Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Big Chef, Little Chef

I've been watching the Channel 4 prog "Big Chef Takes on Little Chef" with great interest. Heston Blumenthal is trying to revamp Little Chef with some Blue Sky thinking and experimental cookery.

What does this have to do with VWNW? Well, once a year, on the day after VWNW I make my annual pilgrimage to Little Chef at Tabley in what is (almost) the final part of my VWNW weekend.

Some people are surprised to know that the day after our event at Tatton some of us go back to clear up, tidy up and even pick up the litter. When the event field is clean we head to Little Chef for an all-you-can-eat session. I usually have a veggie burger, Mike and Gordon nearly always have fish and chips, Ernie drinks gallons of tea and we never leave without pudding!
My 2006 Veggie Burger, is it wrong to know what year I ate this?

It has to be said that we have many Team members but only a few are hard core enough to make it to the Little Chef, its a sign of Uber dedication. Only "Team Clean Up" get a Little Chef!
Gordon and Ernie are regular members of Team Clean Up

So, roll on August 10th, I can't wait to see what Heston is giving me to eat :-)

PS: still no progress on the website, ho hum!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Welcome to the VWNW Blog, anyone got a bomb?

Hello my name is Julieanne and I am one the team organising Volkswagen Northwest, Tatton Park VW Show.

Welcome to my behind the scenes Blog where I hope to share some of the things you might never seen on the day at Tatton Park.

As I write its New Year and I am trying to make a resolution to 'do something' to the VWNW website. I have replaced the index page with one that gives a little info for this year, howev
er I really *must* pull out my finger and make a start on 2009 content.

I need to start by making a new banner, trouble is for what I have in my head I need some Photoshop selections making and I am RUBBISH with the selection tools. Given a neutral background and the Magic Wand I can do ok, but the images I want to work with are not easily selected. Ho Hum, I *promise* to make a start on it before January is out...

One of last years crap selections by me, note the chunk of bodywork missing! I don't think I used this one ;-)


I should say that I work best under pressure and find it hard to get revved up in January for something that isn't happening until August. If anyone can pop around here with a modest bomb to blast me into action I would be most appreciative.

Please do 'Follow' me, it helps to know if anyone is reading what I write. More soonish!