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[MikeEdwards]

Nice range of classics and, separately, a nice selection of VSCC cars at Nantwich Show yesterday. The show ground itself was a bit muddy in some of the walkways due to rain overnight, but by the time I got there it was dry and stayed that way.

[MikeEdwards]

Anyone else at Tatton Park this weekend? I've just washed the car though it might have been better to just leave it outside. Next weekend I'm at Oulton Park for the Gold Cup meeting, and then the Sunday after at Cholmondeley Castle.

[Rick]

[MikeEdwards]

We had a decent turnout at Tatton, both on the DSG / Viva Owners club stand that I was on, and on the SCCCC stand which happened to be next door. Saturday was, shall we say, a bit wet, and caused all sorts of trouble with the roads between stands getting churned up, to the extent that much of the layout was abandoned on Sunday with display cars being assembled wherever they could. Stayed dry on Sunday, though, which helped to dry out the field and it wasn't bad by the time we left.

IMGP9226_stitch by Mike Edwards, on Flickr

[Penguin45]

We managed to assemble our cars on the stand on Sunday, despite some, shall we say, inept marshalling.

P45.
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[MikeEdwards]

I think it's so long since they had serious rain trouble at Tatton that they perhaps didn't have a great plan for how to deal with it, which is quite a good thing in a way. Some of our club cars were sent off to anywhere in the field, but we were able to gather them once all the cars were in the showground.

[MikeEdwards]

Not an incredible day weather-wise at Cholmondeley Castle today. Decent turnout considering the forecast, but quite a few of the trade stands hadn't bothered.

[Rick]

[MikeEdwards]

It was mentioned in the CS newsletter that it was over-subscribed but exhibitors could pay on the gate and go in the "overflow" area, though as it was I imagine they'd have been in the main field as there were a lot of spaces.

[Rick]

There's a gathering at Combermere Abbey coming up in a few weeks, open to classic and vintage cars - £10 on the gate, goes to charity (I don't know which), but not open to the passing public. It isn't mentioned on their own site, but does appear on FB and in a leaflet that was floating around at Malpas over the weekend.

RJ
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[MikeEdwards]

Yes, I saw that, might go depending on the weather. No dogs, no general public, no picnics.

[Rick]

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[MikeEdwards]

There was talk about the walled gardens being recently restored, though I can't remember where I've seen that. Isn't it a private residence like Cholmondeley Castle, so perhaps no access to the house itself? I don't know - they do have various events on so perhaps some is open, some is not.

[Rick]