too