The woods are out of the question for now - when the car emerges it'll be in Tarmac spec. We'd survived Abdingdon intact so were planning on spending some of the budget on getting some forest suspension and tyres - obviously with the car being stolen that scuppered those plans. When the new car is ready we'll be on bare bones in terms of wheels, suspension and tyres as it is so the forest will have to wait
As far as venues go - Longmooor and Goodwood are two that spring to mind. Abdingdon isn't south east but is easy to get to, East Anglia becomes an option as does places like Wiltshire but these will require overnight stays. As far as the Tempest goes maybe parts of the route can be used instead of Longcross for the Mini Tempest?
Hopefully next years RoK will be all systems go
some of the stages are 10-15 minutes from home so it really is my local event.