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AOSW May Meet: 'Prancing Horses, Sporting Hearts' AOSW May Meet: 'Prancing Horses, Sporting Hearts': 25-05-2008

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AOSW May Meet: 'Prancing Horses, Sporting Hearts'
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25-05-2008
AOSW Big May Meet – Prancing Horses, Sporting Hearts

So who fancies a day out which will give you:

• The chance to look around a racing spec Ferrari and the garage that maintains it.
• Meeting up with a Ferrari Owners Club.
• The opportunity to look at classic cars from all over the world.
• A couple of nice drives through Somerset.

The plan for the day is for everyone to meet at Podimore Services (A303 Services, Podimore, Nr Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8JG) – ideally in the car park beside the petrol station, but wherever we can if the turnout is great!

From there we will then drive over to Paul Witts Specialist Cars (Paul Witts) (Great Western Road, Martock, Somerset, TA12 6HB) - about 20 minutes from the services - where we will get the opportunity to look around a race-spec Ferrari that the guys have readied for this seasons racing. There will also hopefully be a Ferrari Owner Club in attendance (this is still being negotiated at the moment). There will be plenty of photo opportunities to be had here! There is no cost at all for this part of the day – it’s a very great gesture by Paul Witts.

Once we have finished here we will drive back towards the A303 and head to the Haynes International Motor Museum (Haynes Motor Museum) (Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7LH). This was a venue for a meet in February 2007, and proved to be very popular then. The website is very informative, and will hopefully entice you guys to come and join us on what will be a fantastic day out! For those who will be bringing young ones, Haynes Museum has some activities to keep them occupied (Click here for details). There is a restaurant on site for you guys to grab something to eat and drink unless you choose to bring your own lunches.

There is a group entry discount that reduces ticket prices from £7.50 per adult and £4 per child, to £5.50 per adult and £2.50 per child. Family tickets are available, but the group entry discount is cheaper in total than these tickets.


I hope for us all to have a fantastic day, and hopefully have a good turn-out of many gorgeous Alfa’s! I’m looking forward very much to this one, it has the potential to be a blinder!

EDIT: Make sure you are at the services for 11am, this is the time we'll be setting off for Paul Witt's place!
RSVP'd Yes: 16
    		• Hammy156
    [16-03-2008 21:34]
    This is going to be a belter!!
    		• kernowmcrae
    [16-03-2008 23:01]
    awesome!
    		• rayq81
    [17-03-2008 13:25]
    Oh yes i think i better come to this one :)
  		• badger_royale
    [17-03-2008 16:31]
    		• jay w
    [19-03-2008 13:52]
    yes i will be there with some of the family
    		• daveypark
    [19-03-2008 21:46]
    Nice event Hammy, book me in.
    		• Martin G
    [28-03-2008 23:25]
    Hi I will be a newbie but Im local to the event (Nr Martock) so looking forward to ti.
  		• alfamisco
    [08-04-2008 21:02]
    Sounds good, I live near Exeter so ideal meeting place.
    		• EMBER
    [21-04-2008 16:10]
    All arranged, and looking forward to it :)
    		• alimac1973
    [05-05-2008 11:52]
    Looking forward to a great day out.
    		• ParanoidPenguin
    [06-05-2008 22:21]
    Sounds good :)
    		• mudhut
    [12-05-2008 20:28]
    Planning to be there.
    		• bigjules
    [16-05-2008 00:05]
    I'm a newbie but sounds good fun so why not
    		• tigergreen
    [17-05-2008 22:05]
    I'm in! (This'll be my first AOSW meet) Have persuaded the family to make a weekend of it so we'll also be going to Castle Combe on the Monday 'n' all!
  		• GazzaF15her
    [20-05-2008 22:35]
    See you all there :)
    		• pb5691
    [22-05-2008 23:27]
    Looks like a definite now unless anything unforseen arises!!
RSVP'd Maybe: 6
    		• Prowler166
    [26-03-2008 20:18]
    		• kingALFA75
    [09-04-2008 00:01]
    hopefully sounds cool we could get a convoy together but I also want to go to the Alfa Romeo Championship @ Castle Combe on the monday my have to camp and get the ok from the rest of the family.
  		• Rudeboy1006
    [03-05-2008 08:23]
    Sounds like a good day out, will try and make it (I'll see if i can pursued the Mrs to come alone)
  		• GEM2Y
    [19-05-2008 20:32]
    torn between pot walloping and the italians,will see!
    		• rafe005
    [20-05-2008 10:24]
    if i can get the sprint ready then definitely if not should be there in the 146
    		• MRBKR
    [22-05-2008 20:28]
    Ignore my last comment on this. I'm blind! Postcode and Time already listed. Got it! Hopefully see you all there.
RSVP'd No: 3
    		• realslimshady
    [20-05-2008 12:13]
    sadly conflicting with a family get-together...will be driving to mid-Wales instead. Let's hope the weather is kind to all of us-have a good day guys.
    		• ArgentoGTV6
    [22-05-2008 09:30]
    Sorry, its not going to happen for me. I have to pick my other half up from Heathrow!!! She could of timed it better!! Still hope to meet up sometime though.
  		• 004phil
    [24-05-2008 09:45]
    sadly the wife has got to work & needs the car hope to go on the next one , have a great day
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Re: AOSW May Meet: 'Prancing Horses, Sporting Hearts'
Here are three map images of the meet point and venues if you will end up needing them!
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Come on guys we need a great turnout for this !!
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Any chance of adding in a venue where we could watch the Monaco F1 Gp?
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Will try and make this one, new to Alfas so it'll be good to meet a few from the forum!
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Great! RSVP your status at the top of the thread so I will have an idea for numbers nearer the time

Alimac... I'm going to look into trying to incorporate the Grand Prix into the day... could make this interesting
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Hammy just a thought but most of the guys coming for this will have plenty to occupy them, IMO there is not a lot of mileage in sitting in a pub watching the race, remember these are family events and for Haynes etc i would hope members would want to bring families ? Just my opinion
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Balancing this out, I think you have a good point there Ray. Looking at the schedule, it's going to be hard to fit in a pub visit to watch the GP with what is already planned.

I have aimed this meet so people are able to bring families, and have pointed out activities for younger ones in the event details.

It will be awkward to find two more hours in this event to squeeze in the F1. Myself, I will be recording it to watch when I get home. Hopefully a Lewis Hamilton win will top off what is going to be a fantastic day out.

(Talking of F1, if it is your thing, I believe in the Museum for an additional charge you can get your picture taken in Michael Schumachers F1 show car)

"Or maybe it's because there's a freaking BEAR driving a CAR!! "
- Bobda to Bazza on talk of why kids look at his GTA!
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Was just wondering about it thats all, know your a fan as well hammy, but I can see Rays point about the family day thing.

Looks like I could be dusting off the video by the looks of it.
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Was just wondering about it thats all, know your a fan as well hammy, but I can see Rays point about the family day thing.

Looks like I could be dusting off the video by the looks of it.
good man hope you can make it
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Was just wondering about it thats all, know your a fan as well hammy, but I can see Rays point about the family day thing.

Looks like I could be dusting off the video by the looks of it.
I promise you won't regret it!

(P.S. I need to get a new recorder before this event to record the GP on )
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I am currently in process of agreeing an initial time for meeting at Podimore. Keep checking back for details.
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Hammy have we got a time for this yet ?
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Yes bud, If we all get to the services so that we can head off at 11am, that way Paul has time to get the garage ready for us
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