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    Posted: 27 Feb 17 at 1:08pm
Originally posted by chrisg

Go on then Dougal do enlighten us if you actually know....

tacked on to the camping and caravan show at the NEC.....  





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Originally posted by chrisg

Are you still talking Stoneleigh? Better be quick as HS2 is about to carve its way right through the middle of the showground!

haha - good point!!!  
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Go on then Dougal do enlighten us if you actually know....

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It's not going to be Stoneleigh.......................................
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Are you still talking Stoneleigh? Better be quick as HS2 is about to carve its way right through the middle of the showground!
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Post Options Post Options   Quote turnturtle Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Feb 17 at 10:16am
Several options for service buses from Coventry, Warwick Parkway and even Birmingham Airport.... I can even provide the name of a local firm if anyone interested is interested.

I'm fairly sure that's exactly what they do for some of the classic and kit car shows run there in the spring and summer....  it's a similar demographic really.  
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Originally posted by turnturtle

Originally posted by zeon

Stoneleigh.  No way. If it was there I would never go again and I only live 2 miles away.


It's not a bad venue imho... that close it'd be rude not to go (before sneaking back to Leamington for a decent night out)


It would need to have a train station... Not everyone drives, or wants to drive.


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Originally posted by tink

Back to answering the original post. I go to look at dinghy developments and just for the spectacle. We are taking our sailing crazy daughters (11 yr old) and think they will find the whole thing an eye opener.

With regard location near a mainline station important, we are day tripping from the glorious North on the Saturday so can be back for sailing on Sunday. I first went when it was at Pickets Lock which I think is Lee Valley now, not sure if that would allow some waterborne action.



I've enjoyed the spectacle too. I guess it'll always be near a population centre - just makes sense - but it can still be a pricey 'day out', especially for a family. Even travelling from somewhere like Hull can add up to a sizeable cost just to have a look and catch up. 
Hope you all enjoy it though, tink, the sport needs the young people to be enthused and gripped by it!

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Originally posted by turnturtle

Originally posted by tink



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#justsayin

I don't see iGRF [sorry to be talking about you not to you lol] is just the type who like's to provoke a rise out of people. Mostly (I hope) it's banter in jest, but not the sort of thing everyone likes - but I can think of people with initials e.g. DT who are more hell-bent and capable of imposing views and hatreds than some random guy on a forum about sailing! And no, he's not the kinda person I think I'd like to socialise with either, but ".... he only does it to annoy, because he knows it teases"  Wink
Mind you, starting a thread with "before .... GRF rant about it" is probably like a hand-written invitation to him  LOL

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