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This was the quote i was refering to rae and yes i will still have that bet! those pictures do take your breath away, they are stunning

DAFF - if you can bring 1 small table, gazebo, any tombola stuff and ed has asked if i could remind you about the £25 (grilles! ) He says thats what is feeding us! TERRY - if you could bring the table you have folded plus the tombola stuff that would be great

Put your money where your mouth is rae!

sp/edmondo bocket - poss Matty wrx stinger Martyg - poss

cheers guys, it has been a trying decade and YES i have thought about trading him in at points and even left him on more then 3 occasions but i just can't seem to get him out of my thoughts..........

Well tomorrow see's Mine and Ed's 10th anniversary of our 1st date and i have to say that i don't know how we have stayed together this long! We have had so much s*** thrown at us including my ill health, Ed's ill health, personal circumstances which really tested us all as well as money problems etc etc. one thing i would like to say though to all those who 1st thought we were "rushing things" is this.......... NOW WHO'S LAUGHING! Ed thanks for everything

If they go onto account they get it for same times etc but we usually allow around 3 weeks before collection unless they require exchange or collection i believe. Can also do 20/35/40 Ro/ro as well for the large business as well

Yep, have loads of grey hairs! No probs matty

* UPDATE * With sticker and shirt sales going VERY well and just under two months till what could potentially be the largest Subaru event EVER, we though it time for a bit of an update as to what's going on. PRODRIVE Prodrive today issued the following Press Release to the mainstream motoring media: "McRae tribute to set new world record A world record 1000 Imprezas are expected to descend on Prodrive on August 31, as the Subaru community gathers to pay a fitting tribute to the late Colin McRae. Led by McRae’s 1995 World Rally Championship-winning Impreza 555, a convoy of Subarus will leave Colin’s home town of Lanark at 10 am on Saturday 30 August. The initially small group of Subarus will head down the A74, M6, M42 and the M40 before arriving at Prodrive in Banbury later the same day. On Sunday August 31, organisers of the McRae Gathering expect more than 1000 Subarus from all over the UK to gather at Prodrive. The British motorsport company is the home of the Subaru World Rally Team, where Colin spent the most successful years of his rallying career; first winning the British Rally Championship in a Subaru Legacy in 1991 and 1992, before graduating to the works team Impreza and famously becoming Britain’s first world rally champion in 1995. Colin also helped Subaru win the manufacturers’ championship in 1996 and 1997 and his 1996 Group A Impreza 555, will lead the convoy up the M40 for the final leg of its journey from Banbury to Prodrive’s proving ground in Warwickshire. Having just set a world record for a gathering of Subarus, the aim is then to set a world record for a parade of Subarus, as all the cars circulate around the 2 mile test track. As a final mark of respect, the Subarus will park up on the mile-long straight to spell out the name Colin McRae in letters more than 100 feet tall and visible to anyone flying into nearby Birmingham International airport. Prodrive chairman, David Richards, was instrumental in putting the young Colin McRae into a Subaru and nurturing his talent. He said: “Colin was not only an exceptional driver, but also a remarkable person and a great friend to everyone at Prodrive. Single-handedly he brought the sport of rallying into everyone’s living room, whether it was through his sideways exploits in the forest or through the many video games which bore his name. I can not think of a more fitting tribute to Colin than a gathering of so many Subarus, a car for which he did so much to make as popular as it is today.” The McRae Gathering is only open to Subarus and to take part, all cars must bear the special ‘McRae Gathering’ plate. There is an entry charge of £10 for each car and all proceeds will go to the McRaes’ nominated charities. For more information and to join the convoy please visit www.mcrae-gathering.co.uk." We cannot express how grateful we are to Prodrive for supporting us in the way they have. Already the McRae Gathering website is seeing increased traffic from across the globe as a result. Website articles and forum topics have been recorded in South Africa, Australia, USA, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Poland - amongst others and yesterday we received contact from a Rally Magazine in Argentina wanting to cover this event. Interest is expected to continue to grow as word spreads. SUBARU WORLD RALLY TEAM When the Subaru World Rally Team were approached about offering items to auction for this event, we expected a few bits and pieces - maybe some SWRT jackets or fleeces. Never in a million years did we expect what they have offered us... Apart from "an actual set of Petter Solberg's 2008 (blue and yellow rather than the newer style) rally overalls (cleaned, fortunately) which we'll get Petter to autograph at the Festival of Speed. These are not replica - and they are rarely made available to the public for purchase." SWRT have offered up a truly once in a lifetime experience that money simply cannot