Manky Monkey Motors

Don't get too excited - Shelsley / Prescott / Gurston it isn't according to the available blurb.

One of the quotes is as follows "The event is a cavalcade for interesting vehicles and will not be timed."

Apparently spectators will be charged £8, and the event is for local charities.


http://www.sherehillclimb.co.uk/

http://forums.autosport.com/topic/189131-shere-hill-climb/

Bugger. Beat me to it. I was going to post that as I've been out that way today & saw the signs for it in Shere.
Think I might take the Pop along, although I see from the website that it's too late to enter.   :(

 ;D

Wondering how they've managed to get the road 'closed'  - any ideas?

Also, the laws of the road still apply, which means speed limits etc.

Which presumably also means they can't enforce scrutineering, crash helmets etc?

It's easy to get a road closed, you just have to apply to the local authority and pay them a ridiculous amount of money. (We did it for the jubilee back on '77 or whenever it was, so we could have a street party)
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Ahhhhhhhhhh..... thanks BG  ;)

So Pine Ridge, Camberley for breakfast and then onto Shere, sounds like a plan!!

I'll certainly go along for a look. Don't know Pine Ridge. I was thinking of breakfast at Newlands Corner.
Really quite fancied having a go in the Pop but they've already closed the entries. There's a reserve list though.

http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/what-where-when/bagshot-breakfast-meet-pine-ridge-golf-club-8th-september-103554

The website says the course offers "a series of challenging corners". Probably best not to take the Pop up then.

Perhaps it should be renamed !A GENTLE CLIMB UP A CLOSED ROAD HILL FOR THE SELECT FEW! ;D

got drenched just after midday so went home saw andy there he went before me in his pop.

pics at http://www.ipernity.com/doc/287293/album/511051

Definitely wasn't that gentle

What a great little event!

Met up with Archie at the workshop, bright 'n' early at 7.0.clock this morning -well, I was bright, Archie was nursing a rum hangover from last night. No problem, a quick blast in a rattly, bumpy truck with no glass in the windows will soon sort you out. Maybe.
An hour later after filling up with fuel on the way, we trundled into the carpark in the village of Shere in Surrey. "Carpark" is perhaps an exaggeration. It was a freshly harrowed field at the bottom of a hill. "Are you racing or spectating?" the marshal asked. "I'd love to race, but we're not booked in". O.K, over there then please". After the 4th marshal had asked the same question we were beginning to think we should've just said Yes. Yes we are, & joined the cars in the paddock.
An amazing mix of machines were assembling there. Everything from Lagondas to Lamborghinis, Jags to Javelins, Audi Quattros to AC Cobras. Beautiful, every one of them. We bumped into Mr Renegade as we wandered along. Nice to see you Dave.
Somehow the organisers had managed to get permission to close off a country lane for the day. We chatted to "Farncombe Pop" from the Surrey Street Rodders, who told us they have endless problems organising their annual Wheelsday Show a few miles away. Getting permission to shut a public road for a motoring event is practically unheard of, so presumably someone, somewhere had the clout to have a word in the right ear. All proceeds went to local charities & they were expecting up to 2,000 spectators at 8 quid a head, so however they did it, it was worth it.
Although the road was shut, it was still subject to national traffic laws, so technically they couldn't race -it was billed as "A cavalcade of interesting vehicles". Some drivers were Calvalcading a lot quicker than others though. 120 cars left the bottom of the hill at 2 minute intervals, giving 3, 2 hour sessions over the course of the day. The track was a mile long gradient in a more or less straight line, broken up by 3 straw bale chicanes. There was a scaffolding viewing platform at the start line, but after that it was a matter of walking up the side of the fields & finding gaps in the hedgerow to watch the action through. Spectators munched blackberries, picked from the safety hedge as drivers wrestled their machines through the chicanes just a few feet away. A car would clip a bale, sending a cloud of straw into the air as they shot past, a bloke with a broom would wander out & sweep it up, only for the next car to hit it again. Safety equipment consisted of a flat cap or perhaps a flying helmet, goggles & a determined expression. Splendid.
As we were stood at the side of the track, in a field in Surrey, miles from anywhere, a fellow spectator spotted my MMMotors jacket & said I saw your truck on Chelsea Bridge in London a couple of months ago. How bizarre is that. Actually, London's only about 15 miles away & from the top of the hill we could see the Wembley Arch & Heathrow airport on the horizon & could see the planes moving on the runways.
It was a lovely Autumn morning with perfect clear blue skies, but as the first session finished & we made our way back down to the paddock, an ominously black cloud bank appeared in the distance, moving rapidly our way. Driving a bare metal truck with no glass in the windows, on skinny little crossply tyres, we're very wary of the weather & sure enough, 5 minutes later the first rain drops began to fall. We did a quick tour of the paddock then decided to make a run for it. 2 miles down the road the heavens opened in a deluge of torrential rain, complete with thunder & lightning. Good job we'd left the hill when we did. It absolutely poured down. We pulled off the road just round the corner from the cottage I used to share with my ex girlfriend, Tazet, to shelter under the trees till it passed, the water gushing in through the unfinished seams of the roof. As we sat there, soaking wet in our mobile shower cubicle, with steam billowing off the exhausts, Taz drove past in her Subaru. Wonder if she saw us? You're in a hotrod, with your name on the door. Yes, I think she saw you.
We headed for home & by the time we'd got to the other side of Guildford the rain had stopped & the sun came out again. So we pulled into the railway café in Alton for lunch. We munched a full English fry up, followed by apple crumble & ice cream & watched the railway commuters taking photos of the Pop on their phones. I enjoy driving my rod & love going to driving events, more so than just static shows. The enthusiasm of both the drivers & the spectators for the vehicles & for making the most of the meet, is really infectious.
Hopefully the rain passed & they were able to race, cavalcade, again later in the day. I really enjoyed it. It was something a little different & I hope it becomes an annual event cos I want a go next year.  :)     

