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Fourth Quarter Review 2005
Classic Team Lotus; The Longest Season
Returning to Estoril is a strange and special feeling as the memories of Ayrton’s fantastic win in 1985 come to mind, especially for Chris Dinnage and Steve Tate who were on the race team at the time. Recently Estoril has been in the forefront of our minds as Classic Team Lotus has advised on a new painting of the moment when Ayrton crossed the line and the celebrations began. We introduced the production company to the race team personnel who were there on the day with a view to creating a limited edition of prints signed by all the crew. Impressively everybody who was there wanted to participate; clear evidence of the strength of team spirit that prevailed and lasts to this day.
The team ready for the off immediately prior to the Estoril race. Our weekend is about to go downhill…..(please excuse the shorts).
A special feeling also for Dan Collins who by chance attended the race as a very damp but excited spectator; extraordinary that he is now a Classic Team Lotus Works driver. The TGP finale progressed well with Dan qualifying 7th and Dr K in 18th place. Uncannily after 10 months of drought the Sunday was a downpour; just like ’85. Both cars completed morning warm-up trouble free. Later the cars left the pit lane for the grid but then the team was aghast to see Dr K returning to the garage indicating retirement. We were appalled to discover that the engine had blown up in a big way…. on the formation lap! Back to the grid for Dan to take the start. The pack disappeared towards turn 1 in a cloud of spray. Unbelievably Dan failed to make it out of the cloud. A spinning car came back onto the track and clobbered his front left resulting in instant retirement. Not a great way to end the season. Roll on 2006!
Normally with the racing season over the team is able to catch up to some extent. However so far we have been extremely busy. To start with Lotus Cars invited Classic to support its Ultimate Track Day at Silverstone. We were pleased to take along three cars, one of which was demonstrated by 91/8 Patron Nick May much to the evident delight of the many Lotus Elise drivers watching from the pit wall.
Immediately after that we prepared and ran three cars for Alain De Cadanet to drive as presenter of the soon to be released Lotus edition of the excellent Victory by Design series. The mechanics appreciated Alain’s considered and conservative approach to his track tests. Evidently the footage looked great so we expect the cars to be looking their best when the film comes out (available in the New Year).
Next up we transported three cars for display at the new Lotus dealership in Utrecht. The Hessing building is an awesome piece of modern architecture that provides a wonderful setting for the Elise. The dealer hosted a spectacular opening event for its Lotus (and Bentley) customers and the Team Lotus types 49, 79 and 99T were shown off in great style.
The same weekend we attended the Classic Motor Show at the NEC with Ayrton’s Estoril winning type 97T. The car attracted a great deal of interest. It really does stir people’s emotions. We took the opportunity to display for the first time the Estoril painting (by Robert Tomlin) with Ayrton half out the cockpit in celebration as the Team Lotus mechanics dance in the rain over the pit wall. Some of the proceeds will go to the Senna Foundation and the Grand Prix Mechanics’ Trust. Interestingly while Donington 1993 is considered as Ayrton’s greatest ever lap Ayrton himself nominated Estoril as his greatest ever race.
In the middle of all this we were preparing for an unusual and unexpected winter test programme (sounds very F1!). There were back to back test days at Donington and Silverstone and new driver Katsuoki Kubota travelled from Japan to get a good few miles under his belt driving his type 78. Dan Collins took the opportunity to do some serious test and development work including alternative suspension and aerodynamic options that the team ran in period. We gave a seat fit and some laps to a potential new Patron for 91/8 for the 2006 TGP season. Kubota san went really well, consistently reducing his lap times to a strong midfield level. On old tyres Dan set a bloody good lap time on the kind of day one would expect the track to be slow. Testing can be misleading but we are looking forward to the first TGP race next year.
With testing completed it has been time for winter overhauls on the ever increasing number of cars that Classic Team Lotus is running. Furthermore the type 102D restoration is continuing and we have welcomed another car from the Barber Museum. The 1969 4WD type 64 Indy car is something of an enigma, having been withdrawn by the team before the race as a result of a problem with the hubs. Indeed Colin Chapman was so disappointed that he instructed Team Manager Andrew Ferguson to dig a big hole and bury them. The cars are huge so indeed a big hole would have been necessary. However Andrew thought better of it and found storage for the cars until such time as ACBC had calmed down. The cars never ran again and eventually found their way into the hands of collectors as the team sold them off. (Just to round things off nicely this process became the subject of an acrimonious legal battle!). Chassis 1 is in very original condition and the Barber Museum is keen that the paintwork and specification be preserved as much as possible. Classic is all for that approach, even taking it to the point of one of the car’s original mechanics, Bob Dance, getting involved with the project. We will be pleased to keep readers posted on progress.
