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 Post subject: thanks to Derek & John for a great day out.
PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:35 am 
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sorry to post here but i can't find a thread about this event.

Yesturday Lazza and i met up with a group from kent region at silverstone Rally school.
we spent the day totally abusing these two cars :P
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first we all listened intently to what we would be doing and how we would be doing it
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unfortunalty putting the theory into practice wasn't as easy as it sounded :oops: but it was great fun trying.
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can't think why but my attempts seemed to have this effect on the instructors :blackeye:
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one bit i did manage to get right was the power slidding around the cones :P huge fun :bounce:

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this isn't me in these photos but a member from the other team.


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Looks like a good laugh, wouldn't mind giving that a go myself some time.

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cant beat mkII escorts especially ones with LSD..in the diff not the veins lol, anyway looked great fun love to have a go at this again :D

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Helen, that looks amazing! I take it you'd recommend this day out then?


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definatly,


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We have discount vouchers for either this or the single-seater track experience. It’s a promotion from Cobra Beer if anyone else wants money off …

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poprock wrote:
We have discount vouchers for either this or the single-seater track experience. It’s a promotion from Cobra Beer if anyone else wants money off …


Reckon I should have shares in cobra by now, love the king cobra at the moment

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Mmmm King Cobra. Where can you get that from these days? Sainsburys used to sell it until the redid the place and it went :(

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