Veteran Car Run
Discussion
It is the London to Brighton Veteran car run today.
I popped up to Croydon on my motorbike, and rode back down the route, as I thought this would be a good way to experience the "ambience".
I did enjoy it, but had the vague guilt I was getting in their way, and getting into people's photos (they probably don't want a 90s fireblade in the pic).
Also, I got there about 7:45 and very few cars had made it that far yet. By the time I got home (which is on the route) there were only 4 cars in front of me.
So I went and stood by the A23 with my kids to watch them go by.
It is brilliant to see so much support for this - loads of people were out watching. It helps that the rain held off of course.
One other thing worth mentioning - there was an awful crash a few years ago where a Canadian accidentally went onto the M23, and a tipper lorry crashed into them.
This year, the approach to the M23 was blocked down to one lane by three highways vehicles, with marshals physically watching every vehicle to make sure nothing went astray. It worked really well.
Ian
I popped up to Croydon on my motorbike, and rode back down the route, as I thought this would be a good way to experience the "ambience".
I did enjoy it, but had the vague guilt I was getting in their way, and getting into people's photos (they probably don't want a 90s fireblade in the pic).
Also, I got there about 7:45 and very few cars had made it that far yet. By the time I got home (which is on the route) there were only 4 cars in front of me.
So I went and stood by the A23 with my kids to watch them go by.
It is brilliant to see so much support for this - loads of people were out watching. It helps that the rain held off of course.
One other thing worth mentioning - there was an awful crash a few years ago where a Canadian accidentally went onto the M23, and a tipper lorry crashed into them.
This year, the approach to the M23 was blocked down to one lane by three highways vehicles, with marshals physically watching every vehicle to make sure nothing went astray. It worked really well.
Ian
There was a change on the run in to Brighton as well, may have been done before, but it's quite new, when the road from Burgess hill join the A23 the inside lane was coned off which it didn't used to be.
Still left a problem closer to the A23/A27 roundabout where the vets had to pull into lane 2 and the left turning moderns into lane 1, not really anything that can be done without causing huge queues on the A23.
I wonder if there are gradually more restrictions/cones being added?
Lovely day for it though; last year it pi55ed is down, clear and sunny this year.
Still left a problem closer to the A23/A27 roundabout where the vets had to pull into lane 2 and the left turning moderns into lane 1, not really anything that can be done without causing huge queues on the A23.
I wonder if there are gradually more restrictions/cones being added?
Lovely day for it though; last year it pi55ed is down, clear and sunny this year.
The dedicated lane past the pylons has been running a couple of years at least and is in place to appease the authorities. it is not universally popular as a single lane because it runs at the pace of the slowest Veteran in the train but I guess it is safer. The late cross over to L2 is Ok in my view as the moderns are by then slowing for the roundabout.
The Hooley Common junction is now well protected so that cars do not enter the M23 - the car involved was a regular runner but a late entry that year so at the back of the field and was looking to make up time.
Traffic was tough out of London, in Crawley and Burgess Hill - we got baulked at just the wrong time in Redhill but that happens and we were in on time.
The Hooley Common junction is now well protected so that cars do not enter the M23 - the car involved was a regular runner but a late entry that year so at the back of the field and was looking to make up time.
Traffic was tough out of London, in Crawley and Burgess Hill - we got baulked at just the wrong time in Redhill but that happens and we were in on time.
Was there ever a more heart warming film that Genevieve?!
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