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| I have changed the order most recent event is now first 2012 Limpley Stoke weekend 2012 Once again Somerset Triumphs joined Devon, Dorset, Glavon, members of the Kennet and North London groups of the TR Register for the ninth visit to the Limpley Stoke Hotel near Bath. The weekend as usual started with the afternoon get-together with friends old and new for refreshments in the reception room. Friday evening we enjoyed a meal at The Hop Pole Inn with some members of the Devon group. Saturday morning following breakfast, some bright spark made the suggestion of a boat trip on the Somerset coal canal/Kennet & Avon Canal – and with 13 people (unlucky for some) made their way to Brass Knocker Basin and hired 2 Dundas Delight class electric boats from the Bath and Dundas Canal Co. Following a short boat handling instruction course (did anyone pay attention?) the armada cast off on our cruise towards the old wool town of Bradford on Avon, with Captain Competitive in the King class craft taking responsibility for the lead whilst our ship took the aft position. At 12.30 hours we discover ‘ batteries not included’ and with our bar-code indicator flashing at its lowest level our mid-shipman Malcolm sent out a Mayday Mayday and he reported back that they said we had to reduce our speed! Up on the bridge everyone now became nautical experts with more knowledge than Jacques Cousteau and Thor Heyadal giving warnings of icebergs, subs, reefs, submerged wrecks and lighter-men. Captain Torchy nursed our ship to dock and the crew went ashore for lunch as the coastguard arrived with fresh accumulators – and with our boat on half-charge the Kontiki limped home to Brass Knocker Bay. Saturday night was the main event of the weekend our group all gathered in Helen & Mario’s room for drinks before the meal, once seated in the dining room this then initiated the blowing up of balloons and launching them throughout the room, fun was had by all. I am not sure how much the raffle made but I am sure that the charities for the RNLI and Air Ambulance will benefit from the proceeds. Some managed to stay and dance the night away while others had a drink and talked with friends throughout the night. All in all a very pleasant and enjoyable weekend was had by all. We would like to thank Lesley, Sally and the Glavon Group for the very well organised weekend (my first) and look forward to next year’s event. Thanks to Helen for most of the Photos of the weekend See Photos Here Our first meeting of 2012 on 11th January saw a new member attending Mark Insley from Uphill near Weston, who has just purchased a Green TR6 hope to see him out in his new acquisition in the future. Discussions at length on our future trips and Tony clarifying what we wanted to do on our planned Cornwall trip in April. More details on the web site. MCC 83rd Exeter Trial Saturday 7th January six members of Somerset Triumphs rose early for their journey to Fingle Hill at Drewsteignton to provide marshalling of the holding area which is now becoming our regular task. Upon arrival we set up our field kitchen where Anne and Sue (Linda snoozing away the dark hours in the car) cooked our breakfast – eggs, bacon and sausages and tea/coffee to keep us nourished. The aroma of the food being cooked always attracts lots of comments from passers-by such as ‘no sauce on mine’ or ‘can I have my bacon well done please’. Away from the food for the task in hand, signing on and with daylight approaching the first bikes started to arrive. This year Tony had to record competitor’s numbers and times. By late morning the hill was running well with only one car returned to the bottom. As in the last two years class 0 now do not ascend Fingle but take the river valley track onto Hitchcombe, always good to see old friends and cars on this event. With the stage over Jeremy required the team to assemble on the grass with the bridge as a back-drop and photos were taken for the club’s Triple magazine. The day was one of the most enjoyable and I wish to write more on the subject of tail-lights, ovens, batteries, tom toms, jump leads, electric cars, France and Peugeots but unfortunately my hands are tied.   New Years Day Meet @ Bridgwater several of our group gathered at the annual 1st Day of the Year meeting at Sedgemoor Market, Bridgwater. It was good to see lots of old friends with an interesting cross section of vehicles. The weather started out dry and dull but sadly rain was soon upon us. So with an invitation to join the Taunton Historic Vehicle Group for lunch, we retired to the Puriton Inn and a fitting end to the day. Le Jog - 2011 Saturday afternoon, 10th December, 4 members of Somerset Triumphs met at The Culm Valley Inn, Culmstock to operate Passage Control 1 – a much easier task than in previous years. The landlord was very accommodating and provided a suitable room for dealing with the paper work of 49 cars competing in the Reliability Trial and 6 Tourers. It was an enjoyable afternoon which was closed by the course car at 17.10 Christmas lunch at the Maypole – December 2011 The lunch was very well supported by 29 members who enjoyed a carvery of roast pork, beef and turkey and a choice of puddings. With everyone fed and watered, Miss Wikipedia provided a most entertaining quiz with prizes for both winner and loser. The top prize going to Nick, Charmaine and family. Everyone enjoyed our good value Christmas lunch and look forward to the new year – with lots of events already planned – sure it will be a good one – Happy Christmas and New Year to you all.   