The weather for Colin and Val Wotley’s
Sunday Lunch Run was reminiscent of our recent summer:- cold,
wet and windy!!
About 11 MGs gathered at Gordano Services for
the start of the run, plus a VW Golf (!) driven by our illustrious
Chairman and Secretary……I don’t know what Cecil
Kimber would have made of that!! In their defence, the T Special’s
wipers had failed and they had just sold their blue MGB (which,
ironically, followed them for the run!!) to new owners/members
who were on their first run.
After the route was handed out and menu options
chosen, we set off towards Portishead. It was noticeable how bare
most of the trees now were, the leaves probably heading for the
nearest rail network to cause the usual havoc!! We then followed
the coast road towards Clevedon which gave a great view of the
channel with its murky brown sea!
The route gave a warning of narrow lanes and
we were only just into these when we encountered ‘white
van man’ looming towards us. Fortunately, there was a layby
on our left which we dived into to allow him his normal, rapid
rate of progress. Then followed the usual country hazards of horses,
joggers, cyclists, etc. Because of the rain, there were plenty
of puddles about and we were glad that the car had recently been
waxoyled! At one of the narrowest sections there was a 30 mph
sign and we thought ‘chance would be a fine thing’!
Around the Tyntesfield House/Failand area we noticed that the
trees still had leaves which were a nice colour…….posh
area see; there’s something in this postcode lottery lark!!
The route took us to the Chew Valley Lake area
and, despite the warning, there were no ‘flying ducks’
around, instead they were huddled together trying to keep warm!
As we approached Blagdon Lake, several MGs
had pulled over. It turned out that Mike had a slow puncture but,
with a foot pump to hand, typical of a classic MG, they soldiered
on!! As we carried on, alongside the bridge we spotted some building
work and appropriately, the sign read ‘MGB Scaffolding’!
Continuing en route, we passed ‘The Firs’
farm, heading for X roads and were looking out for a row of ash
trees. This turned out to be the name of the road – Row
of Ashes!!
Eventually, after driving through Wrington,
we all arrived at the Langford Inn and enjoyed a well deserved
drink and natter in the bar area before going to our pre-booked
private room for our lunch. The food and service was excellent.
Despite the weather, it was an enjoyable run,
thanks to Colin and Val’s efforts.
Paul and Dinah
Chris presents a cheque for £1500 to Brian
Hall from The Bristol Children's Help Society at November Clubnight.
This represented the money raised during our Brunel Run
SUNDAY
LUNCH RUN OCT 21ST
What
beautiful weather for the October Sunday Lunch Run which started
from the lake near Backwell Station. Lots of ducks, geese, swans
and of course seagulls. The start saw over 12 assorted MG's and
others drive away towards Nailsea. It was a lovely route that
took us through Wraxall up over the hill to
Failand and then down the other side to Portishead. We passed
very near to Gerry's abode and then followed the coastal road
to Clevedon; some fantastic views over to Wales. We then drove
inland to Yatton, Congesbury, a few miles on the A370 and then
off again towards the coast via Wick St Lawrence taking in Sand
Bay, Kewstoke and into Weston-super-Mare where I've never seen
the sand so packed as it was the race day for Motorbikes over
man made hills of sand; it was amazing that we drove along the
sea front so easily.
We came away via Uphill, and Bleadon and arrived
wind swept and hungry to The Brent House where we enjoyed a lovely
Sunday Lunch (Beats cooking anytime) Many thanks to John &
Liz Phillips for their 1st and very successful run. We now look
forward to their next!!
Sue Gainey
Visit
to Butcombe Brewery - 20th September 2007
Well the turnout was impressive. Expectant,
anxious-looking males wondering how long it would take to look
at the impressive pipes, tanks and machines that produce the West
Country’s amber nectar and hoping that we would sample more
than a half of this and a taste of that. Would there be time for
a bit of a session? Well – aaarrrhh – of course there
was!
The MD and Sales Director did us proud. There
was cheese and bikkies etc and it seemed a never-ending supply
of Butcombe Ales.
The ladies also enjoyed the evening but, strangely,
all having to drive home! Where would we be without them (in a
ditch somewhere probably).
It just goes to show that BAMGOC can organise
a piss-up in a brewery. A good night was had by all so many thanks
to Sue for a good one.
Chris
Initially there was only one MG
present in the line-up! Although some potential new members turned
up in their GT so put all the rest of us to shame!
