Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
The last post!
So here it is the last post on our Barcelona Bangers adventure.
We all got home safe and sound, despite Easyjet's best efforts. We eventually arrived home about half three in the morning, a bit later than expected as our flight was delayed by 45 minutes, then after we got loaded on the plane we were then all ofloaded from the plane as they needed to do a security check as they had let someone on who wasnt supposed to be on!
We landed about 2 o'oclock and then we had to get a bus and a train from Luton Parkway into Bedford (Mark jumped at Flitick)and then we were picked up by Petes other half who kindly offered myself and Russ a lift home.
Earlier Russ gave the security staff a good chuckle, when he tried to bring half the car and it's contents through in his hand luggage. First the triangle got confiscated, then the first aid kits were looked at as they wanted the scissors out, then the turbo gauge got them really in a tiss as well as the Stereo...the icing on the cake was that they confiscated the two rolls of gaffer tape!!
What a great time we had, from the time we set off to the time we got back it was absolutely brilliant. Now were wrecked and Mark and Russ had to work today!!! lucky them...I on the other hand took the day off, magic.
I have a few thankyou's to give, firstly to everyone who sponsored us. Our total is going to be well over £1000, double what we originally targeted and that is amazing, were all really grateful. Thanks to Chris for sorting out the car and getting it all setup for us, I'm still really gutted for you that your work mucked up your holiday. Your efforts made the car a smooth and faultless ride so cheers mate!
Thanks to everyone who gave us stuff to raffle off in the tat raffle we had a great time doing it and it added quite a bit to the total.
Thanks to the WAGS for giving a weekend pass especially Pete's at such short notice, come to that cheers to Pete for dropping everything and joining our little trek!
Cheers to the organisers of Barcelona Bangers for putting on such a great event, quality.
I'm sure that there are people I've missed off and if I have sorry about that, only had 4 hours sleep!
I think I'll leave my last thanks to Curry Thunder itself, you did us proud, now you can put your feet up in the great garage in the sky....Woooooooosh!
Cheers for reading my ramblings, over and out, Mark and the rest of the Curry Thunder Crew.
We all got home safe and sound, despite Easyjet's best efforts. We eventually arrived home about half three in the morning, a bit later than expected as our flight was delayed by 45 minutes, then after we got loaded on the plane we were then all ofloaded from the plane as they needed to do a security check as they had let someone on who wasnt supposed to be on!
We landed about 2 o'oclock and then we had to get a bus and a train from Luton Parkway into Bedford (Mark jumped at Flitick)and then we were picked up by Petes other half who kindly offered myself and Russ a lift home.
Earlier Russ gave the security staff a good chuckle, when he tried to bring half the car and it's contents through in his hand luggage. First the triangle got confiscated, then the first aid kits were looked at as they wanted the scissors out, then the turbo gauge got them really in a tiss as well as the Stereo...the icing on the cake was that they confiscated the two rolls of gaffer tape!!
What a great time we had, from the time we set off to the time we got back it was absolutely brilliant. Now were wrecked and Mark and Russ had to work today!!! lucky them...I on the other hand took the day off, magic.
I have a few thankyou's to give, firstly to everyone who sponsored us. Our total is going to be well over £1000, double what we originally targeted and that is amazing, were all really grateful. Thanks to Chris for sorting out the car and getting it all setup for us, I'm still really gutted for you that your work mucked up your holiday. Your efforts made the car a smooth and faultless ride so cheers mate!
Thanks to everyone who gave us stuff to raffle off in the tat raffle we had a great time doing it and it added quite a bit to the total.
Thanks to the WAGS for giving a weekend pass especially Pete's at such short notice, come to that cheers to Pete for dropping everything and joining our little trek!
Cheers to the organisers of Barcelona Bangers for putting on such a great event, quality.
I'm sure that there are people I've missed off and if I have sorry about that, only had 4 hours sleep!