Another winter project is to create a replica of Ayrton’s 99T/4 using original bodywork, wings, suspension, mechanicals etc. 99T/4 scored the first GP win for active suspension, it was Ayrton’s first win at Monaco which he followed with the last Team Lotus Grand Prix win in the USGP. Such significant history combined with the stunning Camel colour scheme and the non tobacco LOTUS livery version creates a display object that will be very attractive and impressive.
There is a first draft calendar for the Thoroughbred Grand Prix Championship so we have updated the calendar page accordingly. We will add the Grand Prix Masters calendar when it becomes more clear.
We have splashed out on a stand at the International Historic Motorsport Show at Stoneleigh on the last weekend of February so, as we have suggested on occasions before, if anyone ever reads these quarterly reviews please prove it by coming to our stand and letting us know!
3rd Quarter 2005
Classic Team Lotus World Tour 2005
Round 4 of the Thoroughbred Grand Prix Championship took us to Lausitzring, Germany at the start of July. In torrential rain Dan Collins aquaplaned in his type 91on the pit straight and damaged the left hand front corner. Generously John Bosch agreed to the mechanics robbing his reserve type 91 so that Dan was able to participate in both races of TGP’s first ‘double header’ in which he came 12th then 9th.
Bob Dance took the 32B to Brands Hatch for the HGPCA race. Patron Malcolm Ricketts coped well with the rain to finish a strong 4th from a large grid.
The Silverstone Classic in association with Bonhams at the end of July was a welcome reincarnation of what used to be the hugely popular Coys Festival. An extremely busy timetable included both TGP and Grand Prix Masters. Between then they mustered more than 50 three litre F1 cars, surely the most ever at one meeting. Furthermore 40 Formula Juniors contested the Colin Chapman Trophy. Happily this extremely exciting race was won by Mike Hibberd in his type 27. Keichii Murakami, Patron of the CTL type 18, put in a stirring performance to finish first in class. Dan Collins and Dr K qualified 12th and 24th on the large TGP grid. John Bosch put in a few laps in 91/8 before the necessary parts arrived for his Ferrari. In front of a healthy crowd Dan raced into 11th while Dr K put in another steady drive up to 17th only to be thwarted on the last lap by a front CV joint failure. We understand that the Classic date is fixed for the same weekend next year so the signs are promising for it to become one of the most significant dates on the historic motor sport calendar.
The Classic Team Lotus race crew hard at work in the Silverstone pitlane.
The drivers never get to see this!
The first weekend of August saw Classic Team Lotus waving the Lotus flag at the very high profile Monaco aan de Maas, an exotic demonstration of Formula One cars around the streets of Rotterdam, the 2005 European Capital of Sport. (As any fule kno!). Chris Dinnage was number one mechanic for Nelson Piquet when he was at Team so Chris was delighted that the organisers had arranged for Nelsinho Piquet to drive his father’s type 101. Dan Collins did the honours in the type 49, Chris the type 72 and Jordan test driver Nicky Pastorelli drove the type 79. Certainly the 300,000 strong crowd made it our biggest ever meeting. Happily it went off smoothly and everyone enjoyed the show.
On returning to the workshop the guys did a great job to finish the restoration of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum type 102B so that it could be shipped to the States for the Lotus Owners’ Gathering at St Louis, USA. Ben Devlin helped us to shake down the car on the test track on four occasions before the car could be declared A.O.K. Inadvertently we had taken a leaf out of the Lotus Cars’ manual and adopted a ‘Just In Time’ approach to shipping out the car.
Lee Clark, representative of the Barber Museum, attended the shakedown of the 102B restored by Kevin Smith, Steve Tate and Nick Yallop (not in photo).
