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Welcome to the Nuthouse!

Dates

This years dates.

LEJOG Lands End to John O'Groats 23rd June to 29th June.

That thing at the end of August. (LGT)

25th 26th & 27th The Campsite opens on the 22nd and closes on the 29th.

LGT 2013

The LGT is now in its 19th year and just in case you have not heard last year’s total was an amazing £22,500. Together we have now raised an incredible £393,500 and over the next few years our minis will be working hard driving us towards the magic half a million pounds how unbelievable and fantastic is that.

We have always said last year’s LGT was just a practice for this year and without a doubt we learnt a lot last year and what we have leant will come in handy should Lee Abbey car park ever be closed to us again.

Once again I really have to say thank you to the motley crew members who held last year’s LGT together without them there would be no LGT.

As you might of noticed on the booking form, the Register now has a PayPal account so you can now use PayPal to pay for the LGT.
Its e-mail address is ndminireg@smallcarsbighearts.co.uk we know this will please a lot of people but at the moment you can only do this if you have a paypal account.

We also have an e-bay account ndmr and we hope to start selling some of our previous years Tee Shirts, for the first time ever I bought extra Tee shirts hoping to sell them at IIfracombe bit of a mistake that, we did give quite a few to the hospice but I still have a few left. We also hope to sell a few other bits and pieces.

No doubt someone will start up our normal Facebook page for the LGT and news of that will be on our web page.

As far as the LGT is concerned there is no change except we will be having driver’s briefings on the Sunday on the prom and Monday in the park at 10-15am.

The cost of the LGT will be the same as last year and once again children and anyone under 17 go free but the cost of the camping will be going up slightly. Our Camp Freddy and the crew members put a great deal of effort and work into getting it set up and running, it is a major task and every year it gives us different problems but just like the LGT, one day we might get it right.

Just one more thing if you have ever thought about doing Lejog think again it is a nightmare 5 days with a bunch of nutter’s a weekend is long enough for most of us. I cannot believe I already have people certifiable ones I am sure, asking if they can do it this year. I have their names and will be booking them in to the sanatorium for a few weeks.

Anyway drive safely and no doubt we will see you somewhere soon.
Terry, Linda and the rest of the nutcases who call themselves crew members

THIS IS A TICKET ONLY EVENT SO YOU WILL HAVE TO BOOK A PLACE.

HOW DO I GET A BOOKING FORM.

e-mail Terry@smallcarsbighearts.co.uk

2012 LGT Itinerary

Saturday 24th August

5-30pm The Saturday night cruise. Meet at the information centre on Northam Burrows use the Sandymere Road entrance. NOT BEFORE 5-30 or they will charge you to get in Should be signposted.
6-30pm Depart the Burrows. Westward Ho! Northam and Appledore
7-00pm Arrive Big Sheep

Sunday 25th August Westward Ho!

7-30am Westward Ho! parking is open.

10-00am or there abouts DRIVERS BRIEFING
10-45am Bideford Youth Piped Band starts
11-00am Rock & Roll We leave Westward Ho! up Stanwell Hill Abbotsham roundabout'
11-30am Arrive Hartland Quay.
1-00pm Depart Hartland.
1-15pm Clovelly Cross roundabout.
1-20pm Arrive Woolsery.
1-30pm Arrive Prowlers Piece
1-40pm Arrive Stibbs Cross Join the B3227. Stay on the B3227
1-45pm Arrive Langtree
1-55pm Arrive Taddiport
2-00pm Arrive Dartington Crystal
3-30pm Depart Dartington for home going by the 2 big dippers.

