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A few of us on Midnightclub.ie took part in a charity run the weekend just gone , including for some of it member P1impreza from here .
Heres the report
The Stats
57 people
39 male
18 female
29 Cars,
28 Petrol, 1 Diesel,
9 FWD, 16 RWD, 4 AWD,
58 Litres of capacity,
17 Turbos, 126 cylinders, 488 valves,
6400 Horsepower,
3 Days, 1200 Kilometers,
The above is a recipe, like any recipe you would follow to make a cake. But as with every good recipe it always needs some special ingredients to make it work. As any chef will tell you, a loaf of bread isn’t a loaf of bread until the yeast is added.
The recipe listed above under normal circumstances, is a weeks worth of calls to the Joe Duffy radio show, with enraged calls from people calling for the heads of us modern day outlaws of the country’s highways and byways. For the last three days though, everywhere we have gone we have been greeted by friendly waves and smiles.
All it takes to turn this recipe for disaster, into one of acceptance and understanding is the addition of 3 simple things
1 Website, 1 Charity, 1 Goal.
Put these into the mix and the resulting creation is the 2010 MidnightClub.ie Charity drive in aid of Our lady’s Hospital in Crumlin.A 3 day event where 29 cars rolled through the Republics 5 major cities, and every town and village in between, raising funds for a very worthy cause.
Day 1
This day was always going to be the heartbreaker of the weekend, an early start for most, and then the longest drive of the whole journey. For me it was an early start indeed, even though my alarm wasn’t set to go off until 7am, I woke up at 6am, as giddy as a child on Christmas morning.
A quick look out the window confirmed my worst fears as I faced a bleak sky, with little hope of reprieve from the heavy rain we had been experiencing lately. Still, there was no way I was letting the rain get me down today. So with an enthusiasm I have never possessed before at such an early hour of the morning I jumped into the car and pointed her towards Limerick.
All the way there my eyes were cast skywards in a futile search for a patch of blue sky that would scare the rest of the clouds away, but to no avail , coming into limerick the sky was as black and showery as it had been in Tipp.
Once there we pulled into Pro Image, one of our kind and very generous sponsors and the place was a hive of activity. All the cars were being herded into the workshop to be dried off and the sponsor’s stickers applied. The buzz about the place was electric, as everyone contemplated what was ahead of us for the next 3 days.
Old friends got re-acquainted and new friends were made as stories of how little sleep each had gotten the night before were embellished and exaggerated, and the usual banter was exchanged
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Heres the report
The Stats
57 people
39 male
18 female
29 Cars,
28 Petrol, 1 Diesel,
9 FWD, 16 RWD, 4 AWD,
58 Litres of capacity,
17 Turbos, 126 cylinders, 488 valves,
6400 Horsepower,
3 Days, 1200 Kilometers,
The above is a recipe, like any recipe you would follow to make a cake. But as with every good recipe it always needs some special ingredients to make it work. As any chef will tell you, a loaf of bread isn’t a loaf of bread until the yeast is added.
The recipe listed above under normal circumstances, is a weeks worth of calls to the Joe Duffy radio show, with enraged calls from people calling for the heads of us modern day outlaws of the country’s highways and byways. For the last three days though, everywhere we have gone we have been greeted by friendly waves and smiles.
All it takes to turn this recipe for disaster, into one of acceptance and understanding is the addition of 3 simple things
1 Website, 1 Charity, 1 Goal.
Put these into the mix and the resulting creation is the 2010 MidnightClub.ie Charity drive in aid of Our lady’s Hospital in Crumlin.A 3 day event where 29 cars rolled through the Republics 5 major cities, and every town and village in between, raising funds for a very worthy cause.
Day 1
This day was always going to be the heartbreaker of the weekend, an early start for most, and then the longest drive of the whole journey. For me it was an early start indeed, even though my alarm wasn’t set to go off until 7am, I woke up at 6am, as giddy as a child on Christmas morning.
A quick look out the window confirmed my worst fears as I faced a bleak sky, with little hope of reprieve from the heavy rain we had been experiencing lately. Still, there was no way I was letting the rain get me down today. So with an enthusiasm I have never possessed before at such an early hour of the morning I jumped into the car and pointed her towards Limerick.
All the way there my eyes were cast skywards in a futile search for a patch of blue sky that would scare the rest of the clouds away, but to no avail , coming into limerick the sky was as black and showery as it had been in Tipp.
Once there we pulled into Pro Image, one of our kind and very generous sponsors and the place was a hive of activity. All the cars were being herded into the workshop to be dried off and the sponsor’s stickers applied. The buzz about the place was electric, as everyone contemplated what was ahead of us for the next 3 days.
Old friends got re-acquainted and new friends were made as stories of how little sleep each had gotten the night before were embellished and exaggerated, and the usual banter was exchanged
Pic 1
Pic 2
Pic 3
Pic 4
