Terry Butcher Posted July 16, 2008 Posted July 16, 2008 I can do 300 miles - slowly, more likely to only get 230 on the trip back tho!!
kevlorn Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 looking foward to this.....................my old man has been asking about it since it made the national papers..think he's interesting in attending the day..
micra_wrc Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 should be enough, will be running on low boost and cruising. will you boys manage that??
jd Posted July 18, 2008 Posted July 18, 2008 will you boys manage that?? gonna be difficult, but i refuse to carry enough meth with me for the run up, weeks hol, then run back down.
chris_piper Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 so what day is everyone going up, me an jay sti are going up on the sat and staying at bo-peep camp site, (think it was £20 for the 2 tents) gonna go to the loco pub for a few, then to prodrive on sun
Terry Butcher Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 looking to go up on saturday and meet the convoy at the services just to the north west of birmingham, and drive down the last few miles with them, then go to friends place at milton keynes for the night and back to prodrive sunday.
chris_piper Posted July 20, 2008 Posted July 20, 2008 thats sounds like a good idea, i'll speak to my m8 see if he's up for that, get to do a bit of the convoy then
Bailey73 Posted July 20, 2008 Posted July 20, 2008 I am heading up on the Friday.. anyone else going up then?
scooby princess Posted July 20, 2008 Posted July 20, 2008 We are going up on sat as well but leaving late due to ed having to work in the morning!
Bailey73 Posted July 20, 2008 Posted July 20, 2008 We are going up on sat as well but leaving late due to ed having to work in the morning! I thought you were going up on the Friday?
scooby princess Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 2008 I thought you were going up on the Friday? whoops put the wrong day up! well spotted darren
stinger Posted July 21, 2008 Author Posted July 21, 2008 Not sure depends what time Ed finishes work and i have to drive to Middlesex and back before then in the morning.
micra_wrc Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 just to say that there have been some updates on this event: Cut off dates for stickers & shirts and timings of Saturday's convoy a cracking FAQ - including info on how the logistics of getting us all into Warwick at the same time will work keen to see who will be in the "muppet lane"
Terry Butcher Posted July 26, 2008 Posted July 26, 2008 beware of the route posted on the SIDC home page - it is well out of date and was changed before it was posted up here - I have told them last week but it still shows the M1 and M25. That just is not happening anymore!!
scooby_ger Posted July 26, 2008 Posted July 26, 2008 Afternoon troops! Mind if I tag along for the Friday jaunt up north of the border? Was going up with ridersbear but he's not answering his texts! All stickered and t-shirted up, so raring to go. Let me know who's doing what and i'll probably stay at my bro's up by the big Asdas on the Thursday night. Cheers.
Bailey73 Posted July 26, 2008 Posted July 26, 2008 You are more than welcome to travel up with us on the Friday.. not sure of times etc but I will be leaving from West Swindon.
edmondo Posted July 26, 2008 Posted July 26, 2008 aiming to leave Sainsbury Castle Court in Bristol about 12 - 12.30ish
scooby princess Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 It seems like only last week we launched a tiny little website to publicise our planned tribute to Colin. That was actually way back in January and here we are with only a matter of weeks to go. We expected this event to be supported and attended mostly by a "hardcore" of Scottish Colin McRae Subaru fans with an optimistic outlook of maybe 100 cars taking part. We, never in a million years, expected what has happened since. There is a real buzz right across the Subaru community, both in the UK and beyond with regards to this event. Colin may no longer be with us, but he is absolutely not forgotten. You, as the international Subaru community have proved that. There has been loads happening recently. We've been focused on the admin and logistics side and also getting orders out the door as soon as possible - to say both us and the shirt suppliers have been overwhelmed at the response and uptake would be an understatement... The rest of our news follows! SUNDAY EXPRESS NEWS ARTICLE Whilst many press outlets, both online and printed, have run stories on this event, the Sunday Express ran what we feel was a particularly good article last weekend on both the McRae Gathering and the Colin McRae Stages Rally to be held later this year. What made this article a bit special was it featured Jimmy McRae's take on things. To have his backing and the backing of Colin's family for this event is so important to us. Without their support we would not have gone ahead with this. We're not sure if this article only appeared in the Scottish Edition of the Sunday Express so if you've not seen it you can download an Adobe Acrobat PDF of it by clicking the link below: http://www.mcrae-gathering.co.uk/media/col...day_express.pdf We find it quite ironic for a member of the McRae family to be "gobsmacked" by our humble efforts given how