Monday 26th August Victoria Park Bideford

7-30am Victoria Park opens

10-00am or there abouts DRIVERS BRIEFING
10-30am The Bideford Youth Pipe Band starts
11-00am Rock & Roll We're off. Along the Quay and over the old bridge.
11-10am Instow
11-15am Turn off road by Fremington shops and through Housing Estate.
11-25am Cedars roundabout.
Watch out for the Marshals.
11-35am Arrive Bishops Tawton roundabout. Use unclassified roads to Landkey.
11-45am Arrive Landkey Regroup Use bridge to cross over 361.
12-25pm Arrive Snapper
12-35pm Bratton Fleming
12-40pm Crossroads with the A399
12-50pm Blackmore Gate. There are toilets here but you will have to leave the convoy.
1-10pm Barbrook
1-20pm Lynton
1-30pm Lee Abbey car park.
2-15pm Depart Car Park SHARP.
2-45pm Arrive Combe Martin
3-00pm Arrive IIfracombe
3-30pm Prize giving & raffle etc.

THE CAMPSITE OPENS ON WEDNESDAY 21st & CLOSES TUESDAY 27th

Fancy doing the LGT?

This year will be the 19th Chapter of the legend they call the Grand Tour. The Grand Tour is unlike any other Mini event in the country. It will involve 250 minis, 30/40 motorbike marshals, 3 Lord Mayors, an Ambulance, 8 fantastic Car parks, thousands and thousands of spectator's but the highlight of the weekend is a visit to a place that has been called "a little piece of Heaven", Little Bridge House the Children's Hospice SW.

We do not stop at the Hospice, we just drive in and then out again but we do not sneak in quietly we make sure they know we have arrived. Inside the hospice the special Children will be waiting for us, so will their Mums & Dads Brothers and Sister and their carer's. You will get to see a side of the hospice that few people ever get to see, you will see the children laughing and smiling and waving their flags like mad and really enjoying themselves as we drive bye. They will be trying to make as much noise as we do and it is so easy to forget that some of the children may not be there next year.

No other event will fill you with so many emotions it will make you smile and laugh and few people manage to go through the hospice without a tear in their eye and a lump in their throat. By the end of the weekend your arm will be aching from waving at the spectators standing on the side of the road. By the end of the weekend you will be knackered because ours is a driving event around some spectacular roads. By the end of the weekend you will have had your fill of Car Parks because we have 8 of them and there will be a queue of 250 minis trying to get into them but most important by the end of the weekend Little Bridge House will receive over £20,000 with a bit of luck and some help from you. The Grand Tour is a charity event and we hope you will try a raise £35 in sponsorship but more would be nice. Every penny you raise will go to Little Bridge House and benefit the Children who use it.

You should know that the LGT can seriously damage your health and turn you into a nutcase like the rest of the nutcases that have become additive to the LGT and turn up every year. The LGT may not hold any records and it never will until someone starts one for the biggest convoy of nutcase in the world.

We do have our own campsite which is excellent considering we take over a field but do not let put you off. The facilities are top rate mobile showers and mobile Toilet blocks with flushing loos. One other point about our campsite is, it is always full so do not forget to pre-book on the booking form.

This year there will only be 2 official raffles over the weekend one on the Saturday night to see who leads the cruise and one at IIfracombe both organised by our own bag lady Penny.

We think the LGT is one of the best value for money family mini events in the country. The campsite is open for a week no other mini event does that, and we give you 2 full days of entertainment plus a real Saturday night cruise with 135 minis finishing at the big sheep for some family fun. So make sure you get your place by booking early.

TO FIND OUT MORE TAKE A LOOK AROUND THIS WEB PAGE AND DO NOT FORGET TO LOOK AT THE PICTURES

LGT 2013

THERE ARE NOW 250 PLACES LEFT FOR THIS YEARS LGT.

HAVE YOU BOOKED IN YET.

Need a booking form then e-mail Terry@smallcarsbighearts.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A TICKET EVENT ONLY Booking forms from Terry@smallcarsbighearts.co.uk

IF YOU WANT TO TAKE PART IN THIS YEARS LGT THEN YOU HAD BETTER GET A MOVE ON

THERE ARE STILL PLACES LEFT BUT NOT ALOT

THANK YOU FOR 2012

Well it is now official it has been the wettest summer on record yet somehow the motorbike marshals and crew member of “small cars big hearts” managed to hold together the country’s (maybe the worlds) biggest convoy of minis. On the Sunday we had glorious sunshine and took out 217 minis, for those of you who do not know the convoy was the best yet. The marshals told us that it was continuous with 217 minis in a line with very few gaps and it was 4 or 5 miles long, sometimes even longer. It would take about 15/20 minutes for the convoy to pass any given place. The motorbike marshals also commented on how good the mini drivers where in allowing them to pass and move off after they had stopped to collect money. This may have been a result of our drivers briefing, little did we know how helpful the briefing would be when it came to the Monday.