Lotus Limited is the largest club in the USA and its annual Lotus Owners’ Gathering was in its 25th year, so called LOG 25. The organisation was kind enough to invite Clive Chapman to attend as its guest along with Chris Dinnage. It was a most impressive event held over three days at the St Louis Sheraton. On opening night Lotus Chief Executive Kim Nilsson gave a good speech that he rounded off in spectacular fashion by unveiling the federal Exige. Pretty cool! The Saturday Concours is the highlight of the weekend followed by banquets on Saturday and Sunday nights. Bob Dance and Bob Sparshott had been flown in to regale the 500 attendees with fascinating and entertaining reminiscences of their extraordinary times with Team Lotus. The biggest reaction was generated by the tale of how the lads once set light to the neighbouring motorhome awning at Monza belonging to a certain Mr Bernard Ecclestone….. The Bobs, Clive and Chris were afforded a generous and friendly welcome throughout the event. Clive was delighted to be presented with an original oil painting featuring the type 25 and the ‘Meet me in St. Louis’ epithet. This now sits in pride of place in the Classic Team Lotus office.
On the Monday there was a well supported track day at the Gateway International Raceway. Lee Clark had trailered the 102B from Birmingham, Alabama and Chris got to work getting the car ready for its first public outing since 1991. Happily the car ran faultlessly with Lee driving sensibly on a tricky combination of banked oval and infield road course.
A Monday evening flight to Birmingham to visit the Barber Museum was scuppered by Hurricane Katrina so Lee, Chris and Clive decided on a road trip into the eye of the storm. (Well, as it turned out, within 60 miles of it). The Museum is fantastic. In its own right worth a trip to the States. Mr George Barber is the inspiration behind the motorsports park that features a daunting circuit winding through a beautifully landscaped setting. The Museum building is breathtaking. It houses the World’s largest motorcycle collection in wonderful style. Fortuitously the Museum has elected to gather together a significant Lotus collection. Undoubtedly this is to the very great benefit of the Marque. Classic Team Lotus hopes to support the development of the collection.
The entrance to the magnificent Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum features a type 107 in pride of place.
While we were away we received the dreadful news that Nick Yallop had suffered a major accident on his motorbike and was critically injured. Evidently the paramedic on the scene saved his life then the team at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital followed this up with great work. Nick’s fitness must have helped and of course the support of his wife Katrina played an important part. Thankfully Nick pulled through the immediate danger and is now on the long road to recovery.
Chris arrived back in England in time to drive from Gatwick to Magny Cours with Dan in his Esprit V8 for the 6th round of the TGP Championship. Dan put in a great performance in both races (another double header) and made it onto the podium for the very first time. After three somewhat disappointing meetings for the team and Dan this was just the result we needed. Everyone in TGP was very happy for Dan who is one of the Championships most loyal campaigners. An administrative error meant that subsequently Dan was reclassified as fourth. Looking on the bright side this will make the second time Dan gets the podium as exciting as the first. John Bosch did not run his reserve type 91 so it was just as well that Dan had us take along his type 69 Formula Ford for a bit of extra curricular fun to occupy all the spare time. It is worth noting that in the absence of Nick, Lee Nicol and Kevin Smith took on the responsibility of getting the transporter to Magny Cours. Classic Team Lotus is proud that its former workshop assistants have developed their abilities to the point where they can be relied upon for such a challenge.
The Goodwood Revival was better than ever in terms of crowd, weather, racing and period atmosphere. Nearly everyone enjoys getting dressed up for the occasion. Indeed we think Goodwood should consider actively helping modern attired spectators to ditch their baseball hats, wrap shades, anoraks etc. This year we ran Malcolm in the 32B, Dan in his LDS and a new customer from the States, Chris Locke, in his lovely type 27 (swiftly repaired after a slight altercation with the chicane in testing). The Formula Junior race was staggeringly fast and Chris Locke did well to finish 11th in this popular category.
Classic Team Lotus in the assembly area for the Glover Trophy at the 2005 Goodwood Revival, featuring Chris Locke wearing his father's uniform. Classy!
The Glover Trophy provided one of the weekend’s highlights when Malcolm had a huge battle for second place with a type 24 that in the end had to resort to moving over on Malcolm on the main straight just as he was about to regain second place once more. It was a shame as Malcolm was on the verge (literally) of a podium finish. Instead he came fourth but was grinning from ear to ear after such a great drive. Inspired by his team mate, Dan found four seconds in the race and came home a strong 7th. A victory for Sid Hoole in his Cooper was a popular win with everybody.
