Lotus Festival 2018 (date now announced 29 Sept at Hethel)

[Fredjohn]

You would be able to confirm the tickets if you cancelled your brake Trevor not much to ask still i think i speak for all in hoping you have a good brake and the weather is good to you, looking forward to seeing you again at Hethel.

Trevor's car looks great, I am sure it has a good brake and doesn't need cancelling.
I just hope he has a good holiday!

[roy666]

Hi.. I've been away for 4 weeks defending the country and just picked this up.

1. Fredjohn (in Evora and ticket from Lotus70 now confirmed by email) - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
2. Dapinky - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
3. Alan E - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
4. Trevor B staying at Dunston Hall Friday night only
5. John W (ticket from Lotus70 confirmed, so do not need one of the LEC allocation) staying at Dunston Hall Fri & Sat
6. Scott J (with an Elise the same colour as this font) ( I have confirmation of a ticket from Lotus70, so do not need one of the LEC allocation)
7. Steve A & Lesley [ticket from Lotus70]confirmed email - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri night
8. Kathryn - Staying Fri + Sat night at the Best Western George Hotel -suspiciously cheap!?
9. Rice crispy Friday night Best Western George Street
10. Chris P
11. Ken S [ticket from Lotus70 - confirmed, no need for LEC ticket]
12. Clemo - staying at Holiday Inn Fri, Mangreen Country House Sat night
13. Burble (Chris A)
14. Dave Eds
15. BigErch (in an Evora - ticket from Lotus70 confirmed, so do not need one of the LEC allocation) staying in airB&B 5 miles from Hethel
16. Giniw just maybe, not sure yet so it's a low priority one! (Elan)
17. El abuelo (Geoff)
18. chris.t Holiday Inn Norwich - next to knocking shop) - ticket from CL
19. uk08462
20. SimonW
21. Enright - on condition of having a running Elan available in time.
22. Nick & Kim (nicowalker1)
23. Tuga2112 (not 100% sure if i can attend, house purchase completion may happen on that same weekend. unfortunately i wont be able to know for sure until a lot later)
24. LFM - Phil. (I attend meets at the Bird in Hand so Hethel is within easy travelling distance)*
25. Readit (Ken)
26. G_UK (Needs a spare ticket) Will be in the campervan so can stay wherever
27. Roy.. I know no chance of a ticket.. but gonna pitch up anyway!

[John_W]

Dunno how you managed to completely destroy the colour coding in just one post, but anyway ... (you still got a B&W TV?):

1. Fredjohn (in Evora and ticket from Lotus70 now confirmed by email) - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
2. Dapinky - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
3. Alan E - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
4. Trevor B staying at Dunston Hall Friday night only
5. John W (ticket from Lotus70 confirmed, so do not need one of the LEC allocation) staying at Dunston Hall Fri & Sat
6. Scott J (with an Elise the same colour as this font) ( I have confirmation of a ticket from Lotus70, so do not need one of the LEC allocation)
7. Steve A & Lesley [ticket from Lotus70]confirmed email - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri night
8. Kathryn - Staying Fri + Sat night at the Best Western George Hotel -suspiciously cheap!?
9. Rice crispy Friday night Best Western George Street
10. Chris P
11. Ken S [ticket from Lotus70 - confirmed, no need for LEC ticket]
12. Clemo - staying at Holiday Inn Fri, Mangreen Country House Sat night
13. Burble (Chris A)
14. Dave Eds
15. BigErch (in an Evora - ticket from Lotus70 confirmed, so do not need one of the LEC allocation) staying in airB&B 5 miles from Hethel
16. Giniw just maybe, not sure yet so it's a low priority one! (Elan)
17. El abuelo (Geoff)
18. chris.t Holiday Inn Norwich - next to knocking shop) - ticket from CL
19. uk08462
20. SimonW
21. Enright - on condition of having a running Elan available in time.
22. Nick & Kim (nicowalker1)
23. Tuga2112 (not 100% sure if i can attend, house purchase completion may happen on that same weekend. unfortunately i wont be able to know for sure until a lot later)
24. LFM - Phil. (I attend meets at the Bird in Hand so Hethel is within easy travelling distance)*
25. Readit (Ken)
26. G_UK (Needs a spare ticket) Will be in the campervan so can stay wherever
27. Roy.. I know no chance of a ticket.. but gonna pitch up anyway!

[Brit-Car-Nut]

He just copied and pasted it - instead of using the quote option.

For those scratching their heads, the "quote" option grabs all of the formatting,

Anyone that has done a bit of HTML coding knows this,but those that don't can be just as clever if thy learn this little trick...

