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Don
’t fo
rget
Driv
e-It
Day!
www.jec-region43.org
September 2011
Shropshire &
Welsh Borders newsletter
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Shropshire and Welsh Borders Newsletter September 2011
SFOT—Nearly right first time!!
Regional News
Thank you for coming!!
Cover photo: E Types line up everywhere at the Silverstone Classic Festival in July
Meet at the Four Crosses, Bicton, nr. Shrewsbury
2nd Tuesday of the month
JEC Shropshire & Welsh Borders
SFOT Unbelievable to think that the SFOT
has now been and gone.
15 months in the planning, there
were a few sleepless nights in the
run up to the day itself. I hope
some of that showed in the organi-
sation, although we recognise
there are many things that could
have gone better. Either way
thanks to everyone who helped
out, particularly Martin, Stevie B,
Wally, Jim and Neil whose help on
Saturday setting up was absolutely
invaluable.
Thanks also to all of the members
who turned out to support the
show on the Sunday, it was an im-
pressive turnout and I can report
that 70% of our regions E Types
were on display as well which is
without doubt a record for one
event. I am only sorry that I did not
get more time to stop and talk to
more of you but it was a very hec-
tic day though one which I we be-
lieve was an overall qualified suc-
cess.
I must also thank our sponsors
Hatfield Jaguar, SNG Barratt, 27
Stars, 3 S Signs, and the Shropshire
Star without whom none of it
would have even got off the
ground. In total there were nearly
70 Jaguars on the JEC area and
that rivals the turnout for events
like Tatton Park and Trentham Gar-
dens. Pretty good for the first time.
Thanks too to Sue Hedley, JEC
Chairman, her hubbie Andy who
did some impromptu marshalling
for us, Nigel Thorley for his excellent
commentary, David Bates for
bringing the raffle car and lastly
James Blackwell who manned the
JEC shop on the day—your en-
couragement and support was
invaluable..
Oops! Not sure how it happened but
somehow I got the date of last
month‟s meeting confused. I
hope that most of you realised
my mistake and turned up on
the right date, namely the 9th,
and if you did go on the 16th you
will accept my sincere apolo-
gies—but I did have a lot on my
mind (see SFOT!!)
August Highs August has been a bit of a high
for one member. Norman Evans
was awarded the prize for best E
Type at the Shropshire festival of
Transport and then on August
14th at Shugborough he won the
prize on the JEC stand for “Best
Visitor‟s” car. Both were well de-
served, well done Norman.
Though I am not really sure how
North Staffs decided that Shug-
borough show belongs to them
and that we are “visitors” - espe-
cially as we had all the flags up
at Shugborough! Either way it
was a nice afternoon out—full
report soon!
Ray
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I think I can be confident in
saying that all our members remember the Sony Betamax debacle; many of you may
have been caught (like me!) with the wrong technology and had to
eventually change a VHS, not that it was a great hardship and the price of a video recorder was just a few
hundred pounds—not something you might therefore lose sleep over.
I am not so sure however about the next generation of hybrid, electron, electric, photogenic, cryogenic, cel-
lular battery powered vehicles. I am not even sure I understand the
logic for the direction some of the motor manufacturers are taking—they seem to have lots of money to
invest presumably from grants given to them by the governments back in 2008, so that makes it our money
technically and they also seem to be spending it in a random un co-
ordinated fashion. The different approaches to saving
the lesser spotted Orkney green seal are endless. Nissan and Renault are
building electric vehicles; they do
about 100 miles on a charge and take between 4-8 hours to charge up. The Nissan Leaf is this year’s
European Car of the year. Its a nice car. And apparently drives very
well—but it would not get you from Oswestry to Birmingham and back, and if you left it in an airport car
park chances are that you would come back to a flat battery.
It also costs £25k to buy and the battery pack has to be replaced in 5 years and that costs a further £10k
or so. So its really only any good for daily short distance commuting or for little old ladies who want to pop
to Marks and Spencer’s every day for their shopping.
Except that for commuting we are all supposed to be using public transport in the future to reduce the
number of car journeys and reduce congestion—in which case surely an
electric car that may lose charge and grind to a stop is likely to cause even more congestion than a normal
one.
Other manufacturers are going for
hybrid vehicles, a subject we have discussed before. These involve various different types of compli-
cated drive systems, all of which will be very expensive to replace when
they start to wear out assuming that you will be able to get the spare parts and afford to pay an electri-
cian to effect a repair. And this amazing technology achieves about 45-50 mpg from a petrol hybrid en-
gine. In which case you have to ask again
what the point is since most 2.0 litre diesel engines now do over 50 mpg and some are now achieving mid
60’s.
