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Quote: Originally Posted by dakini (original)

A -- where do the drivers who will have trouble finding gears with their left hand go?

Near me.

Quote: Originally Posted by mad brummie (original)

You missed one Andrew

Ah yes... my mind had created a new sub-department in my memory to hide that particular incident from my waking thoughts...

Just to explain that one... I was second from last (Brummie was right behind me) on Section 1 of Day 1 of my first ever MINI Run. At the time, I was running a completely standard ONE - which had some pretty severe suspension problems at the time (things develop slowly, and you don't notice - you know how it is ). All my shocks were bad, and my front ball-joints were worn beyond belief - resulting in very poor grip on the road, combined with quite a bit of play and imprecision in the steering.

Anyhoo - given the modest performance of the ONE engine and that people ahead were starting to pull away, I decided the best thing for me to do was to be a bit brave in the corners to try to catch up. A few of the corners had a few flecks of gravel on them, and the cars in front were cleaning away two gaps in some of the gravel lines for my tires to have some nice grippy road. On one particular corner, I managed to cut the corner a touch too much, rolling my inside tyres over the gravel. This had the effect of sending me into a slide, over onto the gravel near the outside of the corner.

I steered into the slide, desperately trying to catch it, and watched wide-eyed as a large prickly green bush got ever closer. Right at the last possible second, when I was just about to run out of road, the gravel ended, the tyres got grip and I made it through the corner - WHEW!

Afterwards, Brummie finds me and goes: "You had a bit of a 'moment' there, didn't you? "

Yep, just a bit mate.

I quickly realised it'd be better to be near the front for me. For this next run, I've got far fewer suspension problems - so I'm hopeful for staying a bit further away from the bushes.

Ah, memories - and now I'm feeling the Yorkshire Fever gripping me, calling me back home to the North East... mmmmm... there was BBQ and cake last time........

Quote: Originally Posted by NickyJ (original)

Good advice there Andrew

Quote: Originally Posted by NickyJ (original)

A few are staying here -

Cedar Court Hotel - Harrogate

If you look back in the thread there a various different deals going

I don't think Cedar Court Hotel is on a deal as such - but the best rate I found was via the Best Western website:

Best Western Cedar Court Hotel - Hotels in Harrogate, Yorkshire - Best Western UK

Have a play around with the online booking form until you get a cheap-ish rate. I will warn you though, as a nice hotel it'll be expensive - well, expensive by my standards anyway.

Quote: Originally Posted by ONED (original)

Will trawl through when I get a mo - and do a bit of research!

Is it a min 4*?
Leisure Facilities and Spa?

Yes, it's a 4*.

Hmmm... Spa, eh? Should we all bring our bikinis? I mean - swimming trunks... swimming trunks, I say!!