GOODWOOD REVIVAL MEETING September 2011  Three cars from Somerset Triumphs made the journey to this fabulous weekend for a step back in time to the golden age of motor sport. As ever another world class line up of racing machinery. This year had a celebration of Fords 100 years in the UK with a track parade of 100 vehicles. There was also a tribute to Juan Manuel Fangio of 26 cars he raced between 1939 and 1958 including Chevrolet coupe TC, BRM 16, BRM V16, P15 Mk 1, Cooper-Bristol Mk 1 T20, Maserati 250F and Kutis-Kraft Offenhauser. The pre Saturday lunch time St Mary’s Trophy part I for saloon cars of a type that raced between 1960 and 1966 was won by Kiwi touring car Ace – Paul Radisich when he stormed home in Jim Woodley’s Ford Galaxy 500. Classification being Radisich first and Jacky Oliver in BMW 1800 Tisa second and Tom Kristensen in Ford Lotus Cortina Mk 1 third. Mid afternoon saw an air display of a brace of Spitfires and Lancaster Bomber overhead as we toured the Revival car-park which must be one of the most eclectic on the planet. While back on the track we saw many outings for the Aston DB4 Zagato serving as a period safety car during the Ford Water Trophy. The crowd were on their feet again for Sunday’s Part II of the St Mary’s Trophy giving an accumulative win for Oliver/Shaw from Radisich/Wood from Turner/Swift with fastest lap going to Jacky Oliver. The former Battle of Britain air field provided another unforgettable moment with a scramble of 10 Spitfires to give a thrilling fly-past. One last tour of the car park and a chat to open top Dunsmore driver getting prepared for his journey back to Oxford. The heavy afternoon rain saw many cars depart early. TR3A and TR4A group up in car park when we spotted Tony Sheach with powder blue 3VC and exchanged a quick word and then departed. But the day was not quite over – as we made our way on the exit road, in the camp site car park a group of spirited children sat aloft on a Bentley Tourer using a scoring system not unlike the Eurovision song contest, gave a fitting end to the meeting by posting a perfect 10 10 10 to vehicles of their choice. THORNFALCOLN 4 September 2011  Thirty-fifth lunchtime meeting held adjacent to the Mount Somerset Hotel, Henlade. Another impressive display of cars from Somerset Triumphs amongst this eclectic gathering of vehicles. Much time spent meeting old and new friends, the weather staying good – so some cars journeyed on to finish the day at the Bridwell Park Country Fair. Our thanks to Gary and Steve for another great meeting. HENSTRIDGE VINTAGE FLY-IN and CAR SHOW – 27 August 2011 The party met at Podimore Services for the run to HMS Dipper. Cars assembled included three TR6s, TR4, TR3A and two Imps. Unfortunately father drove over a large pothole covered by water on the service road which resulted in making some temporary repairs to his offside tail-pipe. With exhaust repaired his TR6 could now keep up on the convoy run via A303 Wincanton turn off, Templecombe to Henstridge airfield where the group were now joined by further Imp and Variant. Once marshalled to our parking are it was not before the rain clouds formed so hoods were erected and most of the drivers and passengers sat in the comfort of their car for morning coffee. The intermittent rain did not deter a fine entry of cars and aircraft. Entertainment provided by some excellent model aircraft flying, a low level display by two fighter/trainers from the USSR Yakoviev design bureau. The rain clouds broke away for the lunch time fly-pass of the BBMF Lancaster PA474 now wearing the markings of EE139 the (Phantom of the Ruhr) and flanked by Spitfire and Hurricane. The flight had a busy day providing fly-past at Northampton, Gamstan, a display at Plymouth, fly-past at South Rauceby ending their day at Detling. Sadly with the wind increasing and more rain upon us the group started to break away to an early end. Our thanks to Chris Wood and all at HMS Dipper for this Show. FORDE ABBEY COUNTRY FAIR – 28 July 2011 Fine weather encouraged one of our best turn out of cars to this mid-week show. With an invitation to breakfast, the main party met up at Mario and Helen’s home where sausage and bacon butties were the order of the day. Now with everyone fed and watered Mario led the convoy to the bosky setting near the bog garden in the grounds of Forde Abbey. Joining our friends from Taunton and members of TR Register Devon group. Weather being excellent for tours of cars and show. As usual lots of food and trinket stalls as well as purveyors of beers and ciders. The day passed so quickly. On the way home we decided to stop for Two for One at the Stonemasons at Ilminster. Our thanks