I think I'll leave my last thanks to Curry Thunder itself, you did us proud, now you can put your feet up in the great garage in the sky....Woooooooosh!
Cheers for reading my ramblings, over and out, Mark and the rest of the Curry Thunder Crew.
The post that should have been posted yesterday...the last day!
Well it’s our final and sad day today in Barcelona. We were up a bit later this morning, partly because we didn’t have any driving to do, but mostly because all our heads were a bit fuzzy from last nights celebrations!!
After brekkie we decided to have a look round Barcelona, and take Curry Thunder out for a final spin.
First stop, the Nou Camp, second stop a big Cathedral, both were pretty spectacular, although the home of FC Barcelona does remind me a little of MK Dons stadium….
Traffic was quite heavy so we decided it was time to get to the scrap yard, as we left the Cathedral the heavens opened and the worst rain (actually the only real rain) we saw descended on Barcelona. The roads soon became like rivers but the thunder rolled on, never missing a beat.
We made it to the scrappy at 2 but it didn’t open till 3 so a quick check of the Tom Tom found us the nearest McDonalds, and after a quick Big Mac we took our chariot back to Hierros Saiz scrap yard. After a bit of queuing and chatting with some of the other Bangers, documents changed hands and Curry Thunder was officially laid to rest. Fortunately her new owners gave us 50 euros for her so that paid for the taxi to the airport and the first round in the bar J
Were all a bit sad to have had to let the car go really, it has been a joy to drive and I’d thoroughly recommend getting a Volvo for that type of journey. Testimony to that I the fact that there were at least 4 other Volvos in the rally, all slightly different but they all made it. Quality!
So were sat in the airport all exhausted but all with a sense of achievement!
Russ also managed to find a new breed of bird that seem to be resident in Barcelona, Monkey Birds…hmmm
All for now, I’ll do the last post tomorrow when I’m back in blighty!
After brekkie we decided to have a look round Barcelona, and take Curry Thunder out for a final spin.
First stop, the Nou Camp, second stop a big Cathedral, both were pretty spectacular, although the home of FC Barcelona does remind me a little of MK Dons stadium….
Traffic was quite heavy so we decided it was time to get to the scrap yard, as we left the Cathedral the heavens opened and the worst rain (actually the only real rain) we saw descended on Barcelona. The roads soon became like rivers but the thunder rolled on, never missing a beat.
We made it to the scrappy at 2 but it didn’t open till 3 so a quick check of the Tom Tom found us the nearest McDonalds, and after a quick Big Mac we took our chariot back to Hierros Saiz scrap yard. After a bit of queuing and chatting with some of the other Bangers, documents changed hands and Curry Thunder was officially laid to rest. Fortunately her new owners gave us 50 euros for her so that paid for the taxi to the airport and the first round in the bar J
Were all a bit sad to have had to let the car go really, it has been a joy to drive and I’d thoroughly recommend getting a Volvo for that type of journey. Testimony to that I the fact that there were at least 4 other Volvos in the rally, all slightly different but they all made it. Quality!
So were sat in the airport all exhausted but all with a sense of achievement!
Russ also managed to find a new breed of bird that seem to be resident in Barcelona, Monkey Birds…hmmm
All for now, I’ll do the last post tomorrow when I’m back in blighty!
Monday, 14 September 2009
Barcelona!!!! part two...
Well we made it, Tempsford to Dover to Calais to Nantes to Biarritz and to on Barcelona in a car we bought for £200...superb.
Yesterday was a fantastic day, we drove through the Pyrenese out of France and into Spain. We chose to take the backroads and it was the right move as the motorways would have got us here in just over 4 hours, wheras our journey took 7 hours and the sights were amazing. It also meant that we didnt have to park as nlong in Barcelona as parking tarriffs are bloomin expensive.
The car has held together really well. We started to get a random judder when the car misses occasionally, and accelerating whilst turning left is not for the faint hearted. Turning right is smooooth...
