I met up with Gavin and Steve at the Western Arms. By the time we left we had 8 Tvrs in our convoy to Kersey. 3 griffs, 1 Chimaera 2 Tuscans 1 Tamora and a Vixen.

Gavin led the way using B roads which made a lovely winding route through Essex avoiding the chaos on the A12.  In front of me was Doug in his 1969 Vixen 1600cc,  I was amazed he kept up with us with our V8s.

We arrived and parked alongside the entrance road. It was a perfect spot for showing off our Tvrs to everyone as they drove in.  A couple more arrived from Suffolk group and we had 15 Tvrs lined up.
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The weather was amazing for mid April, brilliant sunshine. Fred and myself went for a walk around the other clubs, there was an interesting mix of veteran, vintage up to modern classics.
Well worth the visit. Thanks to everyone that attended.
Alex

This was our first meet at the Western Arms Silver End.

It was good see some old faces turning up. The venue was set out for us to all sit together in the bar area.

We all had a good chat before sitting down to our meal. Sue and I ordered the Chicken Roast which was excellent, tasty and plenty of everything.

We then started our usual games. First we had our Christmas Hat competition, won by Judy and Chelsea, Bens girlfriend.  We then had a new game, where we were all given raffle tickets, and all stood up. Jo called out the raffle numbers and we all had to sit down if our number was called. After a while Ben was the only one standing so he won the prize.
We then had our usual raffle with plenty of prizes won.
Gerry then conducted the Bingo with three prize winners. 

After all this it was about 4.00pm. After more chatting we left at 5.00pm to get home to Chester waiting patiently for his dinner.

Remember it’s our next meeting at the Western Arms on 9th Jan 2022.

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to everyone.
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Alex Sue and Chester ( the dog )

As from our next meet on 5th Dec 2021 we will now meet at :

The Western Arms
Western Road
Silver End
Witham
CM8 3SD

It Has Good Food and Drink and plenty of Parking. Try their Sunday Roasts.
In the summer we can sit outside in the large Garden.

See you all there from 12.00 with Jo and Gerry or meet me at Boreham for our Convoy in.
I'm usually there at 11,40 and we leave precisely at 12.00.

Location-  Lorry Park rear of BP Garage at Boreham Services CM3 3HJ







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Five of us met up at Birchanger Services on the M11 and drove up to Sandy near Bedford.
It started to rain on the way but we still had a nice drive along the sweeping country lanes.
We were the first to arrive but soon another five Tvrs turned up.

First on the rollers was a nice Red Tamora. When they revved it up to max, the noise was like a jumbo jet taking off.  Everyone waited wondering what the result was, 311BHP at the wheels not bad for a standard 3.6 speed6. Next was
Julians lovely Mk2 Tuscan S  335BHP
Russel’s Blue Griffith 500  266BHP. 
Dark Blue Chimaera 400  194BHP 
Light Blue Chimeara  400 188BHP.

We also had the option of putting our cars on a lift to see underneath, Julian decided to, and his car was immaculate. I think most of us were to embarrassed to show the underneath of our cars.
Luckily the weather stayed dry whilst we were there and the coffee stall kept us nourished.
Thanks to Tim for arranging, and all for turning up.
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Alex

We usually camp at woodlands next to the circuit, but this year as not many were attending we decided to stay at a Hotel nearby. The nearest one with vacancies was 13 miles away but only 20 min drive.
Steve and Helen usually stay at a Hotel so we stayed with them. Sue has never been to Silverstone so it made nice break for her.
We arrived on Friday, the weather was showery on the way but it stopped when we arrived. We found the Tvr club section and parked up with about 35 other Tvrs.
We met up with Steve and Helen and went for a walk around the Market Stalls looking at all the car products for sale. The weather suddenly changed and we ended up standing in a marquee out of the Heavy Downpour.  When the rained passed we got a bus over to the pit side and found some nice seats in the Stands under cover.
The Racing was good with a few crashes due to the wet circuit. We watched the Murrey Walker Memorial Trophy with F1 cars from the 80s and 90s, being V8’s they sounded a lot louder and better than the modern F1 cars which have been reduced to V6 and muffled.
The Next Race was the Mini Challenge with about 50 early Minis racing around, they sounded like a swarm of Bees. But it is surprising how fast they can go.
We watched a few more races and then decided it was time to get back to the Hotel for some Dinner.