buy: "An 'SWRT Team Member for a day' - we would provide the relevant winner with the following prize (let's make sure the auction amount goes up eh!). The chance on the Saturday of Rally GB, to be a team member for the day. They will be supplied with full team kit for the day (which will be theirs to keep afterwards, so they can get souvenir autographs etc), and will be tasked with working with various team members throughout the day, whether this be washing the recce cars, helping clean wheels, supporting the crew in their general tasks, as well as a unique full in-depth tour of the service area, being able to touch and feel virtually everything (drivers excluded!) and gain a full appreciation of what is required to run and work in a rally team, even eating with the crew members - more than anything being able to experience the real inside of the greatest rally team. (We'll throw in a hospitality ticket for their guest on this day). Then, on the Sunday, this person and a guest will be able to sample the nicer things in life as we'll provide them with full hospitality in the SWRT hospitality centre, while they can continue to watch the service in action from the 'nice' side of the service park and see the mechanics get dirty while they stay clean (and probably dry!). The only key thing is they will need to be available first thing on the Saturday morning (and we'll know nearer the time what time the team will start) and it will be a long day, but if they fancy seeing SWRT inside-out, this is their chance." There will be more on this soon. Please DO NOT contact us regarding bids for either item at this time. We are open to offers of other items for auction - the more exclusive the better! Every penny will go to the McRae Charities and we will give extensive exposure to those helping us out. Other bits and pieces... THE CONVOY AND WEEKEND Please note that a McRae Gathering Sticker will be required to participate in ANY part of the weekend's events, not just to gain entry to Prodrive. If you want to just be part of the convoy then leave or join the convoy part way then you MUST carry an official sticker on the front of your car and you must register your details with us. This is a condition of Police approval for the event. HOTELS Many people are still looking for accomodation for this event (we did tell you to book ages ago!) We've had contact advising of a new Holiday Inn Express opened in Banbury. Details are: Holiday Inn Express, Stroud Park, Ermont Way, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 4AE Tel: 01295 234567 Fax: 01295 234568 Thanks to Lee for the heads-up on this. CHARNOCK RICHARDS! If I'd had a pound for every email I'd received asking what time the convoy will be at Charnock Richards Services I'd have donated about a squllion quid to the charities by now! We WILL be carrying out a recce of the route leaving Lanark at 10am and sticking to the 60mph of the convoy on the day to gain approximate times we'll be at each given meeting point, but that all has to fit in around our jobs and lives! We'll be carrying that out in the next few weeks so please - stop asking! We know folk are excited about this and there's a real buzz that is growing daily, but you don't need to know 8 weeks in advance the exact timing! SHIRT ORDERS Orders have been coming in for these by the load. There is a big backlog so PLEASE allow 28 days for delivery before contacting us. Please DO NOT, as someone did, order multiple shirts in different sizes expecting a refund on the ones that do not fit. Shirts are embroidered to order for you personally and we will NOT entertain that as a reason for a refund. We're not Marks & Spencer. STICKER ORDERS We're pretty much on top of these now, but again would ask that people allow the full 28 days for delivery before chasing orders. Whilst we're on the subject of stickers, we've taken on board the comments that we've seen about the Gathering stickers being too big to keep on cars long-term. Given the scale of this event and the permissions we've had to obtain, it's vital the stickers on display over the weekend are large and clear to the Organisers and Marshals to show who is part of the event and to smooth traffic flow. In light of your feedback, smaller souvenir stickers are being worked on so you have something you can keep on your car to show you were part of this event without being massive like the official stickers. We're proposing these smaller stickers are given out on the day at Prodrive as a souvenir. You may make a voluntary donation for these if you wish rather than them be a mandatory purchase, but they will only be available to those who are at Prodrive and who have already paid for their "big" sticker(s) and as with everything else, all profits will go to the charities. More info on this will follow. WHERE WE'RE AT! We're sure many of you want to know how much has been raised so far for the charities and how many cars are registered so far. The sheer workload of just keeping up with the overwhelming volume of sticker orders, shirt orders and answering day-to-day queries along with us trying to hold down our real-life jobs has left us somewhat stretched as we never expected the level of interest generated. We'll be looking at the facts and figures this week and will report back soon. suffice to say the sums raised so far are WAY beyond what we expected. More soon McRae Gathering Team