Once in Barca we got checked into the hotel, and then straight out to meet the other bangers, or at least those that made it here. A good night was had by all...beer is definitely cheaper here than in France.
We didnt see any bangers at all during the day but most were at the bar so it was good to catch up and exchange tales.
All in all a great journey was had by all and our next challenge is to get the car scrapped, hopefully we'll get that done later, now though a bit of sightseeing is in order, look out Barcelona, here we come...
Mark.
Yesterday was a fantastic day, we drove through the Pyrenese out of France and into Spain. We chose to take the backroads and it was the right move as the motorways would have got us here in just over 4 hours, wheras our journey took 7 hours and the sights were amazing. It also meant that we didnt have to park as nlong in Barcelona as parking tarriffs are bloomin expensive.
The car has held together really well. We started to get a random judder when the car misses occasionally, and accelerating whilst turning left is not for the faint hearted. Turning right is smooooth...
Once in Barca we got checked into the hotel, and then straight out to meet the other bangers, or at least those that made it here. A good night was had by all...beer is definitely cheaper here than in France.
We didnt see any bangers at all during the day but most were at the bar so it was good to catch up and exchange tales.
All in all a great journey was had by all and our next challenge is to get the car scrapped, hopefully we'll get that done later, now though a bit of sightseeing is in order, look out Barcelona, here we come...
Mark.
Sunday, 13 September 2009
Saturday, 12 September 2009
Day three...the day of sore heads...
Day two started well enough, the car seemed to heal itself overnight and most of the knocks and bangs had smoothed out to a constant drone.
We muissed the big off but caught up with a few bangers as we left Nantes, everyone seemed to be raring to go, one team, DILIGAF had reaked havok in the night and sabotaged a few cars. They also had a load of bangers (proper firework types) that they were bombing people with...funny guys, although Im not sure the locals were finding it as funny.
Then we were on our way through endless country, threw a few villages that broke the day up but mostly it was fields and roads, not very intresting.
We stopped at a supermaket to buy a more "french" lunch than mcDonalds. French bread, cheese ham and pate were the order of the day, with added crisps etc to make the meal complete. We stopped of at a truck stop to have our feast and it was a very senic lunch.
Afterwards we headed on to Bordeax where we encounterd a small convoy of a ratted out Golf and a hurst (which was dying ironicly) and we drove for a good few KM with them, we were joined later by some extremly mental scots in a mondeo...lunatics.
Then the big push into Biarritz, well Anglet which is where are hotel is where we met up with most of the other bangers.
After a shower and freshen up we hit the mean streets of Biarritz, and very nice it is too. Our taxi driver, who was driving a brand new merc and wearing armani and a rolex, did his best impression of an F1 driver to get us into town. After meeting with the rest of the teams we headed out looking for food, which was a challenge in itself for 4 English guys, although there is some debate about that...we eventually got a burger and some pomme frites and we carried on drinking. Sadly Taxi's are scarce in Biarritz so we didnt get back to the hotel till after 2.
Day three statrs with a sore head...
All for now.
We muissed the big off but caught up with a few bangers as we left Nantes, everyone seemed to be raring to go, one team, DILIGAF had reaked havok in the night and sabotaged a few cars. They also had a load of bangers (proper firework types) that they were bombing people with...funny guys, although Im not sure the locals were finding it as funny.
Then we were on our way through endless country, threw a few villages that broke the day up but mostly it was fields and roads, not very intresting.
We stopped at a supermaket to buy a more "french" lunch than mcDonalds. French bread, cheese ham and pate were the order of the day, with added crisps etc to make the meal complete. We stopped of at a truck stop to have our feast and it was a very senic lunch.
Afterwards we headed on to Bordeax where we encounterd a small convoy of a ratted out Golf and a hurst (which was dying ironicly) and we drove for a good few KM with them, we were joined later by some extremly mental scots in a mondeo...lunatics.
