Unlucky number 13. 404, the internet code for error. Evil 666, the number of the beast… yes, but please bow for 2020, perhaps the worst number of all (and incidentally divided by five equals 404). This year has certainly been a disappointment with no shows, club meetings or social gatherings […]
Social Events and Meetings
We are in the middle of winter and it seems strange, thinking back, that our own ‘drive it day’ on 25 August was one of the hottest days of the year. Early in the year, the committee had been looking at various options for the official Drive It Day, in […]
Doesn’t time fly? One minute we were catching an abundance of rays under the surprisingly hot summer’s heatwave at venues ranging from aircraft museums to RHS gardens whilst watching the sun dancing from our chromed gleaming treasures, and the next, we are heading to our annual bash on a much […]
For those expecting their regular fix of classic and sports cars at The Hare in Roxwell on this the premier Saturday in May, there was a surprise in store. For this month only (so far), we would be tasting a full English at its sister pub, The Castle, in Great […]
On Sunday 27th May a number of members attended the Breakfast Meet at Museum of Power at Langford, Nr. Hatfield Peveral for our first visit to this site since 2008! Checking back on my photos of the last visit in 2008, I was surprised to see that the event was […]
Sunday 22nd April saw the first event of the year for the JEC Essex Thameside Region. 33 members and partners met up at the services on the A12 junction 28 for the beginning of the visits planned around Suffolk. Our first visit was to Suffolk Sports Cars at Pettistree, Nr […]
Saturday 7th April was the start of the 2018 season at The Hare public house at Roxwell, a few miles west of Chelmsford in Essex. The Breakfast meetings have been arranged by Gary Downham, the owner of the pub, for the past years and is held on the first Saturday […]
Members gathered at Birchanger Services at junction 8 off the M11 at 8am on Sunday 13th August before driving up to the common at Saffron Walden. The weather was really better than expected for a change. The sun shone all day. While awaiting arrival of club members at Birchanger Services, […]
This years event was one of the best. More than 100,000 spectators enjoyed the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival. On the whole, the weather wasn’t that bad as can be seen in the picture of Jackie Warren without her duvet coat, jumper or any other garment to keep her […]
On Saturday 1st October, a monthly Breakfast meeting was organised by Peter Simpson from the JEC at the National British Motor Museum at Gaydon, Warks. On this occasion Peter wanted to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the XK8 (X100)starting production and, to this end, invited all XK8/R owners from various Jaguar […]
Having been let down at the last minute, the chaps at Jaguar World found themselves without a Jaguar 420 to be a photographic model in their spread on the 50th anniversary of the car. Doug was contacted to source a replacement, so “who’s he gonna call…?” A few phone calls […]
Best wishes to all our members for 2016, which looks to be an excellent year with some new shows, our club stand at the Silverstone Classic weekend and 19 cars travelling to Reims this summer. To start off the year, Doug Warren and I decided to attend the New Year’s […]
Great Leighs is famous for its brand new, state-of-the-art, horse racing venue, but it is also the home of a much older property. It’s the location of St. Anne’s Castle Inn, now just The Castle, which is believed to be the oldest inn in England. As with many ancient buildings, […]
The penultimate gathering of this popular informal mix of classics and exotica saw a lower turnout than usual, but, as the weather, dull at best, improved to a brighter shade of grey, via a light drizzle, so did the attendance. The Porsche fraternity fielded various iterations of their evergreen 911 […]
[youtube=http://youtu.be/qafVryU60cQ] Thursday 18th June and just finished fixing window rubbers and chrome bonnet strips to Bob’s E-type. Time to meet the others at the Holiday Inn in Folkestone. Bob would follow on later when he had installed the interior. The sun was alone in a cloudless sky, so it was […]
It was 8.15 a.m. on the first Saturday in April when I pulled into the Hare car park and greeted Doug for the first Breakfast Meet of the new season. With grey skies full of foreboding, the scene was clearly set for another bank holiday weekend downpour, but this did not deter a steady […]
On Saturday 4 October, The Hare in Roxwell Road, Chelmsford, held its last ‘Breakfast Meet’ of the year. A number of members attended to this special event as Channel 4 were recording for a forthcoming programme due out in March 2015, or so we are told. The programme was recorded […]
The local ‘petrol heads’ met again at The Hare on the Roxwell Road, Chelmsford, on Saturday 6th September for Breakfast and a natter. Grange Motors loaned me a F-Type R 5.0L Supercharged for the occasion. And what a machine. At well over £90,000 with extra’s, this machine is something else. […]
As you all should be aware, from April to October, The Hare Public House in Roxwell Road, Chelmsford, have a monthly “Breakfast Meet” on the first Saturday of every month. The landlord opens the pub at 09:00am for breakfast and provides free coffee and danish pastries for those that do […]
Jaguar Enthusiast’s Club, Essex Thameside Region, celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year and, to mark the occasion, on Sunday 3rd August held a bar-b-que at Essex Police Sports & Social Club in Chelmsford. It was an out and out success. Over 90 members and partners attended and enjoyed the festivities […]
Sunday 1st June was a wonderful fresh and bright day and ideal for a run down to Goodwood from Essex. Leaving Chelmsford at 5:30am, the road were extremely quiet and took me just 2 hours to get to the location. Even driving with cruise control at 70 mph was pleasant and saved fuel […]
The day started off fine from my abode in Essex. My car, a 2005 4.2L XK8 convertible had been cleaned and polished to within an inch of its life the previous week. It looked fantastic, even if I say so myself. I started the journey at 06:30am to the starting point at Greenwich Naval College. Heading […]
Saturday, April 5th. It’s 08.25 am and the sun is shining as we arrive with top suitably down at the Hare in Roxwell Road, for the first Classic & Sports Car Breakfast Meet of the year. It’s already nearly full, but after waiting for a ’62 Thunderbird to berth, we […]