Getting into the Olympic spirits

Bringing a little corner of London closer to home

26/07/2012 by Christine

The long-awaited pre-Olympics meetup is happening on this very day in that there London. We'll be descending on the capital and hoping to avoid the torch as it meanders through the streets, so that we can find our way to the Coal Hole, where there will be drinks and chatter, F1 and otherwise. Everyone is welcome, but if you can't make it, the comments are here for you. You know we'll be bringing you along for the ride, so here's to a night of catching up and keeping in touch!

Come for a drink, or just come to say "hi"

The 12th annual Sidepodmeetup is approaching fast, will you be there?

11/06/2012 by Amy Fulton

Hello you. Do you live in London? Or don’t mind travelling there? Are you booked up six weeks from Thursday? If so and if not, why not come along to the 12th annual Sidepodmeetup? You’ll get to spend an evening with a whole bunch of people who hang out on this website, including our lovely hosts Christine and the mysterious Mr C. Imagine being able to tell your grandchildren you saw his face! If that’s not enough to get you in the door I don’t know what is.

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012 - Will you be there?

Meet the great and good of both motorsport and Sidepodcast in one handy location

03/06/2012 by Janna

Sebastian, Jenson, Lewis and Mark will be there. How about you? This year the Goodwood Festival of Speed is taking place between 28th June and 1st July in the grounds of Goodwood House in near Chichester, West Sussex. You can meet a variety of people at Goodwood including drivers from all areas of motorsport and the occasional Sidepodcast commenter.

Sidepodmeetup: How many reasons do you need?

Get together with your fellow Sidepodcast readers in London

25/06/2011 by Bassano

Roll up, roll up! It's that time again. You are cordially invited to the next SidepodMeet-Up. Next Wednesday, June 29th, some like minded folk will be convening in a London establishment close to our hearts.

The Canadian Grand Prix live... in London!

Watching Formula One with a group of like-minded people

03/06/2011 by Adam Le Feuvre

The 2011 Canadian GP is near-guaranteed to be a massively exciting race - it's the first of the year to include two DRS zones and this is a track where overtaking was already more than doable before we had the new gizmos. Strategy will play a big part, especially in terms of tyres - the Gilles Villeneuve circuit is notoriously hard on rubber, so the rapidly degrading Pirellis will present quite a challenge to the teams and drivers.

Two pints of Guinness and a Seltzer with lemon

Tales of women, win and cars from the Boston meetup

15/04/2011 by Bassano

Sidepodcast's first international meet-up kicked off in Boston, MA back in April of 2011. Three of the attendees who were witness to this momentous occasion returned home with tales of women, wine and cars that shine.

Sidepodcast comes to Boston

A meetup on the other side of the Atlantic

01/04/2011 by Mr. C

Sidepodcast crosses the Atlantic Ocean this weekend, both metaphorically and physically, as Bassano and Janna form a special envoy and head west in the name of international diplomacy. And beer.

Forthcoming meetup - Christmas Sidepodpubbing in London

A festive get-together at the Coal Hole

23/11/2010 by Pamela

There has been some talk in the comments about a Sidepodcast Meetup around Christmas time. Details are sketchy and up for discussion, so that’s what this post is for! Here are the tentative details so far.

Spreading the Sidepodcast love

How our friends got the word out at Spa-Francorchamps

05/09/2010 by Lou

You’ll be aware by now that a group of 11 Sidepodcast commenters headed into the soggy depths of the Ardenne Forest last weekend to experience the remarkable 2010 Belgian Grand Prix. Even though only a small section of our community actually made the trip to Belgium we tried our best to take the site with us, checking the comments and sending twitpics as often as we could. We were of course representing the site while on our holiday, and so to celebrate this I made a larger version of the original Sidepodcast banner.

They came, they saw, they conquered Eau Rouge

Further updates from the Sidepodcrew in Belgium

29/08/2010 by Mr. C

It started with a chance meeting with Jake Humphrey and ended standing slap bang in the middle of modern F1's most celebrated corner. The people of Sidepodcast survived everything Belgium could throw at them and still finished with smiles on their faces.

