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[CMcB]

Hello everyone.

Had a great weekend and the Mini survived its first official run without any problem. Am well chuffed.

Nice to meet some of you again and look forward to seeing you again.

[CMcB]

No one is allowed on to Maderia Drive before 10am on Sunday, it's just not open so I simply cannot see a reason for it,

We arrived at Madiera Drive at 9.15am, and was politely directed to a parking spot with no probs.

[MiniMan65]

No one is allowed on to Maderia Drive before 10am on Sunday, it's just not open so I simply cannot see a reason for it,

We arrived at Madiera Drive at 9.15am, and was politely directed to a parking spot with no probs.

Good to see the LSMOC playing their own rules once again then, like no queuing until the gates open!

[CMcB]

The smartest move I made was exiting through the gate in the bottom field instead of queueing up in the line. Parked outside CP at about 6am, and set off at just gone 8am with nice clear roads. Was a shame that some people who were ahead of me in the queue didnt arrive at Brighton until about 1.30pm when I had been there for hours already.

It seems that the run in recent years has really affected what time people arrive in Brighton, and I know I would be really miffed if I didnt get to the show until after 1pm. I think working out additional exits to open at CP would be a good idea - or even better - close the main street in CP - they do it for other events and I'm sure it would prove more effective than the filtering system.

[MiniMan65]

It seems that the run in recent years has really affected what time people arrive in Brighton, and I know I would be really miffed if I didnt get to the show until after 1pm. I think working out additional exits to open at CP would be a good idea - or even better - close the main street in CP - they do it for other events and I'm sure it would prove more effective than the filtering system.

Just as a point of reference, we arrived at Madeira Drive at 12.30 and when we left at 3pm there were still people arriving down the ramp and the show is supposed to close at 4pm!

And before anyone has a go at me I realise that it's not all LSMOC's fault as there were several bad accidents on the A23 but that would have been irrelevant if we'd left CP at the right time!

[MiniBonkerz]

I agree it was my first L2B and i must admit i wont be doing another we set off from essex at 4.15pm and got back home 8pm very long day we met ipod and pauly boi at 5.45 got to cp at 6.00 we didnt leave cp until 1pm useless as we didnt get to brighton until 4pm then we could park on mederia drive had to park on the slope as it was full mised everyhting near enough not very well organised to be honest great cars about tho

[giacomo]

first time i had been and what a weekend it was! loved it and will deffinatly be doing it again next year! although i had a few problems with the car -.-

recognised a few mini from the forum aswell
o i was the one pushing my car to in the que yesterday morning at half 3 lol

Edited by giacomo, 17 May 2010 - 07:21 AM.

[mattnay]

Well the weekend was a total mare for me. Got halfway down the m1 then had severe clutch slip due to oil contamination, so decided to leave it at the services and get a lift the rest of the way. on returning sunday afternoon find my lamm had been hit by another car. Rear qtr, back panel, bumper and arch all mashed.
So no not a great weekend for me. Matt

P.s some nice cars there tho.

[bobbym18]

This year was my first run too and i thought it was awsome.
I kinda wish there had been a few more signs in Brighton, because i some how got sepertaed from the people i was following, took one wrong turn and started heading for lewes. Which added a good 10 miles to my trip.

Other than that i thought it was a cracking day!

[scotty_18]

I thought i was awesome! Samsearnie i was parked right next to you at palace..
The drive down was amazing! although on the way back i got lost, had a mini from my college follow me thinking i knew where i was going, when really i tried following her because i didnt know where i was going haa!

[Miniphernalia.co.uk]

The smartest move I made was exiting through the gate in the bottom field instead of queueing up in the line. Parked outside CP at about 6am, and set off at just gone 8am with nice clear roads. Was a shame that some people who were ahead of me in the queue didnt arrive at Brighton until about 1.30pm when I had been there for hours already.

It seems that the run in recent years has really affected what time people arrive in Brighton, and I know I would be really miffed if I didnt get to the show until after 1pm. I think working out additional exits to open at CP would be a good idea - or even better - close the main street in CP - they do it for other events and I'm sure it would prove more effective than the filtering system.

I think youre on the right track, my other half who had never camped the night before suggested to me why dont run packs get given out to the campers on Saturday night. (people with a camping pass?). That would mean people that start queing at 3.30am on Sunday will have thier run packs already and will be ready to leave when the run starts. Alot of the congestion occurs when people that have queued thier car are still in the queue for the packs leaving stranded cars blocking people in...? That would mean anybody turning up on the Sunday morning can park up the car at the back of the queue and collect the run pack alot quicker...?

[newmac78]

Good bits:
Driving in convoy with so many fantastic cars (really makes you appreciate how hard people work on them).
My first run going well with no car problems at all!

Bad bits:
Organisation of the event (run pack queue, queue's in general, slow transit from CP, poor signs to the seafront etc. etc.)
The weather on the way home! (I have never known rain like I drove through on the M25, my footwell was full of water!)

Overall I had a really good time, and loved seeing so many of your great cars, but I'll think very hard next year about parking outside of CP park, and getting an early start down to Brighton. I got to CP park at 6am, and with no stops, didn't get to Brighton until 2pm - doesn't really smack of a well run event to be honest.

[marmite]

Well after a good run to CP, and good night camping, evenm though we were in the lower carpark this year for some reason.

Left CP fine then my Mini starting to missfire really badly and was unable to go over 3000rpm, not much fun on A23

Found a Halfords so a few leads later and problem still there, stuck in a service station Mr Orange Man came along and an offer of a Sandwich and Coffee his head was under the bonnet

No fix...So A23 back Home to London it was, we got 4 miles from Brighton and the traffic looked so Bad we thought best to Nurse the Old girl home.

Only 1 picture as SD card left at home for camera.
My mate sorting the Tunes at CP in the morning while cueing

[mister bridger]

When you get near Brighton there's no reason to slavishly follow the signed route. We headed off towards Rottingdean and missed out central Brighton altogether. Came in from the east along the seafront in the right direction to drive staight in. The queue for run packs could definitely be improved and was an age to get out of CP in the morning. Next year I'll either enter the show and shine if the car's not too much of an embarassment or park in the lower car park to get away earlier. Certainly seems to be no logic to the parking at Madeira drive - sent all the way to the Marina end when there were spaces in the middle at the other end!

[MiniBonkerz]