2 new events - opinions

[pikeajm]

cornwall has some great beaches

[JUDGENINJA]

Well I didn't expect that response. I could find a piccy of a cove right next to Ty-Croes Race track.

Large Car park, perfect backdrop for photos..
Perfect for Dave and his canoe.
Perfect for those that want to sun-worship BBQ etc...
2mins from Ty-Croes race track
5mins from pub
5mins from my house for use as hotel (possible 4 spare rooms)....

I still want to go driving though.....

[Andrew]

Sounds promising - I'd be interested depending on when etc.

[Wobbly Dave]

Anglesey - sounds like we may be headin' your Way
- ne (see what I did there - LOL )

[GuyD5]

cornwall has some great beaches

and some beautiful weather ... but it's a lot of Optimax from the Midlands for a day out

[Wobbly Dave]

I know this fab boarding house in Bude. Very cheap. I'd love to go back.

http://www.northshorebude.com/

Sean & Janine are fab. Been there twice.

So many places - so little money! LOL

[JUDGENINJA]

So many places so little time.....

sunset over Cable bay....

[Mrsmopp]

Anglesea it is then!

Judge do you want to organise it? (seeing as its your neck of the woods?) Start a new thread up?

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[JUDGENINJA]

I'll get some piccys of the area and get then hosted on my friend's web (cos I'm too stupid to sort out my ftp/web/etc.. and other cr*p. why do they make things so complicated) so that people can make up their own minds...

I'll also find out what's going on in the area for people to do and pick a weekend when it may suite the many......

We did have a T-5 Rally car. Does anyone remember who he is and if he's got any dates up here...?

anyway maybe Andrew could update us on the driving skool....

[Andrew]

Andy is contacting the Yorkshire police to see if they can do something for us as he's friendly with them (didn't ask exactly how

I've tried to contact the Advanced driving school folks to see if they can offer us anything - nothing back yet.

There are a number of track days (these are very safe for you first timers - very little chance of hitting anything especially on the right track) which range in price from £99 to £250 but most have a driver who can sit in your car with you in turn and give you some tips.

There are alos a number of courses (from £60-250) that cover things like spin pans (very good fun) and other part techniques.

A lot of the courses are aimed at single drivers rather than groups so I'm still looking - what would people be prepared to pay? are people interested in track type days with some tuition or would an advanced driving licence introduction be more of a benefit (this allows you to go on and take more lessons towards the advanced licence and cheaper insurance) or something else? Let me know.

Andrew.

[chriskay]

Anglesey is good for me too .... and some of the roads getting there are ... more fun than the straight roads in East Anglia

Yes, some great fun roads to drive (but not the boring A55). Just got to watch out for the police; the Chief Constable is reputed to have zero tolerance of speeding.
With regard to advanced driving, you could always join a local RoSPA group. They will coach you for the test, which costs £45. The coaching is free. RoSPA seem a little more tolerant of temporarily exceeding the speed limit than the I.A.M. but both organisations are essentially concerned with safety, not high speed car handling. It's not as boring as you may think & some insurance companies give a discount.
Cheers, Chris.

[Andrew]

Yes, some great fun roads to drive (but not the boring A55). Just got to watch out for the police; the Chief Constable is reputed to have zero tolerance of speeding.
With regard to advanced driving, you could always join a local RoSPA group. They will coach you for the test, which costs £45. The coaching is free. RoSPA seem a little more tolerant of temporarily exceeding the speed limit than the I.A.M. but both organisations are essentially concerned with safety, not high speed car handling. It's not as boring as you may think & some insurance companies give a discount.
Cheers, Chris.

Agreed but initially we're looking for a group event. Not sure RoSPA or I.A.M can handle a dozen volvo drivers at once

Still we shall see..

[chriskay]

Agreed but initially we're looking for a group event. Not sure RoSPA or I.A.M can handle a dozen volvo drivers at once

Still we shall see..

Yeah, sorry, lost the thread there.

[mas]

Can't emphasize enough , the Welsh Police have gone Barking Mad for speed enforcement , especially mobile speed vans on country roads.

This has got my m8 waiting for a ban and possible job loss.

I truly would think very very hard b4 arranging a jolly to Wales.

