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I had another very enjoyable day out at  Gaydon on the Saturday.

Arrived at 08.55, so got an hour looking  around the excellent Museum before the event opened. 
Big queue of punters, keen and ready to go.  Took a whole 4 minutes to be at the top of the escalator, and into UK Slot Car Festival 2025.

Decent amount of traders, but the smaller sellers are now scarce,  costs plus a weekend event, I imagine. 
Great amount of traders doing some fabulous buildings and figures and dioramas. So nice to see this side of the hobby being so well represented. 

As usual we did the competition involving the different tracks and layouts on offer.  This was my only negative of the day.
The range of tracks and stages was much less interesting,  and some of the folk running their own layouts didn't appear to have much of an idea as to what was, or should, have been going on!   We gave up after 3 tracks.......

The superb Dragstrip, run by Mr D,  AKA Steve, was brilliant fun.   This is so different,  and fast!  40 mph in about 2 seconds,  and that's actual speed, love it.
Myself and fellow club member Ciarán actually made it all the way to the Final, big up The Send Scalextric Race Club! 
I took run 1.  Ciarán run 2, and I had the decider in the bag until a darn deslot 6 lengths from the finish...... Still a nice Special edition car each, and a whole lot of fun

Didn't buy a great deal.
The new Scalextric Back to the Future 2 Flying DeLorean,  which was only just out.   A nice Scalextric older NASCAR,  to go with my collection of Club racers, and a nice  red Scalextric Shelby Cobra.  Oh, and 20 more Scalextric straights.

Another hour spent in the Museum,  particularly enjoying the exhibits on loan from Vauxhall ( Chevette HS anyone! ) and then time too head for home.  Can't wait for next year already 

   

Ciarán,  Mr D, and me!

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