Some of the early arrivals
BAMGOC members impressed with the scale of
the production
Never let it be said that BAMGOC
can't organise a piss-up in a brewery!
We ran into an old friend -
(mind you Pauline keeps running into him - she saw him at Paddington
only the other day!)
There was a good turnout for the Club BBQ for
which we could not have picked better weather or a more idyllic
setting, thanks to Roy and Sue Clarke who opened their home for
the occasion.
Pic 04 shows our illustrious leader, Tim Hipwell, with his lovely
wife, Georgie, plus the indefatigable Carol Griffiths and plucky
Janet Pryce-Jones - nice to see her back on her feet after her
recent surgery.
Thanks are due to Sue Gainey and Val Scott for organising the
feast and to Tim Pryce-Jones and Martin Gainey for their BBQ skills.
Plus thanks to anyone else who helped and to all those who came.
Pics
from Powederham
Cotswold
Caper 2007
It had been a long time since I went on a Gloucester
Area run, I remember the 'Caper' runs from some 10 years ago,
and how great they were, and wondered if they had maintained their
standard - I was not
disappointed!
The run start was from St Rose's School in Stroud,
this school is Glos. MGOC chosen charity, the welcome was big
and the coffee and bacon buttie very welcome indeed! Some of the
pupils were very interested in the cars, and along with Olympic
swimming star - Sharron Davies, waved us off at the start. I must
point out that the main attraction of the day for Steve was the
fact that Sharron waved us off! if he had his way he would have
just kept driving around to the start again and again!
We met up with a few familiar faces from Exeter,
Pat and Roger, Alison and Sean, all in all there was a very amiable
atmosphere to the whole day.
Having arrived quite early we were able to
get away on the run in good time too. The route almost immediately
took us out and away from civilization, always a good start. On
the road to Knockdown we went through a charming village complete
with duck pond, on through fantastic driving country to Shipton
Moyne, through a working farm (good natured folk around here,
allowing 120 odd cars through their land!). Steve particularly
enjoyed this part of the run, it was rather like the Monte Carlo
rally, with bends to match. We headed on toward Avening, I remember
some years ago walking around the stones on a GWR rally looking
for the answers to a very cleverly scripted walking quiz - do
you ED?
Following the route in the direction of Nailsworth
we drove across the very pleasant Rodborough Common, where it
was compulsory to stop and have one of Winstones home made ice
creams, Val and
Ian Scott's dog Bosun, also enjoyed this stop! From the common
we meandered to Sapperton Village, we took one look at the pub
car park and decided to push on, through Daglinworth and Duntisborne
Abbotts (sounds like titles of a Wurzels song!). We stopped for
refreshments eventually at 'Olives Cafe' just off the A419, and
very good is was too, first class home made food, friendly atmosphere,
and a classic car theme. The run then took us on toward Withington,
we passed Rencombe Airfield which is home to the Utterly Butterly
wing walkers, there was a plane in, but we thought we ought to
get on, with Steve’s 'love' of flying the thought of being
strapped onto the outside fuselage did not really appeal to him!
On the road through Stowell we spied a stunning
mansion on the hill, quite magnificent, and the ‘pied de
terre’ of one Lord Vestey, one of the country's wealthiest
men, (my Mum used to work for his Dad during the 50's). Putting
idle dreams aside, we ventured on through more lovely Cotswold
lanes, past fabulous cottages many with the inevitable roses around
the door. It looks very idyllic, but where does anyone go to work?
Onwards through Great Barrington we passed
RAF Rissington which was a WW11 Fighter Airfield and
former home of the Red Arrows. This road leads to Bourton-on-the-
Water, the good weather had obviously encouraged a swell of visitors,
it was rather like a mass evacuation from Blackpool Sands, we
passed through and made our way through little fords to Guiting
Power, and home of the Cotswold Farm Park, our destination. Gloucester
club welcomed us warmly with a very nice finishers gift of leather
MG wallet, we looked in the gazebo to see if we had been lucky
in the exceptionally good raffle - sadly not. More ice cream beckoned
and a chance to chat with other entrants, and for Steve to have
a little sleep in the sun.
Excellent run, very well organised, we did not
experience any of the MG ‘tail backs’ which occur
on some runs, next years event will be held on Sunday 8th June,
we will make sure that we book early, so
should you!
Hellie
SILVERSTONE
– SUR – MER
‘Roadrunner’ has three pet hates, one has been
resolved by recent legislation, the other two are camping in the
rain, and caravans!
