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London Brighton
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Run 1998 was a great succes. The weather was brilliant
and the turnout even better. This was the first time
that I did the Run and it sure won't be the last.
Seeing 658 Mini's at the Record Attempt of 19 April
1998 in Harderwijk was something, this was a totally
different experience. I just couldn't believe my eyes.
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Crystal Palace was relatively easy (okay, I turned
the wrong way at the roundabout opposite the entrance
believing I was going the completely wrong way..)
but apart from that little excursion, everything went
fine. When we arrived, there were a lot of mini's
who arrived a bit earlier. We were in row 6. After
receiving the t-shirt, ralley-shield and booklet,
we could go on our way ... eh, after the 5 other rows
left, which took about 2 hours ...
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London however was a nightmare. Due to "a local event",
as they called it on the radio, all the roads in South-London
were completely jammed, hence it took a lot of sweat
and 2 hours to leave the M25 circle. London was one
traffic-jam, as Arsenal were celebrating their FA-cup
win in North-London....
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Hours of stop-and-go took it's toll though ... many
Mini's were breathing for cool air at the side of
the road. I never knew my temperature-gauge could
reach that area ... but fortunately, I didn't had
to stop. A 5 year old Cooper does have it's advantages.
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| Brighton;
nightmare revisited. About one and a half hours it
took. We left London at 12.00 and arrived at 15.45.
By now, columns of Mini's at the road-side, with bonnet-up.
But once I reached Madeira Drive, it was all forgotten.
I walked for miles and the only thing I saw were Mini's
... wow. Many stands (unfortunately I couldn't find
the stand of the self proclamed biggest mini club,
the Mini Seven Club Netherlands ......) but the rest
more than made up for that.
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It
was a great day. Thanks to the London & Surrey Mini
Owners Club for organising this event in such a great
way. I'll be back next year.
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