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(update as of 25th April)

 

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Important Update : There will be a section run on Sunday 27th April for the Federation of Historic Vehicles “Drive It Day” (weather permitting) and will start from the usual meeting place at Crown Corner at 10.30am. Our next mid-week lunch meet will be on Wednesday 7th May at Stapleford Airfield clubhouse and the next club night at The Woodman will be on the following evening Thursday 8th May because unusually it turns out for this month that the second Thursday of the month actually comes the day after the first Wednesday.

The second of our section mid week runs on Wednesday 16th April went off without any hitches this time and Roy, Geoff Gibbins, Dave Walling and myself left Crown Corner in good weather with Roy leading the way on his chosen route to Bretts café at White Roding, which was not really the café he thought it was going to be as he had thought the name referred to another café nearby which turned out to be closed in any case. Anyway, we had a good lunch at Bretts and as the Fyfield road was closed for road works I led the group back via Hatfield Heath, Matching Green and Moreton. A good run out with decent weather.

Roy, Geoff Gibbins, Steve Carvosso and Dave Walling had a good run to the classic motorcycle show and autojumble at Ardingly on Sunday 31st April, once Steve’s tyre pressures had been “adjusted” to the correct levels that is. Roy reported that his bike, the one which he intends to use for the International, was running quite well after being rather unhappy with its performance on the previous section run. It seems to be improving with increasing mileage and he is now thinking that it will be fine for the International on the Isle of Skye.

Any information on forthcoming section activities will be always given on this page of our section web site as the frequent changes that occur and the lead times for the “Jampot” section notes does not allow for them to be used for this purpose. So check this page regularly. It gets updated after any new information becomes available and usually as soon as possible after each club night .

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Our Future Planned Events

Update from 25th April 2025     

Sunday 27th April – Section run for FBHVC “Drive It Day” (leave Crown Corner at 10.30am)

Wednesday 7th May – Mid-week lunch meet at Stapleford airfield club house cafe. (11.30am)

Thursday 8th May – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)

Wednesday 21st May – Section run (destination and start location to be announced)

Thursday 22nd May – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)

Wednesday 4th June – Mid-week lunch meet at Rosey Lea’s, North Weald airfield. (11.00am)

Thursday 12th June – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)

Wednesday 18th June – Section run (destination and start location to be announced)

Thursday 26th June – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm, 6.30 if eating)

Wednesday 2nd July – Mid-week lunch meet at Stapleford airfield club house cafe (11.30am)

Thursday 10th July – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)

Wednesday 16th July – Section run (destination and start location to be announced)

Thursday 24th July – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)

Wednesday 6th August – Mid-week lunch meet at Rosey Lea’s, North Weald airfield. (11.00am)

Thursday 14th August – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)

Wednesday 20th August – Section run (destination and start location to be announced)

27th August to 1st September – Section attendance at the Jampot Rally

Thursday 28th August – This should be a section club night but may be cancelled due to Jampot Rally

Wednesday 3rd September – Mid-week lunch meet at Stapleford airfield club house cafe (11.30am)

Thursday 11th September – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)

Wednesday 17th September – Section run (destination and start location to be announced)

Thursday 25th September – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)

2nd to 5th October – Section running the Alternative Rally at Battlesbridge Antiques Centre

Thursday 9th October – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)

Thursday 23rd October – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)

Thursday 13th November – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)

Thursday 27th November – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)

Thursday 11th December – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)

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Any impromptu runs or meets can be confirmed at short notice by contacting Roy on 07860 824862 (daytime only) or Emailing us at EastLondon@jampot.com