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Karl

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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
« Reply #45 on: 19, April, 2009 - 20:52:56 »
Nice to meet you Mike , fingers crossed you manage to get yourself sorted with a C5 in time for the next one  ;)

Todays run was eventful  ;D, with the odd bit of drama but a really fab day.

Great to meet up with Umpa, Lee , Ray & Trevor - top respect for travelling so far in order to get your fix of C5 fun  8)

I was blown away when Matt and his crew met up with us in Queenstown , not something we normally see on our C5 runs , another group of C5's out and about  :D 

Shame "London" wasn't a bit more welcoming regarding Matt's filming project - I never knew that you needed a permit for filming if your camera exceeded a certain size  ???

The only other snags were the front wheel bearings collapsing on Trevors borrowed C5 and Voodoo's gearbox started grumbling at the top of Hyde Park.  Voodoo is still running, but I'm going to dismantle it tomorrow and see what the damage is  :-\

The weather was fab, my arms and face feel a bit sunburnt  ::) , but it's all good - another fab run  8)

Some piccies ;

 














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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
« Reply #46 on: 19, April, 2009 - 20:55:52 »
Where home :) like always a fantastic day out. A big thanks to Karl and Angie for organising another awesome day, and putting on a nice picnic.

Was really nice to meet every one. Mike your you made the right desision regarding your car, it would have trashed the inside.

Well we had are fair share of problems LOL but we adapted and overcame LOL.

I'll post the pics here. 

Cheers guys

Ian

Karl

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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
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Karl

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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
« Reply #48 on: 19, April, 2009 - 20:59:59 »
Where home :) like always a fantastic day out. A big thanks to Karl and Angie for organising another awesome day, and putting on a nice picnic.

Was really nice to meet every one. Mike your you made the right desision regarding your car, it would have trashed the inside.

Well we had are fair share of problems LOL but we adapted and overcame LOL.

I'll post the pics here. 

Cheers guys

Ian

...glad you guys got home safe and sound, quite a long journey for you.

traffic getting out of London was a bit grim , but thinned out nicely for us after Streatham 

Some more piccies ;













Karl

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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
« Reply #49 on: 19, April, 2009 - 21:04:03 »









...another fab day out  8)

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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
« Reply #50 on: 19, April, 2009 - 21:43:29 »
Looks like you all had a great day in London, i wish i could come along on a few more runs, but time is short and at this rate it will be June before i see you all again, nice too see Sir Clive join in the fun.

Retro Andy.

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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
« Reply #51 on: 20, April, 2009 - 07:04:48 »
Here are my ipics of the day - video to follow :)





































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Karl

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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
« Reply #52 on: 20, April, 2009 - 11:05:41 »
Some cracking photo's there mate, I especially like the fourth one where I look as though I'm about to take a dump in front of the poor woman sat in Voodoo  ;D :D

Here are some piccies that Lee emailed to me..










Leeb7613

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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
« Reply #53 on: 20, April, 2009 - 14:52:32 »
What a day  ;D ;D

The best C5 run i have been on for ages, great to meet up with you all, Karl and Angie surpassed themselves this one, thanks to you both.

And thanks to the rest of the gang, for making the day great fun.

I hope Umpa recharged his battery!!!  (i'm looking for that horn for you matey, stay tuned!!)

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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
« Reply #54 on: 21, April, 2009 - 09:27:50 »
Looks like you all had a lot of fun, and some great pics.

Definetly have to come on your next one  ;D


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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
« Reply #55 on: 21, April, 2009 - 09:46:35 »
Thanks Lee, yes they always are good meets.

It was really good to meet you and the rest of the gang. I'm working in the video :)

Karl

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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
« Reply #56 on: 21, April, 2009 - 15:17:25 »
Looks like you all had a lot of fun, and some great pics.

Definetly have to come on your next one  ;D



New faces are always welcome mate  ;)

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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
« Reply #57 on: 28, April, 2009 - 19:33:59 »
Hi Gang,

Here's the video of the London sightseeing run.  Sorry it took so long but I have had loads of problems with this one, from the editing program autosaving the wrong video over the finished film - so I had to redo it from scratch - to youtube not linking the music and me having to redo it a second time.

I have to be honest I don't like this video - so i have done a version I am happy with and will upload it to a bittorrent site should anyone like to download the full youtube unfriendly version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eal0TglwmRU

Try and enyoy !

Regards

Ian

Karl

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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
« Reply #58 on: 28, April, 2009 - 22:46:50 »
That video is great !

It captures the essence of the day, I loved it  8)

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Re: April 19th 2009 LONDON CALLING ! Sightseeing run
« Reply #59 on: 28, April, 2009 - 23:09:28 »
I think the film was great, far better than my recordings, hearing Karl's laugh and voodoo horn made me chuckle.

Retro Andy