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 […]
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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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]