Chiltern TRs - Future Events

This is an initiative by the Federation of Historic Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC), and others, to promote the classic car movement and raise public awareness. The idea is that anyone with a roadworthy classic should make the effort to use it on that day. The Chiltern Group has arranged a run to the Transport Museum in Coventry. We will meeting up in a couple of convenient places and run up to Coventry together, taking a scenic route and avoiding the motorways. Once there, we will be able to park in a privileged spot, right by the entrance, so we will need to know numbers a week in advance so that we can ensure there are sufficient spaces available. We will also take the opportunity to visit the Standard Triumph monument. Ron Rumens has made all the arrangements. If you would like to join us, speak to either Ron or myself.

Hi,

For the Drive it Day trip to Coventry Museum of Transport on 26th April, I propose the following:-

Meet at the Esso petrol station at the "top" of the A41 near Bicester at 09:30, for 09:45 departure.

(to explain to myself, this is where the A41 turns left for the M40, near Bicester Village)

At 09:45, we will depart towards the centre of Bicester, and pick up the B4100 for Souldern, Aynho, Adderbury and Banbury.

At Adderbury, turn right on to the A4260, and continue straight ahead down to Banbury Cross, and again straight ahead.

Just after Banbury Cross, the road rises slightly, and there is a cinema and a hotel on the left. If Geoff & Simon prefer not to divert to Bicester, this could be a good place to wait for us coming through between 10:00 and 10:15.

Continue straight ahead, down through traffic lights, and through a commercial area to join the A423 signposted Southam.

Continue on the A423, past Southam, and eventually join the A45, A46 near Coventry.

You will be naturally turned towards Birmingham for a short distance, but soon can pick up a signpost for Coventry City Centre A4114.

Follow the city centre signs for approx. 2 miles, when you meet the inner ring road. The Transport Museum is very well signposted (brown signs) from before the ring road, and hopefully there will not be a lot of traffic on Sunday. The signposts are frequent and the distance is very short, but we should end up right by the entrance to the staff car park.

Entrance to the museum is free, and there is a cafe serving drinks & snacks. As the museum is right in the city centre, there is a range of pubs and cafes in walking distance.

The museum covers the whole range of transport built in Coventry, which was the home of the bicycle and motor cycle as well as Humber, Triumph and Jaguar.

We should have arrive at approx. 11:00, and I presume our departure time will depend a lot on the weather.

If the weather is fine, I propose leaving at about 3pm to visit the Triumph monument, which is 3.2 miles away. and should take 7 minutes according to Multimap.

When we carried out our "recce" there were a lot of roads up in the city centre, ad we were unable to follow the instructions. Notes we made were to look for the Ramada Hotel, the Dragon Chinese Buffet, IKEA, Tile Hill, Earlsdon area and Knowle B4101.

The Triumph Monument is on the B4101, at the part where it is called "Herald Avenue" It should be on the right and is very easy to miss, although the road names do give a clue Dolomite Avenue and Renown avenue both lead off Herald avenue in the vicinity.

The Triumph monument is only just off the A45, so I suggest turning left along the A45 for a short distance, then right at the traffic lights for Kenilworth on the A429.

At Kenilworth, turn left on the A452 and follow to M40 junction 13.

Instead of going on to the M40, continue on the B4100, which is the old A41 which continues down to Banbury.

This was a good A road, which now has no traffic because it is parallel to the M40. An additional advantage is, that being Drive it Day, there may well be a fair few classics around who have visited Gaydon.

I hope the above is clear.