You can use the quote link at the top right and then remove the HTML tags: (quote="poster's ID") and (/quote) -- I had to change [ ] to ( ) because characters between the brackets are not shown

Editing:
(quote="John_W")Dunno how you managed to completely destroy the colour coding in just one post, but anyway ... (you still got a B&W TV?):

1. Fredjohn (in Evora and ticket from Lotus70 now confirmed by email) - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
2. Dapinky - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
(/quote)
Which becomes

Dunno how you managed to completely destroy the colour coding in just one post, but anyway ... (you still got a B&W TV?):

1. Fredjohn (in Evora and ticket from Lotus70 now confirmed by email) - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
2. Dapinky - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
AND you add your line at the end...

[Rambo]

Shouldn't that be...

Dunno how you managed to completely destroy the colour coding in just one post, but anyway ... (you still got a B&W TV?)

[Rambo]

Back on topic though ....

1. Fredjohn (in Evora and ticket from Lotus70 now confirmed by email) - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
2. Dapinky - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
3. Alan E - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
4. Trevor B staying at Dunston Hall Friday night only
5. John W (ticket from Lotus70 confirmed, so do not need one of the LEC allocation) staying at Dunston Hall Fri & Sat
6. Scott J (with an Elise the same colour as this font) ( I have confirmation of a ticket from Lotus70, so do not need one of the LEC allocation)
7. Steve A & Lesley [ticket from Lotus70]confirmed email - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri night
8. Kathryn - Staying Fri + Sat night at the Best Western George Hotel -suspiciously cheap!?
9. Rice crispy Friday night Best Western George Street
10. Chris P
11. Ken S [ticket from Lotus70 - confirmed, no need for LEC ticket]
12. Clemo - staying at Holiday Inn Fri, Mangreen Country House Sat night
13. Burble (Chris A)
14. Dave Eds
15. BigErch (in an Evora - ticket from Lotus70 confirmed, so do not need one of the LEC allocation) staying in airB&B 5 miles from Hethel
16. Giniw just maybe, not sure yet so it's a low priority one! (Elan)
17. El abuelo (Geoff)
18. chris.t Holiday Inn Norwich - next to knocking shop) - ticket from CL
19. uk08462
20. SimonW
21. Enright - on condition of having a running Elan available in time.
22. Nick & Kim (nicowalker1)
23. Tuga2112 (not 100% sure if i can attend, house purchase completion may happen on that same weekend. unfortunately i wont be able to know for sure until a lot later)
24. LFM - Phil. (I attend meets at the Bird in Hand so Hethel is within easy travelling distance)*
25. Readit (Ken)
26. G_UK (Needs a spare ticket) Will be in the campervan so can stay wherever
27. Roy.. I know no chance of a ticket.. but gonna pitch up anyway!
28.
29.
30.

[dapinky]

Roy,

Never say never..... there is every chance that you'll get a ticket [due to the way that the list is (dis)organised].... or at the very least, a ride into the event with another member.

As the astute will have noticed, I have managed to cajole a man with much higher forum access than I enjoy (cheers, Martin) to set up a new forum top-level entry in the Events UK section for the Hethel event.

This means that we can now add new topics to the weekend to cover different things and keep things seperate, but together (oxymoron, but never mind).

I'm a bit busy today, but hopefully this evening I will be able to get a bit of a handle on the whole thing and make it look a bit more presentable.

In the meantime, please bear with me and the single(ish) topic which is confusing to some.......

[Tuga2112]

Roy,

Never say never..... there is every chance that you'll get a ticket [due to the way that the list is (dis)organised].... or at the very least, a ride into the event with another member.

i was counting the members who got a ticket by lotus70 and theres 6 of them. effectively reducing the list to 21 beggars
also, one of the previous members mentioned he will be in a campervan, so, technically thats another car that can go in, (although 1 less head/person ticket)
so theres a pretty good chanse you will get a ticket

reason why i previously asked about the grass patch and parking arrangements (which are not decided yet) is mainly the fact that it looks like we have far more cars then the 20 originally planned/allocated by the TFL crowd

[dapinky]

.... is mainly the fact that it looks like we have far more cars then the 20 originally planned/allocated by the TFL crowd

Ah, but many of the people on the list (who got tickets from lotus70) will be drivibg Evoras/Elises or something else - so won't be getting a parking space on our bit of grass

[Tuga2112]

Ive added in bold to highlight which car and where people are getting their tickets.
i like the idea of color coding
red for the car being used
blue for the place of stay
green if sourced ticket already

with the Mods blessing i will rewrite the list in a easier to follow format with any notes in black at the end of each line.
i dont think the forum html coding allows for tabbing, but its something worth trying when rewriting the list.