Saturday we decided to leave early to get there for 10.00am. We left at 9.20 and couldn’t believe the amount of traffic on the A43 and we eventually arrived at 11.00am.
Racing didn’t start till 1.15pm so we walked around the Car Clubs looking at all the Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins and other Exotic Cars. Mercedes car club had a stunning 1950s Mercedes SL190 Pagoda. Most of the car clubs attend so you had enough cars to look at all weekend. Triumph Stag owners club celebrated 50 years and had over 300 cars attending.
We then went over to the pits where you can get up close and watch them working on the racing cars. F1 would never allow this. Williams had their 1986 F1 Car which was driven by Nigel Mansell and Also their F1 1996 winning car driven by Damon Hill.  Damon Drove the car around Silverstone the next day.

Thanks to TVRCC for supplying us with Tea and coffee over the weekend. Hope to see them again next year with better weather.

​Alex and Sue

Hurrah we have had a meeting, first one since March 2020.

Lets hope we can get back to some normality. Good to see old faces and a couple of new ones.
Welcome Nick Gorham, nice red Griff I followed from Boreham.  you didnt know I'm a poet.

When I turned up at Boreham lorry park it was good to see 2 Griffs sitting there, They are definitely the best looking Tvr. good to see Terry and Nick. Then Ulrich turned up in his lovely Blue Cerb, followed by Rob in his Tamora then Robin in his Chim.
The traffic was really bad on the A12 so we decided to go the old country route. Terry knew it well so he became Green leader for the day.  When we got to Rivenhall Terry turned into the new housing estate by accident and we had a lovely drive around the new houses.  I thought he was trying to sell us one.

Eventually we realised our mistake and found the correct entrance and arrived at the Golf club.

​Waiting there were 6 lovely glistening Tvr's in the bright sunshine. plus us three and then Dave turned up in his T350T, and finally a Bright Orange Tuscan driven by Stuart.

We had to sit outside due to Rivenhall lock down rules.  It was blazing hot and managed to grab a table with an umbrella. The service was a mess, the lovely waitress had to run backwards and forwards taking each persons order separately rather than do them in one go. 

We had a lovely day chatting with old and new faces.

see you all next month

I posted photos on events page.

Alex DRO

Hi Mid Essex clan,

Obviously due to the pandemic we have not been able to meet up, and have cancelled all the trips arranged for 2020.  We have lost a few members not because of covid but deciding not to renew their membership. On the good side we have gained quite a few new members.

When we meet up again It will be good to see new and old faces and welcome them to the group. Jo and myself cant wait to get going again.  Our European trip will not happen for some time due to the rules on travelling abroad but we hope to arrange a trip to Yorkshire to see our own beautiful countryside.

When the car shows start again I will arrange our presence for the Tvr Mark, and hope you will join us.

Remember without members there is no club, so please come and join in with out monthly meets and trips.  

Hope you all are keeping well

best regards

Alex n Sue

We had our last Bowling evening in 2014 and it was a great success.  It was suggested why not have another one. So on Tuesday 25th February 2020, we did.

Fourteen members answered my email, so I immediately called the local Bowling alley in Chelmsford to arrange a night, they said the only evenings free were Tuesdays as they have bowling clubs using most of the lanes every other night.  I duly booked 3 lanes for 8.00 pm.

Sue and I arrived at 7.00 pm and had a nice drink before the event.  After a short while, Steve and Helen arrived, shortly followed by the others. It was getting to 7.30 and we were still waiting on 2 persons.  7.35 Tony and Maureen arrived, Hurrah everyone was here.

I arranged the lanes so we had an even number on each lane and off we went.
I perused the scores on the other lanes and noticed on the first game Sam was way ahead of everyone and was playing like a pro. It looked like the winning trophy was his. But in the second game, he dropped down the list, what happened?

I had to photograph the score boards at the end of the games to work out the winners. After the first game Melvin was winning with Sam in second place and me and Steve equally third. Phil said he wasn’t good at bowling and hadn’t done it for 10 years but he soon started getting strikes, was he hustling us.

We then started the second game and Helen started to beat everyone, she was getting good beating Melvin, Steve and me.  In the end, it was a shame that Helen missed a couple of shots and finished 4th. 
Final score was 1st Melvin 233pts, 2nd Steve 214pts, 3rd me 210pts, 4th Helen 199pts and Judy bringing up the rear.
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Thanks to everyone for making it a brilliant night, and after the success of this everyone agreed to make this a regular event.  Watch this space.. Photos on the events gallery

Alex DRO

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.
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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 Stenna Line 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.
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Overall a good evening and good weather. See photos on Events Gallery

Alex DRO

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

We had a great drive down in the sunshine with the roof off,  and arrived at 8.20am after driving 78miles , 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 joined the line up along the starting grid.  It took 10 mins driving through all the parked super-cars 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's Gt2's, Aston Martins inc a Zagato convertable v rare, Racing DB11, DB9, Vantage Gte, Bugatti Chiron Veyrons, lots of Mclarens inc a few P1s and several 720s.  there was also a rare Mclaren 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