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 […]
Neil Shanley
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You know how it is. You’re in the depths of winter; cold, wet, freezing and you need to take that cherished classic out for essential work, MOT or, if you are really keen, just for the fun of it. The day is damp, the rain is falling to Earth in […]
Back in May, some of us – namely Russell and Mandy, Chris and Marise, Roger and Miriam together with Sue and your scribe – ventured down to Yeovil to experience the famous Haynes International Motor Museum. Take a look at Russell’s report in the June 2014 Newsletter for further details. For this […]
It’s Saturday 27 September and the forecast is for a warm dry weekend; it certainly looks promising as we erect the club gazebo for the last show of the season. The promise is honoured on the Sunday as we arrive at the show in glorious sunshine, a last hurrah and […]
Stockholm, 1967, on the day that Sweden changed from driving on the left (i.e. right) to the right (i.e. wrong) side of the road. WHY DO MOST COUNTRIES DRIVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD? Between downpours at the otherwise splendid Chiddingstone Castle event a few weeks ago, the subject […]
Thursday 3rd July seemed to arrive with the speed of light. No sooner had we completed the Bristol trip than we were meeting Chris and Marise White in the Nag’s Head Car Park for another jaunt, this time to the ‘Le Mans Classic’. Travelling to Le Mans The trip across […]
At one of the last club meets, Richard Gibby and I were discussing what made us choose our cars. We figured this would make a good article for the Newsletter, and one which may spur on other members to contribute their experiences. They say that the car chooses you – […]
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 […]