Then the big push into Biarritz, well Anglet which is where are hotel is where we met up with most of the other bangers.
After a shower and freshen up we hit the mean streets of Biarritz, and very nice it is too. Our taxi driver, who was driving a brand new merc and wearing armani and a rolex, did his best impression of an F1 driver to get us into town. After meeting with the rest of the teams we headed out looking for food, which was a challenge in itself for 4 English guys, although there is some debate about that...we eventually got a burger and some pomme frites and we carried on drinking. Sadly Taxi's are scarce in Biarritz so we didnt get back to the hotel till after 2.
Day three statrs with a sore head...
All for now.
Friday, 11 September 2009
Nantes....the land where the internet doesnt exist!!!
So we reached Nantes at about 6 o'clock after battling thru traffic from the outskirts into the town centre. Not too bad now were here but internet access seems to be pretty scarce, Im currently sat on the fire escape stairs which seems to be the only place I can get an IP address...hey ho, I guess France is not known for its technolgy. Had a meal in town and a few beers after meeting up with other banger teams in the hotel. Seems like most people made it here but we did see a few teams arrive as we ate at about 10.30 so god only knows where they have been or what happened to them. Im sure we'll find out tommorow when we line up for the off on our trek to Biarritz.
Car is doing well but the clutch is still in decline. Its OK whilst cruising but driving thru town is hell...
Enough for now I'm off to bed, after 4 hours driving and 8 hours in total on the road, im bushed. Will update again tommorow, as long as I can find some internet access somewhere.
Mark...
Car is doing well but the clutch is still in decline. Its OK whilst cruising but driving thru town is hell...
Enough for now I'm off to bed, after 4 hours driving and 8 hours in total on the road, im bushed. Will update again tommorow, as long as I can find some internet access somewhere.
Mark...
Half way to Nantes....
Got to the hotel in Calais about 8, after we nearly drove back onto the euro tunnell! We were even in the queue and had to ask some chap to backup to let us out…still we made it and that’s all that matters.
Checked in and aout the door by five past 8, and off to the John Bull pub…which is an old English boozer in the middle of a massive shopping mall.
After a checking in with the organisers of the rally and a few beers, our thoughts turned to food…only Mark C braved the curry on offer, the rest f the team opting for burgers..probably the wisest choice on reflection….
The hotel room was basic but functional, one double bed with a single bunk over it. I havnt slept in a bunk since I was about twelve so that was an experience, especially trying to get up at 4 in the morning for a leak…in the dark…hmmm
The next morning we headed out to the car park which was now FULL of bangers. Some mighty efforts from some of the teams too, especially one team who had mounted a mast and sails on top of a Vauxhal Carlton..awesome.
Mark Bradley the organiser, gave a brief err breif to the crowd and we were off, heading to Nantes.
Were half way there as I write this, most of the bangers have split up across this bit of France, each making their own way to the next stop. We have bumped into a few on our way, not litrally of course, well not yet anyway.
The cars still going strong, although the knocking from the clutch is getting a bit worse, but most of the driving is cruising along dual carriageways so its not a major problem.
Biggest issue we have is the bloomin CD player. Seems to be a bit random about what CD’s it will or will not play. And I can tell you now, French radio is rubbish.
Oh well we’ll survive I’m sure.
All for now update you later hopefully from Nantes!
Checked in and aout the door by five past 8, and off to the John Bull pub…which is an old English boozer in the middle of a massive shopping mall.
After a checking in with the organisers of the rally and a few beers, our thoughts turned to food…only Mark C braved the curry on offer, the rest f the team opting for burgers..probably the wisest choice on reflection….
The hotel room was basic but functional, one double bed with a single bunk over it. I havnt slept in a bunk since I was about twelve so that was an experience, especially trying to get up at 4 in the morning for a leak…in the dark…hmmm
The next morning we headed out to the car park which was now FULL of bangers. Some mighty efforts from some of the teams too, especially one team who had mounted a mast and sails on top of a Vauxhal Carlton..awesome.