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Danger is my middle name.

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The drivers' safety briefing.

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Deer stalker hat with a bubble visor.  8)

Brooklands Motor Museum brought along a couple of cars, but they weren't just for show, they were raced as hard as any other.
Vintage AC.

2012 prototype AC.

The original wooden bucks used to form the aluminium body panels of an AC Cobra. Unique motoring history sitting in a field in Surrey.

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Racing, cavalcading, begins.

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End of the first session.

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A Ford Pop based special.

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A variety of trade stalls from the local area.

Shere Delights sweet shop.
The vintage cowboy boot company.

Brilliant idea -paint an old car in blackboard paint & provide a box of chalk.
We commented that we must be in Surrey cos all the graffiti was spelt correctly & there were no rude words.

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Then Archie let us down by spelling Manky wrong. We can never hold our heads up in tagging circles again.

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Not really built with ploughed fields in mind.

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This'd make a cool hotrod motor. MG with twin Webbers.

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Have you seen that sky? And you're having a picnic? Are you crazy?!
Oh yeah, you're British.

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There's a storm a-brewin'.
Although we only stayed a few hours, I really enjoyed this event.
Apparently they managed to complete all 3 sessions, one dry & 2 wet.
Hope they made a lot of money for their charities cos it was well organised & enthusiastically supported & I wanna have a go next year.  ;D

http://www.sherehillclimb.co.uk/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVIZddpvTgU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5rwe7oSjj8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSKj-3tEK1M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVIZddpvTgU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkWqSmTqImU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3x-FhzB4yM

A twin cam MGA, quite rare.

Hope the charities did well from the event. Nice photos too Andy.

So you wanna have a go next year huh?
Don't tell anyone, but if you drive to the road anytime you want, you can have a go up the hill FOC!!! So as much practice as you want.............. ;D  ;D   ;D

Heh, if the folk of Shere can organise one, what's to stop the folk of Mankyville?  ::)   :-\

You can always take your road car to Prescott and drive the famous hill there - http://www.prescott-hillclimb.com/driversschool.aspx
Or Gurston Down  http://www.gurstondown.org/gurston-hillcimb-school/

Here's irony - Normally we'd complain if someone had left some straw bails on the Queen's Highway so we had to swerve around them, but here, its a sold-out pay-for-the-experience!!!  :D

For those that don't live in Surrey, the roads are having significantly more closure orders in recent years, most due to various cycling events. For residents, this means vehicular access to and from their property is simply not permitted.

The Green Vanwall in the pics is one of the (2005?) GPR V12s. Not bad for a road legal piece of kit eh?
http://www.britishbuiltcars.co.uk/cars/cardetail/80/Vanwall/GPR%20V12

Sounded great too.
The hill they used was also closed as part of the Olympic cycle racing route last year.

The difference in the road closures is that you can race bicycles on road closures, but you can't race internal-combustion engined vehicles...............

How far is it to the IoM.............. ?  ::)

laws must be different over here because roads get closed all the time ,lots of motorcycle road racing and tarmac rallying using closed public roads but the snag here is if the event is postponed the closure dates are not variable ie if the road is closed for a saturday and the event postponed /delayed then you can't move to the sunday,monday or what ever

Guessing you're in the Emerald Isle....?

Watched the Ulster GP on the TV the other week, motorcycle road racing on closed roads - wow!!

yeh i am ,Guy Martin rocked some of the best racing I've saw in a while and fortunately the weather held up.

that the main problem with road closing orders for the nw200 etc.....rain!