Hit the North – Blimey… Things are progressing.
Today we’ve been put in touch with a potential sponsor (a big one too). So thanks for the introduction Mr Richards.
We’ve informed the Police about the event. We didn’t at the first one and I had a very uncomfortable few minutes being talked at in a panda car, but at least it was dry. Whilst I was getting my friendly telling off I couldn’t take my eyes off all the additional policey buttons that had been stuck on the dashboard in a most haphazard manner. I had to fight the urge to try and straighten them up a bit. A load of coppers and PCSOs actually turned up on their baldy tired bikes at the last race but we wouldn’t let them on the course because we didn’t want our medical staff to be pulling them out of the first ditch. Their sergeant looked most upset. I think he wanted to see a few of them take a dive in the dirt.
Phone call to the caterers in 45 minutes to confirm all of that stuff.
We’ve got to sort out a skip next. At the previous event it was paid for by the campsite, but as their payment will be reduced it falls to us to sort out. So if anybody has a skip that they want to lend us just let me know 😉
The new toilet block at the campsite is almost finished so none of those hideous building site chemi-khazis. Proper flushing sit-down jobs and new showers too. The Queen Mum herself would be happy to go in there and nip one off… if she wasn’t dead that is.
And finally we’ve also discussed making a shrine to dear (and tragically not so old) Frank Sidebottom. A true Manchester legend. They should put a statue up for him and Tony Wilson. Perhaps next to Abe Lincoln or the giant Vimto bottle.
2 days ago this race organising thing was really getting me down. Today I’m all excited again. Doing this is either really sh1t or really ace. I’d be happy for somewhere in the middle TBH.
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