1. Fredjohn (in Evora and ticket from Lotus70 now confirmed by email) - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
2. Dapinky - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night Assumuming M100
3. Alan E - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat nightAssumuming M100
4. Trevor B staying at Dunston Hall Friday night onlyAssumuming M100
5. John W (ticket from Lotus70 confirmed, so do not need one of the LEC allocation) staying at Dunston Hall Fri & Sat Assumuming M100
6. Scott J (with an Elise the same colour as this font) ( I have confirmation of a ticket from Lotus70, so do not need one of the LEC allocation)
7. Steve A & Lesley [ticket from Lotus70]confirmed email - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri night Assumuming M100
8. Kathryn - Staying Fri + Sat night at the Best Western George Hotel -suspiciously cheap!? Assumuming M100
9. Rice crispy Friday night Best Western George Street Assumuming M100
10. Chris P Assumuming M100
11. Ken S [ticket from Lotus70 - confirmed, no need for LEC ticket] Assumuming M100
12. Clemo - staying at Holiday Inn Fri, Mangreen Country House Sat night i needs to confirm if owns a M100
13. Burble (Chris A) Assumuming M100
14. Dave Eds Assumuming M100
15. BigErch (in an Evora - ticket from Lotus70 confirmed, so do not need one of the LEC allocation) staying in airB&B 5 miles from Hethel
16. Giniw just maybe, not sure yet so it's a low priority one! (Elan)
17. El abuelo (Geoff) Assumuming M100
18. chris.t Holiday Inn Norwich - next to knocking shop) - ticket from CL Assumuming M100
19. uk08462 Assumuming M100
20. SimonW Assumuming M100
21. Enright - on condition of having a running Elan available in time.
22. Nick & Kim (nicowalker1) Assumuming M100
23. Tuga2112 (not 100% sure if i can attend, house purchase completion may happen on that same weekend. unfortunately i wont be able to know for sure until a lot later) M100 assuming attending
24. LFM - Phil. (I attend meets at the Bird in Hand so Hethel is within easy travelling distance)* Assumuming M100
25. Readit (Ken) Assumuming M100
26. G_UK (Needs a spare ticket) Will be in the campervan so can stay wherever
27. Roy.. I know no chance of a ticket.. but gonna pitch up anyway! Assumuming M100
28.
29.
30.

[Peterehill]

Ive added in bold to highlight which car and where people are getting their tickets.
i like the idea of color coding
red for the car being used
blue for the place of stay
green if sourced ticket already

with the Mods blessing i will rewrite the list in a easier to follow format with any notes in black at the end of each line.
i dont think the forum html coding allows for tabbing, but its something worth trying when rewriting the list.

1. Fredjohn (in Evora and ticket from Lotus70 now confirmed by email) - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
2. Dapinky - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night Assumuming M100
3. Alan E - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat nightAssumuming M100
4. Trevor B staying at Dunston Hall Friday night onlyAssumuming M100
5. John W (ticket from Lotus70 confirmed, so do not need one of the LEC allocation) staying at Dunston Hall Fri & Sat Assumuming M100
6. Scott J (with an Elise the same colour as this font) ( I have confirmation of a ticket from Lotus70, so do not need one of the LEC allocation)
7. Steve A & Lesley [ticket from Lotus70]confirmed email - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri night Assumuming M100
8. Kathryn - Staying Fri + Sat night at the Best Western George Hotel -suspiciously cheap!? Assumuming M100
9. Rice crispy Friday night Best Western George Street Assumuming M100
10. Chris P Assumuming M100
11. Ken S [ticket from Lotus70 - confirmed, no need for LEC ticket] Assumuming M100
12. Clemo - staying at Holiday Inn Fri, Mangreen Country House Sat night i needs to confirm if owns a M100
13. Burble (Chris A) Assumuming M100
14. Dave Eds Assumuming M100
15. BigErch (in an Evora - ticket from Lotus70 confirmed, so do not need one of the LEC allocation) staying in airB&B 5 miles from Hethel
16. Giniw just maybe, not sure yet so it's a low priority one! (Elan)
17. El abuelo (Geoff) Assumuming M100
18. chris.t Holiday Inn Norwich - next to knocking shop) - ticket from CL Assumuming M100
19. uk08462 Assumuming M100
20. SimonW Assumuming M100
21. Enright - on condition of having a running Elan available in time.
22. Nick & Kim (nicowalker1) Assumuming M100
23. Tuga2112 (not 100% sure if i can attend, house purchase completion may happen on that same weekend. unfortunately i wont be able to know for sure until a lot later) M100 assuming attending
24. LFM - Phil. (I attend meets at the Bird in Hand so Hethel is within easy travelling distance)* Assumuming M100
25. Readit (Ken) Assumuming M100
26. G_UK (Needs a spare ticket) Will be in the campervan so can stay wherever
27. Roy.. I know no chance of a ticket.. but gonna pitch up anyway! Assumuming M100
28.Peter Hill, grasping at straws just in case ticket available.
29.
30.