Yes I know they still put out nasty
hydro-carbons but so does the hy-brid petrol engine so I for one can-not see the difference.
The reality is that neither of these
solutions is the fuschia, sorry the future.
They are a bridging technology to get us used to a different means of propulsion and will eventually be as
extinct as the dodo but probably have a much shorter life cycle.
What we are waiting for is the hy-drogen fuel cell, and the experts will tell you that much of the charg-
ing and drive technology being de-
veloped on today’s electric cars will
one day form the basis for the hy-drogen fuel cell drive is to come.
Well I hope so, but in the mean-time I suspect second hand Nissan
Leafs and Renault Zero’s will have all the cache of today’s used Proton, and about as much street
cred. I think I will stick to my VHS for
now.....
Rays Ravings
FOR SALE: Sony Betamax, one careful owner,
only 5k miles, £25k o.n.o
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Shropshire & Welsh Borders Newsletter September 2011
Summer BBQ Report
I have often found that returning back to a restaurant following a good experi-ence can be a disappointment and that the second time never quite lives up to
the memory of the first. Happily this turned out not to be the case in this year’s BBQ where we returned once again to the Olde hand and Diamond at Co-edway following a successful first fory there in 2010. Our Summer BBQ (and Bonnets Up) day is traditionally an opportunity to get together with fellow enthusiasts and share experi-ences and tales of ownership, or simply so-cialise in an convivial atmosphere. Co-operation of the weather is as always in summer a bit of a lottery and this year we enjoyed much better weather than in previ-ous years with bright blue skies, fluffy white clouds and just a light breeze, in other words pretty much perfect BBQ conditions. We were scheduled to start at 2 p.m and I determined to arrive “early” to help Jim Craib with the set up and subsequent proceed-ings. However arriving at said time I found that either the weather, or hunger had driven
a large number of members to arrive earlier so there was an already impressive array of Jaguars adorning the Olde Hand’s car park. In total over 24 cars turned up for the after-noon which is the best turnout for our BBQ for some considerable time. The BBQ was already being warmed up and by 2 p.m the first smells of cooking were starting to waft from the cooking area to the main parking area . It was not long before a queue of hungry Jaguarists had formed and were treated once again to a feast of meats (not a veg-
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gies’ day out admittedly) as well as freshly pre-pared salads and a baked potato. Ian and his team managed to maintain the stan-dard they set last year and there was still Eton mess and other choices available for dessert assuming of course that anyone had any room for such a treat. There was a wealth of beautiful cars on display including Alan Harris’ recently finished XK120 featured a few months back on our front cover, Norman Evans soon to be award winning E Type, to name just a few—these were sprinkled
amongst some very nice more modern Jaguars, and it was nice to see such a variety of vehicles confirming our remit as an Enthusiasts Club NOT a club for classics only. Whilst eating was going on raffle tickets had been distributed and bought for prizes donated by our principal sponsors, SNG Barratt and Hat-feld’s Jaguar as well as some items donated by the members themselves. First Prize of an £50 SNG Barratt voucher was won by Al McLean. Other prizes were won in-cluding Martin Edwards winning an “espresso”
coffee set, however one member of the Bren-nan family had his eyes on a rather smart ra-dio controlled model of the latest XK that clearly would provide hours of fun. I under-stand that dad had had to invest considerable sums in the raffle to secure its ride home in the Brennan family Daimler. V8 250. The Brennans were sharing their picnic table with Eric Capron and his partner Susan, and as every prize was chosen and removed from the table so the excitement on their table rose to fever pitch. So when Susan’s ticket was pulled out and she chose the afore mentioned RC XK the look of disappointment was very pronounced until Susan, in a wonderful ges-ture, presented it to Master Brennan and pos-sibly the biggest smile of the day broke out—we hope he is enjoying his Jaguar “driving” ex-perience!
So a very happy ending to another successful day out—thanks to those who turned out, Jim Craib for organising this year’s event and Ian and the team at the OH&D for keeping up their standards. Third time lucky maybe?
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GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED
Ian Milner accepted a last minute offer to go to this year’s Festival of Speed, this is what he found.....
T he Festival of Speed is one of the major events organised by
Lord March at Goodwood. Having now been for the first
time I can confirm that anyone with an interest in motor vehi-
cles has to add this to their “bucket list” and preferably before
they are too old to enjoy it!