In spite of Pauline and I ‘over egging’ the possibility
of a sunny weekend, (knowing full well that cyclone weather was
forecast!), he was a rather pessimistic participant when we travelled
up to the Silverstone International weekend at the end of June.
This is one of the few events when you can see first rate MG and
historic racing, get close up to the action in the pits and trawl
around the auto jumble, looking for that ‘elusive’
part.
We stopped en route and on the return journey at a rather unusual
pub, there was more than a little ‘You’re not from
around these parts’ feel about it, and the two characters
taking centre stage looked like they were cast members from ‘Deliverance’.
However, the barmaid seemed normal, with only two heads, and the
ham, egg and chips were first class. (When we returned on Sunday
afternoon, the same ‘two’ were there, in the same
clothes – say no more!)
Actually the weather was not too bad when we arrived, and tents
were pitched in the dry, Pauline & Chris had bought their
gazebo and windbreaks, which were invaluable keeping out the prevailing
wind that is always present at Silverstone.
We set off to have a look around, and partake of a speckled
hen or two, the bar prices are always astronomical at these events,
which is really daft as it keeps attendees at their tents rather
than getting together in the bar. The catering committee had arranged
to take a chicken casserole complete with veg and potatoes, a
very good move as it was getting a bit chilly by dusk, we also
attempted to light a small furnace to keep warm!
As usual yours truly sleeps like a log when camping, just to
highlight the fact than no one else did! We enjoyed cooked breakfast
and went off to see the car displays and autojumble. Parked just
down the field from us were two MG midgets, both with a small
caravan in tow, they were quite dinky and had a pop-up roof. Steve
and Chris took a very keen interest in these, suddenly the prospect
of sleeping in the comparative comfort of your own little ‘home
on wheels’ appealed more than it had ever done before, or
in Steve’s case ever, it is amazing how climate can change
the beliefs of a lifetime!
The doom laden weather prospects were getting closer unfortunately,
although the racing went ahead in spite of this, how some of the
drivers could see especially as many had no windscreens and wipers
were defenceless against the elements. We did enjoy looking at
the car displays, as usual 100’s turn out in the register
parking, a good opportunity to get some photographs for the Ed.
We managed to find a couple of parts that I needed for the midget.
Chris bought another torch, does anyone know the word for a torch
fetish?
We bumped into some friends we had not seen for some time,
including some Brunel attendees from t’up North, our revered
Regional Sec and the ever-glamorous Mrs Hipwell (ask her how many
vodka’s are needed to slide along the tarmac at Silverstone!).
We had the opportunity to see the new Chinese made MG, which it
would appear only comes in bright orange, however, it has it’s
good side, you would not lose it in John Lewis’s car park!
The Chinese had also taken the opportunity to give their workers
a holiday, the venue resounded to the constant clicking of camera’s
(rather like our friend George from Japan, for those who remember
him).
Sunday loomed very dark and very wet! The over trousers that
Mum kindly donated were put into service, and boy were we grateful
for them! We showed willing and watched some of the Sprint event,
made much more exciting by the weather, although I am not sure
the participants would have agreed.
When the storm died to a mere force 8 we managed to dismantle
camp, and even blow most of the wet off the tent, and decided
reluctantly to head homewards, on leaving Silverstone there was
a familiar MGB parked on the side of the concourse, belonging
to Monsieur Hipwell, the recovery had been called, so after a
quick photocall from Pauline, we quickly left the scene.
It was a good weekend, albeit the weather was pretty foul,
there is also a postscript, the VERY next day Pauline and Chris
managed to procure a great 2 berth caravan, which had its inaugural
outing to Powderham, and the Hipwells car did eventually start
and saw them home safely to Cullompton. We however, will still
be camping for the foreseeable future, but if our numbers come
up – watch this space!!
Helene
The new MG
Barbie's MG?
Cute!
Discussing the finer points
Deep discussion
Sartorial elegance
Happy campers!
Rain drops keep falling on my head................
The Hipwells NOT leaving Silverstone!
MGs
In The Trees 2007
This was the South Staffs club run. Seven cars from Bristol
had signed up to try this venture. Some decided to make a weekend
of it and travel up on Saturday, and enjoy a few cheap beers (£1.60
pint!!! can't be bad!!) However, a broken starter motor soon brought
us down to 6 cars, then a couple called off because of Friday’s
weather and only the strong at heart remained. Three cars travelled
up on Saturday, with Val and Ian joining us on Sunday morning.
The weather was kind to us, and we saw very little evidence of
the floods as seen on the news. Ominous clouds threatened, but
that's all they did!!