many times they - Colin, Alister and Jimmy have gobsmacked us with their behind-the-wheel antics. Our thanks go to Express Newspapers for granting us permission to reproduce the article. ATTENDEES Well we've passed the magical 1000 number! A look at the database a short time ago has us standing at 1011 cars if everybody who's registered makes it. That is something VERY special indeed and only fitting for the man himself. Registrations are still coming in regularly. We do have a cut-off of 1300 cars for Health & Safety reasons, but for now we're still very much taking registrations. SELLING OR PASSING ON STICKERS We've noticed some people who either got caught up in the enthusiasm for the event and ordered too many stickers or who have now found they cannot make it and are selling or passing on their stickers to others. We've no objection to this providing it's not done for profit, but it does give us a problem. We MUST have the registration details and a mobile contact number for EVERY car in attendance. The situation we have at Banbury is we have limited space and a mountain of cars to fit in. Prodrive Banbury is not big enough to fit all those cars in so we are looking to use the car parks of other businesses in the industrial estate. WE MUST, for Health & Safety reasons be able to contact the driver of EVERY car so they can be moved in the event of an emergency. We know that's unlikely, but it is a condition laid down on us and it's not much to ask so please help us - if we've not got your details, let us have them. We will be contacting those we don't have numbers for and we will be checking cars at the event. SUNDAY CONVOY We were more than a little concerned about a proposed bridge demolition on our planned route between Banbury & Warwick which would have caused us MAJOR problems. We've had confirmation that is not now happening - at least not on our weekend anyway. We're not fussed when else they do it! Warwickshire Police are very pleased with the planning of the event, but have asked people try and avoid Banbury town centre unless they're staying there. As we've already requested, please remember there are local residents who are not interested in this event. Please be considerate - especially if you've a loud exhaust. We really want to leave with the locals thinking what a fantastic bunch of people the Subaru community are. THE WARWICK SPELLING OF COLIN MCRAE'S NAME Our original plans were to work out how many cars were required for the spelling of "Colin McRae" on the runway at Warwick and also the Saltire (Scottish Flag) then direct the first x number of cars to that and the rest to alternate parking. We knew that would upset those who weren't taking part in the spelling so were keeping it quiet. However, Prodrive have done the sums and we will have an amazing 808 cars making up the spelling of Colin McRae and a further 210 blue and white Subarus making up the Saltire flag. That means that everyone should be part of what will be an awesome display. That will be sorted out on your arrival at Warwick and will stay on display for the time we're there. It is directly below the flightpath to/from Birmingham Airport and we'll be advising Air Traffic Control asking them to have pilots tell their passengers to take a look. Prodrive are covering the cost of a helicopter to take aerial photos of what will be a stunning sight. We'll be selling photos as a souvenir after the event, again with profits going to the McRae charities. RAFFLE We've had very kind offers of prizes from Olympus UK, National Tyres and Scottish Subaru, but we need more! All monies raised from the raffle will go to the charity fund. We'll be adding banners to the website shortly to publicise those who are supporting us. After the event the website will become permanent tribute with people's photos and memories of the weekend. Those who help us will be permanently featured on the site. If you can help us in any way, please email andy AT mcrae-gathering.co.uk SHIRT & STICKER ORDERS We've now passed the cut-off date for ordering shirts and getting them in time for the Gathering. You might be lucky if you order now in terms of getting them in time, but we can't guarantee that as there is still a large backlog. Shirts can still be ordered up until 31st August. After that they will never be on sale again. You can still order stickers up till the 14th of August and be guaranteed them in time for the event. There is a backlog on sticker orders, but it's being cleared now and we should be on top of it next week EVENT FAQ A lot of time and effort has gone into producing a list of the most Frequently Asked Questions about the McRae Gathering. This is available via the Event FAQ link on the McRae Gathering website. Please take the time to read through it as it answers most, if not all, the questions we've been asked. It is constantly being added to so please check it regularly. That's about it for now. There are still loads of planning activities going on and we'll update you as we can. Things are going very well and after months of stress it's all coming together nicely. As someone said after the Lanark service of celebration for the lives of those tragically lost in the McRae accident - the only way things could be better is if we never had to do it at all... The McRae Gathering Team
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