Category: Event Posts
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Exbury Gardens
Despite some light rain dampening proceedings, a total of ten Austin Healeys assembled at the Kimbridge Barn, just north of Romsey, on Wednesday 25th May for the first “Reasonable Weather Weekday” of the year.After a chance to catch up with friends, some of whom we hadn’t seen since 2019, over tea or coffee and, for
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‘Drive It Day’ Austin Healey Style
It seems no time at all since we had the national Drive It Day 2021 operating within the ‘COVIDRule of 6’ and limited to only three cars. So on Sunday April 24th 2022 it was a treat to see the Healeys appear in style for the NFAHC run.We did wonder if our club members confidence
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New Forest Centre RWW visit ‘The Hospital of St Cross’ and ‘Almshouse of Noble Poverty’, Winchester on the 4th September 2019
This establishment was founded just 65 years after the Norman invasion, and was created by a young French monk and nobleman, Henri de Blois, Bishop of Winchester, who was the grandson of William the Conqueror. It remains a Christian almshouse for the elderly http://hospitalofstcross.co.uk/. Founded in the 12th century, the Hospital of St Cross still
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Foray France VII
10 September to 19 September 2017 Having read about the amount of Euros Spain had spent on its new motorways (courtesy of the Bank of Merkle) and having heard rumours of an El Dorado with wondrous treasures beyond belief of man hidden in a torre a few miles south of Bilbao, we hoped we were
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Off to a Winning Start
It has been a long winter… My last race of 2017 was at the Silverstone 3 hour relay on 30th September 2017. We had a 2 car team, 3000 MkII A (FSL 246) driven by my brother Charlie, Dad Bill and I were sharing with Mark Dunn who had very kindly handed me the keys to his 3000 Mk III (JNP
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‘Drive-it’ Day
Our plan this year was to have an easy day for our first event, and as it happens the sun was with us, after a very stormy night on Saturday. We met at the ‘Kings Head’ at Redlynch near Whiteparish, West Grinstead, Whadden, Alderbury and back via Downton for coffee at 10.30pm. There was a good
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