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 […]
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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 […]
12 members of Essex Thameside Region attended the Kent Regional Day at Chiddingstone Castle in the Wealds of Kent on Sunday 17th August. In the early 19th century Henry Streatfeild (1757-1829), son of Henry Streatfeild (1706-1762) and Lady Anne Sidney, commissioned William Atkinson to rebuild the house in the Gothic […]
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 […]
The National club’s anniversary event took place at Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire on Sunday 22 June. What a day! Previous events held in the north of the country haven’t been that dry in the past few years. However, for once, the event was held in brilliant conditions and warm sunshine. The […]
Following the St Peters Car Show on Saturday, an early start again on Sunday 15th June, with similar weather as the previous day, as we visited the “Air Britain Fly-In”. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BjOQQx3Vvc] This was a first time visit for the club to North Weald’s annual gathering of small aircraft, whose pilots fly in from […]
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 […]