I put out the call a few months ago about this amazing Supercar Extravaganza. but only Steve Mead answered the call. The main problem is, this is a breakfast meet that opens 6.30am and finishes about 11.30am. but with us living in Essex its a 1.45 hour drive.  I decided to meet Steve at 7.00am for the drive there. We went mostly around the M25 but then we turn off onto lovely winding country roads, ideal for Tvrs with the roof off in glorious sunshine.

We got there about 8.40am but got split up at a junction one mile before. I lost Steve in my mirrors but couldnt pull over to wait for him.  I followed the signs for Registered Parking holders and drove in the entrance at the far end of the Racetrack.  after a while Steve rang and he was at the other end. He had found the main entrance and guided the other way to me. after walking past lots of supercars including about 10 Tvrs, we eventually met up next to the stands. We continued to go through the pits ogling at Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Mclarins, Porshes, Tvrs and nearly every Supercar built. What a line up. never seen so many Supercars other than this meeting.  Eventually we had to stop for a coffee, the only downside was the price of refreshments, £2.50 for a small water, or £4 for a coffee. But it was free to register and get in. 

I have posted Photos on the Events Gallery

​Alex

After 6 years of travelling to France, Jo and Gerry decided to travel to Holland and Germany for our annual foreign trip.
Jo found a nice Hotel in Ooij Holland near Nymegen, close to the German border, where we stayed for 5 days.
The weather forecast leading up to this trip was not very good with showers and cloudy most days,  but it turned out to be Sunny every day with just a couple showers on the Tuesday.
Dave knows this region well with one of his factories not far from Dusseldorf. and suggested a few places to visit. I looked through the list and decided a runout for each day not too far from our hotel.
After our night crossing from Harwich to Hook of Holland on the new ferry Brittania we arrived at 8.00am to pouring rain and thought the weather was correct. but after half an hour of driving the sun came out and the roofs came off.
We arrived at our hotel about 11.30am and was told the rooms would be ready for 2.00pm so off to the bar next door, for a couple of hours.

Sunday morning sunny with roofs off, we travelled to a beautiful 12th Century Castle "Museum Wasserburg" in Germany, after a bit of language battling with the doorman some us booked a tour of the wonderful Castle, and some booked the Gardens and Maze. I had then arranged a visit to Nymegen in Holland near where we were staying. I led the way and my Satnav took us on a nice route along the river where we could park. Problem was, the road along the river was closed due to roadworks, I then tried to go along another route, going along little one way streets the wrong way and ended up in a little alley with a post blocking our path. we all got out and walked the 100m to the river and as i walked past i pulled on the post and it came out of the ground, after a bit of deliberation we took out the post and continued our journey to the parking of my intention.  After a lovely lunch and a walk round the pictorial town we headed back.

Monday morning was the trip to Classic Remise in Dusseldorf Germany, a large classic car collection located in old Train Sheds which were beautifully turned into a wonderful circular building. This trip was quite a headache for me. Jo had organised a tour and arranged parking in the grounds, I found out that we needed Stickers for our cars to enter the Green Zone and these took 2 weeks to obtain. Instead I found a carpark out of the zone and arranged travel via Tram. We parked safely in the underground carpark and took a short walk to the Tram stop. After 5 mins a Tram arrived and we got on. We then needed  tickets and there was only one machine, after 10 mins of wrestling with the machine we arrived at our stop, only half of us had got tickets, what a cheap tram ride. The Classic Remise was amazing the building took your breath away. and all around were cars from 1900 to present day. most were for sale and prices were from 20 thousand up to 1 million euros. see pics on 'Events Gallery'. we then had a coffee/beer outside in the Sun and then headed home via tram, with most deciding not to bother with the machine.

Tuesday I had arranged a trip to Zwolle which is located 96km north in Holland but the weather was showery and Gerry said he didnt want to use motorways,but using A roads would take 2.5 hours so Jo decided to pick somewhere closer, so we decided to go to Zutphen only 70km via A roads. It rained most of the way and we got split up into three groups. all parking in different areas. the main group I was leading ended up in a carpark near the town centre and again wrestling with the machine we got parking tickets and made our way to the centre. Gerry called me and said they found a coffee house, only problem was finding it. He said it was in a square with a fountain and black umbrellas, everywhere we went we saw a square with a fountain and black umbrellas. When we eventually found them they had finished their coffees and headed for the shops. Sue and I stayed with Steve and Debby and went for a walk around the lovely town and ended up in a coffee shop by the river, watching the enormous barges negotiate a low bridge. On our way back the Sun came out, typical.