( even though I'm movin very close to Wales in a few weeks )

Mas

[JUDGENINJA]

You're so right when it comes to the Zero tolerance of the North Wales Police...but I'll let you in on something.....They have such I large open area to cover it is only the very unlucky who get caught.... I've lived here for 20 years and in that time I've been caught only once...and it was a very dodgy speeding claim but I didn't have the time to take off work to argue it..
also they only use Arrive alive cameras, so no permanent roadside cameras to worry about on Anglesey....(YET....)

The worst place for me is Cheshire Police.... been done 4 times now... one set of three points goes off, only for another set to arrive.....

The location I'm proposing is well out of the way and there are some magic roads for you to play with and any late night stayers may even go on my thunder road experience....which so far no-one has yet stayed carm on apart from the missus...someof my passengers include my brother & friends; some jet fighter pilots; two hitch hikers that got out half way......

Anyway I''ve finished my pics and I'll start new thread for Anglesey tomorrow...(hopefully)

[Mrsmopp]

Re: The Police/Advance driving day I have spoken to the sergent @ Leicestershire constabulary and the best he can come up with is an evening seminar that they hold quarterly mainly due to the implications of joe public and police cars I'm afraid.

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[Andrew]

Yup - I've had no joy with the police - I guess the cut backs have effected them ... Andy any joy with the Yorkshire force?

There is little about basically.

Skid pan days are about £100 a person - can take groups of upto 12 - I've done one of these and there great fun!

Track days are easy to organise but they cost between 90-150 quid - there's lots of newby days - if we get enough cars we can hire the whole track and there's plenty of tracks with no obsticales to worry about hitting. Anyone interested?

I've had nothing back from the institute of advanced drivers. although I suggest you persue this on your own - the lessons cost nothing just the test and if you get your advanced driving licence you will get an insurance reduction.

Finally I spoke to the Cambridge Advanced Motorists who are happy to get a number of observers along for an assessment day and lecture but we'd need to fork out for a suitable room, food etc. I don't think this is what people are after though.

Comments - would people be interested in track day or skid pan or something similar?

[TangoDeltaSierra3]

Advanced Drivers Institute are a load of tosh. I once attended a local meet, they took me out on a Sunday morning at 9.30am, roads were empty, i got chastised for doing over 30 in a 30 zone , i had about 6 cars up my ass calling me all names under the sun, i got told off for not steering correctly, ie push/pull, then i was told the correct way to change gear is from 5th to 3rd and 4th to 2nd etc, all this in the space of an hour. I also stalled the car twice in that hour , something ive never done before in my post test days.

ADI! What a set of Wan**rs! Vote Labour!

[Andrew]

Advanced Drivers Institute are a load of tosh. I once attended a local meet, they took me out on a Sunday morning at 9.30am, roads were empty, i got chastised for doing over 30 in a 30 zone , i had about 6 cars up my ass calling me all names under the sun, i got told off for not steering correctly, ie push/pull, then i was told the correct way to change gear is from 5th to 3rd and 4th to 2nd etc, all this in the space of an hour. I also stalled the car twice in that hour , something ive never done before in my post test days.

ADI! What a set of Wan**rs! Vote Labour!

Wwweeelllll..........

your not meant to do more than 30 in a 30 zone sod those behind you... she was teaching you the correct method of steering and your permitted to go down gear at 2 in a time rather than 5, 4, 3,2,1 etc you can go 5,3,1 or 4,2, etc

The advanced driving intructors are there to take your driving ability to near perfect performance according to the highway code. They are not there to teach you how to drive quickly. After all holding a advanced driving licence gets you an insurance reduction because your driving to code rather than driving quickly right

I'm sure we've all picked up bad habbits over the years and I know I for one can't remember everything in the highway code.

The way I see it is this. Consider the Advanced driving classes as you did your initial driving classes. Treat the test as a re-test - you need to be perfect and do everything by the book. Once it's done you take what they taught you about taking corners, judging other road users etc and incorporate it into your "normal" driving style to make it safer for you and others as your doing 140mph down the motorway chap

Sounds like your up for a track day ROTFLMAO

[Mrsmopp]

Sorry guys but I'm not interested in a trtack day - I just cant warrant spending a hundred quid on a track day when I have more important things to spend that on.......

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