MX5 Wessex November 14 Newsletter - MX

WESSEX AREA
Joint Co-ordinators:-
Hils Frewer & Pete Levett
Contact Details:Hils:-
Tel
01202 697300
Email [email protected]
Pete:-
Tel:-01425 477594
Email [email protected]
Wessex Newsletter Editor:-
Wessex Area Website:-
Al Jones
Tel:-01794 323250
Email [email protected]
wx.mx5oc.co.uk
NOVEMBER
2014
ISSUE 153
From the Editor
Tuesday 4 November - Club Night at Drusillas
Days are certainly shortening now and
autumn colours are being more & more
obvious around us. Still hope you are
getting out & about on the sunnier days
before the lights go on.
Please remember the club night on Tuesday 4th November has returned to
Drusilla’s for the winter. We are hoping to finalise next years calendar of events so
please think about ideas for runs you’d like to do, also what sort of things you’d like
to happen on Tuesday club nights.
Pam Cooper is organising the Sunday
Lunch on 19 November. Do get in
touch with her asap if you are
interested and have not already booked.
Wednesday 19th November
Visit to the Royal Navy Submarine Museum Gosport. PO12 2AS
For those going to the NEC for the
Classic Car Show - have a good time.
Happy MX5 Motoring!
Congratulations Roger
At the recent AGM of the MX5OC
Roger Mead was confirmed as the
Chairman for a fourth consecutive year
by the Committee.
Well done Roger - this means you will
get your photo on the first page of
STHT for another 12 months!
Competition Winners!
Moira & Ian Anders entered the
competition in STHT and won
complimentary tickets to the Classic
Car Show at the NEC!
Have a good day there both of you.
(submarine –museum .co.uk)
Please note the date has moved to the 19th for access reasons.
HMS Alliance and indeed the museum, which sits in Haslar creek on the entrance to
Portsmouth harbour, has received a multi million pound upgrade is even more impressive than before. The Alliance is now fully refurbished and the on-board effects
are great. She is the last of WW11 A class boats.
The museum itself follows the development of submarines from day one to days fleet
of nuclear powered and armed boats. Many exhibits are hands on and range from
propulsion to periscopes. You can take as little or as long to as you like to stroll
around.
The suggested arrangements for the day are:
Meet from 10am on at the Eastbound Rownhams services on the M27 Southampton.
We will leave here at 11am prompt as we need to be at the museum at 12 noon . I will
provide route details on day.
The entry cost is £9 for seniors or £ 11 for others. We will then have a conducted tour
of the boat, note not ship, by and ex submariner.
After the tour you are basically free to roam the museum at will. The is a light snacks
facility on site or if you prefer there is a very reasonable Bar-Bistro just over Haslar
bridge.
If you do leave the museum site you can leave your car in the museum CP or use the
public CP next to the Bar-Bistro, the bar will issue a ticket for free parking.
I would appreciate letting us know if you intend coming as the tour groups are
limited, you can only have so many into a submarine at any one time, therefore
we many have to have more that one tour.
We have provisional booked for up to 20 people. [email protected]
Ian & Moira Anders
Christmas Meal reminder
Sunday 14th December
Food choices and balance for the Christmas meal are due by Tuesday 4th November (Club night). For menu choices /
form, see the last 2 pages of this newsletter. (Cheques payable to Hilary Frewer please).
We can still add names to the list if you wish to be included in our 2014 Christmas celebrations.
Valerie Harris and Gill Jelley.
If sending your food choices / cheque, please send to Valerie Harris. 46 Woolsbridge Road, St Leonards, Ringwood,
Hampshire. BH24 2LS.
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Mid Week Xmas Dinner
"The midweek Christmas Dinner has been provisionally booked with the Sir Walter Tyrrell for Wednesday 17th
December at 12 noon in the room we used last year. I write provisionally because the pub will be under new management
from 5th November. I will contact them after that date for menus and cost. Subject to both being OK I will either confirm
or search for new venue.
