I have read the posts on this thread in addition to the others elsewhere. Some points have been made make sense with the benefit of hindsight but I detect others whingeing unnecessarily.
Jane and I went on Saturday and because we had booked into the register parking, our silver car was settled in at the unearthly hour of 8:45 on along with haf a dozen others. It is obvious to me that a lot of work had been done and that it all seemed to be by club members as volunteers.
Thank you all very much for the work that you put in.
I found that walking through the car park was fascinating and without wanting to disparage the concours participants ( after all we are the Polisher's Club of Great Britain [
]) or the cars singled out for display, the member's cars were the stars[
].
I have been to previous events at Althorp and at Highclere. I had said to myself that that was enough and that I didn't really want to go to another but the desire to show off the latest Porsche model [8D] and to see the Coys auction overcame my hesitancy. As a telling yardstick, we went to the VSCC Prescott at the beginning of the month and I have to say that the energy and joie de vivre of the VSCC did overshadow the PCGB event. At Prescott there were more food and drink choices (including three beer tents, all of which were busy) and just about everybody seemed to have brought a picnic all of which were being spread out in the car parks. We correctly guessed that the food available at Eynsham was going to be as unappealing as it turned out to be and so the Cayman was encouraged to swallow five chairs, a table and an enormous hamper of food and drink which we enjoyed in the shade of a magnificent oak tree. We only saw
one other picnic during the whole day (in the 968 register nearby). If we are a club, shouldn't we encourage this sort of sociable summer enjoyment?
To tempt me out again, I would like to see more made of the carpark full of delightful member's cars and to have some theme or direction put into this. Plus a little more space for people to be able to open their doors without risk of denting their neighbours - or is that a case of briefing the marshals to give space and not just to try to cram as many in as possible?
Is Donington a financially viable location for our club? It is central, a race track, a museum and has plenty of green bits for picnics and in addition to the race possibilities, the Melbourn Loop could be a slalom or a sprint for the less committed competitor?
Our next event is in the Carrera - 23rd and 24th Septemeber with the HRCR to take part in the Sedan Rally in the Ardennes. Porsches are the most numerous make - seven cars out of fifty five entered.
Toodle PIP!
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