A friend of mine had been on two previous occasions with his
son. This year his son was unable to attend so he asked me to
accompany him, which I gladly accepted, after having first ob-
tained approval from the management! I offered the services of
my XF to transport us there. An early start (6:00 a.m!) from
Leominster saw us arrive at the entrance to Goodwood just be-
fore 9:00 a.m, parking was well organised (as was the whole day)
and was included in the prepaid entrance fee, so no messing
about or queuing for car park tickets (unlike other major
shows!). The show is spread out across the whole of the Good-
wood estate (and uphill obviously!) so you will do a fair amount
of legwork to get about. There are plenty of viewing points and
also plenty of food, drink and toilet facilities along the way. You
enter via the Auto Trader Moving Motor Show where a number
of major manufacturers displayed their wares both old and new.
Once onto the site the exhibits are along and either side of the
legendary hill climb. I recommend walking to the top of the hill
climb to take in the Rally Stage and then it is downhill all the
way. Here are the rest of the major manufacturers with their
display stands.
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Jaguar was no exception with their marquee
equal to the displays of Mercedes and Audi (plus
my JEC membership card got us a free coffee
and bacon rolls!)
Jaguars were well represented throughout the
event with the 50th celebration of the E Type.
The main theme statue outside Goodwood House
was an impressive sculpture provided by Tata.
The Cartier Style et Luxe concours featured the
most famous E Types currently available and
the “New” Eagle Speedster, a mere snip at
£499,999!
10 judges deliberated over the car of the show
and apparently could not agree unanimously but
eventually some old Ferrari nudged ahead of the
Geneva E Type presented by Peter Neumark
and he was runner up.
A long but enjoyable day. I would recommend it
particularly to be able to see the rare and exotic
automobiles blasting up the hill climb. Also if
you go make sure you get close enough to the
rally stage to get thoroughly covered in dust—
after which you can walk through the paddock
and get up close and personal to all the cars, and
not to mention the occasional celebrity.
The number of cars was just too great to list but
some of the memorable Jaguars that were not E
Types included the new concept Sports car and
the XKR-S ( but not sure I would choose it in
French Blue!) . There are other “daydream” mo-
ments particularly when I viewed the new
MacLaren and the Aston Martin 1-77.
The montage of picture will hopefully provide you with
a feel of the day and maybe this could be a future
weekend away for the region, next year perhaps?
Ian Milner
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Regional News continued.....
SUNDAY LUNCH CLUB STOP PRESS The Sunday Lunch Club has been one of our more popular
ventures over the last few years however last year our out-
ings were few and far between. This year we will be trying
to publish a schedule for these Sundays in advance to give
people more notice.
Our first venue is Halfpenny Green Vineyard, located at
Tom Lane, Halfpenny Green, Staffs DY7 5EP.
As well as the restaurant there is a craft centre, farmers mar-
ket and shop and delicatessen. SO you may want to get
there early and have a look around before lunch, for full in-
formation go to their website:
www.halfpenny-green-vineyards.co.uk
The date we have booked for is:
SUNDAY 2ND OCTOBER at 2:30 p.m. We have reserved
places for about 20 people and these will be allocated on a
first come first served basis. You will need to contact either
myself or Jim Craib to book your places. All bookings must
be made with us no later than 30th September!!
Prices are as follows:
Starters £3.25—£5
Mains £7.65—£10
Desserts £3.00—£4.25
Each diner chooses their own courses.
Don’t forget to reserve your place contact:
Ray Searles
01952 291898
Jim Craib
01952 242119
COACH TRIP TO THE NEC CLASSIC SHOW
Shropshire Classics have asked us to tell you about the
Coach trip they are arranging to go to the NEC Classics
Show on Sunday 13th November.
The coach will leave Bicton Club at 08:30 hrs returning from
the NEC at approximately 5:00 p.m. Cost for the coach is
expected to be about £7-8 pounds per head, tickets for the
NEC would be purchased on arrival.
You could take advantage of this to see if you had won the
JEC XK Coupe in the raffle and then drive that home!
If you are interested you need to contact Ken Williams, on
01743 341439.
Available for the first
time in years, SNG Barratt has repro-
duced the chrome pillar cappings for E-Type S1 & S2
Roadsters.
Retailing at £15.91
(ex VAT).