Wednesday all of us were going home with the exception of Jo & Gerry, Paul & Sandra, Dave & Teresa and Bob & Debs.  We all left around 10.00am in the Sunshine with roofs off and headed back to Hook of Holland ferry port.  I led and got lost in the Rotterdam ring road, with my sat nav telling me to turn off where there was a large concrete wall. after missing the proper turn off we had to turn round and go back, eventually arriving in the Freight Depot. Lorry drivers laughed seeing 3 Tvrs driving around the Depot. Steve managed to lead us to the correct place. We then had a 7 hour ferry trip back to blighty where it was pouring with rain.

Thanks to everyone for coming and making it a great laugh. Even with the setbacks it turned out great as normal. If everything went perfect you wouldn't have anything to talk about.

Alex n Sue

On the 19th November, Eight of us visited the Lotus factory for a tour of the assembly plant and then a tour of the Lotus Heritage Racing facility.
 On our arrival we were introduced to our guide called Guy who took us all to a meeting room and gave us a brief history of Colin Chapman and Lotus.  The Lotus site was originally an American Air force base left over from WW2. An interesting fact was James Stewart the actor in 1944 was USAF chief of staff  based at Hethel   Lotus took it over in 1966 using the old nissan huts before building a bigger and better facility. The old runways made an excellent test track.
Guy then took us to the original building where they now build the bodies for all their range, the Elise Exige and Evora. After explaining the process of making the Grp bodies we then went to the modern building which was enormous. They have 3 assembly lines one for each model.  I was surprised they weren’t any robots used and all cars are built by hand. They produce 2000 cars a year  which Phil worked out that’s 6 cars a day. 
We then drove to the Lotus Heritage site which is now located in a new building down the road.  Here they restore the Lotus racing cars after dropping out of F1 racing in 1994.  We were first taken to the workshops where they were restoring about 20 cars.  From very early 1950s cars up to a 1980s car. These are privately owned cars worth a fortune. 
We then went upstairs to see about 60 F1 cars from the original Type 12 of 1958 up to the  Type 102 of 1990.  Guy went into great detail of every model and who drove them. You may remember Jim Clark, Graham Hill and Mario Andretti to name a few.  Colin Chapman was a clever engineer and led the way with innovations. We were amazed at Guy’s knowledge, after 2 hours I think we had learned everything about Lotus racing history.
Thanks to everyone who attended,
​Alex

What a day..   been looking forward to this for a couple of years and for the first time in 4 years the weather was terrible, downpour all day from 7am till after we left at 2.00pm. 

I was surprised that there were so many amazing cars there.  Would you leave a £30m Ferrari 250GTO in a muddy field in the pouring rain, well Nick Mason ( Pink Floyd drummer ) did. And also a  £2.5m Bugatti Chiron, 1 of only 5 in the uk.

I had arranged to meet about 6 tvr members at the Anchor pub just before the main entrance. As I arrived I was stopped by security who said I couldn’t park at the pub and had to drive to the main entrance. I said to the guard could he tell any Tvr drivers to meet me there, he said he would.

I parked across from the main entrance and waited in the rain from 8.50 till 9.20 wondering where everyone was. Then a group of Tvrs turned up, “where was you”  Phil said “we were waiting at the pub for 20mins..”  Obviously the guard ignored what I asked.

I waited another 10mins in case, then drove down to Golf club.  Luckily we were directed onto a reasonable flat piece of wet grass. At least we shouldn’t have trouble driving out.

Five other Tvrs joined us who had booked themselves, in total we had 12 cars lined up, not bad considering the weather.

We decided to get a Coffee and Bacon roll and luckily there were plenty of car dealers with large Marquees to stand out of the rain.  Thanks to the Volvo stand, they didn’t even try and sell us one.

We then walked round some of the cars on display, there was a big turnout of Ferrari’s from 1960s up to the latest ones offered by the Ferrari dealers.  The same with Aston Martins, Bentley, McLaren, Lamborghini, Maserati and even Rolls Royce. What a great selection of cars.  I then wandered over to the club stands where there were a large selection of Bentley's 1920s to 1950s and Ford Mustangs, Jaguars, Mg’s, Lotus to name but a few. There was a large empty area where i'm sure would have been full if the weather was better.

