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Your genuinely LOCAL Community Magazine, delivered FREE to every home Telephone 01291 606 900 June 2017 Community Chepstow^ Matters Hand delivered FREE to c10,000 homes across Chepstow & the surrounding villages ! Beautiful Wentwood THE PERFECT DESTINATIONFOR 01291635555 YOUR BUSINESS... basepoint.co.uk FLEXIBLE MEETING GREAT Formoreinformation WORKSPACE ROOMS FACILITIES FROM 1PERSON FROM ONLY ON SITE PARKING contactustoday UP TO 250 PEOPLE 15 PERHOUR &24/7ACCESS [email protected] @basepoint_chep INSIDE: • Local People • Local Businesses • Local Community Groups & Events Dear Readers... This year seems to be moving way too fast and it is hard to believe that we are on our June edition already! As I Contact Us : write this summer feels like it has definitely arrived and 01291 606 900 we have enjoyed some beautiful family walks recently (such as our front page photo taken in Wentwood). [email protected] [email protected] #SupportLocal. 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PASS Cadw pass from Town Council Sun - Pool league Resident disco and catering available. The Club has Free WiFi or Tourist Information Centre Opening Times Email: [email protected] Sat: 2.30pm - 12am Sun: 12pm - 12am T: 01291 629020 / M: 07850 534 370 Mon-Thurs: 7pm - 11.30pm www.burntbarnclub.co.uk Fri: 7pm - 12am C a l d i c o t D i v i s i o n 4 To advertise Your Business email [email protected] or call 01291 606 900 Tr a n s i t i Leto npeopleCh knowep youst sawow them.o inr Chepstowg.uk Matters!/Big Lunch 5 We need to take out all refer- ences to both weight watchers and Mike Joyriders …. Matters Magazines Proof © 2015 Wye Classic Car Run The Chepstow Rotary Club staged the 14th Wye Classic Car Run on Saturday 29 April. Some 56 cars took place, ranging from a 1923 Crossley with a canvas canopy roof through Hillman Imp, Swallow Doretti, a couple of Citroen DS, MG’s and two splendid Jaguar E-Types. Every year a different route is identified taking the competitors through some of the wonderful scenery that we enjoy in our area. Competitors left from the Chepstow Garden Centre marshalling area where many fuelled up with a bacon sandwich beforehand. At 2 minute intervals they received the chequered flag and drove away into the sunshine. This year the route went through the lanes westwards to Llandegfedd Reservoir with its splendid waterside cafe where many stopped for coffee while enjoying the view. Just outside Abergavenny we stopped at Goytre Wharf where we strolled alongside the many narrow boats in the morning air. A good leg stretch. The route then headed north and through narrow winding lanes with long views across the splendid open country that is Herefordshire. Here lay Weston’s Cider Mill where several enjoyed lunch and a tour of the site and leaving with a couple of special bottles in the boot, no doubt. Later it was Ross-on-Wye where the drivers enjoyed a stroll through the High Street and stood to admire the Wye flowing past this interesting town. The final leg took us past Monmouth and over the top through Trellech after which they dropped down into the Wye Valley at Tintern where they finished at the Anchor Inn where they were marshalled by Rotarians in Day-Glo jackets. It was clear that everyone had enjoyed the drive, the waypoints and meeting the other competitors. And they also spoke of the magnificent Monmouthshire and Herefordshire scenery that everyone had enjoyed. All the teams completed the 100-mile 2017 Wye Run and received their Finishers Certificates that included a photograph of the car starting The Run. Some £1,500 was raised for charity. Prizes were awarded by Rotary President Mac McCarty for “The President’s Choice”, an elderly Austin 7, ‘The Oldest Car’, was the Crossley, ‘The Youngest New Entry’ was a red Hillman Imp, the ‘Best Presented Car’ was an A35 owned by Roger Evans and ‘The President’s Wife’s Choice’ was a Morris Minor Traveller.