Tell you one thing though..... it would make a belting development site..... nice new estate of family houses bordering a lake, they'd shift like hot cakes.

hmmmmm..... I smell a rodent

Quote from: Lord Danoir the first on October 03, 2013, 08:23:26 AM
Tell you one thing though..... it would make a belting development site..... nice new estate of family houses bordering a lake, they'd shift like hot cakes.

hmmmmm..... I smell a rodent

nah, its the duckshit you can smell.

Quote from: Millhouse on October 03, 2013, 09:29:44 AM

Quote from: Lord Danoir the first on October 03, 2013, 08:23:26 AM
Tell you one thing though..... it would make a belting development site..... nice new estate of family houses bordering a lake, they'd shift like hot cakes.

hmmmmm..... I smell a rodent

nah, its the duckshit you can smell.

either way, it's rotten I tell ya!!!

Never been high on my List of Tracks but still have some great memories of the place so a bit of a shame to hear


Housing estate i suspect is its next destination

meh.

circuit of wales should compensate for the loss off mallory.

I think these little provincial circuits are under rated and under used. My view is that they should come under the same protection as any other recreational green space.

You want quiet?..... live somewhere else!!

Agreed.

Have to bite my tongue with a big Client of ours who lives in Castle Combe village.

Quote from: Lord Danoir the first on October 03, 2013, 02:19:42 PM
I think these little provincial circuits are under rated and under used. My view is that they should come under the same protection as any other recreational green space.

You want quiet?..... live somewhere else!!

Bang on matey, while not the best track in the world it's fun and has provided a good start for many and a living for a lot of folk. I also have good memories of Mallory. The fact that facilities like these are being losed down due to now comer nimbies (and yes I am aware of the issues caused by the current manager) shouldn't be allowed, also this situation should never have got to this.

The New circuit in Wales will hopefully be good but it's in no way a replacement to Mallory. This isn't the first track to be lost and won't be the last if we all just accept it.

Ok I'll shut up now but whatever you personally think of a circuit they are ALL important!!!

I have mixed memories of Mallory, but I will miss it. My claim to fame ..... I was the 100th rider to fall at edwinas I did a track day after the famous BSB crash fest the weekend before. Never went back until three years ago and thought it was fantastic, got rid of my edwinas ghost, a great day apart from an idiot who had a go at me because I had been passing him all day but on the penultimate session I decided to back off, he went past me, but on the last session I got past him at Gerard's he tried to catch up and went flying past me at the hairpin and missed his breaking point, he reckoned it was my fault cos I got past him half a track away.......... Idiot. He came if btw

A nice little village, near major road links in rural Leicestershire within commuting distance of Leicester, Derby and Nottingham or an 80 minute train ride to London....

The Estate Agent brochure almost writes itself....

Quote from: David w on October 08, 2013, 07:24:35 AM
A nice little village, near major road links in rural Leicestershire within commuting distance of Leicester, Derby and Nottingham or an 80 minute train ride to London....


The Estate Agent brochure almost writes itself....

you missed out "Lively sense of community and proactive local action groups." :|

The more I read about this situation, the more I think it's the current operators looking for a way out.............

there's so much doom mongering about it, but i can't help but feel optomistic that the landowner wants it to continue as a track but wanted the leaseholder out so they could persue it in a different manner....

but as normal i'm probably WAAAAAY off the mark!

It seems a shame that, as has been mentioned, the history surrounded some of these older UK grass roots motorsport locations, cannot be recognised by their "heritage" value and as a result, they should be kept and operated for exactly that reason.

I'd only want to buy a house there if they kept the track for the exclusive use ofthe residents