The only disappointment was the Supercar Drive Through which was lacking some Supercars, there was a McLaren, Ferrari,  4 Porsche 911’s, Alfa Romeo 4C, Aston Martin Vantage S,  Volkwagen Golf V32 and a Audi A4 RS Estate.  Everyone around me said “was that it...”

There was also arranged The Falcon Parachute team to drop in and a Lancaster Bomber fly over but had to be cancelled due to the weather.

Im definitely going to do this next year with hopefully better weather.

Thanks to all that turned up and braved the rain. My car has never looked so clean when I got home.
Its now Monday, the day after and glorious sunshine, typical...

Alex DRO

test 13 Aug 2018

We last attended this show in 2015 but it always clashed with the Mersea Show.  This year the Mersea Show has changed organisers and are charging to exhibit your car, plus it was half empty last year.

As usual i emailed all members and added it to the forum and only 3 replied. 
I thought I would go anyway as I enjoyed the show last time.  Eventually nearer the time we had 8 members interested.

The day before, the weather said it was showery but I still decided to attend. I arrived at our meeting point at Birchanger Services Bishops stortford.  after a while Murray in is lovely 3000M turned up and then Steve Mead in his Tamora. We waited till 9.25 and then decided to head off to the show.

When we arrived it was already getting very busy, Dave in his Blue Griff was already there and Tim Paine came over to see us.
The weather was lovely when we arrived but after about an hour it started to rain, I decided to go back to my car to get a raincoat and it suddenly stopped raining and the sun came out. 
We had one more  quick shower that day and otherwise it was a lovely day.
The Show was quite busy, most ignored the weather, shame the other Tvrs didnt turn up. we only had 4 cars lined up. 
I have added the Pics to the events gallery for you all to see what you missed... :-)

Amongst the pics you can see a Red Ferrari 275GTS, what a lovely car. we chatted to the owner and someone asked its value, the owner went quiet for a moment and said he had it valued for insurance for £1.6 million,,  wow,,, he said there was only 14 rhd cars made out of 200..  Im amazed he drove it there, say someone drove in to it,,, 
​Thanks to all that attended
see you all soon 
Alex

We stopped running the mid week runouts this year due to low turnout last year.
After chatting to a few members I decided to organise an impromptu runout to take advantage of the lovely weather we are having.
I emailed everyone the week before and added it to the Forum.  after a few days I had 6 couples interested.
When Sue and myself arrived at The Compasses in Littley Green I was surprised to see 5 Tvrs already parked in the Carpark.  After a while more turned up and we ended up with 17 of us sat in the Beer garden with 4 tables moved together. to fit us all.
What a great evening it turned out to be.
I welcome new attendees Ian and Helen who joined Mid Essex in 1997 and this was their first time.
Thanks to all that turned up
Alex

'What a great evening for this years BBQ, the last couple of years rain stopped play.but this year was perfect weather.
Usually they use the Driving range for parking the cars, but due to a new Crazy Golf course and the new clubhouse extension theres no car access.
This year they decided to park the cars in the carpark and within an hour that was completely full. I arrived at 7.30pm and had to park by the Tee for hole 1.  As I drove up to the Tee I noticed a white Lambo Murcielago parked there, It was one of our ex RO's Peter Reason. last time we met was 4 yrs ago at the Forresters.  After a short chat Angus in his Griff parked next to me and then Phil arrived in his wedge.

Shame that Lambo was parked there as it spoilt the Tvr lineup ( bet Peter thought the same )

After a 15min queue for drinks and a BBQ ticket I had to queue for the BBQ, Phil and Angus wandered off to look at the cars. After 35mins queuing I got a burger, reminder next time eat before you go.

The line up of cars was amazing, from loads of Porsches to Ferraris, Mercedes, Jags, Lotus 7s, 
Elises, Evoras, couple of Tvr's, plus lots of Classic cars.  we also spotted Roger with his T350 still damaged from an incident at warren, He said don't mention that.
​ 
Overall a good evening and good weather. See photos on Events Gallery

Alex DRO

Aston On Sunday a few of us attended this event.  I have been before and was amazed how many supercars attended.
We had to meet very early at Thurrock services for the drive down to Goodwood.  We had to be there by 8.30am so we met at 7.00am to get there earlier enough.  as I was filling up I got a call from Bryn and Steve who was waiting in the carpark so we decided to meet up on the exit and leave straight away.