During the day our Motorbike collectors, raised about £600 from the people watching us go by and that’s about the average for the Sunday run. The people who run the BBQ at Hartland Quay gave us £30 from the profits and Hartland Quay Hotel gave us a £100 and they allowed us to use their car park for free and what a car park it is. For those of you who did the LGT for the first time we must have made the parking look so easy and it was done quickly, safely and left everyone in a position so that you could get out without too much trouble. We even try our best to keep the clubs and friends together and to date we have never lost a mini over the edge.
The run to Dartington Crystal was super and the entire convoy kept together. The trip home by way of the two big hills allowed everyone to see just how spectacular the convoy looks.

What a difference a day makes Monday was in complete contrast to Sunday. It was raining before we even got up and it stayed that way for most of the day. We did have breaks from the heavy rain when it turned into light showers but for most of the day it rained and rained and rained. It was the worst weather we had ever encountered since we started the LGT.

The weather had given as a few more worries than normal. The car park at Lee Abbey had been closed for the first time in over 10 years and we wondered how many Motorbike Marshals would turn up. We felt we needed another drivers briefing before the start to tell everyone what we would do at Lee Abbey and we told them the truth we had no idea what would happen until we got there. We had quite a few miles of fantastic single track road before us and we had to make sure no one was coming down whist we were going up. We also told everyone we had no idea how long we would be stopping for and we would go as soon as our bike marshals had regrouped and the road closed.

As it happened we had more motorbike marshals than expected and the Lee Abbey stop went without too many problems. We know from the marshals that the convoy was better than any before and everyone seemed to be together and we took out 227 minis how incredible is that.

When we arrived at llfracombe it was still raining and l was amazed at how many people had come out to watch us arrive because there must have been a few thousand spectators and they were cheering and waving at every mini as it went by even the town crier was out greeting the minis.

Because of the weather the auction was cut short and I apologize for not announcing the winners of the Mad hatter prize and the oldest mini to make it prize, well to be honest I forgot to get it sorted, so please keep your hats for next year and I am working on the oldest mini.

This year’s weather has caused a great deal of problems at many major events and some even had to be cancelled and we were no exception. Our campsite suffered the most but not as bad as some. The big sheep staff even built us a hard core road down the middle of the field, which helped. Our computer which held everyone’s information was not water proofed and crashed on Saturday evening so made it impossible to get peoples tickets numbers without looking through 250 booking forms and I will not apologies for the weather that is out of my control. As for the stop at Lee abbey that only became a problem for those people who were not at either of the Drivers briefings and if you were one of those people who said you are not coming back next year, so be it, I have to say you will not be missed.

As for me I have to say a very special thank you to a bunch of nutcases who call themselves crew members. Vince and Kevin who were in the camping field on Tuesday setting it up before campers started to arrive and kept on top of most problems. The marshals in Minis who controlled the parking etc they got wet then then got wetter and then even more wetter until it didn’t really matter anymore. Then we have the motorbike marshals they really did get wet, their leathers turned into sponges and the boots into water reservoirs yet not one of them lost their smile and they managed to raised £1700 that day even with their buckets filled with water. Between then they raised more than £2300 over the weekend and they all promised to come back next year.

This year’s LGT has been the hardest LGT that I have organised and I have never asked so much of the crew members and not one soggy complaint from any of them. Neither did I see any of the thousands of spectators who stood and watched us go by complain.

I have on final “thank you” and that is to you the participate this year between us we have raised over £19,000.00 and an awful lot of smiles on a very wet day but I do not think any of us will forget the smiles we got when we went into Little Bridge House.

The Legendary Grand Tour