to Forde Abbey. Powderham Castle 38th Historic Vehicle Gathering – 9th and 10th July   Cars grouped up at the Old Well lay-by – 2 TR5s, TR6 and TR3A – motored down on the A38 slow road joining lots of other classic/vintage vehicles en-route. On arrival at site, after some confusion as to finding our stand we were finally parked with Devon group of the TR register where Helen and Mario had displayed the day before (Saturday). This year the Register office had installed their promotion stand. Plenty of time to explore the site which had lots of other Triumph clubs present. The layout of the area had been much improved from previous years which now included an on-site auction and a larger display area for the Crash Box member’s cars. During the afternoon we met up with Tony’s steam enthusiast friends from Cornwall who this year had brought a newly re-built McLaren engine where several of the boys and one of the girls spent time up on the foot-plate playing with the controls and shovelling coal. It was a pity that Tony had not brought along his bowler hat for when he joined driver and fireman on the procession into the showground ring (photos on website). With the day coming to an end we motored back via M5 to the Skylark for our two for one meals. Our thanks to the Crash Box and Classic Car Club for this year’s excellent gathering. Culmstock Wheels – Sunday 3 July 2011 The group met at the Perry Elm lay-by for the run to the Culmstock Show. With everybody enjoying a pleasant day in the sunshine. Plenty of trade stands, and car boot to keep people occupied. Lots of familiar faces – a good day was had by all – finishing at the Skylark where a (2 for 1 meal) was enjoyed. Exmoor run to Lynmouth - Sunday 26 June 2011 The fine weather encouraged a fine turn out of cars at the Cross Keys start – there were 3 TR6s, 1 TR3A, 1 TR5, Lotus and MX5. The usual meet and greet and some re-fuelling at the handy Cross Keys station – petrol and coffee. Instructions and route cards handed to navigators – cars departed in broken convoy. It was not long before the drivers were grouped together for the first leg of our tour via Wiveliscombe, Shillingford and Exbridge where we stopped at the Anchor and re-grouped meeting up with Mike and Val – only to be informed the Anchor Inn would not be open for coffee until 12.00 midday. So we decided to drive on to Dulverton with suitable parking provided at the back of the Exmoor Centre, the group then enjoyed refreshments at Town Mills. With nearly everyone fed and watered it was time to continue our journey over the moor via Colland Cross, Withypool, Chibbert Post ,Wellshead Farm, Luckett Cross which provided a suitable pull-in and vista for our lunch stop picnic. Should we start the lunch without the rest of our party? When red lotus appeared with news of cars going in all directions. We can only assume they read the route card upside down! After a short time and a request for help from a group of girls doing an orienteering exercise on the moor, the stragglers arrived – let the picnic commence. The fun provided by 13 chicken drum sticks, lady gardens, ticks and some urgency for fast reversing. Once again fed and watered we continued on our tour. Stopping at County Gate before the break-test of Countisbury Hill. Now in Lynmouth and parked at Cliff end area, time for shandy, ice-cream and walk-about. With the day going so quickly it was soon time to depart with the Hemyock crew leaving first and the remaining cars driving onto Minehead where we dined at the Quay – olive starters and extra large portions of fish brought our day to a close. Sixth National Trust – Killerton Show – Sunday 30 May 2011 Grouping up at ‘The Old Well’ lay-by, the weather less windy than previous days – 7 TRs met - 3, 3a, 5, 2x6, 7 and 7V8. After some re-fuelling at the Shell server the group motored in convoy via the old A38 slow road to Broadclyst on to the Killerton Estate. The cars marshalled to their display area and joined by MX5 and the TR6 of John and Ann. With a line-up of 9 cars from dark blue to white and all colours in between – our display looked very impressive. After the usual meet and greet which now included Mike and Val and Lew. The boys and girls went off around the show – the estate once the property of the Acland family comprises of some 6400 acres which include 20 farms and over 200 cottages is one of the largest the NT has acquired. Back at the cars a lot of interest under the bonnet of the white TR6 and a ‘for sale’ sign displayed elsewhere. The girls returned from their shopping with trugs, plants and osmetics. Over at the big house a group enjoyed afternoon teas whilst one of the dukes ventured upstairs to the finishing school for deportment lessons and to try out his new frock and bonnet for an alleged stag night in France. Looking forward to seeing the new Nicole of Hemyock dressed in his best Windsmor or Prada at the next event. With the day coming to an end the lords, ladies and dukes started to depart on the premise of a grass-cutting exercise. The remaining party travelled back to Wellington to enjoy an evening meal at the Skylark. Our thanks to the NT