I have now received the windsreen stickers and entrance passes for the above event. They have asked us to be on site by 9:00 am. I will be at the entrance at 8:45 onwards to give you your tickets and passes.

I am helping out with the organising of this local show and hope i can count on your support by attending and showing our cars .

Victoria Road West will be closed to traffic and will be the display area for the show
I have arranged for a prime spot for our region  display.
There will be live music and food and drink supplied by show side cafes
There will also be a model aircraft display over the beach probably model jets
Please register with me if you would like to attend.
Thanks
Russ

It could be a hood down and shorts day, plus sitting on the decking in the sun I HOPE!

See the new “Event Reports” section for my impressions and photo’s of the event.

It has been suggested that a good day out would be a picnic followed by Afternoon Tea.

 I have checked out Bolton Abbey for the picnic and you can even get picnic platters at the Abbey if you can’t be bothered making one! This would be followed by a run through the Yorkshire dales up to Hawes and from there via Sedbergh to the Castle Green Hotel near Kendal. The total Milage is 143 with a driving time of 3hrs 30 mins. The milage and time reflect starting and finishing at the Tickled Trout.

Full details of the route, Bolton Abbey and the Hotel are given in the “Trips/ Tours ” section of the website. The following dates are possibilities Sunday 17th June, Sunday 15th July or Sunday 29th July. I will discuss at next club meeting to fix best date for the members, and establish numbers for pre booking.

The car club has thought of an event involving a celebration of the Olympics. Using a stick of Blackpool Rock as a baton it is planned to transport region to region from Blackpool to London. Its not been decided when but as the start region I have volenteered our services. Guess it will involve some sort of launch event in Blackpool and a drive down the M55 to hand it over to Lancashire.

I will update the website as more information is confirmed.

As you can see from the photo the weather was bright and sunny and approximately 5o cars attended the event. The Museum ,Cafe, car parking and proximity to the hotel made it a great venue for the event. Many ex TVR people attended including  Martin Lilley, Special Projects Manager John Box, Service Manager Eddie Hall, Secretary Carole Newton.

Gail and Dave Cleverly organised a raffle which raised over £350. The money was given to John Mleczek and will be used to help cover the travel insurance costs of Dave Hives who along with John have been invited to go to America and speak at the Griffith meeting to be held there this June. I also approached the members of the Blackpool Region who were present and asked if they would further support the the costs of Dave by donating money from the club funds. The £100 donation along with the raffle money was presented to John in the attached photo.

The Museum offered a reduced entry to the exhibits which did contain some beautiful and interesting cars, including TVR 2. The sunny weather allowed us to enjoy a very relaxing lunch and other coffee breaks outside by the river.

It was great to see some of the members who have not been able to attend meetings for a while including Terry Megson in his new bright red Tamora, having decided to sell his Cerbera after 7 years of ownership.  Ian and Loraine Francis arrived after lunch to enjoy the sunshine and Kevin Baker and Jane Pyne also attended. All in all it was a good event that I really enjoyed.

Another new attendee was John Mleczek’s new 350i which looks very nice, thiugh John describes it as work in progress. I am pleased to welcome another Wedge to the fold!

Foot note:- I received a phone call tonight from David Hives thanking the region profusely for helping him to go to America in June.