[Rambo]

Ive added in bold to highlight which car and where people are getting their tickets.
i like the idea of color coding
red for the car being used
blue for the place of stay
green if sourced ticket already

with the Mods blessing i will rewrite the list in a easier to follow format with any notes in black at the end of each line.
i dont think the forum html coding allows for tabbing, but its something worth trying when rewriting the list.

1. Fredjohn (in Evora and ticket from Lotus70 now confirmed by email) - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night
2. Dapinky - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat night Assumuming M100
3. Alan E - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri & Sat nightAssumuming M100
4. Trevor B staying at Dunston Hall Friday night onlyAssumuming M100
5. John W (ticket from Lotus70 confirmed, so do not need one of the LEC allocation) staying at Dunston Hall Fri & Sat Assumuming M100
6. Scott J (with an Elise the same colour as this font) ( I have confirmation of a ticket from Lotus70, so do not need one of the LEC allocation)
7. Steve A & Lesley [ticket from Lotus70]confirmed email - staying at Mangreen Country House Fri night Assumuming M100
8. Kathryn - Staying Fri + Sat night at the Best Western George Hotel -suspiciously cheap!? Assumuming M100
9. Rice crispy Friday night Best Western George Street Assumuming M100
10. Chris P Assumuming M100
11. Ken S [ticket from Lotus70 - confirmed, no need for LEC ticket] Assumuming M100
12. Clemo - staying at Holiday Inn Fri, Mangreen Country House Sat night i needs to confirm if owns a M100
13. Burble (Chris A) Assumuming M100
14. Dave Eds Assumuming M100
15. BigErch (in an Evora - ticket from Lotus70 confirmed, so do not need one of the LEC allocation) staying in airB&B 5 miles from Hethel
16. Giniw just maybe, not sure yet so it's a low priority one! (Elan)
17. El abuelo (Geoff) Assumuming M100
18. chris.t Holiday Inn Norwich - next to knocking shop) - ticket from CL Assumuming M100
19. uk08462 Assumuming M100
20. SimonW Assumuming M100
21. Enright - on condition of having a running Elan available in time.
22. Nick & Kim (nicowalker1) Assumuming M100
23. Tuga2112 (not 100% sure if i can attend, house purchase completion may happen on that same weekend. unfortunately i wont be able to know for sure until a lot later) M100 assuming attending
24. LFM - Phil. (I attend meets at the Bird in Hand so Hethel is within easy travelling distance)* Assumuming M100
25. Readit (Ken) Assumuming M100
26. G_UK (Needs a spare ticket) Will be in the campervan so can stay wherever
27. Roy.. I know no chance of a ticket.. but gonna pitch up anyway! Assumuming M100
28.
29.
30.

I take it you're colour blind Tuga ? Or I have been for the last 63+ years and didn't know it !!

Looks like red for the place of stay and blue for tickets. And I can't see any green ie Scott J at 6. should be in green as he got his ticket direct from Lotus 70

I'm confused and I'm not even going

[Tuga2112]

I take it you're colour blind Tuga ? Or I have been for the last 63+ years and didn't know it !!

Looks like red for the place of stay and blue for tickets. And I can't see any green ie Scott J at 6. should be in green as he got his ticket direct from Lotus 70

I'm confused and I'm not even going

my suggestion of color coding is not related to the currently used colors.
in fact if you pay close attention the current color coding is not consistent anyway

i was thinkign of rewritting the whole list in a easier way to glance and gather the inforamtion required for whoever is organising this.

[dapinky]

Oi! - what is wrong with the colour coding I started? (which i only did to make it easier for me to keep an eye on as things progressed (changed?). [/banter]

On a serious note, now that things are getting more clear, i will be splitting the whole lot into seperate threads for things like tickets/parking on the LEC stand etc - and leave this as a general 'I'm interested/attending' list.

(and I'll even put Peter back on the list as Mark has chucked him off!!!!)

[Rambo]

now that things are getting more clear

You're 'avin a larrfff

[dapinky]

It's perfectly clear in my head..... and hopefully Trevors.......