It was tops down (cars only!!) for those who could!! "MGs
In The Trees" summed up exactly the pictures and views. Cannock
Chase was a beautiful spot for all outdoor lovers (oops!! read
that how you will). The run was through a wide variety of roads
and countryside, and took in the famous Ironbridge near Telford.
The instructions were set out clearly and succinctly and accurate
to the mile. A pleasure to follow and certainly no heavy domestics
over the navigating!! This was a new venture and extremely worthwhile.
It would be super if next year (assuming they have one next year)
a group from Bristol could attend and support them. We had a really
warm welcome, not just from MG’ers but the locals as well.
Think about what your car missed!!! Make the effort and join
in next year.... you will be glad you did.
Happy motoring for the rest of the season. JPJ
Mountains
and Valleys – 2nd 3rd June 2007
This was our first time attending the Mountains & Valleys
weekend. It was a huge success. 120 cars in all, 7 from our club
but we were beaten by Pembroke who sent 11 and were rewarded with
a prize each at the end. There were quite a few from the midlands
and Exeter provided strong support.
The weather forecast wasn’t too good but luckily for
us we escaped the rain. Saturday was glorious sunshine. We had
thought of using sat nav. to get to the Premier Inn where we were
staying but instead we followed Chris & Pauline to Hereford.
For those of you that have taken part in their Brunel Runs you
will appreciate what a wonderful route they planned. We avoided
the motorway except for the minimum distance necessary to cross
the first Seven Bridge, driving through Tintern and the Wye Valley.
We stopped for lunch at The Grafton Inn on the way with a diversion
through a car boot sale in the adjacent field – Chris got
a 1940’s torch which he
thought had probably been used in the blackout – it still
had the original batteries in it. Apart from the car boot sale
it felt just like one of our BAMGOC Sunday runs.
Sunday morning we all met up at the Leisure Centre car park.
It was quite a sight just seeing all of the cars spruced up for
the run and meeting up with and chatting to those people that
we had met at other events.
Being first timers we weren’t able to compare the run
with previous years but we thought it was great . Many participants
told us this was one of the best events on the calendar. We found
driving the “Y” around the mountains on some of those
narrow tracks was awesome. Adam was busy taking photographs –
saying “Look down
there, it’s a long way down”. We thought Porlock Hill
in North Devon had tested the Y’s brakes but this run really
had us wondering if we might have to throw an anchor out –
we had been warned before we started though so at least we were
in the right (low) gear when we got to the steepest part. We were
pleased when we made
it to The Old Rectory Hotel, the lunch stop.
After lunch we wove our way back to the finish at The Pilgrim
Inn. The total run was 82.3 miles and everyone appeared to have
thoroughly enjoyed their day. The venues for the stops were excellent,
the organisation first rate and our day was made when Chris and
Pauline took the star prize in the raffle, Adam got a raffle prize
and Mike won a plate for the oldest car attending. The Y is 60
on 3rd July this year. Thanks to Chris who keeps her running.
Must get on now, preparing for Brunel – 31st August,
2nd and 3rd September 2007. See you there. Sue, Mike & Adam
Sunday
Lunch Run – 20th May 2007
Around a dozen cars met up at Sedgemoor Services
where we attracted considerable interest from other motorists.
We left later than the others as Chris got talking to a man from
Nottingham who had had an MG garage in Nottingham for many years.
He said he hadn’t seen so many MGs together since he’d
retired.
We left the motorway at the next exit and headed
towards Bridgwater, past a market and car boot sale (no time to
stop and not much room for car boot stuff in our car boot anyway).
Through Highbridge with its chatting/texting groups of hoodies
and down the A38. We ran into some slow traffic here and I held
my breath at Chris’s overtaking manoeuvres!
At Bridgwater we went via the industrial estate
and passed Riders Motorcycles where they were having a Harley
Day with bikers breakfasting in the car park. Harleys are not
Chris’s favourites so we didn’t stop. On out of Bridgwater
with some slow drivers again but at least they gave us a chance
to appreciate the countryside. One had a trailer which was so
unstable that I was relieved when we got past it.
We turned off the main road and headed through
some nice countryside and pretty villages with their gardens full
of spring blooms. Then up into the Quantock Hills through woodlands
and out onto the open hill top where the lack of hedges made it
ideal MG country. The hill down through more woodland was very
steep but Chris assured me that the brakes were OK and even demonstrated
the fact! Through more pretty villages with very typical English
cottages literally with roses around the doors. There were some
great views too to Exmoor and the sea.
