New Year Update 2015

A quick update on events since our meeting in December.

The Christmas dinner was well supported at the Inn on the Lake, who looked after us well. It?s nice to be able to support the pub.

The New Years Day ?Cobweb Duster? was a great success and will become an annual event. We had 9 cars set off from Red Bull Racing for an enjoyable 44 mile drive through the countryside to the Red Lion at Milton Bryan. Once there we were joined by a further 4 people ? so we had 22 people joining the event in total. Our thanks go to Mike Cornwell for an excellent route and to Mark for for arranging for us to meet at Red Bull Racing. The Red Lion made us very welcome and we shall certainly use it as a base for future events.

It was nice to welcome a new member, Mark Thomason, who came along in his 1949 MG TC, recently imported from British Columbia. We now have two TCs in the club!

Twenty people came to our January club night. We had a further two new members join us. John Balshaw has a red Midget and Ron Catanach who has a ?69 MGB. We look forward to seeing them and their cars at future events.

Check out our Events page and don’t forget to let us know if you wish to join an event, wewill update the event with your names, so others are aware of attendance.

Happy Christmas & New Year from Brian & Ian

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and we wish everyone a Happy New Year.
Thank you to everyone for your help and support in 2014,

It was nice t o see a good turnout for our Christmas Dinner at the Inn on the
Lake. We had 23 people attend plus three members who came for a beer and a
chat. Gary also brought along a new brass radiator that he has had made for
his J Type ? the project continues!

We also welcomed Ted, who has an MGB?and an immaculate Ford Prefect.
The numbers are building steadily for our New Years Day run from Red Bull
Racing to the Red Lion at Milton Bryan.

The event should be great?so book now! also a big thanks to Mike C for planning the route for us.

Don?t forget, we have booked to have a go on a Boeing 737 Flight simulator?in February, with the chance to ?fly into? any airport in the world. It?should be a good laugh, although our ability to navigate on terra firma?won?t help us in the simulated skies above world airports. If we have?enough interested we may be able to get a second session booked.

Once again, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year?

Club Update November

In October we were delighted to welcome Willy Cave, the famous rally
navigator, to talk about his life in the navigator?s seat. His?extraordinary life story covered exploits in an MG 18/80, rallying since the?50?s, Jack Brabham, Mike Hawthorne, Paddy Hopkirk, flying a Spitfire and?fast jets and finishing the Monte Carlo Rally in a London Taxi! It is a story?that would make a wonderful book ? I do hope he writes it. He is a true?gentleman.
We had a great time on our mid month run to the Towcester Brewing Company.?The tap room felt like a proper pub – good beer, in pleasant surroundings and?the chance to chat with your mates. We?ll certainly go again.
Sadly for us, David Simons will be moving out of the area. He was a great?Area Secretary for many years, making new members feel welcome to this?friendly club. Thank you David for your big smile, generosity and kindness?? we?ll miss you.

NEW EVENT – Shake off that hangover with an MG run on New Year?s Day. Mark?has kindly arranged for us to start at Red Bull Racing at around 10.00am.?More details to follow see Events tab….but get it in your diary now.

At the AGM in November, we welcomed Martin and Jackie ?to the club and hope to see them at events throughout the year, also an outline events plan was presented.
?The ideas for 2015 include, Weekenders to Jersey,?Norfolk and Somerset; International Runs to the Nurburgring or Spa; Classic?Car rallies, as well as a broad range of tours to Breweries, Museums and?Motor Racing. The summer mid month runs have proved a great success this?year, encouraging the involvement of partners by driving to country pubs on?warm summer evenings. Hopefully, we can make 2015 another active year for the?club.

Club Update August

It was good to see you at the Club Night last Wednesday 6th.??It was nice to welcome Ian Cameron to his first meeting with us ? he has an MGB plus two interesting cars, a 1946 MG TC & 1933 Austin 10 two seater, with dicky. Gary brought along a pedal box that he has hand built for his 1933 MG J2 car ? the project continues.

Club Update:

Nine members went to the Le Mans Classic in July. Some hardy folk were camping at the track while the posh folk were luxuriating at a converted mill…..ahhh how the other half lives! The event was excellent; some superb racing, beautiful cars and great French roads.

The Mid Month Pub Run on the 16^th?proved very popular. Many thanks to Mike Cornwell who found an excellent pub and organised a beautiful cross country run to get there. How does he find all of these interesting country roads? There was a mid evening panic as everyone with roadsters rushed out to get their roofs up when it started raining.

On the 27^th??we had our first???Scrabble Run?. It was great fun and everyone had a good time. After meeting at the Super Sausage for a slap up breakfast everyone received their instructions and headed out into the villages of Northamptonshire. The feedback was very positive ? with some saying it was better than the Hub & Spoke. We will certainly do another.

Mid Moth Club Run The Red Lion – Yardley Hastings 16th July

On Wednesday evening 8 cars?(15 people)?left the club venue for a lovely drive via mainly back roads to The Red Lion for dinner. Mike found some nice roads and the pubs food was really good, the weather was warm and dry.

While having our food Dawn exclaimed Its Raining!!! only to see those with hoods down, dash out. As Ian & Yvonne had their tonneaux on, they did not have to dash, but were caught out when they left with Terry & Margaret after the pub had closed, as they left with top down it started to rain again. Not wanting to stop they pressed on, as we all know, if your going fast enough you wont get wet!

Thanks Mike & Alison for a great run, bring on the curry night next month,?Roger has planned for us and dont forget to let us know if your coming.