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Postby Aw11rally » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:26 pm

I'd hope a prison was harder to break into!
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Postby Aw11rally » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:27 pm

It was a very nice campsite. The toilets were cleaner than my house! And probably bigger.
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Postby bulletproofbob » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:33 pm

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Kate Miller wrote:Unbelievable... Going to have to mention this somewhere in the magazine! ''£999 competitors banned from respectable Midlands campsite!''


RESPECTABLE!!! The front gate wouldn't have looked out of place on a maximum security prison.

and it seemed there was a bit of knowledge of breaking into them :clap:
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Postby Jaffa » Sun Sep 19, 2010 3:11 pm

I like the irony that Nick, who was actually trying to do things correctly by booking in advance and paying his money, is now banned.

Myself and many others, who in retrospect may have inadvertently forgot to book and pay, are still welcome to come back.

I liked the place, it was free to use, not too difficult to get into, had other campers there that liked cars and weren't afraid to start them up loudly at all times of the night (you know who you are secret V8 boys), and had entrainment laid on in the form of a 90 year old stunt man performing tricks for use.

I would definitely go back :lol:
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Postby TeamTotalWankel » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:23 pm

Jaffa wrote:I like the irony that Nick, who was actually trying to do things correctly by booking in advance and paying his money, is now banned.

Myself and many others, who in retrospect may have inadvertently forgot to book and pay, are still welcome to come back.

I liked the place, it was free to use, not too difficult to get into, had other campers there that liked cars and weren't afraid to start them up loudly at all times of the night (you know who you are secret V8 boys), and had entrainment laid on in the form of a 90 year old stunt man performing tricks for use.

I would definitely go back :lol:


Well summarised jaffa!!
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Postby owelly » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:49 pm

I also thought the site was excellent. I'm liking the way they set up a sort of Crystal Maze/Team Building exercise for folks to get in. They made some bobbly things pop up out of the road to deter folks with tyres made from eggs and provided bits of wood to help get over them. You just had to forage for the wood/fences.
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Postby bulletproofbob » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:14 pm

a scrapheap/chrystal challenge
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Postby dazzler » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:23 pm

scrapheap? and my corolla wasnt even on site! (BTW i am still a little upset over it all)
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Postby bulletproofbob » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:53 pm

i was just as suprised... i didn't get a pull, and both vehicles look doubtfull for anything bar scrap!

plus at anything over 50 i did more mileage side to side than forwards...

i pumped transit tyres up and it got much better :oops:
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Postby owelly » Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:09 pm

I imagine Jaffas arse made your journey home a lot more enjoyable Bob... :think:
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Postby bulletproofbob » Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:43 am

owelly wrote:I imagine Jaffas arse made your journey home a lot more enjoyable Bob... :think:

shhh not infront of the others...
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Postby tommi » Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:15 am

It was warmer and more comfy i imagine then sleeping in the carpark 2 mins down the road
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Postby owelly » Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:57 pm

Muh? Jaffas arse was warm and comfy???
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Postby TeamTotalWankel » Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:50 pm

Just stumbled across this old thread. Cracked me up!! :lol: :lol:
I guess you had to be there?? :think:
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Postby mitsuru » Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:14 pm

So a change of venue is needed? :problem:
Thats IF people are being banned!
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