Mark Bradley the organiser, gave a brief err breif to the crowd and we were off, heading to Nantes.
Were half way there as I write this, most of the bangers have split up across this bit of France, each making their own way to the next stop. We have bumped into a few on our way, not litrally of course, well not yet anyway.
The cars still going strong, although the knocking from the clutch is getting a bit worse, but most of the driving is cruising along dual carriageways so its not a major problem.
Biggest issue we have is the bloomin CD player. Seems to be a bit random about what CD’s it will or will not play. And I can tell you now, French radio is rubbish.
Oh well we’ll survive I’m sure.
All for now update you later hopefully from Nantes!
Thursday, 10 September 2009
In Dover!
Got to Dover about 3.30, headed into town and got a beer and a mcd's.
Now on the boat headed for france.et two other teams. Good bunch.
I can smell curry, so all for now. Will update later from the hotel.
T
Now on the boat headed for france.et two other teams. Good bunch.
I can smell curry, so all for now. Will update later from the hotel.
T
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Not long now....
Not sure if its nerves that are kicking in a bit, I think its probebly more anticipation about what the car will do and wether we'll get any problems with it on the way down.
I'm typing this as England slot home thier third goal of the night (come on England), lets hope that it all goes as well for us as it has tonight for them.
Bags are packed, music sorted....lets go!!!!
I'll try and get the next post on when we get to dover.
PS number 4 just went in.... :) perhaps the next rally should be too South Africa???
I'm typing this as England slot home thier third goal of the night (come on England), lets hope that it all goes as well for us as it has tonight for them.
Bags are packed, music sorted....lets go!!!!
I'll try and get the next post on when we get to dover.
PS number 4 just went in.... :) perhaps the next rally should be too South Africa???
We are 4 again!
We have found another nutter to fill Chris's boots...Russell's Cousin!
So were back up to 4 which is fantastic news and means less driving for everyone!
More soon...
So were back up to 4 which is fantastic news and means less driving for everyone!
More soon...
Some pictures...with added stickers!
Still a bit down this morning, but the car has been decorated so thats cheered us up a bit...heres some photos....
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Just two days to go...the good news and the bad news...
So with just two days to go I thought a quick update would be in order.
Chris, resourceful as ever, has managed to sort out a big load of gold paint and with cap in hand Russ's next door neighbour has sprayed our roof! I'll uplod the photos tommorow, but it looks great!
Chris also sorted a Stereo so that we can pump out the bangin Bangra and bollywood hits, and a massive box of "stuff" including triangles, first aid kits, hi vis and bulbs etc.
So now for the bad news...after all the help and generosity that Chris's garage have offered they have now told him he cant take the time off work...the Bleeeeps...
All I can say is, Chris, I am gutted for you and thanks for putting so much effort into getting the car sorted, we wouldnt be going had it not been for all your efforts so cheers.
I know your gutted now, but if we do another one of these then hopefully youll be able to make it.
So we are a man down, and an important man too as he was our spanner man. The urgent quest for a new 4th member has started in earnest, but with only a couple of days to go we could be stuffed. Hopefully a quick meeting tommorow will sort things out one way or another...
All for now...a very down Team Curry Thunder.
Chris, resourceful as ever, has managed to sort out a big load of gold paint and with cap in hand Russ's next door neighbour has sprayed our roof! I'll uplod the photos tommorow, but it looks great!
Chris also sorted a Stereo so that we can pump out the bangin Bangra and bollywood hits, and a massive box of "stuff" including triangles, first aid kits, hi vis and bulbs etc.
So now for the bad news...after all the help and generosity that Chris's garage have offered they have now told him he cant take the time off work...the Bleeeeps...
All I can say is, Chris, I am gutted for you and thanks for putting so much effort into getting the car sorted, we wouldnt be going had it not been for all your efforts so cheers.
I know your gutted now, but if we do another one of these then hopefully youll be able to make it.
