Events Calendar
EVENTS CALENDAR - The 2007 Events Calendar is awaiting update. In the meantime checkout the Events Suggestion list and let us know of any events you'd like to see placed on the 2007 calendar - e-mail Phil Stratton-Lake
EVENTS SUGGESTIONS - See the table below suggested events
| EVENT | DESCRIPTION | TYPE | SEASON |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factory visit (small) | Visit other kit manufacturer, Ultima, Radical or classic\historic car restoration shops (South Cerney Engineering - Tony Sighe organised one). | Museum\Tour | Winter\Wet? |
| Bovington Tank Museum | Something to do indoors during winter season? | Museum | Winter\Wet |
| Duxford Air Museum | Superb indoor hangers full of planes, including huge B52! Ideal for wet weather? | Museum | Winter\Wet |
| F1 factory team visit | Something to do when weather's bad? | Museum\Tour | Winter\Wet |
| Factory visits (large) | Try to get into the likes of Prodrive, Honda (Swindon) or Porsche\Lambo preparation shop (Reading) etc for guided tours. Have noted one or two other regions have done so. | Winter | |
| Go-kart evening | An inter-region challenge? | Winter | |
| Pub Quiz\Skittles Evening Between Regions | Something to do in winter months. Lay on buffet? Venue just along from the Bird in Hand | Pub\Games | Winter |
| Haynes Motor Museum | Can possibly do during winter months - as it's indoors. Sort a pub lunch somewhere. | Museum | Wet\Winter |
| 1 Day boat hire on the Thames with BBQ | £100 for the day. Moor, booze and BBQ | Social | Summer\Autumn |
| Brooklands with Photo Opportunity on banked circuit | Many events during year, maybe organise attending one and arranging photo opportunity | Show | Summer\Autumn |
| Curborough Sprint School | Lesson from the experts and a few laps of sprint track. Check their web site! | Track day | Summer\Autumn |
| Prescott Hill Climb School | Track day | Summer\Autumn | |
| Santa Pod RWYB | Race what you brung | Track day | Summer\Autumn |
| Welsh Valley Scenic Run | Something like the Elan Valley? Could we do in a day, or stay over at B&B? | Run | Summer\Autumn |
| 'er-in-doors" Map Reading Mystery Tour | Like treasure hunt but must take female navigator. Combination of TULIP and normal map reading!? Tear open envelope if desperate to find finishing location (pub - again - for lunch). | Run | Spring\Summer\Autumn |
| "Soft Southerners" Version of Coast to Coast | Would need to plan our own interpretation as Lands End to Margate is too far! | Run | Spring\Summer\Autumn |
| Borton-On-The-Water Scenic Run and Motor Museum | Pretty village in the Cotswolds. See if we can park in driveway of superb little motor museum jam-packed with British sports cars and memorabilia. Then picnic on the village green or sit in the pub garden. (Cheltenham may have done this in the past) | Run | Spring\Summer\Autumn |
| Bournemouth Classic Cars on The Prom. | Local owners of pre-83 registered classics park up on summer Sundays. Attempt to arrange scenic drive to Bournemouth and parking up with the club on the sea front. www.ccotp.co.uk | Run\Show | Spring\Summer\Autumn |
| Bournemouth Fish and Chip Run | Idea taken from previous Beaulieu trip, but why not just do the scenic drive down to beach front car park, eat chips (or picnic) and wander the beach? Stop off at nice pub on way home. | Run\picnic | Spring\Summer\Autumn |
| Box Hill Breakfast | Dorking location. Drive the Zig-Zag up the hill, eat Yamaha R1 dust, watch bikes wheelie and camouflage painted Ventura Atlantic piloted by driver with leg in plaster - all on the public highway! All topped off with bacon roll and tea at café | Run | Spring\Summer\Autumn |
| Charity show\rides at fetes | Have friend who runs Reading Children's Deaf Society. Could do rides for charity at fetes etc. | Show | Spring\Summer\Autumn |
| Cotswolds Scenic Run | Stop for lunch at nice pub previously spotted on Team Westfield run. | Run\pub | Spring\Summer\Autumn |
| Our own Brighton run | Could organise our own Brighton run with breakfast stop at Box Hill. Not sure about access onto Madeira Drive though. | Run\Show | Spring\Summer\Autumn |
| Scenic Run with Stately Home Photo Opportunity | Scenic run with a stop off at a stately home whereby we get group photo of our Westies on the grounds\driveway. Afternoon cream teas? | Run | Spring\Summer\Autumn |
| Track\Airfield Days | Co-ordinate attendance at various days throughout the year as organised by "outside" companies. | Track day | Spring\Summer\Autumn |
| Treasure hunts | Can do a number of these throughout the year. Drive to various locations according to instructions, pickup clues to answers from various locations - ends at pub for beer & lunch to find the winners. | Run\Pub | Spring\Summer\Autumn |
| Beaulieu Spring Jumble | Confirm date. Do a convoy and seaside visit afterwards? | Spring | |
| Rolling Road Shoot Out | Spring | ||
| Detling Kit Car Show | ? | Show | ? |