...... all I know is that I've definately got an M100 (with tax, insurance, MOT and ready-to-go) - so I'm better off than some on the list

...... I have a hotel booked for 2 nights - so I'm better off than some on the list

...... I haven't got to worry about time off work, and Angie is happy for me to go - so I'm better off than some on the list

...... I don't care if I get to put my car on the LEC stand, in the car park, or even leave it at Dunston Hall and get a passenger ride - so i'm better off than some on the list

...... so, I'm meeting Clemo (WHO HAS GOT AN M100 with tax, insurance and MOT) at the Leigh Delamere Services on Friday 28th - so we're both sorted!

(Oh, and if it all goes terribly wrong, I've got an emergency couple of phone numbers....no, not the RAC (even though I have), but Bibs and MJK )

[Tuga2112]

It's perfectly clear in my head..... and hopefully Trevors.......

...... all I know is that I've definately got an M100 (with tax, insurance, MOT and ready-to-go) - so I'm better off than some on the list

...... I have a hotel booked for 2 nights - so I'm better off than some on the list

...... I haven't got to worry about time off work, and Angie is happy for me to go - so I'm better off than some on the list

...... I don't care if I get to put my car on the LEC stand, in the car park, or even leave it at Dunston Hall and get a passenger ride - so i'm better off than some on the list

...... so, I'm meeting Clemo (WHO HAS GOT AN M100 with tax, insurance and MOT) at the Leigh Delamere Services on Friday 28th - so we're both sorted!

(Oh, and if it all goes terribly wrong, I've got an emergency couple of phone numbers....no, not the RAC (even though I have), but Bibs and MJK )

all i know is.

if i dont make it, theres next year...
im effectively better off than Mr pink

i got a feeling clemo always had a m100 but the banter (bulying) has lead me to not be sure.

[Rambo]

It's perfectly clear in my head..... and hopefully Trevors.......

...... all I know is that I've definately got an M100 (with tax, insurance, MOT and ready-to-go) - so I'm better off than some on the list

...... I have a hotel booked for 2 nights - so I'm better off than some on the list

...... I haven't got to worry about time off work, and Angie is happy for me to go - so I'm better off than some on the list

...... I don't care if I get to put my car on the LEC stand, in the car park, or even leave it at Dunston Hall and get a passenger ride - so i'm better off than some on the list

...... so, I'm meeting Clemo (WHO HAS GOT AN M100 with tax, insurance and MOT) at the Leigh Delamere Services on Friday 28th - so we're both sorted!

(Oh, and if it all goes terribly wrong, I've got an emergency couple of phone numbers....no, not the RAC (even though I have), but Bibs and MJK )

all i know is.

if i dont make it, theres next year...
im effectively better off than Mr pink

i got a feeling clemo always had a m100 but the banter (bulying) has lead me to not be sure.

You'll have to wait another 10 years for the 80th so plenty of time to get either or both your cars ready

[Tuga2112]

It's perfectly clear in my head..... and hopefully Trevors.......

...... all I know is that I've definately got an M100 (with tax, insurance, MOT and ready-to-go) - so I'm better off than some on the list

...... I have a hotel booked for 2 nights - so I'm better off than some on the list

...... I haven't got to worry about time off work, and Angie is happy for me to go - so I'm better off than some on the list

...... I don't care if I get to put my car on the LEC stand, in the car park, or even leave it at Dunston Hall and get a passenger ride - so i'm better off than some on the list

...... so, I'm meeting Clemo (WHO HAS GOT AN M100 with tax, insurance and MOT) at the Leigh Delamere Services on Friday 28th - so we're both sorted!

(Oh, and if it all goes terribly wrong, I've got an emergency couple of phone numbers....no, not the RAC (even though I have), but Bibs and MJK )

all i know is.

if i dont make it, theres next year...
im effectively better off than Mr pink

i got a feeling clemo always had a m100 but the banter (bulying) has lead me to not be sure.

You'll have to wait another 10 years for the 80th so plenty of time to get either or both your cars ready

There's been a lotus festival every year since I owned my first Elan, I'm pretty sure there's been one a year for longer than that. But even if there's none next year, I'm sure I will have a chance to tag along to some other big event, like cc

[dapinky]

Just in case anyone has set their own system to notify of new posts on this thread, but hasn't seen them already, there are 'new' lists for those who want tickets (or have already asked to get one from LEC), and those who would wish to park on the LEC club stand.....

.... both lists require some action on your part (to confirm that you are able to attend), and are time-sensitive in so much as I need to know by next week.

....so now is a good time to get your car MOT'd, taxed and insured (and hopefully running), book somewhere to stay, and get a route sorted.

..... or to sort out a passenger ride if your Elan is not going to be in attendance.