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It's been a while since the last blog entry and much has happened. There have been highs and lows. I expected a bit of both.
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I was going to write... "It never ceases to amaze me, how morally bankrupt and lawless our society has become".
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So there went the first meeting on the new track. After the frenzied speculation amongs us regarding the numbers attending the first meeting, the total nuber of drivers turned out to be a modest 30.
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I am so Very Very proud of all of the committee and club members, (an some non-members...yet) who have contributed in any way to what we have achieved here.
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It's late, My shoulders ache, I have a huge callous on the palm of my right hand. Today it was my intention to get a largish work party equiped with wheelbarrows, forks and spades down to the track, and start moving the vastness that is the pile of earth ...
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I had intended a daily update to this blog... or at least more frequently than weekly. However, We have gone from having nothing to report, to having more work to do than time available in a very short period of time.
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Scuppered by the rain again.
I don't remember the last time I was this wet, outside of a swimming pool. I have an pond ecosystem developing in one of my Doc Martens.
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So it did rain, but the chalk marks we made are still visible. ...but it is still raining.
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The Tarmac is nearly finished. The contractors ran out of top coat just at the end. Maybe something to do with the fact that it's 2 meters shorter, but 2 meters wider than the plan, on which the calculations were based How do I know?
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Here we are on the day before we were SUPPOSED to open, and there is still no tarmac down.
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And so we now have to bite the bullet and admit that we are not going to make the August 31st date for the first meeting.
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Each day which passes, I want to go down and help dig out the track with my hands to move things on.
It's so close now I can almost touch it.
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We went to the Rec. and "approved" the perimiter.
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So today I was at the track, and witnessed the first stakes being driven into the ground. These are used to mark out the perimeter and lay out exactly where the track will go.
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I sense there is much impatience out there. Rest assured, we are not sitting on our hands. There is still much planning to do before we are finished. However, today is a milestone. This is the day the contractors start moving equipment down to the rec. to...
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Patience! We still await the contractors. Of course we are all impatient, me included. It has been a long wait. However, we are nearly there, and if we miss another meeting, if we have to wait a few more days... Well. In the grand scheme of things, does i...
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We have the draft lease from the council. After many months of contact with different people, we have the draft legal document in front of us documenting the new land area.
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Now we have been able to confirm our intent to build, I am pleased to announce that we have been selected to host a round of the 1/8th IC circuit National championship obn October 8th 2008. It is moments like this, which make all the hard work worthwhile....
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So here we are at the end of May. Some of us thought we would be building the track by now, but it's never that easy or simple.
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Current status
Complete:
We have planning permission
We have enough money to build the track
We have selected a contractor to do the work
The work will take approx. 3 weeks from the first spadeful of earth.
We have initiated the new lease ...
