On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:10:31 +0100, Pip wrote:


> The witch Foulston took her money from BHL and left for Switzerland, but
> she left her legacy: fenced compounds for spectators, a lot of them
> distant from the action; big new grandstands which give a decent view of
> a short section of track, to the detriment of the non-grandstand viewer,
> who find their view obstructed.

Heh. I can recall reading a bike magazine article in which she was
interviewed, many years ago.

The bike journo was asking questions about motorsport; she was answering
questions about corporate profitability. It's as if they were having two
entirely separate conversations.

PipL alter ego <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:10:31 +0100, Pip wrote:
>
>
> > The witch Foulston took her money from BHL and left for Switzerland, but
> > she left her legacy: fenced compounds for spectators, a lot of them
> > distant from the action; big new grandstands which give a decent view of
> > a short section of track, to the detriment of the non-grandstand viewer,
> > who find their view obstructed.
>
> Heh. I can recall reading a bike magazine article in which she was
> interviewed, many years ago.
>
> The bike journo was asking questions about motorsport; she was answering
> questions about corporate profitability. It's as if they were having two
> entirely separate conversations.

She was supposed to be running a business and making a profit so I can't
see what there is to complain about. Sure, she did **** all for
motorsport but that wasn't her job.

On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:30:37 +0100, ogden <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Well I'm in the Luffield stand now and the view's great, clear all
> the way from the entrance to Brooklands round to the exit of
> Woodcote.

And now at Club, the final turn on the new layout. Huge panoramic
view all the way from Abbey on the left, over the start/finish
straight and pits, and past Vale all the way up to Stowe.

You do worse than this. We're in (practically) the same seats for the
F1 too, which should be pretty decent.

--
ogden / gsxr1000 / ktm duke ii

On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:15:26 +0100, ogden <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> And now at Club, the final turn on the new layout. Huge panoramic
> view all the way from Abbey on the left, over the start/finish

Forgot to add, it's the only place with a clear view of the podium as
well.

--
ogden / gsxr1000 / ktm duke ii

On Jun 11, 1:15*pm, ogden <og...@pre.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:30:37 +0100, ogden <og...@pre.org> wrote:
> > Well I'm in the Luffield stand now and the view's great, clear all
> > the way from the entrance to Brooklands round to the exit of
> > Woodcote.
>
> And now at Club, the final turn on the new layout. Huge panoramic
> view all the way from Abbey on the left, over the start/finish
> straight and pits, and past Vale all the way up to Stowe.
>
> You do worse than this. We're in (practically) the same seats for the
> F1 too, which should be pretty decent.
>

Thanks ogden, you're a star! I'm watching 125 qualifying on TV at the
moment. They do look small on that track but really looking forward to
tomorrow now!
Thanks again

--
Mark
1947 AJS 500
1960 Matchless 650
BMW K100RS
Bultaco 350 Alpina

ogden <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:30:37 +0100, ogden <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > Well I'm in the Luffield stand now and the view's great, clear all
> > the way from the entrance to Brooklands round to the exit of
> > Woodcote.
>
> And now at Club, the final turn on the new layout. Huge panoramic
> view all the way from Abbey on the left, over the start/finish
> straight and pits, and past Vale all the way up to Stowe.
>
> You do worse than this. We're in (practically) the same seats for the
> F1 too, which should be pretty decent.

I don't know what the weather's like there but it's a cracking day in
Bedford and i'm just about to go and play on my noisy little 2-stroke.

On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:33:19 +0100, (E-Mail Removed) (Andy B)
wrote:
> I don't know what the weather's like there but it's a cracking day
in
> Bedford and i'm just about to go and play on my noisy little
2-stroke.

A bit nippy in the shade but pleasantly warm out in the sunshine.
Moat of the stands are covered so I'm wrapped up in a hoodie watching
the 125s.

--
ogden / gsxr1000 / ktm duke ii

On 10/06/2011 08:10, Pip wrote:
> It all went wrong in the '90s, when Nicola<spit> Foulston was at the
> helm of Brands Hatch Leisure. Yeah, she PR'd her way to making motor
> racing a great and glossy thing, an attraction like it hadn't been for
> decades, and she pulled in big crowds to see it. BTCC was the premier
> home-grown series and spectator numbers swelled to enormous figures.
> She made her way into the organisation and once she'd got a handle on
> it, warped the whole thing in order to make more money out of it.

> The witch Foulston took her money from BHL and left for Switzerland

TBF, I think she was barely 20 when John Foulston died. She took
control after only a couple of years to try to secure her inheritance
because her mother was out of her depth.

Charlie <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On 10/06/2011 08:10, Pip wrote:
> > It all went wrong in the '90s, when Nicola<spit> Foulston was at the
> > helm of Brands Hatch Leisure. Yeah, she PR'd her way to making motor
> > racing a great and glossy thing, an attraction like it hadn't been for
> > decades, and she pulled in big crowds to see it. BTCC was the premier
> > home-grown series and spectator numbers swelled to enormous figures.
> > She made her way into the organisation and once she'd got a handle on
> > it, warped the whole thing in order to make more money out of it.
>
> > The witch Foulston took her money from BHL and left for Switzerland
>
> TBF, I think she was barely 20 when John Foulston died. She took
> control after only a couple of years to try to secure her inheritance
> because her mother was out of her depth.

Surely it should have been about the paying public and the race teams
rather than her personal fortune?

**** that. I'd have lined my pockets in exactly the same way she did and
*******s to what anyone said about me 20 years down the road.