Sales Office UK 01746 765432
Email: Sales.uk@sngbarratt.
com
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Friday 17th June - Day 2 After a good nights sleep in the bridal suite
of the Blazing Donkey we face an early
start but are not the first down to break-
fast, Norman and Pam and some other
guests are already there.
We passed on collecting our Route Books
from the Ramada the evening before so we
now have to register first thing this morn-
ing. Our breakfast is quickly eaten and the
E Types are then carefully repacked. We
depart for the Ramada at 8:10 a.m.
The sight that awaits us when we get there
was not exactly what I anticipated—a car
park so stuffed full of Jaguars they take up
every space, every piece of grass verge and
even some of the approach road. Clearly
there are quite a few people going. Some-
how we both manage to find a space to
squeeze into the car park. No sooner have
we parked than a coach collecting a party
of travellers bound presumably for France
as well decides to reverse the length of the
car park between many thousands of
pounds worth of Classic and modern Jag-
uars—I can barely look because there is
less than a fag paper to spare on either
side, but skilfully he guides the monstrosity
down to reception to pick up his “cargo”.
Meanwhile we have arrived at the checking in
point and meet our “hosts come marshal’s”
for the first time. We are issued our route
books and some literature to help us enjoy
our week, as well as our “Entente” instruc-
tions. As an Entente virgin we are offered
tuition on how to read the “tulip” diagrams
which I decline—how difficult can it be, Mme
Le N has a degree and as a woman is capable
of multi-tasking so where’s the problem?
Whether this becomes famous last words or
amazingly intuitive bravado only time will tell.
In the meantime we note all the fellow en-
tentees, most of whom are gathering their
luggage or hastily polishing off the remains of
their breakfast—we spot the McLeans who
have lodged at the Ramada overnight and
swap stories of our drive down. But before
long it is time to set off for the ten minute
driver to Dover ferry port.
The coach has departed so we can actually
exit and many Jaguars have already left. At
the ferry port the number plate recognition
system cannot pick up the plate on the nose
of an E Type so we have to be manually
checked in but are soon making our way to
our specially reserved parking lines where we
get our first look at the collection of Jaguars
embarking on this years tour, 97 in all.
Two lines of Jaguars
at Dover
(the story of Sophee’s ENTENTE CORDIALE
2011)
Episode 2: “The Road to Ram-boo-lay!” (en Francais that’s Rambouillet)
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We virtually fill both parking lanes and as we near boarding it is an
impressive sight.
As we all get out to stretch our legs for a bit there is a critical topic
being debated by virtually all in the queue. Just where do you put
the stick-on light conversion patches on an E Type—(or anything
else for that matter). The extensive instructions do not go back to
pre 1986 so through trial and error and intuition, together with
the collective brain cells of about 5 E Type owners each with the
same challenge we hit upon a solution, reasoning that we do not
plan to drive in the dark anyway so as long as it looks about right
we should be OK.
This is the first chance we have to engage in conversation with
other owners and I am impressed by how easy and friendly every-
one is. The driver of the car parked next to me recognises that
Sophee has an Edinburgh registration and immediately asks if we
are from there or if we know anything about her origin as he has
some recognition of seeing her there—turns out he probably
knew her previous owner.
We are soon loaded on board and within minutes of being packed
sardine like onto Deck 7 we are on the move. We have to attend a
briefing session now to explain the tour and the next few days so
we head off to find the room in which we all congregate. This
requires finding the right set of stairs which we don’t and then
navigating our way to the rear of the ferry. Our first navigation
challenge a complete failure then ferries are confusing!
The briefing, if I am being honest is difficult. The room is large and
the ferry noisy so even with PA assistance it is difficult to hear the
instructions clearly—which appear to be the document we were
given being read out with some additional colour. If this is normal
practice then perhaps it needs a makeover? Either way once over
we head for the coffee bar and reconvene a meeting of Shropshire
region. We are not going to arrive until lunchtime so our key ques-
tion for Al and Caroline is where best to stop for lunch. Mean-
while, our crossing is smooth but the weather is gradually getting
worse the closer we get to France—by the time we dock it is hiss-
ing down.
At 1:15 pm we disembark. Kay notes the speed limits—90 kph =
55 mph, 130 kph = 80 ish...no tickets—that’s the lorrrr! (think Insp
Clouseau)
We zero the trip for the first time this week, as instructed in our
route book and also for the first time we are on the wrong side of
the road and Kay is in control of where we end up. We have 136
miles to cover on the Autoroute before taking off onto the more
scenic route. Its been 6 hours since breakfast and everyone is
hungry so Al and Caroline have recommended stopping at the
second services, Aire de la Baie de Somme, a distance of 68 miles
away.
