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CHAIRMAN’S CHAT
Happy new year to you all, I hope you enjoyed
the Christmas party.
Firstly, I think this time last year I was extolling the
joys of winter motoring, and encouraging
everybody to get out in their classics. This year,
maybe it’s the current cold snap, but I would not blame anyone for
keeping their pride and joy in the garage for a few weeks until things
warm a little. It’s a good opportunity though to spend a bit of tinker
time doing those little jobs on the car that you just haven't got around
to recently. I know I have a few jobs on mine, some missing trim
caps to be replaced, an annoying rattle from under the dashboard
and the roof needs a bit of TLC. So a nice hot cup of tea in the
garage (maybe finished off with a chocolate biscuit) and an evening
tinkering is all part of the fun.
Secondly, this will be our third meet now at our new venue, Gordano
Rugby Club. The feedback we've had from members about the
venue is all very positive, with all the space and facilities we need for
a sociable club night. The location, just off the M5 at Portbury is also
very convenient for getting to [there are maps on our website]. If you
haven't been to a club night for a while, please come along and try
out the new venue, and join in the chatter.
Andrew
Cover pic: Brunel Run 2023
SECRETARIES’ SLOT
Hi All
Here’s the first magazine of
2024 and we wish you all well
for the coming months.
It’s a slimmer magazine this
month but it has a full
complement of events and even
has a booking form for Brunel
2024 included in its centre pages. Brunel 2023 was a great success
and we’re looking to have a great time again this year.
What you probably don't know is that the power of the internet has
enabled this magazine to be prepared on a laptop in Australia,
uploaded to Watford for printing to then be posted to your
Membership Secretary, Val Scott, for distribution [thank you Val].
How times change! It wasn’t too long ago that I had to take a CD of
files down to Weston super Mare and go back ten days later to
collect the mags. I bet that Gutenberg never dreamed of such a
future when he invented the
printing press!
While in Australia we have, of
course, visited the Australian
Motorlife Museum. I didn’t
see any MGs but a week
later Chris received a T-type
gift!
Pauline (& Hélène of
course)
Thank you to everyone who sends in reports for the magazine.
Word documents are great for words (as the name suggests) but
make a poor job of photos. So, please include your photos into
the Word document by all means but also email photos in
separately so that the best can be made of them.
Thank you - Pauline