Friday
morning - Hook Norton Brewery
The annual visit to the Hook Norton Brewery saw Mike and Barbara
Russell, Clive Wheatley, Steve Newton, Bryan Ditchman, John
Bolt, Gordon and Jennifer Hesketh-Jones, Dr Gavin Bailey and
Victor Smith enjoy lunch at the Pear Tree after visiting the
brewery along the lane.
Friday evening - V8 Sulgrave Supper
Some thirty V8 members and their friends met up at the Star
Inn in Sulgrave for an informal supper on Friday for what has
become an enjoyable start to the Club's annual three day International
MG Meeting at Silverstone. Usually members sit in the garden
and enjoy the warm evening sun, but this year the wet and cold
weather made a switch to the dining room necessary. More
Saturday - V8 Marquee provided useful refuge
Many V8 members visited the V8 Marquee during the day to meet
friends, check up on spares offered by Bryan Ditchman and Clive
Wheatley, get a fleece or polo shirt from the V8 Regalia stall,
buy a workshop notes CD or test the "lubrication tap".
Despite a dire weather forecast on Radio 4 in the morning, the
rain kept away until late afternoon when a serious but short
downpour hit Silverstone.
As Silverstone Circuit had banned cars parking on grassed areas
so the dedicated V8 parking area was moved to a section of the
old Club Straight between the two bridges which was reasonably
close to the V8 Marquee.
Saturday evening - V8BBQ
Then surprisingly the evening was bathed in sunshine for the
V8BBQ (see the photo alongside) so members were able to sit
out by the V8 Marquee and enjoy a social supper. Clive Wheatley's
team worked throughout the afternoon and provided a BBQ supper
for 110 V8 members and their friends - a major catering operation
with excellent cooking. V8BBQ
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Sunday - V8AGM
The weather on Sunday was wet and colder and underfoot grew
muddier during the day, so the V8 Marquee provided essential
shelter for V8 enthusiasts. The V8 AGM was chaired by David
Waterton acting as temporary chairman as the V8 Chairman, Al
Barnett, was unable to attend because of a prior commitment
made before the Club's Silverstone dates for 2007 were confirmed.
As many members know our dates are always uncertain until the
F1 Circus decides when the F1 meeting will be held at Silverstone.
This year the confirmation was quite late at the beginning of
the year.
V8AGM report
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up the polypins collected at the Hook Norton Brewery. A tour
of the brewery is planned for 2008. (Photo: Victor Smith)
An informal
V8 Supper at the Star Inn at Sulgrave was very popular. (Photo:
Ian Quarrington)
George Barnett was the cheerful barman for the V8BBQ serving
wine from the south of France generously donated by his brother
Al and other members. (Photo: Tim Hipwell)
V8 parking
area on the old Club Straight very close to the V8 Marquee.
(Photo: Mike Lane) |
