Ok guys, apologies for any bad camera work - the pictures Tony from Harwoods took for me likely stand out in comparison :-) I will put up the synopsis of the day tomorrow - meanwhile I hope you like the photo's of what was a massively big day for me, and the first of many if I can interest you ...

 

have I missed something? or was at the wrong meet?
phew found me, nice grouping

 

As this was a cross forum meet pictures will be appearing in a few places - there are some more great pictures here:

Jaguar Meet in Brighton on 25th May, *and* A23 convoy there - PistonHeads

 

If anyone wants an original full size file of the group shots or maybe their car shots there I am more than happy to email them to you.. just drop me a post here or at stephen.sheldon@solidlinux.co.uk :-)

 

Video now on Youtube. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiu8...ature=youtu.be

I got just got the dash cam a couple of days before so I'm still figuring it out. It's a bit long and a bit boring in places and I apologize for my choice of music but still thought to upload it anyway.

I had the date/time and speed switched off so it was a bit more clean looking.

There's a bit where I'm bumping my gums to Pulcino (Jaguarforums.co.uk) about the dash cam and if anyone else would like to know ware I got it form. ebay NEXTBASE iN-CAR CAM 402-G Professional - DVR Video Recorder for Car | eBay and the sd card 32GB CLASS 10 MICRO SD MEMORY CARD WITH ADAPTER NEW UK STOCK | eBay

Any video jerking is youtube not the video I have.
Mark.

 

Many thanks for that Mark - viewing it now - very good quality - I have to admit that making it to the convoy late made the shots I had hoped to get of everyone there null and void.. so thankyou for catching it for us.. the plan is next meet my house wont be falling apart half an hour before the event grin..

 

Excellent selection of photos and video, looks like a great day.

Graham

 

Please bear with me with anything not quite right - I'm more than happy to edit this with any corrections etc..
On the Saturday afternoon I washed and swept out my baby Jag.. but didn't manage to get the time to give it a good wax.. On the Sunday morning I collected some cardboard tubes to mount the banner, and the info packs I was due to hand out on the day. That was then a window got broken at home at 7:30 with just 30 minutes to the meet.. I tracked down a glazier but didn't think I was going to be able to make the meet - but my wife took over at home and said to go.. I made it up to Pease Pottage Services at about 08:15 on the day.
As I pulled into the car park I was surprised to see so many Jaguars there - an incredible sight for that time of day, and more cars than I had expected to come along which was fantastic. Tony from Harwoods Jaguar had driven up to join, and we had cars there from all over the country! The info packs containing JaguarForum decals, A dashboard info sheet to complete, and the itinery were passed around quickly and we set off..
You can see a video of us setting off and the run down there (many, many thanks to Splatter88 for that) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiu8...ature=youtu.be
Part way down to Brighton I moved up to the front of the convoy moving past all models of Jaguar - every one bigger than my baby Jag...
We arrived in Brighton just before 9am, a long convoy of Jaguars.. working our way through the traffic system in Brighton. Traffic lights split the convoy a few times but as a whole we managed to keep it together so we had a long stream of Jaguars pulling into and along Madiera Drive, finally parking where there was a fairly large block free.
Once we had parked up the banner was unfurled and set up using some cardboard tubes I had gained.. filling them with pebbles in the bottom to keep them upright - didn't work grin.. but the banner was in place and we were more or less all there.
About 9:45 I think it was we all headed over to the Seagull Cafe for breakfast - on the way down to Brighton the chef had been on the phone asking how many people were coming, what time and what would they be eating (I didnt pick up on that he might be panicking :-)) - we had tweo main rows of tables outside the cafe and a few tables inside as well. The chef had a few problems dealing with the numbers but within an hour or so :-) we had all been fed (baked beans, fried egg, sausage, tomato, two rashers of bacon, and a mug of tea) and time to head back to the cars.
About 11:20 we managed to get the banner signed by everyone still there, and got some group photos taken. And then back to general socialising.
About 12:30-1:00 everyone started to depart.
The company was really great, easy going, and not all petrolhead talk - in fact virtually every subject imaginable was covered including foreign students and rugby kit!! grin
Tony from Harwoods was great, he helped with some of the group shots, and was there for everyone.. Even the owner of the art shop called 'Jag' came out and brought his E-Type round for us to see..
It was a fantastic day - great company - gorgeous weather (not having much hair I was fried that morning - still glowing now lol) - sooo many models and ages of Jaguar all in the one place - it was a really nice time with great company.
If I can interest anyone I am very happy to organise another smaller meet for December, and another for May next year - as for next year Tont believes we may be able to get some financial assistance from Harwoods Marketing - and I am still woring on Jaguars sponsorship manager :-)
Many, many thanks to those of you that gave up your time (and fuel) to attend, and for those who tried to attend but couldn't - without you guys it could not have happened...
All the best
Steve

 

Hello splatter88 - Many thanks for the youtube posting. Sorry I hogged virtually the dashcam time (dark green XJ), but unavaiodable I think, as you followed me nearly all the way from Crawley to Brighton.
Hope you had an enjoyable cruise in your new XJ back to Scotland
Cheers
David

 

A big thanks is due to Steve's wife by the sound of it.

 

Without a doubt Norri!! - I was very aware that my house wasn't secure and all for waiting for the glazier to make sure all sorted - but my wife almost forced me out of the house saying she could deal with it.. getting to Pease Pottage Services 15 minutes late everything I had thought of doing there, checking who had come, and taking pics was out the window (metaphorically :-)) but despite that the day went really well with a very good turnout.. as you can see from the pictures spread across the forums and Splatter88's cam footage.. it was very much a team effort on the day, and I am glad of everyones help and attendance, making it the great day it was :-)

 

seems i missed a great day grrr next time im leaving me work phone turned off cracking job you did steve

 

Hello Steve.

Well done once again for organising such a great and well turned out event (what a great bunch of people)
Just to remind you of the above date this weekend and this is organised by the JEC club (10am to 4pm) small charge at the gate.
If you (and the forum members) want to come along you all would be more than welcome and a mention to all in the forums would ensure a good turnout.
We will be taking both the F Type Coupe and a F Type Convertible and I will also have my colleague Mark from service as well to answer any technical queries.

Best regards.

Tony Tedeschi

Steve you omitted the venue for this Sunday the 1st June which is at:

Herstmonceux Castle Nr Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN27 1RN
www.herstmonceux-castle.com


Sales Executive
Harwood Jaguar Brighton

 

Hi Steve


Thanks for organising this event the family and myself enjoyed our day in Brighton


nice to meet fellow Jaguar and X350 owners , Helen now what's a convertible F type ,


she's going to have to save her penny's !


Steve

 

Hi all,
Just a note to say what a great day out that was. My wife and I really enjoyed ourselves meeting so many nice people. Looking forward to next years meet.
Special thanks to Steve for organising the whole thing. I have got some pictures and hope to load them in the near future.
Take care all.

 

OK guys here is how the banner is in detail :

 

And even more detail!

 

Still some space yet :-)

 

nice to see the xjs! and the plastic e type, no other pictures of the v12?

 

Sorry rgp, The dafty that I I'm. I didn't take any photos just the video and I should have taken a couple of that mahousif (big) V12 engine.