Ok, first of all, a big thank you to Ken Tomblin for sorting the club stand with Silverstone. Especially as Ken didn't know if he was going himself!
Thanks to Julie Tomblin and Paul Hassall for putting the shelter up. I noted the neat symmetry with the Droop Snoot Group next door.
'Nice to see Tom Ransom and Max, Ollie Tomblin and Mrs Ollie, Steve Sellars and Steve's Dad, Steve Cook, Dave Beresford and Tim.
The weather turned out to be pretty good for the whole 3 days. When it did rain, it was fairly brief and often made one end of the circuit wet and the other dry. This made for some interesting racing.
The racing was as enjoyable as ever, but there's so many races on Saturday that it's a challenge to see all that you don't want to miss. For me, Friday is usually about doing everything else that doesn't involve watching the racing, so I had a look round the trade village with Ken, Julie, Paul and then Ian Hassall, after he turned up on his bike. After Ken Julie and Paul went back to the stand on one of the free buses, I walked over to the National pits. On Sunday I managed to get a bus to the International pits (Silverstone Wing) and get back to the infield (on another bus) before the first race started. Later on Sunday I watched the Formula 1 race from the Hamilton Straight grandstand, and saw Lancia Stratos owner Paul Tattersall spin his Ensign on a very greasy track. He didn't hit anything and neatly turned out of the spin to make the car go straight and forwards, which looked quite impressive. 'Had a look at the vast collection of RS200s, the display of current F1 cars and some of the other club stands before spectating again in the Luffield/Woodcote grandstand towards the end of Sunday afternoon. All in all an enjoyable weekend, if not a little bit tiring. It's probably an age thing? Here's some of the photos I took with one of the first Coolpix that Nikon ever made...
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