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Swindon slot car meet 2025 - Gpa113 - 5th-Jan-25

Hello everyone 

I took a drive down to Swindon today, for the annual January Slot car meet.
Now held at the Grange Leisure centre,  it was an enjoyable couple of hours spent wandering,  chatting,  and of course buying! 

I arrived at 10am, and was in the queue at 10.05am, thankfully you queue inside...
Doors opened at 10.30am precisely,  and as is always the case the first couple of hours were busy.  
Not sure if numbers were a bit down, the weather had been iffy overnight (snow still on the fields at Lambourn),  but it felt a little quieter. 

Lots of varied stalls, from traders to collectors tables.  A huge variety of cars, and some track pieces at really cheap prices.   
Four Lane Blacktop (the local club) had their amazing wooden routed track running.  It's a fabulous bit of kit.  Amusing seeing some of the youngsters trying out a proper big, quick layout!!  "Slow down for the corners", was heard a lot!
They also had a Drag Strip running, good fun.

Purchase wise.....5 of the very latest Scalextric releases,  at nice prices, plus the Vailiant Porsche 911 3.0 RSR which had been out a while.    

It's nice to support these events,  if we don't we risk losing them, and the social side of a swap meet is usually very enjoyable.   Thank you to the Learmouth family for once again putting this event on.  If you've not been before,  give it a go next year. You never know what you'll find......

Even had a decent journey both ways. As always there were a number of Analogue drivers on the M4, hogging the middle lane.    Why won't they convert to Digital,  then they could move over out of the way!!  
I can't be the only one who thinks this!

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