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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:39 pm 
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Triumph Dolomite Club International Rally 2019

When is it?

Sunday 8th September, 10am – 5pm (but you may come and go as you please, there is no obligation on members to be through the gate by a specific time).

Location?
Millets Farm Centre, A415, Kingston Rd, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. OX13 5HB https://milletsfarmcentre.com/
Located 5 minutes from the A34 and 20 minutes from junction 9 of the M40 and is well signposted from all directions.
Millets Farm Centre is a family owned attraction passionate about providing the very best in quality food, shopping and family entertainment.
Attractions include:
• Falconry Centre – with live demonstrations throughout the day.
• ‘Sprouts’ Play Barn – Soft Play Centre for younger visitors – Booking recommended: https://sproutsplaybarn.digitickets.co.uk/tickets for timed sessions at 9.15-11.30am, 12-2.30pm and 3-5.30pm. Café within soft play centre offering light refreshments.
• The ‘Maize Maze’
• Children’s play area
• Farm animals, including Goats, Rheas, Sheep, Cows, Horses and Alpacas
• Farmhouse Kitchen and Potting Shed café for lunches, tea and coffee, cakes etc. Plenty of space for picnics also.
• Well stocked farm shop
• Frosts Garden Centre

How much is it to get in?
it’s FREE! Members or non-members and their families are very welcome to attend. Traders, autojumblers and members of other clubs are also invited, there’s no charge at all. Payment is required for those wishing to visit the Soft Play Centre, Falconry Centre and Maze.

So what’s it all about then?
It’s our annual get together, guaranteed to be the largest gathering of Dolomites, Toledos and FWD cars in the world! It’s our usual mix of informal concours, autojumble and regalia sales. Millets Farm is a great place to visit for people of all ages, whether they’re classic car fans or not. A truly great day out for ALL the family – don’t miss it!
For those wishing to make a weekend trip, the rally is ideally situated for exploring The Cotswolds, Oxford, Abingdon (home of the MG car company) along with many other places of interest. A club run/ evening meal on the Saturday can be arranged for those who may plan to stay in the area – please let us know.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 3:02 pm 
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TDCIR ANNOUNCEMENT

PHOTO COMPETITION

At this years TDCIR there will be a photo competition. Just post your Dolomite pictures on the Facebook TDC page g or the TDC forum in the TDCIR thread. Tag the photograph with #TDCIR19. We will select 10 shots for visitor judging on the day. Judging will be on the location, photography skills and the car. So now's the chance to find some interesting locations and effects. The winner will receive their photograph as a framed fine art print.


Look forward to seeing you all soon.
Mike Groom and Matt Cotton.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 11:15 am 
No real rules for this competition but some notes-

1) Photographs should show a Dolomite or a part of a Dolomite.
2) An interesting location is good.
3) An interesting technique is also good, maybe lighting or effects like smoke canisters.
4) They can be taken using anything, phone, instamatic etc.
5) The winner will be asked to supply a .jpg of 1Mb or greater to allow printing.
6) The chosen 10 finalists will be downloaded from Facebook or this forum one week before TDCIR and printed around A5 size for visitor voting on
the day.

Enjoy!

Mike Groom


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 8:43 am 
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Here's a few to encourage others....

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:10 pm 
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is any one interested in camping near by the evening before ,please let me know


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:02 pm 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/officia ... uncements/

Here's the Facebook Group photo competition page!


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:27 pm 
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Hi Mike, Here is my submission for the photo competition.
It shows an I.R. photo of SWK after a hot run.
Its interesting how much heat is at the back of the bonnet and around the front spoiler.
I think it complies with the rules ?

Tony.


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:32 pm 
That’s different and yes, there aren’t too many rules 👍


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 9:06 pm 
Hello TDC members and thank you for a fantastic day today at Millets Farm Centre.
We had a great time walking around looking at all the beautiful cars in the lovely sunshine and in a fantastic venue too.
There was a lot to do and see if you had a family with children etc and it's all In a lovely part of the world in Oxfordshire.
Thank you for putting on a great show of cars with great people to chat with about all things Triumph, oh and it brought back many happy memories of our Dolomite and of course gave us a good excuse for a little run out in our Stag.
Top marks TDC. Many thanks Des and Family. :D


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:56 pm 
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Hi Matt and the Team, Thank you very much for organising today's event. It was really good. The Craft show items / the Farm shop / the Garden Centre were very popular with the Family, so everybody was happy. Just like Hatton Country Park last year. We didn't know that this place existed so thanks to our hosts for sponsoring it.
Same again next year ?
Cheers for now,
Tony.


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 7:20 am 
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Great day thanks everyone.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:36 am 
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what a great day ,nice to meet a few new members,many thanks to all involved


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 10:11 am 
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I make no apologies for the amateur flight path, this was the third only time the device has been out of its box and as for the controls, I'm afraid I graduated well before the 'playstation generation' and the day job prevents me from editing so you'll even see the foliage footage, but here are the two passes I made with the drone:

https://youtu.be/LtBm7KqzJHc

https://youtu.be/iHExAlqxhmA


The first is terminated by low battery automatically returning the device to me, the second by a bush that quite obviously moved into the flight path!

Enjoy!


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:19 pm 
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I'm going very thin on top! :(

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:26 pm 
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I liked the way the drone decided to hide in the tree.

Very good footage.
🙏

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1980 Dolomite Sprint with a touch of BLTS
Balanced Lightened and Tweaked 13B Rotary and SuperCharged.
Back in my possession 22 September 2019.
Rebuilding the Sprint time taken so far, 111Hrs@15/12/2020
212Hrs @31/12/2021
352 @ 28/11/2022
455Hrs @ 20/10/2023
480Hrs @ 14/03/2024
This is time taken at the Sprint not necessary time worked.

Working on a ratio of just 7Hrs a day not including driving to the Sprint.
That equals to 68 days that doesn’t include weekends.
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