Mablethorpe Sand Racing

Freezing, dull and breezy. Not a good combination for taking photos at a race meeting! Big thick gloves on , hat on, large coffee to warm hands on and a dash to the chippy after watching for instant hot food (chip butty) A few photos but nothing spectacular compared with previous ones taken there.











Hope you all had a good weekend xx

Diary dates

Nottingham Goose Fair starts Wed 1st October 2008- follow link for details

Mablethorpe Sand Racing 1st meeting this season is Sunday 19 October 2008 - follow link for details

Long Eaton Chestnut Fair start Thursday 20 November 2008 - follow link for details

Mablethorpe Sand Racing

It was the last sand racing fixture at Mablethorpe yesterday so we made the trek over to meet up with friend and also try out my big digital camera. I had a slight accident with the camera last week, I dropped it on the floor!! now it feels different when I use it so will maybe thinking about getting a new one especially since I have had this one for at least 3 years so really is getting a bit ancient.





The Race season has now closed until October and the beach will return to the day trippers and donkeys on Sunday mornings.

Another Beach Hut

At the beginning of October, I posted about the new beach huts at Mablethorpe, well, here is another one. Constructed of wooden strips interleaved with what is ether perspex or glass, not sure which.

Once again, its sandrace time.

This time the photos are about the days when nothing goes right for some people..........Practise racing usually starts about an hour after signing on.

Today, nobody bothered to tell the sea!! this is nearly 2 hours after sign on!!

Some days its difficult to stay upright at all

Fortunately no one was seriously injured

sometimes the b**!*@r just will not start

and its a long push back to the paddock.

but the little'uns has a great time!

Beach huts and slot machines

As we are still waiting for the bike to return from France, we decided that it was time to visit the seaside to play the slot machines and find the new beach huts at Mablethorpe. We have spotted 3 so far and will track down the other 2 when we go over to the motorcycle sandracing meet ( the season starts on 14 October)

Anyway, these are the huts we have seen so far.

Great reflections

Gin and tonic anyone?

Old slot machines at one of our favourite arcades

not quite pinball- is pinball going out of fashion? there don't seem to be many around these days. Sometimes I miss the one we used to have in the flat!!

more old machines- Ian tried this one again and again, then declared it to be impossible to win