We had a great drive down in the sunshine with the roof off,  and arrived after 78miles by 8.20am, we then had to queue to get in which took 15min as it was so busy.

We were guided onto the Goodwood Race track, and drove through the Tunnel giving the car a good blast, then we would line up along the starting grid.  it took 10 mins of driving through all the parked supercars to find a parking spot.  Crowds of spectators lined the route and were taking photos of us. Kids were saying to the dads cor its a Tvr, Its amazing that they were very interested in our cars which cost a fraction of most of the cars on show. 

We then spent 3 hours walking around some of the most expensive cars ever made.  After seeing about 30 Aventadors and 50 Ferraris with a few Porsche Gt3 Gt2, Aston Martins inc a Zagato convertable v rare, Racing DB11, DB9, Vantage Gte, Bugatti Chiron Veyrons, lots of Maclarens inc a few P1s and several 720s.  there was also a rare Maclaren Senna, finished in Carbon Fibre bodywork,  only 20 of these were made at £300k each.

Amongst the newish supercars were a mixture of classic supercars such as Ferrari Daytonas, Gto's Lamborghini Diablo, Espada Murcialago etc,,even a Blower Bentley,  and a few Tvrs 

Great day out, in beautiful weather and some lovely cars..

see some photos in Events Gallery..

Alex DRO

Just got back from the Peak District after a glorious weekend driving round the best roads in the uk.

5 Tvrs travelled up from Essex on Thursday (24th may). Jo & Gerry, Phil, Graham & Julie, Paul & Sandra and Me and Sue. plus Dave & Theresa in their Merc. We met up with Ray & Lorraine and Melvin & Hillary at the hotel in Sheffield. They had just spent 10 days touring Scotland in their Tvrs. Fred Joined us Friday evening.

Friday the weather changed from hot sunshine to cold and wet, so we decided to go to the Crich Tramway Museum.  After arriving we travelled on a 1937 Tram then  went round the workshops and museum. quite fascinating even though im not into trams. worth a visit.. when we left it started to get misty and as we drove across the peaks it was like a victorian london fog and I couldn’t see beyond a our bonnet, we drove at 25mph in case we drove off the road into the valley below.

Saturday was the Thrillls in Hills runout. we were worried about the weather but sat morning was dry and warm and on the way the sun came out and it was another glorious day. we arr at the meeting point, Haddam Station carpark, where the were about 100 other Tvrs, good turnout, we paid our membership fee of £3 which went towards the organising, and rec 2 maps for the runs and a nice sticker for the car.
At 10.30 we all started our cars and queued up to leave for the morning run.. what a sight and the sound was deafening “ probably from the car in front which looked like a racing Tvr v8S with a straight through exhaust…

We left the carpark in large convoy of 118 cars, the locals were amazed and taking photos on their phones as we roared pass.  I used my Gopro and got some good footage.
We drove about 50miles going through small villages and along some scenic roads in the hills of the peak district.  The route passed through Heathersage Bamford passing Ladybower Reservoir, what a view over it, then onto Hope, Castleton, then stopped to regroup with over 100 tvrs lined up along the road, we left and went along Winmats pass, then to Buxton ( where the spa water comes from) and ending up at The Knights Table pub where we all stopped for lunch.  They packed us all into the carpark with no hope of getting out before the afternoon run. 

After lunch Me and Phil were the only ones wanting to do the afternoon run, Sue decided to grab a lift back with Fred in his nice mk3 Tuscan.  she has now decided she wants me to get one...

So off we all went again minus a few Mid Essex members who went back to Hotel. 
I thought the afternoon run was better than the morning, with lots of twisty turns and nearly vertical hills, it was like driving on the mountain roads in Italy. We went through Longnor, Crowdecote Newhaven, Matlock Bath and Bakewell ( very touristy ) and ended up in a field at Monsal Head,, what a view.   After a nice pint sitting outside the pub we bumped into Barry (another Mid Essex member ) and after a long chat we then headed back to the hotel.

