Cf Mosel Valley Tour

[lee bishop]

just got back at 9pm this evening, we covered a sunny 1100 miles over the weekend, it was very hot down there, bloody lovelly!! hotel was nice and the bar did a good job of sorting us with 'gross biere bitter' till way past the small hours.

50+ cars and old faces as well as new. had a good time up until we all decided to hit the nurburgring sunday lunchtime!!

it was soo hectic, me and my missus only managed part of one lap, as unfortunately my brakes let go!! which is frightening when you are taking a steep downhill left hand bend, on a track you dont know, will zillions of mental bikers and track day fans, with yer mate a few car lengths ahead, the pedal went hard with the conclusion that i had glazed my pads badly, i guess the old solid disc/mintex combo just aint upto much.

needless to say for the last 500 miles i have had virtually no brakes, so will have to address this before the lakes.

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just a few pics to give you a taste, get next years trip booked!!

[Banishit]

nice piccies Lee, good weather too, wheres Next years then

[Dave1800BDA]

nice pics m8, how were the carbs behaving

[RS2000&MEXICO]

nice pics lee...looks like you had a nice time...:cool:

[grum]

good to see glyn and martin in their white and blue mk1's - did they make it around ok ?

looked a jaunt :D

[Banishit]

right youve given us a taster, lets have some more up, who took the ring incar pics?

[hally]

nice to see you made it back in one piece lee.....

[Aled]

It really was one fantastic tour......especially the Ring. As well as Lee's brake problems,, I boiled my brake fluid on the track so needs the fluid replacing now.

In all, 1600 miles of driving through 6 countries, get as far as Birmingham and my alternator packed up again (yes the new one I had in Ireland last year when that packed up as well ! ). Got a piggy-back home !

More pics tonight hopefully and maybe a video of the track if I can fathom out how to work my mates camera.

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[RStu]

Looking forward to more pics and vids lads

[Aled]

Looking forward to more pics and vids lads

It appears my mate gave me the wrong lead to download to the PC.:cussing: :mad: There will be a delay I'm afraid.:banghead:

[lee bishop]

who took the ring incar pics?

sian did from passenger seat, i wish she had got me bonnet in, so you know the car actually went round.......LOL

[Aled]

Looking forward to more pics and vids lads

Stu
I've just had this sent to me. It now appears on a German photographers web-site.
The car now looks different now. It has a Nürburgring (http://www.nuerburgring.de/home/index.html?L=1) sticker in the top corner :wink2:

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[oldskooljoe]

great pic Al,what a great weekend it was,the ring was fantastic really enjoyed it,shame that you broke down on the way home hope you get it sorted alright.:)

cheeRS
joe

[RStu]

Full on Aled, that a lovely shot :cool:

[Aled]

great pic Al,what a great weekend it was,the ring was fantastic really enjoyed it,shame that you broke down on the way home hope you get it sorted alright.:)

cheeRS
joe

Hi Joe, yes what a terrific time. I'm still on a high. How did your car go?......I'm assuming you got home ok :confused:

[oldskooljoe]

Hi Joe, yes what a terrific time. I'm still on a high. How did your car go?......I'm assuming you got home ok :confused:

hi al,yes we got home fine in the end,one of the guys in the yellow mk1 escort had a few problems along the way but we manged to get to the ferry,hope to to see you at cumbria.

cheeRS
joe:)

[Aled]

hi al,yes we got home fine in the end,one of the guys in the yellow mk1 escort had a few problems along the way but we manged to get to the ferry,hope to to see you at cumbria.

cheeRS
joe:)

Hi Joe, Yes ,we'll be there......The Germany trip takes some beating, but for some gut reason I think it is achievable with the lakes tour :salute: :wav:

(ps....Just chatted to Jon in the yellow MK1. They did get home ok. All works out in the end ;))

[oldskooljoe]

Hi Joe, Yes ,we'll be there......The Germany trip takes some beating, but for some gut reason I think it is achievable with the lakes tour :salute: :wav:

(ps....Just chatted to Jon in the yellow MK1. They did get home ok. All works out in the end ;))

yes the lakes tour and rs show all together will take some beating:)

cheeRS
joe

[Aled]

This is my first ever attemp at video editing. I have cut our lap down into 2 min clips. They take an age to upload. Anyway....here goes.....first is a bit slow but my confidence increases !

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q241/alminera/th_Clip1ofLap2-1.jpg (http://s138.photobucket.com/albums/q241/alminera/?action=view&current=Clip1ofLap2-1.flv)

[Aled]

Clip 2

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[Aled]

Clip 3

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[Aled]

Clip 5 (How the BMW never crashed I will never know !!! )

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[Aled]

This uploading is goddam slow......In the meantime, I have just found this on the German website.......mmmmmmm.......shame its not as fast as it is handsome lol ! ( 2 more vid clips of the lap left, then some bits 'n' bobs)

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q241/alminera/beauty.jpg

[Aled]

Clip 5

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q241/alminera/th_Clip5oflap2.jpg (http://s138.photobucket.com/albums/q241/alminera/?action=view&current=Clip5oflap2.flv)

[Aled]

Clip 6 (The end of the lap )

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[grum]

great clips there matee - looks very daunting :o -

that porsche :eek:, no wonder there are so many accidents with the speed differences

glad you enjoyed it :)

[Aled]

Bits n bobs:

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[Aled]

Assortment

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[Aled]

A few pics:......more to follow if anyone can tell me how to get them off a camcorder???????

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[grum]

quote

" its not the car, its the driver "

" we havent finished yet "

class :D

[lee bishop]

nice clips there al, nice to see the rest of the lap too :(

[Aled]

nice clips there al, nice to see the rest of the lap too :(

Thought you would like it Lee....:o