Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Starting again

Ok.  It's been 2 years since I did any publishing on this blog - and frankly that's disgraceful!

Since then, I've stepped down from my role as IAM chairman (5 years is long enough for anyone in that job) and have also decided to put my observing on the back burner for the time being.  That doesn't mean it's the end of my driving fun however...

I've recently decided to start marshalling again - I used to do it years ago for the SMCMA, and when I was at Palmer Autosport (see a couple of posts ago) and mentioned that I used to do it, they suggested I should get back into the habbit.  

I had kind of agreed, then decided that actually there was just too much going on in my life at the moment and put itback on the back burner - that was until a couple of months ago.

I (well, actually hubby) decided it would be good fun to go along to the Pistonheads show in Birmingham.  I was just about chaved out with all the fancy mods etc I could add to my nissan micra when out of the corner of my eye I spotted a lone stand for the British Motorsport Marshals Club and decided to go and have a nosey.

A few forms and a direct debit mandate later and I'm a trainee marshall! (I decided it would be easier starting again from the bottom despite my years with the SMCMA - firstly it's car marshalling rather than bikes, and secondly it's been so long that it's probably safer!)

So perhaps I'll make use of this blog to highlight my fun and games in the world of marshalling instead...