1 The 2018 / 3 May / June Group Leader : Pierre Miles E: [email protected] T: 01438 - 880460 Club Meets: 3rd Sunday of month –from 12 noon @ THE COCK INN, 23,High Street, BROOM, Biggleswade SG18 9NA (T: 01767 - 314411) ...IF you want a LUNCH, book in advance ….food excellent but they only have a small kitchen ! Editor : Chris Glasbey …...please send me your classic motoring stories and comment. E: [email protected] Goodwood TR3 I am sure many Trunnion readers will have smiled at the letter Whats’s IN ……….. on page 11 of the latest “Traction”. It has to be a spoof in order to create feedback for the next issue ?! (or not?) 2 Diary Dates Just back from another well organised HRCR tour (Bluebell 3 Root 2 Lunch Run), which although only a 122 mile day event, does involve 4-6 Pierre Reports two travelling days and 2 nights away. The TR3A currently sits in the garage choked with dust and awaiting a clean ready for 7-8 SHINE & SHOW another tour in the Shropshire borders and mid Wales this 9-11 Drive-it-Day reports following weekend. These are all “tulip” touring events where 12 TR3 XAL 79 remembered each entrant leaves the start at one minute intervals and it is 13-14 Muncer Mutters great to be amongst a variety of classic cars making up the field 15-16 Cars/Ramps @ Robsport of 60+ . Eventually we always catch up with a few cars (and the 17 Front Brake Enigma ! policy is to allow cars behind to pass if they wish to drive at a faster pace…...stressing these tours are NOT competitive) and 18 Cambridge Classic CR my favourite moment was following the Austin Healey 100/6 19-20 Ecurie Ecosse Collection around the lanes for about 30 miles. 21 TR East ….social meeting Lots inside this issue...and thank you to everyone who has sent a 22 Shine a Light contribution. I hope that most of our readers may attend SHINE & 23 The Bluebell Run SHOW ...and see you at some of the events Paul has highlighted. 24 GL meeting We hope to see new members at the club meetings along with a few regulars who we haven’t seen for a while ?!! Apologies for Pat and I missing the May ….Chris . Articles & Pics for meeting …..we will be in the TR somewhere in the hills of Wales. Pierre & next issue ….send soonest or by LVG committee hope 2018 will see more activity from members . Hope to see YOU again soon . We want to say “Welcome back” ……….. 1st JUNE !! Thank you . 1 2 UPDATE yourself ….. All you need to know : ….. yourself to know All need you UPDATE GROUP LEADER: Pierre Miles Meetings Venue ….. Unless otherwise specified, all group lunchtime meetings are on third Sunday of month (from 12 noon) at The T: 01438—880460 E: [email protected] Cock Inn, Broom. Plenty of parking space behind the pub. This is a DEPUTY GROUP LEADER: Brian Chidwick “lunchtime meeting” so food is optional. The kitchen at The Cock is very small so it would be appreciated if those intending to eat could T: 01462-730676 please call: 01767-314411 so that they have an idea of numbers. E: [email protected] WEB SITES …… Membership/Buddy System …..also Brian. TR Register : www.tr-register.co.uk TREASURER: Phil Sanford TR Forum : www.tr-register.co.uk/forums T: 07919-037321 LVG : www.tr-register.co.uk/group/lea-valley E: [email protected] Facebook : “TR Register Lea Valley Group” www.facebook.com/leavalleyTR Trunnion EDITOR : Chris Glasbey T: 01223-833700 REMEMBER : All recent Trunnions are available on the website, but if you are not already receiving them directly, we may not have your E: [email protected] current email address. To keep in touch, update your details with Brian : EVENTS Co-ordinator : Paul Richardson [email protected] T:01908-610098 –or– 07860-414840 Disclaimer …. The TR Register wish to state that, whilst we are pleased E: [email protected] to assist our readers/members by providing technical information, this is given on the strict understanding that no legal liability of any sort is TECHNICAL advice : David Dawson accepted in respect thereof by the club, company, or its servants. T: 07785-502830 E: [email protected] Neither the club nor its technical advisors can be held responsible for the consequences resulting from the advice given. Any products Advisor: Jon Marshall - recommended are used at the owners own risk and are not endorsed by T: 01462-673956 E: [email protected] the club. Events with an official Lea Valley Group presence are shown in bold type. Please advise if you know any other events that may be of interest to members ? Please