Drives
As well as monthly meetings we arrange regular drives and events. As you will appreciate, the winter months do not lend themselves to open air driving, so January and December tend to get a miss. There is usually a break for the main holiday month of August.
Drives are normally held on the Sunday seventeen days following the monthly meeting.
Some ideas for future drives and events...
- Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivée - the Beaujolais Nouveau run - France, released for general sale on the third Thursday each November. Some 1320 miles there and back! www.beaujolais.net or www.nickdobsonwines.co.uk
- Dyno day - see how powerful your car really is
- Karting - park up the '5 and try something smaller
- Navigational test - tulip diagrams galore!
- Shakespeare County Raceway "Run What You've Brung" day (see the Other Events page)
- Shiniest car competition
- Skid pan - take it to the limits
- Technical day or evening - learn how that thing under the bonnet really works
- Teddy bears' picnic
No drive this month
February Sunday 21
Organised by Jon and Ellie
Meet up at the Swan at Whittington for breakfast at 10:00 (Open from 10:00 to 11:45). Then at about 11:30 head out for a scenic drive to TGS Bowling, the ten-pin bowling place near Hereford, for a couple of games, followed by some grub in the cafe.
March Sunday 21
Organised by Mike and Shirley
The Snow Dome, Tamworth
Meet up at the Swan at Whittington for breakfast at 10:00 (Open from 10:00 to 11:45).
Our session at the Snow Dome is at 13:05
April Sunday 18
Organised by Alan and Jenny
Meet at 10:00 for a 10:30 departure at the Wyevale Hereford Garden Centre, Kings Acre Road, HR4 0SE
Drive to the hall at Abbey Cwm Hir, take a picnic lunch or eat after the tour. The picnic will be in the 12 acres of grounds (or inside if the weather is not good). A tour of the hall is booked for the afternoon at 14:00. The hall is one of the finest examples of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture in Wales. Each of the 52 rooms retains its original features.
If we get more than 10 people attending the cost works out at £11 each. If you only want to visit the gardens then its just £5 per person. Under 10 people and the cost goes up to £13 each.
May Sunday 23
Organised by Andy and Teresa
Meet at Morrisons in Tewkesbury at 10:30. The plan is for a scenic drive to Stratford where, weather permitting, we will have a picnic.
June Sunday 20
Organised by Keith
Meet up at Sainsbury's in Gloucester at 10:00.
This is a drive to Corsham Court, Wiltshire. We should arrive at the venue for 14:00. Entry £6. Take a picnic.
July Sunday 18
Organised by Mark and Jane
Meet up in Labels top car park, Ross-on-Wye, at 08:30 for a prompt start at 09:00 - Map
We will drive via Abergavenny to Brecon where we will stop for about 40 minutes for a coffee, wander round or whatever you want (there is nothing specifically organised).
From Brecon we will head towards South Wales taking in a couple of winding mountain roads before heading down through the valleys to a lake a few miles outside Cardiff for a picnic lunch in the lake grounds (please note that there is no alternative for lunch if the weather is wet so bring a picnic and an umbrella in case it rains).
From here you can either head home via the M4 and M5 or stick it out for the final stop, which will be a pub by the waterside in Cardiff.
August Sunday 22
Organised by John and Penny
"Mid Wales Madness"
Meet at The Bay Horse Inn car park, Kings Acre Road, Hereford, HR4 0SD
Meet time: 9:00 for 9:30 departure
Coffee stop at the Lakeside Restaurant, Llandrindod Wells
Bring a picnic for lunch
A return drive has been organised with afternoon tea/coffee arranged at Gliffaes Hotel
Finish at Ross Labels top car park
Things to bring: Picnic, chairs, cameras and waterproofs!
September Sunday 19
A convoy to the National Rally
October Sunday 24
Organised by John and Evie
November Sunday 21
Organised by Chris and Penny
No drive this month
