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27 Jun 2007, 17:45 (Ref:1948294) | #1 | ||
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Shelsley 30th June 1st July
Just wondered if there was any news about this meeting, after all the rain is it still going ahead and are there any roads that should be avoided?
Hope it doesnt rain as like everyone else that was there on the 12-13 May we got soaked then, took days to dry out |
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The message from the office is that the meeting is fine to run, although the car parking arrangements may need revising according to how wet the fields are. The hill itself and the approaches are clear.
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27 Jun 2007, 18:18 (Ref:1948327) | #3 | |
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I was at the driving school tuesday and the hill was in fine fettle.
The camp site was very damp and so were the car parks but hopefully they'll recover quite a bit. I think a bit of common sense will be needed at the meeting with regards to clothing and driving. |
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28 Jun 2007, 06:13 (Ref:1948697) | #4 | ||
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Any ideas on how the river severn is? Hopefully can get across the bridge.
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The more relevant river for Shelsley is the Teme. I'm going on the Sunday for the VSCC meeting, but travelling up from Bath on Saturday. I was planning to go via Gloucester, but if the rain keeps up I might go across the Severn Bridge and up through the Forest of Dean. The trick then will be to avoid Monmouth and Ross-on-Wye .... although the Monnow and Wye seem okay so far. |
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You are joking!!!! No the roadworks are still there on the bridge but it'll be ok in the morning if your marshalling or competing as you'll be early enough to miss the traffic. You wait till they finish the bridge work then dig up the rest of the town to replace waterpipes!!! It's great living here ain't it. |
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I'm not And I'm staying in a B&B just south of Bromyard, so Bath-Gloucester-Ledbury-Bromyard is the logical route anyway. Especially with the possibility of further floods in Worcester But if the Severn floods at Gloucester (unlikely but not unknown) then the Severn Bridge is the better option. |
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Oh Bromyard!! Thats if you can get there.
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28 Jun 2007, 21:04 (Ref:1949226) | #12 | |
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River bridges in Worcester are fine. Water levels have been going down but there is a threat of further heavy rain over the weekend. In terms of getting wet, cold and muddy, I think I might return to rally marshalling.
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Bridge at Clifton on Teme (to the south of Shelsley) was closed. If we get the promised rain on Saturday I would expect the same (but open to correction from locals!) |
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All is still ok, have just seen this on the shelsley website.
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29 Jun 2007, 20:09 (Ref:1949998) | #15 | |
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I use the M5 to junction 5 then past the Chateux and that way to SW...
Not sure if any water is liable to flood the roads that way but its usually clear. |
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1 Jul 2007, 20:24 (Ref:1951761) | #16 | ||
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A great day today. I think there was at least four or five class records broken and also very little rain and the sun made a welcome appearance.
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Mac Hulbert only just failed to take the pre-war record - an avoidance of a squirrely on the first run left him under .4 secs short, and a monstrous wiggle between the Esses put paid to the second.
I confess (everyone knows anyway) that oldies are not my thing, but there were some spirited climbs, not to mention the best spin I've ever seen at the venue. A driveshaft failure in the middle of Crossings is not what you want, especially in an old single seater, and yet he completed the spin without touching anything. Amazing. Thankfully the marshals weren't tested much, but still thanks for everyone who came. An excellent turn out today, but special thanks for those who were there on Saturday. Running with minimum numbers in awful weather conditions everything was completed in the usual efficient manner. I was stopped by several competitors to pass on their thanks too, which was much appreciated. See you all in a fortnight when hopefully the summer will have arrived. |
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4 Jul 2007, 12:31 (Ref:1954170) | #18 | ||
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When is the next meeting ? Is it spread of the weekend ? (going on till a sunday?)
cuz I would like to pop up. |
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Next one is a clubbie on 14/15 July, then the British Champs are back for 17/18/19 August - 60th anniversary of the British Hillclimb championship meeting.
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4 Jul 2007, 18:04 (Ref:1954422) | #20 | ||
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The weather should be ok for the next few meetings as im not back till September so far I dont think I have ever managed to have a dry day at Shelsley, but either way its always a good event
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