Pete Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Oh, and thanks for the quid you lent me Bernard. Also owe you a drink from the pub - what a sponger eh?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Oh, and thanks for the quid you lent me Bernard. Also owe you a drink from the pub - what a sponger eh?! Wow don't remember that! No wonder you weren't grumpy What was the quid for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Wow don't remember that! No wonder you weren't grumpy What was the quid for? To pay Steve when I won the bet that you would blow the horse. I'm surprised you don't remember that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 To pay Steve when I won the bet that you would blow the horse. I'm surprised you don't remember that! I had to play Ed's role for the day as he couldn't make it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motley Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Oh and make sure you keep the monster horses claws trimmed Don't worry darling monster horse will have his claws trimmed and "the cat with the flat head" that caused so much amusement to the mkIII guys is ready and willing to entertain further too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 do you guys live with a traveling freak show or something? - Monster horse with claws - Flat headed cat - Large field (Ideal for camping and "Large" tents) - Glyn (looks like a Circus Ring Master type to me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motley Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 do you guys live with a traveling freak show or something? - Monster horse with claws - Flat headed cat - Large field (Ideal for camping and "Large" tents) - Glyn (looks like a Circus Ring Master type to me) No not quite a travelling freak show!!! We have two large field Approx 2 acres one of which makes a fabulous car park for visiting Supra's then a miniature animal count of:- - 1 x 17.2h clydesdale horse - 6 x chickens (free range) - 2 x rabbits (one suitable to make a jumper with) - 6 x cats (3 of which are flat faced persians and gave a great deal of amusement to our drunken visitors) Although I do agree that Glyn does look like a very jolly Circus Ring Master. I have too look for a suitable outfit for him for next time :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 do you guys live with a traveling freak show or something? That's why we felt incomplete without you there Edd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 well,.. if I had known I wouldn't have looked out of place I might have shown my face. Mind you, standing next to YOU even Sloth from the Goonies would look normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afreemason Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 uuuurrrrrggggghhhhhhh :surrender: Morning guys ....... the lack of broad band at home and a strange illness that seems to have come over me since very early on Sunday moring have resulted in me only just getting round to posting up on this one ...... Sorry Well guys, despite the weather ...... what a chuffing brilliant day ...... I hope those attending feel likewise and those that didn't get the urge to join us for MIDLANDS GUMBALL 2007 ...... which I have a vague recollection is now officially in the planning stages !!!!!!! All in all five clubs were represented to varying degrees, the 350z OC, the 350z dark side mkiv supra.net the mkiii supra club and the worcester Jap club. Guys, it was great to see you and without you all of the hard work and organisation on events like these really does amount to nothing. It’s an old Masonic saying but “Things like this don’t just happen” so …… special thanks to S7eve from the mkiv club for organising the route and planning this years event and Deano & Sean from the mkiii site who made sure we had their fantastic bbq to cook on ....... if anyone remembers the converted half a mkiii supe from JAE you'll know what I'm talking about. Well, it was an early start and although the weather was good to start with, the omens weren't great ....... what do they say about red sky in the morning ?????? Once at Quorn station, it wasn't long before the Z club’s Midlands hard core arrived but who let a ford in ....... where's Kev when you want him. I tell you what though ...... these mkiii Supra boys were on the ball, 9am prompt and the buggers were off .... I think we told them that the first cars to finish got an extra beer On leaving the station, I managed to get lost with a bloody sat nav ....... again …… I blame the cloud, I blame the cubby hole, I even phoned Nikki up and blamed her (well lets face it the other half's always to blame ! ). By this stage it had started to rain and by the time we got to the first "check point" the mood was just a touch subdued, a mkiii had done a spin coming round an island and narrowly missed a mkiv following it but other than severely soiled underpants nothing was damaged. We were joined by the last of the mkiv’s at the moring check point ………….. ....... apparently this has an extra AAA battery for extra boost !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I have a cracking photo of Pete to put up later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afreemason Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I tell you what, it's bloody hard work making just five zeds look like a decent convoy but I think we filled the road nicely ......... and I think the ultra yellow is even more visible in the merk than the sunset !!!!!! We've learnt some very positive lessons for next year ....... the first is to actually tell Valerio in his zed that he doesn't need to go straight to lunch ........... if it hadn't be lashing it down I'd have been a little cheesed off to be trundling up the M54, but given the conditions, I was happy to be in one piece. With Stafford simply a name on a map and our hopes of actually being able to answer more than half of the questions on the Gumball Quiz fast disappearing we arrived in near perfect formation at the pub car park for lunch ........ I say near perfect as our bananna coloured point man just carried straight on past ...... obviously to recon the road for the afternoon session !!!! Lads, I've go to say though, that the display we gave of synchronised parking was absolutely pathetic, although the photo's gloss over the rather large gaps ....... lets just say that the Supra lads still don't see a need for parking sensors after what we managed Unfortunately there were more reports of casualties, a mkiv had a close encounter with a grass verge on the wrong side of a wet bend and a mkiii managed to hit a low flying bird (I assume it was low flying) and buggered up his oil cooler. There was also a story about big Deano from the mkiii club spinning ut we're still not convinced that it was accidental !!!!!! Well I for one thought the food at lunch was stunning but lets face it you don't get to be a fat bloke by being a fussy eater. Unfortunately, that was where I had to leave you all for a while as I had decided that it was only fair that I get my butty back to help Nikki get sorted for the afternoon session ....... although I did find this sight to great me in the car park ....... a friendly AA man ........ all I'm going to say is that he spent a lot longer looking at the Supras than the zeds ......... I think this touting for business bit is getting out of hand. I did say hi and was told that if he hadn't been working he'd have been driving his mkiv round with us !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afreemason Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Well, everything started to get a little hazy from then on to be honest ........ Mike was helping judge the competitions so I really don't know how another sunset managed to win the zed class ....... well I do ..... he didn't recognise Vals car which incidentally is looking and sounding very very tasty these days ..... a credit to you mate! I'm a little worried that the mkiii with the gimp mask caught his attention in that class And surprise surprise and NA won the mkiv class The bbq was actually a great success despite the weather which actually cleared up about 7pm and gave us a very mild night which we enjoyed until about 1.30 am. Try as we might we couldn't convince Burna (mkiv) that horses didn't have claws that then got cut down into hooves ...... in fairness the more pi55ed he got, the closer he got to the horse until he stroked it then fell over ...... Dougal the horse was obviously very disappointed at this !!!!!! As the night progressed lots of people decided that it would be a good idea to go on a pussy hunt ...... and when they found one they were agast at how it looked ........ to much time spent pawing over cars rather than pussies ...... those cute little flat faces !!!!!! the cats have never had so much fuss !!!!! ...... well what were you guys thinking !!!!????? God only knows what would have happened if the chickens had got out ..... I think Deano would have needed restraining !!!!! At this stage I should also thank S7eve for providing the sound system for the night ........ although it did need jump starting the next morning !!!!!!! The surprise arrival of the night was Lovat on his new R6 ....... complete with full one piece leathers ....... it was really nice to see him without asking him to sort out a car problem ...... although he never did sort out that .......... Nikki and I we're thrilled to have all of you guys over, it really was no trouble at all, we couldn't have hosted a better bunch of petrol heads to be honest ...... oh and Burna !!!!!! It was fantastic to see so many cars in the bottom paddock but there was PLENTY of room for more ...... so look out for MIDLANDS GUMBALL 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afreemason Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 A few more photies, cus I want to: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black cat Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 looked like a good day, hope the weather didnt put to many off:innocent: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voo51 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 great pics!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afreemason Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Voo51, was it you that ended up looking at the mkiii spinning on the island ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voo51 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Hey, yep that was me! i nearly kakked myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Jo's pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Some cheating going on with the answers to the questions "4 minutes past! I don't think so!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Frozen Blanc beer! Lisa had a very lucky escape after nearly been clawed to death and eaten by Satan the monster horse! Glyn and his prawn fetish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Grumpy Pete doing what he does best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 LOL, great pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Grumpy Pete doing what he does best [qimg]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Burna_/Funny/MidlandsGumball2006026.jpg[/qimg] Hmm. That pulling of my bottom lip didn't have the effect intended, instead I just look like I've got slug lips! The frown was completely wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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