We might have 2 cars but dont bank on it!

Would be good to see you and any of the other guys - you need to come down soon cause im going grey waiting - and thats no lie!

You start him smoking again and you will not know what hit you!!!!!!

No worries Craigy, will hopefully catch up with you guys at Mcrae Gathering

VERY PROUD OF HIM - Well done sweetheart

please see this thread guys http://forums.sidc.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=118654

PLACE:-Sun Inn, Marlborough Road, Swindon DATE:-Friday 25th July TIME:-7.30 start as always C'mon folks its gonna be light till 10.30 so lets have another good turn out before it starts to get dark again!

Best place to meet you mate is cartgate services on A303, To get there take A37 all the way down to the A303 and at the roundabout take the exeter turning and follow A303 for about 7/8 miles and you will come to the Cartgate roundabout take 3rd turning into services

Ed and i are unsure if we are attending either as we had hoped to get a weekend away again to the isle of wight around his mums birthday and this is the weekend we planned for

At the right price i would travel!!!!

We go as far as cirencester but costs go up the further we go away from swindon also cover witney, bicester, oxford, bath, best way is to just get a quote.

sounds like a general builder (6 cubic yard) which would have been £90 inc vat for a 5 day period or £119 + vat for a 10 day period

Terry and daff - What stuff do you both have please? i know there is one gazebo, 2 small tables, 1 large table, tombola stuff but what else please???

used to do track days there which were a great hit with all but then they got silly with rules and prices (something about villages complaining!) and its not worth while now. Shame they used to get 2/3 lots out of the local bunch per year but forwhat they are asking now for hire of that 'small' test track it really isnt viable any longer.

The SIDC are pleased to announce that they will be in attendance at - Rallyday 2008 Date: Saturday 20th September 2008 Venue: Castle Combe Admission: 1 x Adult Ticket INCL SIDC Stan Pass £12.50 Unlimited Additional Adult Ticket Without Stand Pass £10.00 Unlimited Children’s Ticket under 5 £foc, Must Be Ordered On The Same Order As Adult. Tickets: From the SIDC Shop Closing date 22nd August 2008 Details: The Club area is open to SIDC Members Only. I have secured a stand for 60 cars so get your tickets while you can. When they are gone they are gone. What's on: Star Rally Drivers Rally Car Rides Trade Stands Rallyday Interactive Track Sessions Interviews Car Manufacturers Feature Rally Stage Club Stands Rally Cars Autograph Sessions Charity Auctions Rallyday Girls Booking your Spot: You will require a Rallyday car pass to gain access onto the SIDC Club Stand, without one you won't get onto the stand … Full detail can be found at:Rallyday 2008 This looks like it is going to be the best Rallyday yet

Never ask that with the welsh lot as more seem to appear then put their names down!!! (10 cars in layby, hang on another 5,6,7 appeared!!!!!)