Near Watchet we met James coming the other way
but didn’t panic and realised after the route took us through
the town and out the other side that we were being taken round
a loop. After turning off the main road again (where we had previously
met James) we were taken up into the Brendon Hills through some
fantastic scenery with open views of fields and woods.
At the top of the hill we arrived at Ralegh’s
Cross Inn where an excellent lunch was enjoyed by all.
Well done James on
your first Sunday Lunch Run.
Pauline
Chairman’s
Challenge Sunday 25 March 2007
About half a dozen cars made it
to the start of the Sunday lunch run at the Lord Nelson pub in
Cleeve for the start time of 10.30 and as it got towards 11.00
there were a good dozen cars. Special congratulations go to Brian
and Carol who forgot to alter the clocks and so turned up late
and even then not in an MG!
I had gone on the run with my Mum who has done quite a few rallies
before in her time so feeling confident I headed off first towards
the pretty village of Wrington.
Although it was a nice dry day,
sadly I decided it was not warm enough to open the sun roof -
a special mention must go to Chris and Pauline who, not only must
be congratulated on buying another MG and not coming along in
their Golf but having the roof down for the entire day! I was
also very impressed to see the registration on Chris’s new
car was TMF4F. That’s one registration I will remember very
easily because the letters are the initials of my future wife
to be.
Anyway, back to the route. Having
left the village of Wrington we started to follow signs for Bridgwater.
I noted, that the Chairman had chosen to spell Bridgwater with
an E, well at the risk of being cheeky, maybe they spelt it differently
when he went to school!
The route continued through some
lovely scenery and I was particularly impressed by the rock formations
in the Burrington Combe area. Before we knew it we were heading
into the county of Somerset and there would have been some lovely
views had the weather been a little kinder to us.
We were now heading for Priddy
and there were many dry stone walls and fields which was almost
like being on moorland which was lovely.
Next on the list was a long hill
down into Wookey Hole. This was an interesting experience as by
the time we met the bottom of the hill we could smell burning
rubber from the brakes and there didn’t appear to be a lot
of stopping power left. Thankfully at this stage my Mum wasn’t
panicking too much and calmly reassured me that the brakes would
get better as they cooled down.
With brakes now on the mend we
had a good long run and had now reached the area of Sedgemoor
and again sadly there were nice views to be seen if only the sun
would have come out. As we entered our 25th mile there were lots
of farms to be seen and some lovely views across the Somerset
levels. I particularly enjoyed the long straight roads which were
good to test the acceleration of the car which were even met with
an approving smile from my Mother, although she was less overjoyed
when I did a few wheel spins on a loose bit of gravel!
We were now heading through Mark
and Highbridge and towards Brent Knoll with only a couple of miles
to go. This was probably a good thing because to be honest, by
this time, we were both ready to go and use the facilities! We
arrived safe and well at the Fox and Goose pub, having completed
a very scenic and well thought through route.
The food was good quality and although
it was let down by the amount of time it took to come, Gerry kindly
kept us entertained by shouting out every time some food arrived
and even decided to hand deliver some of the food himself.
Thank you Gerry for a very enjoyable
run. James Woods
A chilly start at the Lord Nelson
A span of MG years
Last minute maintenance?
Burrington Combe
Across the Mendips
Somerset Levels
Awaiting
lunch at the Fox & Goose
March
Club Night
A good turnout of members attended March Club
Night to see our cheque presented to Bristol Guide Dogs. £1000
was donated - money raised in 2006.
Sunday
Lunch Run 25 February 2007
Ok, ok, so I know I’m one of the ‘new
kids on the block’ and I’ve never done anything like
this before (in more ways than one) so please bear with me and
perhaps by the end of this dialogue I may actually have stopped
digressing and produced something worth reading!
Sunday 25th started much the same as any other
Sunday, me slopping about in slippers thinking I had all the time
in the world and Graham pottering around doing ‘this and
that’. Graham and I have owned our MG for 17 years and today
was our inaugural (big word huh) ‘Sunday Lunch Run’
with Bristol MG Club. Graham was acting like a ‘cat on hot
bricks’ making sure various cars were moved around so the
MG could be driven out of the garage and I was lagging behind
as usual. By 10.15 am and after several suggestions by Graham
that I should hurry up (in not too many polite phrases) we were
ready to set off to meet at Gordano Services for 10.45 am.
