spiderweb Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 (edited) Worrying reports filtering back from Pomgolia that Spiderweb made it to the glorified ranks of Flag Marshal at the Lincolnshire Poacher meeting. Why do the words "Dracula" and "Blood Bank" spring to mind here? Yes its true Dave, Afer a superb performance of controlled flag waving at the Gold Cup (I diddnt red flag a pom once) I was asked (after been fed beer from a cardboard box?) to wave flags at turn one. (for the sidecars) The first race and a Solo rider overshot the turn and went into the wooden poles and rope fence thankfully I belive she is not to badly injured. I Pushed about 4 solos off the track mainly broken chains ect and listened to quite a bit of good old English muttering under helmets, when I questioned one rider what was wrong he looked at me in amazement and picking the Aussie accent said what the *** are you doing here! With the off track start watching six sidecars thunder towards you down a 400 meter straight and only a hay bale for protection it was a test off nerve just to stay in position. Fantastic experiance and a real eye opener to Grass track. I must say that Grass track seems to be a 3 day event with hundreds of campervans good people all the riders willing to have a chat and party we were able to camp in the pits ect . Well the trip is drawing to a close down to the I O W for the second round of the brish sidecar champs then a few family commitments and then home for me. Edited August 25, 2008 by spiderweb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Yes its true Dave, Afer a superb performance of controlled flag waving at the Gold Cup (I diddnt red flag a pom once) I was asked (after been fed beer from a cardboard box?) to wave flags at turn one. (for the sidecars) The first race and a Solo rider overshot the turn and went into the wooden poles and rope fence thankfully I belive she is not to badly injured. I Pushed about 4 solos off the track mainly broken chains ect and listened to quite a bit of good old English muttering under helmets, when I questioned one rider what was wrong he looked at me in amazement and picking the Aussie accent said what the *** are you doing here! With the off track start watching six sidecars thunder towards you down a 400 meter straight and only a hay bale for protection it was a test off nerve just to stay in position. Fantastic experiance and a real eye opener to Grass track. I must say that Grass track seems to be a 3 day event with hundreds of campervans good people all the riders willing to have a chat and party we were able to camp in the pits ect . Well the trip is drawing to a close down to the I O W for the second round of the brish sidecar champs then a few family commitments and then home for me. Glad you had a good weekend was good to see you ,we had a chat over a cup of TEA on Sunday just before the start Know All tours [yes Tea Dave , tea and a flag marshall ] i emailed Dave some photos from Poacher enjoy the Sidecars on Isle of Wight and at Swindon ,will you be heading back to Kings Lynn again before you head of home ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatDave Posted August 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Glad you had a good weekend was good to see you ,we had a chat over a cup of TEA on Sunday just before the start Know All tours [yes Tea Dave , tea and a flag marshall ] i emailed Dave some photos from Poacher enjoy the Sidecars on Isle of Wight and at Swindon ,will you be heading back to Kings Lynn again before you head of home ? I think we'd better get him back out here right away - TEA FFS!! 'E's obviously not well or run outta Bundy. Great Photos from the Lincolnshire Felcher, BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderweb Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 (edited) Glad you had a good weekend was good to see you ,we had a chat over a cup of TEA on Sunday just before the start Know All tours [yes Tea Dave , tea and a flag marshall ] i emailed Dave some photos from Poacher enjoy the Sidecars on Isle of Wight and at Swindon ,will you be heading back to Kings Lynn again before you head of home ? After attending IOW Last night (best night of sidecar speedway since I landed) Family commitments have finaly caught up with me and I wont be at Swindon or Kings Lynn. BFD we may have had a cup of tea on sunday but you would be happy to know Myself and Ronny were the last to leave errr kicked out of the beer shed at about 2-30am saturday night. I would just like to say thanks to all the wonderful people that have made this trip very special to all the forum members promotors track staff Riders Uk and Aussies just to every one. Thanks I will return! Edited August 27, 2008 by spiderweb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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