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NEW YEARS DAY @ BROOKLANDS MUSEUM

bob - 26/12/06 at 12:04 PM

Brooklands museum Weybridge Surrrey.

New years day car club meeting,allways nice to get some fresh air on the 1st

BROOKLANDS LINK

For those that know the museum there is a new entrance and car park,information is on the website link above.

theconrodkid - 26/12/06 at 12:05 PM

usual mo ?

bob - 26/12/06 at 12:27 PM

Jasper - 26/12/06 at 12:55 PM

Sorry chaps - gonna be on a Pyrennean mountain snowboarding

alfasudsprint - 26/12/06 at 02:05 PM

I'm on a beach in Brazil unfortunately!
Tim

theconrodkid - 26/12/06 at 03:39 PM

ive lost my violin Tim
have a nice one

martthefridgeman - 26/12/06 at 05:48 PM

should be there work and weather permitting. MJA.

bob - 26/12/06 at 10:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by alfasudsprint
I'm on a beach in Brazil unfortunately!
Tim

Tim, could you take some nice pics on the beach please... i think you know the ones i like

sunsets sunrise that sort of thing.

Jasper, dont bother with any pics thanks i've seen a few broken legs in my time.

donut - 27/12/06 at 09:04 AM

I'm going to try and persuade Mrs donut and the youngans to go. May see you there.

marcyboy - 27/12/06 at 05:24 PM

where:
Brazil, Brooklands or the Pyrenees

donut - 28/12/06 at 10:27 AM

Brooklands i hope!! Brazil is a bit hot for me and the Pyrenees are too high

Jasper - 29/12/06 at 01:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by donut
and the Pyrenees are too high

You don't have to walk up Andy - they have lifts you know

donut - 29/12/06 at 04:46 PM

Phew!! that's ok then

Fozzie - 31/12/06 at 12:36 PM

Rob in Google maps, type in KT13 0QN, that is the postcode for the museum.

Scroll south and slightly to the east and you will find the junction off Painshill (A3). It is quite straightforward from there.
There are quite a few planes at the museum as British Areospace used to be there, and loads of developments during the war. Bouncing bomb et al. Also we have a Concorde there

Hence why you saw the planes on t'ground.

It is signposted from the A3 Painshill very well (Painshill junction being the one after the M25 Wisley junction, coming up from t'south).

Lets hope for a dry and not too windy day....

Fozzie

martthefridgeman - 31/12/06 at 12:38 PM

rob if you zoom out a on bit you can see the remains of the track as a faded pear shaped oval. MJA.

Fozzie - 31/12/06 at 01:18 PM

Yup, and a lovely bit of banked oval it is too

Fozzie

bob - 31/12/06 at 01:36 PM

Dont forget to take note of the new entrance which takes you through Mercedes World ,its on there website.

theconrodkid - 1/1/07 at 06:12 AM

its a tad moist out there this morning

bob - 1/1/07 at 09:39 AM

Its luvly in sunny TW15

bob - 1/1/07 at 02:14 PM

Nice weather brought out some interesting old cars,as well as a good crowd.
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bob - 1/1/07 at 02:15 PM

and people
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bob - 1/1/07 at 02:15 PM

Another re bodied triumph
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bob - 1/1/07 at 02:16 PM

and again
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bob - 1/1/07 at 02:17 PM

And some favourites
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martthefridgeman - 1/1/07 at 07:13 PM

cracking day, nice to see everyone again. definately worth another visit . MJA.

Fozzie - 1/1/07 at 07:54 PM

Superb Day!

Great to see everyone

Glad you got home before the rain started, and Mrs Robocog (Fizz) enjoyed herself.

Must do Brooklands again... soon!!!!!!

Fozzie
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Fozzie - 1/1/07 at 07:57 PM

Concorde
(and Robocog)
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Fozzie - 1/1/07 at 07:58 PM

Concorde tail.

(more pics uploaded to archive soon)
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JamJah - 3/1/07 at 10:01 PM

The bouncing bomb was actually developed at what was brooklands house. now the looke(?) building in brooklands college. if you look behind the engineering building (if its still there!) then theres the trough they used for all the tests.

Sorry for being padantic. just thought id throw the trivia in. Doesnt help in quiz nights now my local pub is some 80 miles south west!

Fozzie - 3/1/07 at 10:40 PM

Thanks for that !

Yes we (I) do know that....thanks!

Barnes Wallace had his R&D dept at the site which is now Brooklands Bus museum.There is a bouncing bomb on display in one of the aircraft hangars where R for Robert is (Wellington pulled out of Loch Ness a few years back).

Both DLT and I went to Brooklands Tech in the 1970's. It is the Locke-Kings that owned it all in the past.

I am from 2 miles up the road from Brooklands and aunts uncles grandmothers all worked there during the war.

My uncle also used to make... errr... unscheduled stops there with his mates when he was RAF training on the Typhoons (he was courting my aunt at the time).......

ATB Fozzie

[Edited on 3/1/07 by Fozzie]

bob - 3/1/07 at 11:47 PM

Wellington pulled out of loch ness

Fozzie - 3/1/07 at 11:52 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bob
Wellington pulled out of loch ness

Wooops a daisy! cheers Bob, thats talking to DLT about Robby in Inverness I shall edit now how remiss of me! tut-tut......
Fozzie

Edit to say......even worse....I shouldn't have got that wrong as DLT's cousin was part of the crew that pulled it out.......Ooooops

[Edited on 3/1/07 by Fozzie]

JamJah - 4/1/07 at 08:41 AM

Wish I had seen the post earlier. Think I could have done with a day trip. And at least I can get to Weybridge easily.... Train to woking and then do what used to be my daily commute to Weybridge ("calling at West Byfleet, Byfleet and New Hall, Weybridge..." , cut through the foot path down the side of the railway, along the embackment and across the industrial estate.

That meet coupled with the benz experience (sounds like the average diving trip in the solent!) would have been good. Ah well.