Sunday the weather was Hot and Sunny so we decided to do a drive that Dave had organised. Phil had printed the Directions and we headed off,  we drove along Snake Pass lovely scenic winding road then onto Glossop and then onto the Cat and Fiddle road, amazing stretch of road famous with Bikers, they put speed cameras on it because of the bad accidents bikers were having. We stopped for lunch at the Peak View Tea Rooms, overlooking the peaks.  After lunch we continued to Winatts Pass, another long winding road through the best scenery, the route took us all round the best roads and then back to Sheffield for our Hotel.

Sunday night we all decided to visit the local curry house where we near enough filled the restaurant with 16 of us turning up.

Monday we headed back with quite a few of us going on to other places.  Me and Sue went to visit her mums cousin in Belper, they were surprised to see us arriving in the Tvr,  we hadn’t seen them since 1992. Sues mum lived there from a child till she moved to London when she was 20 years old.

I Wish to say, Thanks to Jo for organising another great event , Dave for organising Sundays run, Phil for printing out the maps, and everyone else for coming including Graham and Julie who came with us from Tvrcc Berks region, without the members there wouldn’t be events like these. And of course thanks to the Nomads Tvrcc Peak who organised another brilliant weekend.

Bye for now
Alex

29th April 2018   8.00-11.00 am, Warren Golf Club Classic and Supercar Breakfast meets, Buy a Bacon Roll and Coffee and view the Best classic cars in the area. free entry to car owners.  Very popular with mid essex members last year. The Warren Estate, Woodham Walter,Nr Maldon, Essex CM9 6RW Tel: 01245 223258
 
5th May – Breakfast Meet at Seaview Café Seaview Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester,
CO5 8DA.

13th May –  Monthly meeting at the Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre, Forest Rd, Witham, Essex CM8 2PS, Jo Gerry Ellie and Ben will be there from 12pm or join Alex for the Convoy starting at the BP Service Station Lorry Park, Boreham, CM2 5PY from 11.40am to leave promptly at 12pm, full details of the convoy are on the forum.
 
26th May - Bespoke Performance Open Day 9.30 - 3.30 , Free Food and Drink, Visit Workshop and Showroom, Put your car on a ramp and get a free assessment of your car.
Address:
Bay 3 Marsh Works,
Marsh Lane, Ware,
Hertford, Herts, SG12 9QB

24th to 28th May - I have booked a holiday to the Peak District to coincide with the Hi Peaks Thrills in the Hills Run, if you would like to join us please let me know, details of the hotel that I have booked are below. The Cost of the Room is £291.00. 
 
So far we have Jo and Gerry, Dave and Teresa, Jody and Jennifer, Alex and Sue, Phil and Liz, Kevin and Merrill, Graham and Julie, Paul and Sandra, Melvin and Hilary, Ray and Lorraine, we have six rooms still available.
 
Garrison Hotel

Garrison Hotel, 635, Penistone Rd, Hillsborough Barracks, Sheffield, S6 2GB.

 27th May 2018   8.00-11.00 am, Warren Golf Club Classic and Supercar Breakfast meets, Buy a Bacon Roll and Coffee and view the Best classic cars in the area. free entry to car owners.  Very popular with mid essex members last year. The Warren Estate, Woodham Walter,Nr Maldon, Essex CM9 6RW Tel: 01245 223258

3rd June - Goodwood Breakfast Club Supercar Spectacular. 8.30 -12.30,  See all the Best Supercars in one place lined up along the starting grid of The Goodwood Motor Circuit. Free entrance and parking.  you need to join to get a free ticket by visiting their website www.goodwood.com/BreakfastClub , its free to join.  We are meeting for 7.00am at Lakside services as its a 1.5 hour drive and we have to be there for 8.30 to show your car. You can attend anytime if not showing your car but you still need a ticket as its a limited ticket event. Address:  Goodwood Motor Circuit, Goodwood,  Chichester PO18 0PH

9th June – Breakfast Meet at D's Diner 1 the Street, Hatfield Peveral, Chelmsford, CM3 2EJ.
 
10th June –  Monthly meeting at the Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre, Forest Rd, Witham, Essex CM8 2PS, Jo Gerry Ellie and Ben will be there from 12pm or join Alex for the Convoy starting at the BP Service Station Lorry Park, Boreham, CM2 5PY from 11.40am to leave promptly at 12pm, full details of the convoy are on the forum.
 