Any problems, pleas ring me on 01844 21 25 73, or 07977371949

Ron Rumens

Chiltern Events - 2009
Please contact Peter for more information
* Also see "Latest News" page
January 7^th	Monthly meeting at the Coach and Horses, Chislehampton
January 21^st	Chiltern Group AGM and mid monthly meeting at the Crooked Billet, Kingswood
February 4^th	Meeting at the Coach and Horses, Chislehampton
February 18^th	Meeting at the Crooked Billet (now Angelo's), Kingswood
March 4^th	Meeting at the Coach and Horses, Chislehampton
March 18^th	Meeting at the Crooked Billet (now Angelo's), Kingswood
April 1^st	Meeting at the Coach and Horses, Chislehampton
April 5^th	South and South West InterGroup Meeting at The Kicking Donkey, Brokerswood, Westbury, Wiltshire BA13 4EG. We will organise a run down to Westbury so let me know if you are interested. Contact Peter Bowden. See (Notes).
April 15^th	Meeting at the Crooked Billet (now Angelo's), Kingswood
April 26^th	"Drive it Day" to Coventry Transport Museum. See www.transport-museum.com/. See (Notes). If you are interested, let me know as we need to arrange sufficient parking at the venue.
May 3^rd	Abingdon Air & Country Show (supporting Thames Valley Air Ambulance), Abingdon Airfield. Space will be limited to ten cars so book early !! Contact Geoff Wooldridge. See (Notes)
May 6^th	Meeting at the Coach and Horses, Chislehampton
May 10^th	5^th Historic Wallingford Classic Vehicle Rally & Parade. Contact Geoff Wooldridge on 01491 838857 or see www.wallingfordcarrally.org.uk for details. Register via the Wallingford website for significantly reduced cost entrance.
May 17^th	Chiltern Hills Classic Vehicle Rally, near Aston Clinton. A very popular show (last year there were over 900 vehicles of every type imaginable) so we will need to know Chiltern numbers to book sufficient space in advance. Contact Peter or Rob Camden. Also see www.chilternhillsrally.org.uk
May 20^th	Meeting at the Crooked Billet (now Angelo's), Kingswood
May 24^th	Standard-Triumph Marque Day 2009, Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR. See http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/. See TRAction. A run out will be arranged.
June 3^rd	Meeting at the Coach and Horses, Chislehampton
June 7^th	Beale Park Thames Boat Show (with Kennet Valley Group). A grand day out ! See (Notes) and www.bealeparkboatshow.co.uk/
June 13^th	RAF Brize Norton Families Day. Space will be limited so book early ! Contact Geoff. See (Notes).
June 14^th	Run out to Sulgrave for charity Open Gardens Event and pub lunch.
June 16^th	Visit to Prodrive at Banbury. See (Notes). N.B. the change of date, now Tuesday and not Wednesday 17^th June
June 17^th	Meeting at the Crooked Billet (now Angelo's), Kingswood
July 1^st	Meeting at the Coach and Horses, Chislehampton
July 15^th	Meeting at the Crooked Billet (now Angelo's), Kingswood
July 24-26^th	TR Register International Weekend, Malvern. See www.tr-register.co.uk//IWE09/index.htm
August 5^th	Meeting at the Coach and Horses, Chislehampton
August 8^th	Chiltern Group Summer BBQ at the Gardiners Arms Tackley. See (Notes).
August 16^th	Cotswold Vale Group Annual Open Meeting, The Fleece at Bretforton, near Evesham, WR11 7JE. The Fleece is the only pub owned by the National Trust !
August 16^th	Cowley Classic Car Show at the Lord Nuffield Club, Oxford. See (Notes)
August 19^th	Meeting at the Crooked Billet (now Angelo's), Kingswood
August 30^th	Little Gransden Air Show, Cambridgeshire, with the North London, Camb Followers and Lea Valley Groups. See www.littlegransdenshow.co.uk/ for details. A great flying display !
August 31^st	Knebworth Annual Classic Car Show.
September 2^nd	Meeting at the Coach and Horses, Chislehampton
September 12^th	The Henley Show. See www.thehenleyshow.com. More details to follow.
September 16^th	Meeting at the Crooked Billet (now Angelo's), Kingswood
September 18 - 20^th	Goodwood Revival Meeting. See www.goodwood.co.uk/revival/
September 26 - 27^th	Kop Hill Climb Commemorative Run, near Princes Risborough. See www.kophillclimb.org.uk for details.
October 7^th	Meeting at the Coach and Horses, Chislehampton
October 21^st	Meeting at the Crooked Billet (now Angelo's), Kingswood
November 4^th	Meeting at the Coach and Horses, Chislehampton
November 18^th	Meeting at the Crooked Billet (now Angelo's), Kingswood
December 2^nd	Meeting at the Coach and Horses, Chislehampton
December 16^th	Meeting at the Crooked Billet (now Angelo's), Kingswood