So we are a man down, and an important man too as he was our spanner man. The urgent quest for a new 4th member has started in earnest, but with only a couple of days to go we could be stuffed. Hopefully a quick meeting tommorow will sort things out one way or another...
All for now...a very down Team Curry Thunder.
Thursday, 3 September 2009
One week to go!!!
Just a quick update...with only one week to go!
Our total is now up to £723 which is astounding. Top marks go to Russ who managed to pull in over £200 quid from the regulars at his local watering hole...nice one.
Just uploading a couple of photo's of a fully functional Curry Thunder...hopefully this week it will get it's new livery....
Will post again with some more photys when it's done!
Thursday, 27 August 2009
The Post after the Raffle...that should have been posted ages ago...
HELLO!
It's been a while, but we've been busy...and here's on what.
We launched the Curry Thunder Tat Plunder Raffle at Kier on the 17th of July...and after two weeks of selling tickets we managed to pull together a staggering £146. Prizes included mugs, coasters and other office tat, but there were some quality bits and bobs as well such as a hands free kit donated by Orange and a bag of fresh veg, donated by Russ's Dad.
All in all that brings our chrity collection total to £337 so not far off our £500 target.
Lots of other activities have been going on, such as booking plane tickets, ferry crossings, hotel rooms etc and as for the car...Well it has a nice shiney new MOT, Insurance and later on today 6 months tax. Apparently it runs like a dream, a fact I'm hoping to confirm at some point this weekend :) so were all systems go!
Chris has pulled a blinder by getting some jobs done on it, such as the engine mounts and new tyres etc, all gratis from his Garage, Evans Halshaw who have been very generous indeed!
I hope to have a few more updates next week once I have spent some time behind the wheel...see you then!
It's been a while, but we've been busy...and here's on what.
We launched the Curry Thunder Tat Plunder Raffle at Kier on the 17th of July...and after two weeks of selling tickets we managed to pull together a staggering £146. Prizes included mugs, coasters and other office tat, but there were some quality bits and bobs as well such as a hands free kit donated by Orange and a bag of fresh veg, donated by Russ's Dad.
All in all that brings our chrity collection total to £337 so not far off our £500 target.
Lots of other activities have been going on, such as booking plane tickets, ferry crossings, hotel rooms etc and as for the car...Well it has a nice shiney new MOT, Insurance and later on today 6 months tax. Apparently it runs like a dream, a fact I'm hoping to confirm at some point this weekend :) so were all systems go!
Chris has pulled a blinder by getting some jobs done on it, such as the engine mounts and new tyres etc, all gratis from his Garage, Evans Halshaw who have been very generous indeed!
I hope to have a few more updates next week once I have spent some time behind the wheel...see you then!
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
The post after the VERY hot curry....
Last night the Curry Thunder crew had a meeting, well a few beers and a curry (which was bloody hot I might add), to discuss what was what in the world of the Thunder. So I though it would be a good time to update the blog…
CT now has a new set of rubber, a whole load of new boost (thanks to a reset of the ecu) and is booked in for it’s MOT today(fingers crossed everyone).
Evans Halshaw of Bedford where Chris works have been especially generous to us, giving the tyre’s and other parts, a full tank of fuel and some jerry cans full, plus allowing Chris to work on Thunder at the garage in his spare time.
The MOT also comes courtesy of them at their test centre so all in all a good bunch of chaps can be found at that fine establishment and I recommend if you want a new or used car you should pay them a visit.
One last thing they have supplied us is all the bits and bobs that should keep the European “fuzz” off our backs…Triangles, hi vis jackets, first aid kits and bulb kits…splendid, they’ll only be able to fine us for being English now!
The Curry Thunder Tat Plunder Raffle was launched on Friday, so far we’ve sold nearly 100 tickets which is amezzin…the draw will be held on the 3rd of August so still time to sell plenty more. Of all the stuff we’re trying to offload the only thing people are asking about is the bag of Veg from Russ’ Dad’s garden!