17th June 2018   8.00-11.00 am, Warren Golf Club Classic and Supercar Breakfast meets, Buy a Bacon Roll and Coffee and view the Best classic cars in the area. free entry to car owners.  Very popular with mid essex members last year. The Warren Estate, Woodham Walter,Nr Maldon, Essex CM9 6RW Tel: 01245 223258
 
7th July – Breakfast Meet at Lillies Café Unit 22, Alpha Garden Centre 238 London Road Wickford SS12 0JX
 
8th July –  Monthly meeting at the Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre, Forest Rd, Witham, Essex CM8 2PS, Jo Gerry Ellie and Ben will be there from 12pm or join Alex for the Convoy starting at the BP Service Station Lorry Park, Boreham, CM2 5PY from 11.40am to leave promptly at 12pm, full details of the convoy are on the forum.
 
10th July – Martyn has invited us to the Porsche Club BBQ at Rivenhall Oaks Golf Club, Forest Road, Witham, CM8 2PS, from 7.30 pm onwards.  This is a great social event and there is no charge for attendance but donations to the chosen charity of this year, will be appreciated; refreshments are expected to be in the region of £8 - £10 for food. All Essex car clubs of which I am aware have been invited to this event.
 
15th July 2018   8.00-11.00 am, Warren Golf Club Classic and Supercar Breakfast meets, Buy a Bacon Roll and Coffee and view the Best classic cars in the area. free entry to car owners.  Very popular with mid essex members last year. The Warren Estate, Woodham Walter,Nr Maldon, Essex CM9 6RW Tel: 01245 223258
 
19th – 23rd July – Silverstone Classic Rocking and Racing, we will be camping from the Thursday stopping on the way up for a nice pub lunch until the Monday Morning, please find all the details below, to book your discounted tickets, please let me know if you are joining us.
 
So far we have Jo and Gerry, Steve and Debbie, Alan and Dawn.
 
SILVERSTONE CLASSIC 20th - 22nd July 2018 - SUPER EARLY BIRD 
 
CLUB DISPLAY PACKAGES
 
http://www.silverstoneclassic.com/buycarclubtickets
 
The table below explains the Car Club Display Package prices that are uniquely available to car club members.
 
The packages include two general admission tickets and one infield vehicle display pass for your allocated club display area. These can only be purchased by using the booking code dedicated to each individual car club. There is no extra booking fee on top of the ticket price but a transaction fee will be applicable per order (not per ticket).
 
Super Early Bird Car Club Display Packages – BOOKING CODE 18061CCD
Prices are held at the 2017 level and are available until 31st December 2017
Friday - £43
Saturday - £71
Sunday - £60
2-Day Fri/Sat - £82
2-Day Sat/Sun - £94
3-Day Weekend - £99
Early Bird Car Club Display Packages

Available 1st January until 31st March 2018
Friday - £45
Saturday - £74
Sunday - £62
2-Day Fri/Sat - £92
2-Day Sat/Sun - £101
3-Day Weekend - £102
Standard Car Club Display Packages

Available 1st April until 31st May 2018
Friday - £52
Saturday - £78
Sunday - £67
2-Day Fri/Sat - £102
2-Day Sat/Sun - £112
3-Day Weekend - £120

4th August – Breakfast Meet at Rose Café London Road, Chelmsford, CM2 8TG.

12th August - Saffron Walden Motorshow.   Usually 300 cars in attendance, Jaguar owners club, MG owners etc. Also a large selection of Classic Motorcycles.  Meet Alex for 9.00am at Birchanger Services M11 J8,  we will have to leave sharply at  9.20 to arrive before 10.00am.
Address:   The Common, Saffron Walden, CB10 1JG
   
12th August –  Monthly meeting at the Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre, Forest Rd, Witham, Essex CM8 2PS, Jo Gerry Ellie and Ben will be there from 12pm or join Alex for the Convoy starting at the BP Service Station Lorry Park, Boreham, CM2 5PY from 11.40am to leave promptly at 12pm, full details of the convoy are on the forum.
 
