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