I would just like to add at this point that despite
my slow start, we did arrive 10 minutes early and were met by
Colin Wotley who proved to be an excellent host and welcomed us
warmly before thrusting his written instructions into our hands.
As I have said before, this was our ‘first time’ and
so we were unsure as to how things would proceed but we needn’t
have worried. The weather was quite bright if blustery and soon
many MGs turned up ready for the run. It was really ‘quite
nice’ to chat to people whilst waiting for everyone to arrive.
The car park even had a group of bike enthusiasts with some amazing
3-wheelers.
Eventually, the clouds starting rolling in and
we hit the road just prior to the rain arriving. We left in convoy
(which is just as well because our speedo started working erratically
two weeks ago ) and the object was to arrive at the Stag &
Hounds in Churchill via a very circuitous route (see I know more
than one big word). We headed towards Nailsea via Naish Hill and
Wraxall, then to Brockley Coombe, Felton, Chew Magna, Chew Stoke,
numerous places called Harptree (West and East), towards Wells
and culminating in a descent down Cheddar Gorge, with its magnificent
views and a selection of bikes (I wonder if they were from Gordano
Services) then on to Shipham and Churchill.
The instructions were very comprehensive and we
only managed to take the wrong turning once and that was approximately
1 mile from our home in Nailsea!
The meal was ‘two for one’ and our
organisers Colin and Valerie had arranged for a section of the
Stag & Hounds to be reserved for us. This was good because
it meant we didn’t need to worry about seating etc. and
the menu had quite a lot of choice, even having a specials board;
I particularly liked the Bailey’s Torte and the red wine
wasn’t bad too.
All in all we had a thoroughly enjoyable run and
we will certainly be going on the Chairman’s challenge on
25th March. The only problem now is ‘how did I get stuck
with writing this?’.
Lynn
& Graham Dawson
.........and from another
new member.........
Hi all,
Many thanks for a very enjoyable day out on Sunday, my first run
with the club. My dear wife enjoyed herself, even though I forgot
what she looked like after nearly thirty years of marriage, and
gave a total stranger her drink.
Gerry gave me a "Hereford Cup" form to fill in, and
explained it to me.
Have to say that I rated it 10/10 in all sections, that is how
much I enjoyed the run. Sure someone will enlighten me on how
to deduct points.
A handful of pics attached, nothing special,not used to taking
action shots while I am driving,
Photography is a long-time hobby of mine, so if the mag needs
another contributor, just let me know, I can do better.
Again many thanks
Regards
Ken Bovington
Cobweb
Run 7th January 2007
Well
it’s the start of another year and thanks to Martin &
Sue we gathered at the Tennis Court Inn, car park in anticipation
of another Cobweb Run.
I have to say the weather was not
very inviting, grey and drizzly, but 42 hardy souls with 22 cars
(not all MG’s) turned out to brave the elements, Peter,
the hardy soul he is, even had the top down. Sue dutifully gathered
our lunch orders but decided to let the wind decide if reorders
were required by letting the order sheets be blown all over the
car park and down the main road.
Well after the usual review of
Christmas activities we eventually left. Unfortunately, as Martin
was worried about turning right onto the main road, he took us
left and down Grimsby road, he however forgot to warn us (or did
he) about the half dozen speed bumps along this stretch of road.
My poor roadster, let alone the better half, felt every one. Thankfully
he had no further surprises.
The run took us through Keynsham,
out to Pensford then via Radstock onwards towards Oakhill and
the Mendip Hills. We then returned via Mells to finish at the
Rose & Crown, Hinton Chartehouse. Unfortunately due to the
grey overcast weather we did not get to see the spectacular views
you can get from this part of the Mendips. Thankfully Martin did
choose mostly main roads which with only light drizzle during
the run meant the cars were not too dirty, well not as bad as
they could have been. I have still got to clean the wire wheels
again.
Since we last visited the Rose
& Crown, it has changed ownership, but I am pleased to report
both the Butcombe and the food were up to the previous standards.
The only draw back was the puddings did take a little while to
appear. Chris and Pauline must have known where we were going
as they arrived in something more modern after last times problems.
Excellent way to start the New
Year with a good turn out. Well done to all who took part and
please remember to submit your Hereford Cup reports.
What
beautiful weather for the October Sunday Lunch Run which started
from the lake near Backwell Station. Lots of ducks, geese, swans
and of course seagulls. The start saw over 12 assorted MG's and
others drive away towards Nailsea. It was a lovely route that
took us through Wraxall up over the hill to