Classic Team Lotus was delighted by the attendance at the Revival of Adelicia Dawson-Damer, daughter of the late Honourable John Dawson-Damer who died in such tragic circumstances at the Festival of Speed. In his VIP enclosure Lord March made welcome Adelicia and the family’s mechanic, Stephen Fryer. They are planning a Tasman Revival event in December 2006 so they were interested to take in all the wonderful detail and the fabulous spectacle that the Revival represents.
An extremely hectic September was rounded off by TGP at Brands Hatch and, at long last after lots of encouragement from the organisers, our first Grand Prix Masters event which was round 6 at Spa. Katsu Kubota was up for his second TGP outing. He warmed up with a shakedown at Hethel before facing up to Paddock Hill bend with 500 bhp behind him. Happily he acquitted himself very well. 24 cars participated and put on a great show as support to the inaugural round of the A1GP Championship. Race 1 on Saturday saw Dan finish 9th and Kubota san 20th after a precautionary mid race pit stop. Sunday saw Brands full to bursting with 60,000 spectators that were treated to an excellent TGP race with overtaking throughout the field. Dan fought his way up to 6th and Kubota san enjoyed a lot of dicing to finish up 11th.
Katsu Kubota giving the thumbs up on the grid for race 2 of the Thoroughbred Grand Prix event at Brands Hatch with Steve Tate and John Parramint in attendance.
Bob Dance and Allen Bridge had a less satisfactory weekend at Spa. Dr K endured numerous problems with the type 72 including fuel pressure and electrical gremlins. To his credit he soldiered on despite the engine cutting out up to four times each lap. To make matters worse he was caught out by oil on the circuit in the Junior resulting in terminal damage. Undaunted Dr K is looking forward to running in TGP round 8 at Estoril. We are pleased to have this opportunity to put behind us such a frustrating event.
With the racing nearly done we are looking at winter overhauls, pressing on with restorations and taking cars to a number of shows. In particular we will attend the ultimate track day at Silverstone that Lotus Cars is organising for the 17th October. See you there!
2nd Quarter 2005
Eastern Promise
Eastern Promise; not because we come from Norfolk but because we have run three Japanese customers in the opening rounds of the TGP Championship. (We will save ‘Big in Japan’ for a later date).
Q2 2005 kicked off with a Spa test for Dan Collins in 91/10 and new Patron of 91/8, John Bosch. John keeps an unrivalled collection of Ferraris at home in Holland and he races his 312 in TGP. Understandably he was keen to have a reserve car and, of course, 91/8 is a natural choice.
We took three F1 cars to Hockenheim with Keiichi Murakami ready for his first race as the new Patron of 72/5, fresh from a successful shakedown at Hethel and a first test at Donington. Bob Dance joined us on the race team as he was invited by the organisers to attend the rededication of the relocated Jim Clark Memorial. We were delighted that Jim’s sisters Bettie, Isobel and Martha had accepted the invitation also. It was a very special occasion. On track Dan was competitive from the start, so much so that, having qualified 5th, his first podium finish looked on the cards. Sadly, when the race was red flagged, we were caught out by fuel vapourisation. Murakami san acquitted himself very well, lining up 24th on the impressive 30 car grid. Disappointingly a wheel problem forced him to retire from the race. As consolation ‘Dr K’ enjoyed a trouble free weekend in the Classic Team Lotus type 18 Formula Junior, under the care of trainee mechanic Lee Nicol.
We were pleased to accommodate a reunion of 1960s Team Lotus mechanics arranged by Johannes Willenpart, the new owner of 49C/R6 and the original Gold Leaf Team Lotus Transporter. Some time ago we had introduced Johannes to Eddie Dennis and Bob Dance. Somehow he persuaded them to get involved with the restoration of the transporter that proved to be a massive undertaking. The Chapman family enjoyed very much welcoming ‘the lads’ to Ketteringham Hall for a photoshoot that made most of the comics.
The next race at Monza attracted a fantastic entry. (There was even a Ferrari as a reserve). After a great effort by Steve Tate 78/4 was ready in time and we were pleased to meet driver Katsuaki Kubota at Monza. Evidently Kubota san is a fast and competitive driver who is keen to be a TGP front runner. It was nice to see Junro for the first time since Motegi. He turned everyone’s heads with an impressive performance in qualifying, lining up 9th behind Dan Collins. 78/4s engine proved to be a weak link and Kubota parked it on the green flag lap. The 30 car grid proved difficult to get away in the stifling heat and this caused Junro’s brakes to overheat, eventually forcing retirement after a great performance. Dan put in a stonking drive to wind up a solid 4th, beaten only by Glasel, Dayton and Folch.
