In Search of the Stig


TopGearTrack
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Ladies and Gentlemen, what you see here is part of the famous BBC Top Gear Track.

Being in the vicinity of the airfield on which Top Gear is filmed, Sam and I decided to spend our Sunday afternoon having a bit of a butchers.

There was - unsurprisingly - not a lot to be seen and there was a high level of security in place around the perimeter. At one point we were following a footpath, which was suddenly blocked by an impassable and unmarked gate. Remaining convinced that the path should have continued straight on we resorted to the only available option of turning right . However 100yds on we were bought to an abrupt halt by the resident of a massive house whose land were were evidently on. After concluding that we were ramblers (obviously she didn't see Sam's flip-flops) she escorted us back to the gate and let us through, pointing us in the direction of the path.

The gate is apparently across the path to alleviate a problem she has with deer, but given the views of the Top Gear track afforded from the next section of the footpath I beg to differ.

The next challenge is now to find a way in to the compound itself (legitimately, of course). Given that when I met the producer earlier in the year he gave me his mobile number I might, some might say, have a possible way forward. But should I ring him up I have no idea what I would say, or how I would go about wangling anything. Any ideas?

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