Pete Bousfield at Kier has sorted us out with a GPS tracker, which once we have set it up you’ll be able to track our progress across Europe. I’ll post a link to the portal once we have it all sorted.
Managed to blag a CD of Indian music of the waiter last night, so we’ll be blaring that out as we set off in Calais. Possibly one of the most humorous things ever in a Curry house is contained on that CD…an Indian version of Blue “One Love”…laugh I nearly split my pint of Cobra…
So were nearly there, just need tax, insurance, ferry crossing, hotels, and a pint of milk to calm my tongue down (those chilli’s in my curry were VERY hot) and were away!
I’ll update again when some of the above are sorted :)
Mark.
CT now has a new set of rubber, a whole load of new boost (thanks to a reset of the ecu) and is booked in for it’s MOT today(fingers crossed everyone).
Evans Halshaw of Bedford where Chris works have been especially generous to us, giving the tyre’s and other parts, a full tank of fuel and some jerry cans full, plus allowing Chris to work on Thunder at the garage in his spare time.
The MOT also comes courtesy of them at their test centre so all in all a good bunch of chaps can be found at that fine establishment and I recommend if you want a new or used car you should pay them a visit.
One last thing they have supplied us is all the bits and bobs that should keep the European “fuzz” off our backs…Triangles, hi vis jackets, first aid kits and bulb kits…splendid, they’ll only be able to fine us for being English now!
The Curry Thunder Tat Plunder Raffle was launched on Friday, so far we’ve sold nearly 100 tickets which is amezzin…the draw will be held on the 3rd of August so still time to sell plenty more. Of all the stuff we’re trying to offload the only thing people are asking about is the bag of Veg from Russ’ Dad’s garden!
Pete Bousfield at Kier has sorted us out with a GPS tracker, which once we have set it up you’ll be able to track our progress across Europe. I’ll post a link to the portal once we have it all sorted.
Managed to blag a CD of Indian music of the waiter last night, so we’ll be blaring that out as we set off in Calais. Possibly one of the most humorous things ever in a Curry house is contained on that CD…an Indian version of Blue “One Love”…laugh I nearly split my pint of Cobra…
So were nearly there, just need tax, insurance, ferry crossing, hotels, and a pint of milk to calm my tongue down (those chilli’s in my curry were VERY hot) and were away!
I’ll update again when some of the above are sorted :)
Mark.
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Saturday, 4 July 2009
The post after the fun day!!!
Right...
So whats been happening then.
So we got a new drive shaft for the CT, sadly, the wrong one...This means were a bit behind on geting CT mechanically right...
However, we did take it on a test spin today, to get it over to the Kier Family Fun Day at Tempsford Hall.
All went well apart from a few lights coming on, especially when Russ was booting it round the Black Cat roundabout!
We filled the car with balloons and asked people to guess how many were in there for a quid donation. The prize...a 50 quid voucher for Marks & Spencer donated by Cable & Wireless no less...less...err... I guess will put there logo on the car somewhere then!
We made £51 quid, not a bad return, although a bit dissapointed we didnt get more considering how many people were there. Still it adds to the total which is about £111.
Got quite a few menus now, scanned them all in and created a collage on Picasa to stick to the car today. It looks cool, and we cant wait till we get the actual graphics stuck on once we have a few more menus...hint hint.
Best of all Mark B got the door logos done and we got them stuck on today. They look absolutely spot on, and I'll get some pics up later today...if I remember...
Catch you all later, and if you havn't sponsored us yet what the hell are you waiting for,
Cheers!
So whats been happening then.
So we got a new drive shaft for the CT, sadly, the wrong one...This means were a bit behind on geting CT mechanically right...
However, we did take it on a test spin today, to get it over to the Kier Family Fun Day at Tempsford Hall.
All went well apart from a few lights coming on, especially when Russ was booting it round the Black Cat roundabout!
