THE ANNUAL NEW FOREST ROTARY CLASSSIC CAR RUN.
A TOTAL OF £227.85 WAS RAISED FOR CHARITY.
REPORT BELOW BY ALAN BLAIR. PHOTOS BY RAY DAWES AND KEN BALL.
"Lawrie and I participated in the 7th annual New Forest Rotary Classic Car Run on Wednesday 1st
May. As ever it was a superbly organised event by Bridget and her able assistant
Sue Gully.
19 cars lined up in Dan Tanner’s field at Burley and a
beautiful display of lovely old ladies it was …Oh and then there was Sally Ball
!!
Lawrie waved the cars away at 10am in the hope that they would follow
the route, solve the clues and make it to the coffee ( and cake ) stop at The
Queen’s Head pub in Broadchalke. It was a pity that everyone made it as
otherwise Lawrie and I could have had another slice of cake.
Up until
then the weather had been reasonably good but, as we left Broadchalke and headed
into the most scenic and beautiful part of the rally ,it started to rain and the
very low cloud base really spoilt the views. That was such a shame as Bridget
and Sue had , as usual, planned a lovely trip through some of the most beautiful
scenery Dorset and Wiltshire have to offer. Still we all had great fun trying to
figure out where we were supposed to go and work out the answers to the
clues.
At around 1pm we arrived at the wonderful Langton Arms Pub at
Tarrant Monkton. This has become our rally finishing point and everyone agreed
that it is the perfect place. After a superb 3 course lunch we had a raffle and
then Lawrie , on behalf of President Philip , presented the Roger Lees Cup. This
cup is awarded annually to the car that Mrs Lees declares to be the one she
wants to take home with her. This year it was won by Pauline Baker and her
Austin 7 “Nippy".. This car has no roof so,with the rain and cooler conditions it was very
appropriately named.
Apart from Lawrie and I the Club was
represented by Ken & Sally and it was wonderful to see John Bloomfield and
Janis. Ray Dawes was there at the beginning to photograph the cars, a job he
undertakes every year.
All the documentation for every Rally is done by
Ken and for those who have not seen any of it I can assure you that it is of the
highest quality. Everyone in the Club should be so proud of the fabulous work
that Ken does on our behalf.
Once again, the 38 people who took part in
this year’s Rally were unanimous in their admiration of the great job done by
Bridget and Sue and we all agreed to meet up again next year. Thank you Bridget
and Sue."
Alan
PS If anyone fancied going to the Langton Arms for lunch ( and
we can highly recommend it ) the post code is DT 11 8RX