at Killerton for a most pleasant day. APRIL 8th-11th 2011 - Somerset Triumphs - Spring Tour to Cornwall (Kernow)  Friday April 8th: On a glorius bright morning the party met at the Little Chef/Shell station just off junction 27 southbound. After the usual meet and greet of drivers and passengers, the cars (TR4a, TR3A, three TR6s, TR5, MGBGT, Hillman, Mercedes and Fiat) providing much interest for passing traffic. Shell station gave us the oportunity to fill up with the much needed golden liquid for the journey ahead. The Tour Organiser's first statement "When I wear this hat - I am in charge" - now attired in black bowler hat - issued instructions, passports and stannary money to those who were paying attention. The cars set off running in convoy to our first stop 'The Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre' at Lifton with organised parking arranged - for morning coffee brunch/lunch. Dingles 45,000 sq. ft. indoor attraction has one of the best collections of rides in preservation including Edwards Gallopers, Rodeo Switchback, Bretts Ghost-train, Joy Wheel, Lings Moonrocket, the Supersonic Skid and Edwards Dodgems. Most of the party looking and playing with the rides and amusement on site. Two of the girls reporting back of the thrilling time spent on the Rodeo Switchback. The fairground transport collection included living vans and show tracs. Some enjoyed music provided by the Compton Theatre Organ. The fun now over - time to move on - Bowler Hat now speaking so pay attention! We now motored on via Launceston and passed the wind farm to the Davidstowe aerodrome - ex world war II bomber base and former FI motor racing circuit from August 1952 to Whitsun Monday 1955. This North Cornwall track provided the thrills of motor racing to the west country. A short stop to watch some local flying - our tour guide (bowler on) barked more orders for final leg of journey onward to Boscastle. The cars continuing on to Boscastle where we parked at the famous Cobweb Inn parking area where everyone was free to eat, drink, shop or see what Boscastle had to offer. Soon it was time to leave and check into our accommodation. The party split between the Old Coach House and just up the hill to Trerosewill Farm. The main party staying at the 350 year Old Coach House and welcomed by Jackie and Geoff. Afternoon tea was served on the terrace - and joined now by Mel and Chris in their TR6. Everyone now checked in and time to meet at the Napolean Inn, where once again bowler hatted organiser had arranged for us all to eat together. The party fed and watered we retired to our accommodation for the night. Saturday 9th: Being a free day and with our stannary money to spend the group chose their own activities - some on a visit to the Eden Project, others doing motor tours to the picturesque Fowey or simply exploring Boscastle and surrounding area. Most again met up at the Napolean Inn and others to the Cobweb Inn for evening meals. Sunday 10th: Priviliged Boys and Girls trip to Padstow: Following a most excellent breakfast - a few of the girls decided to walk to Tintagel but not all were equipped with suitable footwear. "Is it possible to borrow some walking boots" was requested to Coach House staff. With both boots and socks provided the girls made off along coastal path to be collected en-route by drivers. The main tour party going ahead via Tintagel, Delabole, St Endelion, Wadebridge to Padstow where the bowler hatted controller had liased with the harbour commissioners to provide display parking on the harbour wall - instructions issued to all group up at 5pm and we were all free to enjoy the excellent day. Does anyone fancy a pasty? Some chose Pucellies first floor Italian restaurant for delicious pizzas, olives and ciabatta bread overlooking the harbour area with our cars as a back-drop. After food we looked around the town - for some a spot of shopping as some of men admired the shop-front decor. A walk on the harbour wall to check out Kernow's bike club display from where you could see the doombar which separates the river Camel from the Celtic sea. Late afternoon approaching we met up at the Old Ship Hotel for refreshments - time to assemble back at the cars which had created much interest throughout the day. We headed back towards Wadebridge and stopped at the Falcon for our evening meal. With the sun now setting and the mist rolling in it was time to journey back - no-one stopped for fuel - must get back before the bucca creatures come out. Monday 11th: All too quickly it came to an end - saying thanks to our hosts we departed on a damp misty morning for our mystery tour towards home via Bodmin moor, Tavistock. Dartmoor, Princetown and Two Bridges - the group stopping at the Old Fishing Lodge of Badgers Holt on Yartor for lunch from where we made our way via Ashburton to pick up A38/M5 for journey back. The party express our heartfelt thanks to Anne and Sue's research and Tony's faultless organisation of this most enjoyable break away. ***************************************************************************************** |
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