Chris Bird's 1923 11.9 Lagonda and the 1929 Singer Junior of David Rouse out for lunch at The Red Rose, Lindsey Tye, Suffolk.

Our jolly took us from Gretna up the A7 through Langholm up to Mosspaul where we stopped for a lovely lunch! Julie Hollis, Club Secretary

A selection of photos from our contribution to Drive it Day are available on our (Click here) website. We had a great day out

At our last Noggin March, some wag said “well what are we doing for Drive-it-Day”? After much discussion it was decided we ought make the effort and take our cars out for a run. Brian Spence said” Why not meet by the Monument at Ashridge”? So it was agreed that we would meet there at 12 noon and have a picnic.

It was not long before cars started to arrive, and we had to move to a new spot, so that we could all be together and so they kept coming. In the end we had 15 vintage cars and 2 in moderns. As you can see from the pictures we had a varied group of cars. The object of the event was achieved, in that, as soon as we had parked the cars a crowd of people gathered and were extremely complimentary about the cars and took great interest.

Everybody enjoyed this very low key event and I am sure it will be repeated on the next Drive-it-Day in April 2009. Doug Townsend.
Please click HERE for the full version of Doug's report

Picture of 4 buses from the plus 4 cars, (3 almost hidden behind the buses), parked near Lowestoft on Drive it Day 2008.

East Anglia Transport Museum is a working museum of buses, trams and trolley buses at Carlton Colville near Lowestoft. Two of the cars are also on display in the museum. See www.eatm.org.uk for details. We left the museum for a short trip around Lowestoft and were able to return to Carlton Colville prior to the museum opening at 11.00am. The photograph was taken at (almost), the most easterly point of the British Isles on a dull, cloudy morning. The sun came out later in the day! Philip Mitchell

We had a very good turnout for Portpatrick with over 65 Vintage & Classic Cars There 130 photos on this link of the day, starting with a few in Glasgow
There is the large carpark at Heathfield Retail Park in Ayr, Small carpark at Girvan & 3 Carparks at Portpatrick.

In this link HERE if you click a photo you will see a small icon at the top (All Sizes) Click this to enlarge the photo, note I have still to make a comment on every photo.

Our Drive It Day run to the Shuttleworth Collection.

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Our four runs in Cornwall and Devon were reasonably succcessful given the poor weather forecast for the south-west over the weekend.

The three runs in East Cornwall, North and South Devon attracted 23 cars of which five were Austin Tens and Twelves whose owners had accepted our invitation to come along for the day.

There were also 18 Austin Sevens, the oldest being first registered in March 1925 and is probably the oldest 'Chummy' or more properly known as an AC Tourer, on the road in this part of the world.

Our run in the west Cornwall brought out ten of our members, one of whom was driving his 1936/7 Austin Heavy Twelve ex-London Taxi which he completely restored himself. Every time we stopped were soon surrounded by inquisitive folk, and children were delighted to be invited to sit in the driver's seat for a photo opportunity.

We are happy with the day, a similar turn out in number of cars to last year. Now we shall start thinking about venues for next year's 'Drive it Day' - 26 April 2009.

A picture here taken at the Vauxhall Heritage Centre for the southern area members' contribution.

The yellow P-reg Cavalier is the oldest known example, dating from just a couple of weeks into production. The red X-reg is one of the very last - production had officially ceased at W-reg, but cars that lingered in the showroom received an "X" plate, like the FWD Mk 2 Cavalier that replaced them.

The morning of Sunday 20th April turned out to be rather nice, and having stayed at Paul Macs the night before, we travelled in on Great Western Road to Esquire House to meet up with the 'Glasgow band'.
We were due to meet up and head off about 09:45, and joining us for the first part of the drive to Ayr was Alan Duncan in his Toyota Celica, along with a pal in an MX5. Keith G in D77 was the third Capri, while Gary H had turned out, not only with his current ’69 Mustang 351 sportsroof, but also accompanied by a chap called Liam, driving his previous ’67 Mustang 289 Fastback.

Click HERE for the full report and more photos (Note that this is a very large pdf document so may take a while to fully download)

We started our run from our regular base at 'The Swan' in Chaddersley Corbett in Worcestershire, where we meet on the 2nd & 4th Mondays every month & ended at the Horse & Jockey near Cleobury Mortimer.

We did our bit on DID. Here is Kirstie age 19 driving our 1929 Vintage Austin 16/6. 52 miles driven never stalled once! Thanks to RH Insurance for covering her for DID.

Garry & Kirstie Hellings
Members of Vintage Austin Register and Austin Ten Drivers Club

The Manchester Museum of Transport re-created the famous and much-missed Mortlake Garage as part of their contribution to Drive It Day, with special shuttle services running outside. Two evocative photos of the indoor part of the event, which was extremely well attended, are shown above

The East Suffolk Drive It Day Run, organised by the Gordon-Keeble Owners' Club, took in the Cold War Museum at Bentwaters and the Martlesham Heath Air Museum before a lunch stop at Woodbridge. 15 cars participated, including 3 Gordon-Keebles, a pair of TRs, several TF roadsters, a Citroen 'Big 15', a Peerless and a Reliant Scimitar Coupé. Roy Dowding, GKOC

Around 130 vehicles, including a host of scooters, were at this DID meet. Sadly, no photos of the scooters but other vehicles ranged from the little to the large.

The full report on this event can be found HERE - it concludes as below

As people arrived at the completion of their run there were amusing tales of experiences during the run – missed turnings – passing others going the opposite way! – telling tales of places that I did not recognise were on the run instructions!? - and generally the enjoyment that people had had.

The arrangements with the Cosford Organisation and the support provided by them was excellent and, as someone said, the Museum displays were the “icing on the cake” completing a rewarding day out and as a bonus we raised £60 for the Newport X-Ray Appeal

Fred Dukes - Event Organiser

This has to be the farthest north Drive It Day up in the Highlands of Scotland sent in by Callum Beveridge. About 24 cars from all over the Highlands met up in Inverness followed by a procession through the town and a route through the Black Isle to a country pub.

The run started off at the South Devon Steam Railway at Buckfastleigh and finished off with a magnificent silver service type cream tea at The Holne Chase Hotel , Nr Ashburton

The re-enactment of the original horse drawn carriage 39 mile route was organised by Jim Barry and was timed to coincide with the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Club’s and Kettering Area Motor Club’s ‘Drive it Day’. Regrettably Jim’s Lomax suffered a brake problem en route to Quenby Hall which resulted in the car having to be transported home. Fortunately Joy had the Deux Chevaux and they were able to take part and complete the route.

For the full report please click HERE (pdf document)