Regional Events - 2009
Please contact local group for more information
May 1 - 3^rd	Traws Cambria Tour (18^th year !). Contact Carey Prior cjprior@btinternet.com
May 17^th	Kent Tour 2009. A relaxed tour of the Kent countryside. See TR Action for details
May 17th	The Forester Run, organised by the South Downs Group. Sixty mile scenic run organised by South Downs Group and local Austin Healey Club, in aid of charity. Contact John Hopkins john_hopkins1@hotmail.com
June 12 - 14^th	Derbyshire Dales 2009 Peak Weekend, Miners Standard, Winster. Contact Dave Worne at daveworne@hotmail.com or call 01246 473979
June 26 - 28^th	TR Register Red Rose Group Weekend, based in Garstang, Lancashire. See www.redrosetrs.co.uk for more details
July 10 - 12th	EasTRiding Group Yorkshire Dales Weekend. Contact Ian & Mary Landen on 01482 872175
July 12^th	TouR to the Isle of Wight, organised by Wessex Group



National Events - 2009
Please contact the office for more information
March 20 - 22^nd	TR Register 4^th Winter Ball, Llandrindod Wells. Contact Chris Hale to book tickets or call the TR Register Office on 01235 818866
May 31^st - June 13^th	The 10^th biennial TR Register Scottish Isles Tour. For itinerary and complete details see www.devryn.plus.com/TRIslesTour/isles2009.html
July 24 - 26^th	TR Register International Weekend, Malvern. See www.tr-register.co.uk//IWE09/index.htm



Classic Car Shows and Events around the Country - 2009
Please contact the show organisers for more information
March 8^th	International Triumph Show, Stoneleigh. Organised by Vintage and Classic Events. Info at 01568 797228 or e-mail info@classiccarshows.org.uk
May 10^th	Historic Wallingford Classic Vehicle Rally & Parade. Contact Geoff Wooldridge on 01491 838857 or see www.wallingfordcarrally.org.uk for details.
May 10^th	Thames Valley Classic and Sports Car Show, Hambleden. Open 11.30 to 15.30, charity donation on exit.
May 17^th	Chiltern Hills Classic Vehicle Rally, near Aston Clinton. See www.chilternhillsrally.org.uk
June 5 - 7^th	Classic Cars at The Beale Park Thames Boat Show. For details see www.bealepark.co.uk
June 7^th	London to Brighton Classic Car Run (21^st Aniversary)
June 13^th	Triumph Car Meet, Ace Café, North Circular Road. See www.ace-cafe-london.com
June 13 - 14^th	Le Mans 24 Hours
July 3 - 5^th	Goodwood Festival of Speed. See www.goodwood.co.uk/fos/
July 24 - 26^th	Silverstone Classic. See www.silverstoneclassic.com for tickets and further information
August 31^st	Knebworth Classic Car Show see www.knebworthhouse.com
September 12 - 13^th	Beaulieu Autojumble. See www.beaulieu.co.uk/motormuseum/events.cfm?Action=Display&Event=2
September 18 - 20^th	Goodwood Revival Meeting. See www.goodwood.co.uk/revival/
September 19^th	"Strickly Sideways" at Rallyday 2009, Castle Combe
October 11^th	The 7th Malvern Classic Car Show including Autumn Triumph Show & Spares day. Three Counties Show Ground, Malvern. For more information see www.classicshows.org
October 25^th	National Restoration Show, Stoneleigh. Info at 01568 797228 or see info@classiccarshows.org.uk
November 13 - 15^th	Classic Car Show at the NEC, Birmingham. For more information see www.necclassicmotorshow.com



Overseas Events - 2009
Please contact Chris Hale Tel: 01264 738016 e-mail oseacord@ophsmb.freeserve.co.uk or the organisors
May 8 - 30^th	Bill Bourne's Tour to Greece. For info and to register interest contact Bill on 07786 707090 or e-mail william.bourne2@btinternet.com
June 4 - 7^th	2^nd Annual Disneyland Paris Car Rally & Show. Organised by Classic Car Weekly
July 25 - August 2^nd	TR Stelvio Tour. For details see www.continentalcartours.co.uk or call 01304 380244