They've only been there 10 minutes

Sidepodcast commenters make their mark on the Spa countryside

26/08/2010 by Mr. C

A number of people from Sidepodcast set off in the early hours of the morning heading in the direction of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in search of the Belgian Grand Prix. As they arrived at their destination they found themselves pulling up alongside BBC Television's Jake Humphrey and Martin Brundle, who had made a similar trip in Brundle's bright red E-Type Jaguar.

An F1 road trip to Belgium

The biggest meetup yet - a visit to the Belgian Grand Prix

20/08/2010 by Lou

As Formula 1 begins to wake up from its long summer slumber, a group of Sidepodcast commenter's from all over the world are beginning to prepare for our trip to next week’s Belgian Grand Prix. If you’ve been around the comments over the last couple of months you’ll no doubt have seen mentions of plans and our excitement. However we’re like a huge family here, and an official Sidepodcast trip wouldn't be the same without the comments. We’d miss you all too much. So while our group of 11 or so are away we’ll do our best with rural Belgian 3G and wifi to keep you all involved in the entire experience. From our luxurious mobile homes to being trackside, we want you to be there too.

Forthcoming meetup - Sidepodpubbing in London

Get together with those you talk to in the comments

17/08/2010 by Pat W

A growing group of us are meeting in London on Tuesday 23rd August 2010. If you can make it, why don't you join us?

A Sidepodcast meetup at Pure Tech Racing

Virtual racing in a group environment

23/05/2010 by Scott Woodwiss

For those who know me and a few others here in the Sidepodcast community, there are some of us who enjoy racing games quite a lot. Another thing we enjoy here is meeting up with each other and generally having a good time. In the past there have been a couple of meets at places such as Goodwood, the Autosport show and the London Science Museum. Now, myself and Pat W are in the process of organising a Sidepodcast meetup which combines the two.

We're off to see Joe!

Keeping track of those heading to the city for an Audience with Joe

26/02/2010 by Christine

This is the live thread we promised for our trip to London for the Evening with Joe. It's not clear how much we'll be in contact, but it's useful to have a thread just in case. Having said that, I know Alex is taking multiple Apple devices. We can use this thread for the many, many, many pictures and videos from him, and we'll try and get a word in sometimes as well.

London calling

Heading to the city for a meetup including Joe

25/02/2010 by Christine

Sidepodcast is heading to our nation's capital tomorrow for the Evening with Joe that has been highly anticipated for many week's now. We're going there both as fans and as crew, to record some audio and take some photos for a podcast to promote the event. In some ways it's sort of like An Aside with Joe Live.

The Sidepodcast house party 2009

A review of the best party this side of Christmas

20/12/2009 by Christine

Last weekend we attended the first ever real life Sidepodparty, and it was a resounding success. The two of us gathered at Alex and Kat's house in London, along with Lou, Emily, Bassano, Pat, Chris and Fourstar, but we also managed to invite those who couldn't attend via a dedicated comment thread.

Let's get the party started

Alex plays host to Sidepodcast's real life Christmas party

12/12/2009 by Christine

Today is the day. It is Sidepodcast's IRL party. No, no, we're not switching allegiances... yet. We're meeting at the one and only Alex Andronov's house for a Sidepodparty - details are on the wiki.

Sidepodmeetup at Classic Team Lotus

A potential visit to the factory and workshop

06/06/2009 by Mr. C

Seeing as the first Sidepodmeetup was such a fantastic success (or as some would have it, a little too successful), thoughts quickly turned to the next opportunity that the community might meet once more.

Sidepodtour to the London Science Museum

A review of the meetup from a different point of view

23/04/2009 by Gavin Brown

Following on from our never-ending coverage of the Sidepodscience meetup, Gavin Brown takes a look at the experience from another angle.