19th August 2018   8.00-11.00 am, Warren Golf Club Classic and Supercar Breakfast meets, Buy a Bacon Roll and Coffee and view the Best classic cars in the area. free entry to car owners.  Very popular with mid essex members last year. The Warren Estate, Woodham Walter,Nr Maldon, Essex CM9 6RW Tel: 01245 223258
 
2nd September – Brightlingsea Classic Car Show and Fun Day, meet at Weeley Services at around 9am - A great fun day for all the family, stalls, inflatables, trade stands, live music, beer tent, food, over 400 classic cars, and much more. All money raised goes to the 4th Brightlingsea Scout Group.
 
9th September –  Monthly meeting at the Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre, Forest Rd, Witham, Essex CM8 2PS, Jo Gerry Ellie and Ben will be there from 12pm or join Alex for the Convoy starting at the BP Service Station Lorry Park, Boreham, CM2 5PY from 11.40am to leave promptly at 12pm, full details of the convoy are on the forum.
 
15th September – Breakfast Meet at Seaview Café Seaview Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8DA.
 
14th October –  Monthly meeting at the Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre, Forest Rd, Witham, Essex CM8 2PS, Jo Gerry Ellie and Ben will be there from 12pm or join Alex for the Convoy starting at the BP Service Station Lorry Park, Boreham, CM2 5PY from 11.40am to leave promptly at 12pm, full details of the convoy are on the forum.
 
20th October – Breakfast Meet at Eat Inn Diner, 6 Grange Way, Whitehall Industrial Estate, Colchester, CO2 8HG. 01206 793777
 
11th November –  Monthly meeting at the Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre, Forest Rd, Witham, Essex CM8 2PS, Jo Gerry Ellie and Ben will be there from 12pm or join Alex for the Convoy starting at the BP Service Station Lorry Park, Boreham, CM2 5PY from 11.40am to leave promptly at 12pm, full details of the convoy are on the forum.
 
17th November – Breakfast Meet at Fairways Diner, Hullbridge Road, Rayleigh, SS6 9QS. 
​01702 231414
 
2nd December – (Note One Week Earlier than Usual) Christmas Party meeting (DON’T FORGET YOUR CHRISTMAS HATS PRIZES FOR THE BEST HATS, BIG CHRISTMAS RAFFLE AND BINGO DABBERS FOR GERRYS BINGO) at the Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre, Forest Rd, Witham, Essex CM8 2PS, Jo Gerry Ellie and Ben will be there from 12pm or join Alex for the Convoy at the BP Service Station Lorry Park CM2 5PY from 11.40am to leave promptly at 12pm, full details of the convoy on the forum.
 
 
1st Saturday of each month from April – October, The Hare Breakfast Club is a monthly gathering of car enthusiasts from Essex and the surrounding counties. They start at 9am The Hare, Bishops Stortford Road, Roxwell, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 4LU Telephone: 01245 248788

Jo
 
 

Just got back from france on Sunday...  All had a great time, weather was hit and miss but overall it was ok.  Have added pics to the Events Gallery, if anyone wants to add some, please send them to me on an Email.  The itinary this year was :-    
Thursday-  drove down from calais stopping at Bethune for Lunch.
Friday- we had our Drive out Visiting La Ferte Milan, where there is a large castle above the picturesque town. visited the water wheel and walked along a lovely river.
We then Drove to Chateau Thierry which has a large Chateau above the Town. we had lunch there where the young waitress caused mayhem by mixing up our order and then bringing mains whilst we were eating our starters...after the meal we left and I accidently left my wallet on the table, I quickly returned 5mins later and it was gone and nobody knew anything about it. shame it spoilt a good day... we then drove to Longpont Abbey which was in serious need of repair. with no roof or windows..

Saturday morning- we visited the Market at Noyon and the weather was nice and sunny. we then decided to have lunch in a nice little restuarant. it was quite small so we sat outside under cover. then the rain came down torrential, the road outside looked like a river.. an hour later it stopped and the sun came out. what good timing.  We then drove to the American War Grave site at Bony near St Quentin.
It was very surrean and peaceful, we walked around the visiter centre where they had photos and writings about the first world war, then we walked around the hundreds of graves. we all felt it was such a waste of life.
That night everyone came to our Mobile home for a last drink before the drive home Sunday.  Good job I booked 3 bed homes as 12 people was quite cosy.
Sunday morning we packed up and met in the main carpark and then drove to Arras for lunch. We were all low on fuel so decided to drive to the nearest garage, but it when we got there it was derelict.. we then found another about 9km away so headed there thank god it was open as i was on empty.
Arras was a large town with a big Square in the middle, we all parked up and had a lovely lunch in a nearby pizza restuarant.  time was getting on so back on the motorway we headed for Calais. 3 cars went on the Eurotunnel  and 3 of us went on the ferry. we got to the ferry terminal an hour before our booking in time but had to queue for 50mins trying to get through immigration. we managed to get on the next ferry and had a lovely dinner in the restuarant. then the announcer said that because of bad weather we couldnt go into the port at dover. so it circled for an hour before going into dock. The crossing had taken 3 hours. We then drove home from dover in the high winds and pouring rain...

