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With the ticket prices so high it will likely mean I won’t be able to afford to purchase any food or drink inside the stadium. Does anyone know if I’d be allowed in with a flask of tea and some sandwiches, probably meat paste.

I was planning on venturing up to Cowley this evening but I seem to have lost my cagoule. Does anyone know if they sell waterproof jackets at the track shop? Thanks in advance.

Lovely to see so many people at the Showground this evening. If you see me, pop and say hello. I’m dressed in a mask, plastic visor, rubber gloves and a hazmat suit with a ‘Happiness is 40-38’ badge sewn on to it. Please maintain social distancing though, the length of four flasks and a lucky bag should suffice.

They put my mail order bride in a clear plastic type envelope and she turned up on time, so I don’t think it is the packaging.

I had a look on goggle map and all it did was show me where I could find some safety glasses.

I love visiting the track shops. I always treat myself to a lucky bag that way I know that I’m going to get some quality merchandise...a programme from a few years previous, a massive plastic key ring with a head shot of a rider stuck on and, if I’m lucky, a pen. And all that for less than the price of a cup of coffee!

Good to see that it is not a pubic event so I didn't trim my bush for nothing.

I know, right? I hate people who can't spell. (BTW, there are two L's in 'following')

Pffft, September? I'll still go but 6 of my usual party have suggested they'll give it a miss as it'll be too cold. The other member of our group watches Corinthian Casuals and simply refuses to miss a game home or away.

Looking forward to my first trip to Rye this year. However, I'm sure it'll feel strange not having Shadders there. So, as a mark of respect, I will be wearing a whistle around my neck just as he always did.

I'm taking a packed lunch. However, I don't have the obligatory chocolate biscuit to go with it. Is there anywhere at the stadium where I could purchase a Wagon Wheel or a KitKat? Thanks in advance.

I quite like the idea of octogenarians scuffling with each other, using their flasks as weapons whilst Craig Saul is on the tannoy talking about half price lucky bags from the track shop.

Looking forward to the novelty of a Monday evening Rye House meet. Do they still serve fish and chips on a Monday night? I'll bring my heavy duty plastic knife and fork just in case. I do hope Lewis Kerr doesn't punch the start marshal tonight as I'm not sure the old bloke who stands near the tapes will stand for that. I might pluck up the courage to speak to Shads tonight. However, if my shyness gets the better of me, I'll be wearing my black Castrol GTX jacket if he'd like to come over and say hello.

I had heard that Alun Rossier had text the squad and told them about the bonding session last week. However, due to auto correct on his phone, it turns out he'd invited them to a bondage session. Apparently Robert and Tai didn't fancy it but Adam, Danny and Cookie turned up wearing gimp masks.

I love the anoraks covered in sew on patches, old people sat on fold up chairs with their flasks, the silky smooth voice of Craig Saul, wide open spaces on the terraces, 1970's music on the tannoy, track shop lucky bags, challenge matches against made up teams, the mushy peas at the Rye Fish Bar (but not the cutlery), trophies named after a motorway, but what I love most of all is being part of a family...the speedway family.

I'm thinking of inserting a couple of sponges into Tai Woffinden's mouth to help wash it out.

I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Cardiff and there's no way would I support a move away from the Welsh capital. It was a great event and I was able to meet fellow speedway fans from all over the world including Swindon, Coventry and King's Lynn. The only downside to the weekend was when I inadvertently found myself in the Fantasy Lounge, a new Gentleman's Club on St Mary Street. Apart from being charged £75 to have a young Latvian girl called Ludmila sit with me for five minutes, my advice to anyone thinking of going in there next year...don't take an inflatable leek in with you, they'll only use it as a prop.

Well I for one was appalled with the language used by Tai Woffinden. Someone should remind him that he's currently the head statesman of our sport and that he should act accordingly. What put the icing on the cake for me was when my sister called and told me that my impressionable young nephew was watching the action from Cardiff and was now using words he'd heard Tai use throughout the meeting. He's now going around saying things like 'stoked', 'fair dinkum' and calling everyone 'mate'. Maybe Mr Woffinden should take a leaf out of Chris Harris's book. Bomber behaved impeccably on Saturday night, in fact you wouldn't even notice he was there.

I would love to meet some forum members in Cardiff this year. I'll be spending most of my time in The Cottage pub on St Mary's Street, so if you see me, come and say pryhawn da! I'm easily recognisable, I'll be carrying an inflatable leek, a flask and I'll be wearing my Tai Woffinden, 'Thunder from Down Under' hoodie. I'll look forward to seeing you!

I miss the days when Shadders was the Wizard of Shadwell. Does anyone know how often he uses that whistle that he carries around his neck?

Tripod - Shaun Tacey

I miss that young tattooed Australian boy that used to ride for Wolverhampton.

Never mind the car park, until the Rye House management acquire sturdier plastic cutlery for the fish bar, they risk alienating an already dwindling fan base.

I went home buzzing on Saturday night but as it turned out, I had a bumble bee in my pocket. However, my thoughts on my first visit to Rye this year are thus: The track shop had no lucky bags but were selling those trendy 'snapback' hats that the kids like to wear these days. Looking at the average age of the crowd, they'd have been better off selling Fedoras or tweed caps. The cutlery in the fish bar was appalling. By the time I'd finished my fork was devoid of its prongs. Would it hurt to provide quality plastic cutlery capable of piercing overcooked chips? I lost count of the number of times I tripped over the big bit of MDF crudely nailed over the top of a hole in the wooden terracing. Common sense would dictate a big sign saying 'trip hazard'. But worst of all, and this is where the new promotion are completely shooting themselves in the foot, the lack of 'Those Magnificent Men' as the riders and track staff march out ready for the parade. I mean, it's like going to Tower of London without seeing a Beefeater. It's not all bad news though, for us old traditionalists, we've still got Craig Saul in the announcer's box. His ability to sound like a magician at a kids party is always refreshing. All in all, it was a bittersweet night. Some of the things that make a visit to Rye seem unique have gone forever. No more processional racing, no more 'Magnificent Men...' and no more lucky bags. Alas, I can see Saturday night being my last visit to Rye for a very long time, it's just not the same anymore...

Any chance that they can delay the second heat so I can pop back home and get my hard hat and rigger boots?