I'm planning a trip to Normandy, France for the last week in September, Saturday 21st until Saturday 28th.

I've provisionally booked the gite in the link below

Gite

Ideally we need 14 people to fill the gite and already have 8 definite and 2 to confirm, so there is space for another 4 to 6 people.

However the occupancy could be expanded if people are interested and are willing to share a room, as a couple of the rooms will sleep 4 and two sleep 3.

Cost of the gite is £1195 for the week, so for 14 that works out at £86 per person, Dover - Calais ferry on the above dates looks to be about £80. Then there is your food, drink and fuel.

We'll be visiting the D Day beaches, Honfleur, Caen, Bayeaux as well as a few blats round the countryside, ask anybody who went to the Somme and they'll say it was like being in big brother living with people you only know through your car, but great fun.

If you're interested post on here or get in touch with me.

ok folks its that time again i cant beleive it,week on weds 30th the usual dinner meet posted early as looking for numbers..

OK following the recent thread around ideas / stuff to attract members etc.

Javelin have a open pit lane trackdayorganised for the 31st of March, thought I might see if we can get some interest etc.

Price at present is £119.00 for the day, for details visit the website.

Who is up for it?? Please list if booked or interested etc!!!! If enough may call and try to arrange group discount dependant on take up.

John

donnington show is being advertised as 24th/25th August not end of august 31st september 1st as in their magazine.

http://www.doningtonkitcarshow.com/

I will speak to justin and try and get the correct date

Hi All,

CarFest North will be 2nd - 4th August this year. http://www.carfestnorth.org/

CarFest South will be 23rd - 25th August. http://www.carfest.org/page.cfm/Link=1/t=m/goSection=1

Just wondering if we (as a Club) we're thinking of attending either event?

The best things in life are free, fresh air (till it gets taxed), fresh water (if you can find any), etc. etc.... however running a club is not free! It required time and effort, and time is a precious thing that none of us ever have enough of. Looking back over the past few months, we have lost a few high street retailers, and if we are not careful we will lose this club! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE support your club for a pathetic sum of £15 a year, in order to support the shows and forum and everything else. In the next week or so I'll be downgrading the 2012 members back to community users.

Evening all, we are proposing a lunch-time meet at " The Royal Oak" Goodworth Clatford (Nr. Andover) on Sunday 27th January for 12 noon & lunch at 1 o'clock (1300hrs) This is just a quite get together at a pub a lot closer to our northern members;& in day-light which is a bonus.

Need to know numbers please so we can book a table. Would be good if you could tell us by the 20th. Regards Bob.

PLEASE NOTE due to the numbers please arrive before 12.30 -- sat down ready to order at 12.30.

OK, so this is another fantastic SKCC event that we would like to extend to folks on here.

This is our bi-annual trip across the water to participate in the’tulip’ roadbook style – the famous Rallye Artois Lys.

In terms of fun this event doesn’t get much better, it’s a three stage Rally through the small villages in Northern France using the Tulip style roadbooks, for those that haven’t done this before the Tulip books are you guides, its basically a book full of hundreds of directions which you have to follow. The start is the main town square at Artois Lys and when you get going the road will lead you down to a junction, the roadbook tells you how far that junction is and which way to go – and then how far to the next junction etc.

Along the way there’s signs on the side of the road which you need to mark in your book, things like car logos, or just letters and numbers – just to prove you have done the route.

It’s not a race, and it’s fantastic fun, you will need a passenger to help with the navigation.

Unfortunately I cannot make this event personally but if you’re interested let me know and I’ll put you in touch with our man leading the event

Please can I remind you though that if you want to do this you MUST let us know, we need to manage our entries and also the organisers do a special SKCC prize too

Further details here http://www.lagrangeauxdamiers.com/

You can download the rallye entry form from this link: http://www.southernkitcars.com/Downloads/Entry%20form%20-%20Rallye%20des%20Jonquilles%202013.pdf

There is a booking form for a hotel with reduced rates in the town of Aire Sur La Lys where the rally starts and finishes.

Hotel website: http://www.logisdelalys.com/

The booking form for the hotel can be downloaded from this link: http://www.southernkitcars.com/Downloads/booking%20Hotel.pdf

Most of us go on the Saturday for a pre drive, lunch etc and these are the tunnel times we have booked

OUT

(local time) Short Stay Saver Fare | Folkestone to Calais | Saturday 13 April 2013

Check-in closes 09:20 Departure time 09:50 Arrival time 11:25 £49

BACK

(local time) Short Stay Saver Fare | Calais to Folkestone | Sunday 14 April 2013

Check-in closes 19:50 Departure time 20:20 Arrival time 19:55 £49

hi all

first meet of the year

darleston inn on a34 stone 7.30pm

see you all there!!

The Road Trip has been run for the past 2 years and is a great experience - that's not me speaking, that's the feedback from those that have come along!

The format is simple......its a 5 day 4 night trip that starts on the Weds and finishes on the 1st Bank hold Sunday weekend in May - according to my diary that’s the 1st - 5th.

Each day we cover a couple of hundred miles, not necessarily 'blatting' - you drive as you want to, last year we had 20 cars and quite naturally the group gradually split up throughout the morning/afternoon due to traffic etc

The roads are picked as far as possible to match the cars that we have, stunning scenery blending with lovely twisties and at the end of each day we stay in a Hotel - normally in a small Town so that we can have a few beers/curry- whatever, the banter and fun is equally as impressive as the driving.....

OK so that's the backdrop....where are we going?

Day 1- up as far as Holmfirth in the Peaks and finishing just outside Sheffield – weds the 1st

Day 2 sheffield zig zag across mid Peaks and then down towards Shropshire before finishing at Llangollen

Day 3 round robin staying in Llangollen again

Day 4 Llangollen to Llandrindod wells

Day 5 home or Stoneleigh depending what individuals are doing.

So here’s your chance to organise a run and meet us en-route to come and say hello, it would be great to see you and maybe join us for a short while – or even the whole day, and find out exactly what the group driving experience is all about, PM me if you want a bit more detail, timings etc!

Humber Bridge

Bridlington last year

And what we will experience this year

A cheeky little view of wales

the great orme in llandudno where we'll have a wee drive ( small toll)

a pleasing view from Epynt - mid wales

the black mountains

THE famous Top Gear Road - the a4069

Winnats pass in the peaks

and forgive the crappy sound - the Llanberis Pass