Arriving there it is very scenic compared to our service areas
though the drizzle still falling detracts from what would otherwise
be a very nice rest stop.
We arrive there at 2:45 p.m. The worry is we still have 150
miles to go and we have yet to get to the twisty bit. We grab
a quick sandwich and “comfort break” and by 3:25 are back
on the autoroute.
Top : Al & Norman decide where to stop
for Lunch Middle: Looking windswept as France Approaches
Bottom: View from the Tower at Aire de la Baie de Somme services
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Eventually we exit towards the town of Auneil where at 4:40 pm
we decide to take on board the next lot of fuel. Another 52 litres
costs €86, £ 80 to you. There are 70 miles to go and progress is
now much slower as we are on D roads that wind through the
outer environs to the West of Paris. Our focus is on trying not to
get lost and keeping up good time. The weather has marginally
improved but progress is slow. We arrive at Oinville, some 37
miles from Auneil but it has taken an hour and that is not with-
out trying. These tiny villages are extensively “speed” averse.
Oinville has 5 speed humps in a mile and a half, all of which have
to be taken with care to preserve one’s exhaust. We pass
through a number of very pretty quiet villages which would be
worth exploring but there is no time. The instructions say allow
minimum 4 hours from Calais, we finally crawl down the ramp of
the underground car park in the Mercure Rambouillet at 6:30
pm. 215 miles have taken over five hours with stops. Norman
and Pam have arrived slightly before us. Arranging to meet up
later we make for our room which is nice and spacious and well
appointed. A quick freshen up before heading out to find some-
where to eat. I have a policy of not eating in chain hotel restau-
rants if I do not have to—it avoids disappointment. We find our
way to a square opposite where there is a “new”ish looking es-
tablishment called Cantine del Roy where everything is decked
out in the brightest shade of lime green imaginable. For France
the feel is very modern and contemporary but the staff are
friendly and the menu interesting. The “manager” tells us that
they recently extended the restaurant and redecorated hence
that is why everything looks fresh and new, even the menus
barely looked thumbed.
As it transpires this turns out to be one of the best restaurant
meals we encounter. The food we pick is cooked and presented
to the highest standard endorsing everything one hears about
the quality of French cooking. Kay pronounces her “trio” of rhu-
barb desserts as a masterpiece worth of Masterchef and
Norman gets his new nickname of “two balls”, which describes
his choice of ice cream dessert and not what you were thinking..
Rambouillet is home to a chateau that is the French version of
“Chequers”, as it is one of the summer residences of the French
Presidents. It is next door to the hotel and it looks interesting
but more of that on the return journey.
Zebedee pronounces that it is time for bed—we have yet to
discover the surprise that awaits us in the morning at the Mer-
cure Rambouillet—and you too will have to wait for next time.
Day 2 is complete another 230 miles covered in total with fuel
costs of £80 . Mpg—at this stage your guess may be as good as
mine
To be continued.....
The Forty Year old Virgin—Day Two—continued......
Left:
Mercure Rambouillet Above:
We decided not to eat here!
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Jim’s Jaunts [email protected]
September 2011 Shropshire and Welsh Borders Newsletter
Hello All,
As I write this I cannot help but wonder if someone has shrunk this year! It does not seem 5 minutes
since we all arrived at Weston Park and now here we are with only Drive
It Day left. But what a year it has been celebrating the 50 years since Sir William Lyons unleashed the E
Type on the motoring world and as a car mad 13 year old I remember seeing one of the first examples
when Tom Leake for those who re-member “The Trafficator” of the Wellington Journal had one on test.
It had the same effect on me as see-ing his first motor car had on “Mr Toad” in “Wind in the Willows.”
Anyway can I say what a splendid turnout we had for the Severn Hos-
pice Classic Rally at Attingham Park; 12 cars in all but this was 10 more than the previous year, and it was
noted that our “A” team had tables chairs and Pimms assembled within
35 seconds of arriving, that’s organi-sation for you! Thanks to David sear Chairman of Severn Hospice for al-
lowing me to do my onw thing when booking cars. This event is in its sec-ond year. The weather this year was
spectacular and we had prime set-ting on the green facing the tea-room and the mansion house, all in
all a very nice afternoon out. And of course Attingham has lots of diver-sions and walks to take advantage
of, or you could, like most of us, just relax and have a last picnic and a socialise.