Overall we all had a great time, and I wish to thank everyone for coming, and It was very thoughtful of you all for helping me out in my little crisis...

Alex n Sue

We all had a great weekend in the peak district.
It was not without some hiccups.  First Jo and Gerry were late because they had a fuel leak on the Tamora, Then Kevin couldnt restart his car after filling up at Birchanger services, then Phil had a puncture on the M11 which shred his tyre, Jodie still has half the tyre as a momento. Also on the way home we stopped at Cambridge services and Gerry pulled up behind me with his Gear lever in his hand, it had come adrift miles back and he had stayed in 5th gear until the services. I have since heard he managed to temp fix it and made his way home. Other than that we all had a great time. The weather was Hot and sunny for 4 days, it only rained on the way home.

On Friday we visited the Standedge Tunnel. Its the longest Canal tunnel in the uk (5029m) and allowed barges to go under the Penines. it was opened in 1811 and 2 men would lay on their backs and walked along the tunnels on barges loaded with 40 tons of produce. 

​we went on an electric barge which went into the tunnel and travelled for about 30mins with a guide explaining the construction and use.

On Saturday we met up with over 100 Tvrs and drove around the Peak District National Park which was amazing, the views couldn't be more breathtaking. and with the added fun of following over a 100 Tvrs with the v8 music that goes with it.

Sunday we decided to visit Holmfirth which was only 12 miles away, this is the town where they made Last of the summer wine.  we stood outside Sid's cafe and stood on the steps of Nora Batty's house.

Monday was the first Rain we had and drove back through mist and rain till we got to Sheffield then it brightened up.

Thanks to all for a great weekend with the great banter and laughs...

You can see some photos on the Events Gallery.

​Alex  DRO

Today we attended the Warren Golf club Supercar Breakfast meet. This will be a monthly meet for the rest of the year.,,  Some amazing cars showed up from a Bugatti Veyron to a 1920s Blower Bentley.

April's meet was a quiet affair because Jo, Gerry, Ben and Ellie were on holiday in sunny Blackpool. That left Leo and me to arrange the meet. Leo done a sterling job selling 61 strips of raffle tickets for the Air Ambulance. not too many complaints about his selling techniques.  only a few photos as i forgot my camera and relied on an iphone with lack of spare memory.  Thanks to all those that turned up.. see you all next month...Alex DRO

Added pics from our sept France trip.  thanks to Steve, Tony (rev) and Mel for donating photos to a good cause.   In case you didnt know, we had a few problems on our trip.
1   Bryn's Clutch broke getting off Shuttle in Calais. still waiting for car to return to uk.
2. Pauls Vulcan wouldnt start friday morning found ECU had broke, car transported to garage in Soissons still waiting car to return to Straight6.
3. Tony (rev) exhaust fell off , car still sounded the same (loud).
4  Sunday my car wouldnt start, no power from battery, so decided to clean battery terminals when i screwed them back on Alarm went off, 120db at 8.00am sunday morning. the germans opposite me weren't amused.  this happened 3 times haha, phoned breakdown service and they took car to garage in Soissons parked it next to pauls and said nothing open on sunday so had to stay a night in hotel till monday. They fitted a new battery  car started first time, alarm reset. then they gave me a bill for 250euros, this was 65euros for diagnosing fault ( i told them it was battery) 185euros for a £60 battery. felt a bit ripped off but at least i drove home ok. others are still waiting for their cars and could take 3-4 weeks. Seems theres a big backlog of uk cars waiting to be brought back from France, other than that we had a great time with good runouts and will definately revisit La Croix du Vieux Pont next year.
Alex

Added Pictures from Saffron Walden, sorry about all the motorbikes but I have always been a motorcyclist and looking for another classic bike at present... thanks to Steve B who added quite a few pics of our cars.