We filled the car with balloons and asked people to guess how many were in there for a quid donation. The prize...a 50 quid voucher for Marks & Spencer donated by Cable & Wireless no less...less...err... I guess will put there logo on the car somewhere then!
We made £51 quid, not a bad return, although a bit dissapointed we didnt get more considering how many people were there. Still it adds to the total which is about £111.
Got quite a few menus now, scanned them all in and created a collage on Picasa to stick to the car today. It looks cool, and we cant wait till we get the actual graphics stuck on once we have a few more menus...hint hint.
Best of all Mark B got the door logos done and we got them stuck on today. They look absolutely spot on, and I'll get some pics up later today...if I remember...
Catch you all later, and if you havn't sponsored us yet what the hell are you waiting for,
Cheers!
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The below photos are from a couple of weeks ago when we started to look at the mechanics...as you can see it's a bit of a shed!
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Monday, 15 June 2009
Right.....time to get this blog underway!
First off you'll notice we have a new logo, thats an official Curry Thunder Registerd Trademark Copywrite and all that original! And I personnally think its cracking!
So where the hell have we got too???
Chris, our in house spanner man and co pilot has been under the hood and although not brilliant news, not bad either. We always knew we'd need a couple of tyres, and other things we need are a new stereo and an ariel, but more impotantly we now need a drive shaft (!)
The Cat also seems to be making some relatively alarming noises and will need some attention.
The MOT is now out so we need to get these bits done and then get her into a garage to get a ticket. Then we just need some tax and insurance and the fun can begin.
Mark B may have pulled a blinder tonight after a chat with a local Volvo garage who think they have a drive shaft for the Thunder kicking about that we can have for gratis. If that works out we should be roadworthy in no time.
Our search for Curry House menus continues, we have had a number of great contributions from Chris Hone and Kim Morrison, thanks guys, for those of you who go out for a madras this weekend remember to collect some menus for us!
That's about all for now, if you havn't had a chance to sponser us yet then theres still time, please click on the following link;
http://www.justgiving.com/currythunder
Also dont forget to check out our Charity's web site;
http://www.suerydercare.org/pages/about_us.html?gclid=CJSfiJ3oz5oCFd0B4wodvB6H3w
Thunder Out.
First off you'll notice we have a new logo, thats an official Curry Thunder Registerd Trademark Copywrite and all that original! And I personnally think its cracking!
So where the hell have we got too???
Chris, our in house spanner man and co pilot has been under the hood and although not brilliant news, not bad either. We always knew we'd need a couple of tyres, and other things we need are a new stereo and an ariel, but more impotantly we now need a drive shaft (!)
The Cat also seems to be making some relatively alarming noises and will need some attention.
The MOT is now out so we need to get these bits done and then get her into a garage to get a ticket. Then we just need some tax and insurance and the fun can begin.
Mark B may have pulled a blinder tonight after a chat with a local Volvo garage who think they have a drive shaft for the Thunder kicking about that we can have for gratis. If that works out we should be roadworthy in no time.
Our search for Curry House menus continues, we have had a number of great contributions from Chris Hone and Kim Morrison, thanks guys, for those of you who go out for a madras this weekend remember to collect some menus for us!
That's about all for now, if you havn't had a chance to sponser us yet then theres still time, please click on the following link;
http://www.justgiving.com/currythunder
Also dont forget to check out our Charity's web site;
http://www.suerydercare.org/pages/about_us.html?gclid=CJSfiJ3oz5oCFd0B4wodvB6H3w
Thunder Out.
Friday, 5 June 2009
Welcome!
Welcome to the Curry Thunder Blog. This is where you will find all the updates to our progress as we get the car on the road and when we set off we'll post our experiences and photos (censored of course!!) here too!
When I get a bit more time I'll put some more detail up about what we have done so far....
When I get a bit more time I'll put some more detail up about what we have done so far....
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