Katsuaki Kubota getting ready for his first historic motor race at Monza with Lee Nicol, Steve Tate and Chris Dinnage in attendance.
On the same weekend Malcolm Ricketts raced the 32B at Oulton Park, looked after by Bob Dance with help from our ‘new boy’ Allen Bridge enjoying his first motor race. Not bad company for Allen. Malcolm raced well into 7th place, with a new engine and L section tyres in place of Ms.
Zandvoort was a welcome return to the TGP calendar. A happy hunting ground for Team Lotus. We took 91/10 for Dan and 91/8 for John Bosch who had a significant involvement with the event and his Ferraris. Thanks to Dutch Lotus dealer Willem van der Kooi for making available a type 99T Elise for Dan to use in the circuit familiarisation session. Dan ran strongly to start with before suffering a damper failure that held him back in qualifying. The race was spoiled by a cloudburst at the start. Trouble on the grid saw Dan take the second restart from the back of the grid and he did well to fight up to fifth before a late spin dropped him back to sixth.
Always we are delighted to run Emerson. He did most of his runs in the 72 but he could not resist a go in 49B/R10, the chassis that he raced (and finished) in his first three Grand Prix. The handling was not to his liking. We got the distinct impression he would enjoy some serious circuit testing…….
Classic Team Lotus was pleased to be invited to the Goodwood Festival of Speed once again, especially when we heard that Emerson was coming. Happily Jim Bennett secured an entry for the type 76. Dan Collins was up for doing the honours in the type 49 and acting as understudy for Emerson as necessary. Also we were pleased to make available 99T/4 to be part of the Honda sculpture outside the front of Goodwood House. Perhaps we are biased but we think this year’s sculpture was the best ever and it was great to see a Lotus as part of it, centre stage. Along with Emerson as a major attraction in the type 72 we reckon we did our bit for Lotus Cars promotion. The cars ran without any major problems and a good time was had by all. Once again thanks to Lord March.
The sculpture outside Goodwood House was breathtakingly beautiful and technically impressive. The Lotus marque was privileged to have included within it the type 99T/4 (sans engine) in which Ayrton won at Monaco and Detroit in 1987
As the quarter drew to a close we enjoyed a nice occasion on the test track when Hazel Chapman was reunited with XPE 6, the Mark IX that she raced with such aplomb in the Fifties. The American owner, Charles Levy, had brought the car over for Le Mans and he was kind enough to arrange the reunion. After a little gentle persuasion Hazel Chapman took the wheel for a couple of laps. Afterwards she could not believe she ever drove a Mark IX before, let alone raced one.
In the workshop we are continuing to make good progress with the 102B that is intended to be demonstrated at the Lotus Owners’ Gathering in St Louis at the end of August. The Arrows project continues to be a challenge. We will get there in the end! Happily Junro’s type 30 has an invitation for the Goodwood Revival (along with the 32B) so we need to finish off the fairly extensive ‘winter’ programme on that car. Also we anticipate looking after a type 27 for an American competitor. Should be fun.
Other events include the Silverstone Classic, a four car demo around the streets of Rotterdam (with Nesinho Piquet in his father’s type 101) and a display run for the 97T at the Renault World Series event at Donington in September.
1st Quarter 2005
A Taste of The Orient
We started 2005 by welcoming home a couple of 1992 type 102Ds. They are owned by the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum that is gathering together an impressive collection of Lotus road and race cars at its even more impressive facility in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr George Barber is the man behind it and evidently he can afford and expects exacting standards. We have enjoyed getting to know Lee Clark, his representative, whose infectious enthusiasm is mixed with a keen eye for detail. The plan is to have at least one of the cars at the Lotus Owners Gathering in St Louis, Missouri in August.
Another welcome return is the type 78 chassis 4 that has been away since it was sold to the privateer Hector Rebaque racing team in 1978. Notably Rebaque scored a top six finish in the 1978 German GP and received a hat tossing welcome from Colin Chapman, exuberant after the dominant 1-2 win by Andretti and Peterson in their type 79s. Mr Kubota, the Japanese owner, will race at three Thoroughbred Grand Prix (TGP) races so we are undertaking a thorough preparation programme, especially considering that the car left home 28 years ago!
