Lotus Festival - 29th Sept. 2018, Hethel (strongly rumoured)

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Pete Boole wrote:Doesn't look like I'll be going either unless there are any spare rides/tickets out there :( :(. Might even have to go shopping with SWMBO!

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amarshall wrote: Dispatched Friday:

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Just heard that *some* people have official "I don't own a Lotus but I helped to make them" VIP tickets.
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Tickets arrived this morning. I have no spares. Thanks for getting me in Angus.

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Yee Haa! - I'm ecstatic - My 'Local' Lotus Dealer, Snows Lotus in Southampton, has just phoned me to say that my tickets have arrived, so I'm going over to collect them in person on Sunday morning (don't want to risk the post) :D :D :D

We're making a holiday of it, so I'm taking the 'tin tent' (caravan) up to Norfolk - hence no Lotus - hence I had to ask the nice Lotus Dealer to get me a ticket. I shall be making use of the 'Park & Ride' (maybe it's an Evora?).

Look forward to seeing your there!
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Alan_M wrote:
rbgosling wrote:I could certainly do with meeting up with Richard and Alan in advance, to get their spare tickets so I can bring all my family in.

The car park in the centre of Wymondham is close, and offers free parking for an hour (used to be totally free when I lived there and worked at Lotus!), but might be overwhelmed with Lotus if others have the same idea...

Angus did say a couple of weeks ago that we are supposed to be in place by 9:00 - right?

Hi Richard, Don't want to worry you, but this is how my car looks at the moment -

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but I will at least have the seats and seat belts back in, but I very much doubt it will have much in the way of carpets - you may have seen my post about the issues I have had with the Coverdale carpets.

I will be staying around Duxford, so a meeting point somewhere on route from there would be good.

In terms of time to be in place - the standard tickets (yellow stickers) request that you arrive between 7.30 and 9.00. Cars arriving after 9.00 will only be allowed in when there is an appropriate safe moment. Don't know if different for club stands (green stickers)
Hi Alan - you've got a week, surely plenty of time to get that finished off?? :D

Maybe meet in the car park of the Thetford Premier Inn on the A134 just yards off the A11 - that's essentially where my route and yours will merge. It's 25 mins from there to Lotus, so meet there at 8:15, until / unless we get different info on when we have to be at Lotus by?

Happy for anyone else to convene at the same time and go in convoy from there?
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I have received my tickets and event sticker too now, many thanks Angus!
See you all there! :mrgreen:
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amarshall wrote:
amarshall wrote: Dispatched Friday:

Ling
Gosling
Bagshaw
Oates
Barrow
Dixon
Craigen
Moss
Barker
Woollaston
McKenzie
Saturday:

Guy
Avern
Tickets received today Angus - Many Thanks
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Dr. Hoops - your tickets are in the post.
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Thanks Angus! That’s brilliant!
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I don’t suppose anyone has an odd spare entrance ticket as my daughter has now said she would like to come with my son and I ! :roll:
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Linky no worky :(
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Angus, I've just realised I didn't order my lotus excel.net sticker. Is there any chance you will have some with on Saturday I can purchase?
Looking at the weather, I think I'll be sporting my Exclel.net fleece for at least some of the day :D

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