contact Paul Richardson if you have queries about these events. “We don’t expect members to do all of the events, just good to give them the choice !!” - Paul. Paul has selected the below events where you can expect to see LVG attendance :- Saturday 2nd JUNE … HALLS GREEN PICNIC Fairclough Hall Farm SG4 7DO 11.00 - 17.00 Letchworth Car Club organises this informal gathering of Veteran, Vintage & Classic Cars, Motorcycles + bicycles. A real ale bar & live music. Turn up on the day. Just bring your own picnic ….although refreshments available Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 JULY … SILVERSTONE CLASSIC The World’s biggest classic motor racing festival. Over 100car clubs & thousands of classic cars. Live music, air displays, vintage fun fair & shopping village. Infield PARKING on TR REGISTER STAND (book early , see Traction) An excellent weekend (one day is not enough) ! Sunday 26 AUGUST ….BRILL BEER FESTIVAL 12 noon onwards A fun day out with entertainments and amusements …...In a beautiful village with lots of classics. Saturday15 & Sunday 16 SEPTEMBER : KOP HILLCLIMB..HP27 0LA Cars, Bikes and soapboxes go up the Hill. Fabulous Food + Music + Traders. You can apply to take your car up the Hill !!! Sunday 14 OCTOBER : LVG AUTUMN RUN Organised by Chris & Pat Glasbey. A social “Drive-out” finishing with a Cream Tea. Details to be advised IF you have any questions regarding the above ...contact Paul Richardson …. 2 3 Route to Lunch - Lea Valley Group Meeting – 20 May 2018 If anyone is interested – and why would you not be interested - we will be restarting our Route to Lunch activity for the May meeting. The RTL concept is that each month, we can meet up at or close to where one of the group lives and drive the route they would normally use to get to The Cock at Broom for the Sunday gathering. It could - doesn’t have to be - extended to involve diversions to places of interest nearby. Other than nominating a meeting point and time, the route planning can be as simple or complex as the ‘guide’ decides, ranging from a complex multi-page Tulip document through to ‘follow me and try to keep up!’. To get the ball rolling, I suggest we meetup in the car park opposite the Stevenage Football Club at around 11am. The car park can be found by travelling to Stevenage on the A1(M) to J7 and following the road towards Ware and Hertford. Turn left into the car park immediately after the second roundabout, where the football club is on the opposite side of the road. If approaching from the Hertford direction, enter Stevenage heading for the A1(M) . You will pass the football club on your left just before a roundabout. Use the roundabout to reverse your track and then immediately turn left into the car park. This time, the route directions will be simple: head for the A1(M), turn north for Hitchin; leave at the next exit for Hitchin. Drive through Hitchin heading for Bedford. In the middle of Henlow Camp, turn right towards Henlow village and continue over the A507 towards Langford. Just before leaving Henlow, turn left at a mini-roundabout towards Clifton and then Stanford. When you meet the B658, turn right – the right turn to Broom is about 1 mile along this road. (21 miles, 35 mins) Happy motoring and hope to see you at The Cock Inn Pierre 3 4 What a busy few weeks we have had! I know it is only a couple of months since the last TRunnion but so much to say. Before starting on our TR world, I must mention the trip Pat and I made to Scotland at the beginning of March, inadvertently timed to be immediately as the March snow falls were tailing off. Now, this isn’t a common time to go to NW Scotland, but we went up to meet with some very good German friends of ours who were going to Skye and the Cairngorms after visiting their son at Glasgow University. We had made arrangements to meet them on the Isle of Skye for a few days and decided to use the Alfa for this trip, as doing 1500 miles or so in the TR in just over 7 days seemed a bit too far in dodgy weather. As it was, we changed our planned route to go up the west side of the country to avoid the worst of the snow. As it turned out, we saw no snow until near Glasgow but did have the experience of driving through driving snow as we crossed the high ground on the way to Plockton in Skye. Now, this part of the west coast benefits from the Gulf Stream, which explains why palm trees were growing outside of our hotel at the harbour side.