For his debut at Monza Mr Kubota will be accompanied by Junro Nishida in his type 77 that last raced in 2003. Since then Junro has been driving our type 49B/R10 as Patron. It will be good to see the ex Andretti car back in the TGP grid.
We are delighted that Dan Collins is competing in the TGP Championship, for the fifth consecutive season. So far Dan has made progress every year and we hope that this season he can secure a podium place in at least one of the eight races. For 2005 a rev limit of 10,600 rpm has been introduced and as Dan keeps to these revs in any case it should help him move further up the grid.
Dan’s other part time team mate will be Dr Keichii Murakami who is moving up from his Formula Junior and Formula Two racing to become Patron of the type 72 chassis 5 for some TGP and Grand Prix Masters (GPM) racing. Dr K’s indoctrination commenced on the Hethel test track with a Donington test the next day. Both runs went very well for car and driver.
With the sudden increase in activity Classic Team Lotus needed to find more team members and we are very pleased to ‘welcome back’ Steve Tate from extended ‘R&R’ at RTN (formerly TOM’s GB) in Hingham. Steve was with Team from 1985 to 1994 and is well acquainted with the Classic Collection.
As Lee Nicol continues to develop his workshop experience we have taken on Allen Bridge as a new Workshop Junior so that the experienced mechanics can make the best use of their time.
We have managed to get out and about at a number of shows. We were pleased to participate in the TGP stand at the Racing Car Show. Despite being so busy we felt that once again we should support the Historic Motor Sport show at Stoneleigh where it was nice to be alongside a number of the Lotus related clubs. To round things off we accepted the invitation of Club Lotus to take the transporter with three cars and a load of merchandising and memorabilia goodies to the Club Lotus Festival at Donington. The show is fairly big and the number of Lotus road cars in the car park was staggering. The Classic Team Lotus crew decided to enliven the annual Club Elite Dinner by arranging a special farewell for outgoing Chairman, Malcolm Ricketts, who received the pleasant attention of a local lovely wearing not more than a Classic Team Lotus T-shirt, hat and a smile. The Dinner theme was the 1968 World Championship with special guests Bette Hill, Bob Dance and Bob Sparshott along with Hazel Chapman for company. The audience were privileged to enjoy enthralling recollections of Team Lotus from both its darkest and brightest days.
Malcolm Ricketts coped admirably with the unanticipated company of this Classic Team Lotus fan. It was as if he is used to this kind of attention…
One show that Classic Team Lotus did not attend was another Junro Nishida inspired Team Lotus celebration in Japan, this time at the Ti circuit, erstwhile home of the Pacific Grand Prix. Our types 49 and 79 had remained in Japan so that Junro could show them off to more Lotus enthusiasts. Evidently it was an occasion to rival Motegi, albeit on a smaller scale.
The Team Lotus celebration at the Ti circuit was well supported despite the wintery conditions. Well done Junro!
Classic Collection cars have starred at a number of special events. Dan Collins did the honours in 72/5 at the Goodwood Press Launch. Racing colours is the Festival’s theme so the famous black & gold has been invited to participate.
We are delighted that so many Lotus dealers have chosen to have Team Lotus F1 cars as special attractions at their sales events. The highest profile general display will be the 72 in its Lucky Strike Racing colours at a Bahrain promotion in association with Gulf Air. There was talk of having the car on the wing of a 747 (on terra firma) so expect to see some media coverage somewhere.
The Historic Racing calendar was affected by the shenanigans surrounding the British GP (Oh! Come on! We knew it would happen, all along). Eventually things settled down and, on paper, we are looking forward to a really good season. The first two TGP races have attracted more than 30 entries and the GPM series is sure to have lured even more cars to this revitalised category. Expect to see a Lotus F1 car taking centre stage at the Goodwood Festival (Mum’s the word). Hopefully some of our customers will benefit from invitations to the Revival. Once again, if anyone out there reads the quarterly reviews then we will be pleased for you to prove it at one of the events we are attending by coming up and saying hello. However, it looks like being a really busy season so be prepared to forgive us if we are a bit stressed.
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