So our jaunting is just about done for 2011, barring the Drive It day details of which are on the panel
on the RHS of this page, which will be MEA’s last outing of this
year. I am now planning our winter club nights and looking for inter-
esting speakers to come along and talk to our group; if you have any ideas please email me,
[email protected] with details or see me at the next club night.
We are also going to adopt a different approach to our “Sunday Lunch Club” - next month we will
be publishing details of the ven-ues and dates for the winter in advance to enable better planning
of your diaries. Booking places will then be co-ordinated via Ray and myself. We hope this will revive
the SLC which flagged a bit last year for various reasons.
For those new members the idea of the SLC is to pick a nice pub
that provides reasonably priced Sunday Lunches and then just all get together. No Jaguars are re-
quired since in the winter months many of us maybe resting our pride and joys, and not all of us
are two Jags. Ideas for venues are always welcome, we would not have found the Olde Hand &
Diamond as our BBQ venue with the recommendation of Alan Har-ris so if you have been some-
where that can accommodate a table of about 20 people and they
do a decent roast on a Sunday
then let myself or Ray know. TTFN
Drive it Day route
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REGIONAL EVENTS Your essential diary dates for 2011
DRIVE IT DAY—starting at Wroxeter Roman City 10:00 a.m
Full details last month, and a summary in this month’s Jim’s Jaunts. Dip in and dip out as you wish
our goal is to get to Lake Vwrnwy and drive around it by the end of the afternoon, sound interest-
ing then check out the points to pick up the drive... 4
September
S & WB CLUB NIGHT—Bicton Club
Probably a pint and natter night—but who know what might happen between then and now....
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September
S & WB CLUB NIGHT—Bicton Club
Hopefully we may find a speaker for our first “dark night” club night..... More details next month.
Whatever happens the meeting starts at 8:00 pm 11
October
JEC CHRISTMAS DINNER
This year we will be holding this event at the Hadley Park Hotel, Telford. Full details of tickets and
menus soon... 10
December
VALENTINES DINNER & DANCE
No apologies for running a repeat of last years very successful event. The Ed Conlan Band are
practising some new numbers to entertain us...and the chefs at the Lord Hill are fine tuning their
menu. Watch this space for more details in a few months time.... 11th 2012
February
www.jec-region43.org has up to the minute information on the status of all our events – if you are in any doubt see the Stop Press
information there before setting out.
CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW—NEC BIRMINGHAM
The Sunday of this weekend show sees the draw for the XK Coupe raffle car seen at Weston Park
and the SFOT this year being made. Take along your tickets and maybe drive it away? 11-13
November
S & WB CLUB NIGHT—Bicton Club
Know of an interesting speaker—then let Jim Craib know on 01952 242119
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November
JOINT JAGUAR CLUBS SPARES DAY—STONELEIGH AGRICULTURAL SHOWGROUND
Sunday 16th sees Stoneleigh nr Kenilworth play host to the second Jaguar Spares Day of the year.
Often worth going to find that hard to get component but make sure that you (and the vendor) are
sure that what you are buying fits!! Details in the National magazine and online www.jec.org.uk 16
October
S & WB CLUB NIGHT—Bicton Club
Program to be decided.,...watch this space
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December
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WHAT WERE THEY
DRINKING??
XJS’s do not get any more extreme
than this
STEP AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE
Shropshire & Welsh Borders Newsletter September 2011
YOU ASKED FOR IT! A Dutch television presenter was
run over by a contestant during
the recording of the final epi-
sode of “Who is the Worst Driver
in the Netherlands?!”
Contestant „Pim‟ ran down the
show‟s host, Ruben Nicolai and a
cameraman after taking his
hands off the wheel and putting
them over his eyes (whilst still
moving!).
Ruben and the
cameraman
were standing
to the side of a
braking speed
test when Pim
swerved off
the tarmac.
Also in the car
were an instructor and two fellow
female contestants.
Mr Nicolai was admitted to hospital
with minor injuries, but was released
the next day after tests revealed he
had sustained no major injuries.
“I have some pain in my shoulder
and my foot. It gave us all the fright
of our lives.”
On the bright side reports of the
accident meant the audience for
the final show attracted a record
1.2 million viewers.
Mr Nicolai is said to be looking for-
ward to filming another series next
year.
Getting there:
Bicton Club is lo-
cated just 5 min-
utes from the A5
Shrewsbury by-
pass.
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