So, midweeker’s, if you know of a good hostelry we could go to for a Christmas dinner please let me know just in case”
Roger Mead
[email protected]
Another instalment in the saga of Pat & Martin`s Red Devils
Pat & Martin Goodfellow decided to go on holiday to Guernsey. While they were there they met up with Guernsey residents and
Wessex friends Cliff & Babs Le Cras. They made plans to go out for a meal together - however……………...Pat continues the
story:While we were having our meal with Cliff and Babs the head chef appeared with a large soup tureen. He lifted the lid to reveal
one devil plus loads of meat bones all neatly cleaned of meat. The staff and guest were all amused at this. So where did this one
come from.? No one knows the story here. And no car with it in. We think he may be French. We have named him “Rob the
Gurn” as we are in Guernsey and Robert is the name of the owner of the hotel we are staying in.
Pat & Matin meet up with a friend in Guernsey!!
MX5 OC Calendar 2015
The Calendar is enjoyed by our many thousands of members and is sent out free with the December edition of Soft Top Hardtop to
every member and to all our Club partners and sponsors.
Every year we ask Club members to send in photographs for inclusion in the Calendar and images are invited from all members no
matter what level of photographic ability you have, from beginner to professional all images are welcome and using whatever photographic equipment you have.
All that we ask is that images are of the highest possible resolution that you are able to submit, the higher the resolution of the image the better it is for printing in the calendar.
If selected for a particular month in the 2015 Calendar your image will be reproduced in close to 7000 calendars that we hear every
year make it on to the walls in homes, offices, workshops and garages across the country as well as further afield!
For more details see October STHT.
Closing date:-Friday 7 November at 5pm,
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Tuesday 7th.October 2014
Magna Mazda Technical Evening
Tuesday club night was a technical meeting
held a Magna Mazda, Canford Cliffs; it turned out to be
very informative. A club member’s car was picked to
demonstrate how to perform basic tasks and how to use
the repair kit to plug a puncture in order to get you home.
Mark, a senior technician, showed how and
where to jack up a car in order to be able to remove a
wheel, how to check the thickness of the brake pads, and
how to replace them.
Then a wheel/tyre set was brought in with a puncture. We were shown how to prepare the tyre for the glue by removing
the tyre valve and the function of the contents of the repair kit. For this demonstration an old, out of date by 3 years, glue was used.
The glue failed to do its job! The fact that it failed was a revelation to all present. We now know that the expiry date on the label
means what it says. Now the staff at Magna knows how important it is to appropriately advise their customers and the club members, with cars not having spare wheels, will check the date on their kits.
This night was also chosen for the presentation of a cheque to the Lewis Manning Hospice. When Jean Tulloch so
successfully ran the Summer Party at the North Haven Yacht Club in June £600 pounds was raised. Members had put their
hands deeply into their pockets to support this worthy cause. Many of the prizes for the auction were donated by Barney
Steele and Magna Mazda. Louise, representing Lewis Manning, was there to receive the cheque from Jean.
With the formalities and demonstrations over Barney invited all present to enjoy the buffet with the added comment that
Magna Mazda at Canford Cliffs will, if possible, price match on parts, service, MoTs, and replacement tyres. Good news eh?
A fun, informative, and tasty evening with a charitable twist was enjoyed by all attendees. On behalf of the club members
our thanks go to Jean, Barney, Mark, Simon, and James. Personally I find the technical evenings to be both interesting and beneficicial.
David Russell
(photos by David Russell )
Letter of thanks received from Lewis-Manning
is printed on the right.
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Sunday 19 October
Visit to Sturminster Newton Mill
12 cars assembled in the car park of Tesco, Blandford ready
for the Drive to Sturminster Mill. Good to see a few new faces
and hope they enjoyed the day well enough to meet up again.
There had been a lot of rain in the few days before so the country lanes Vic & Gill had chosen were a trifle muddy!!
The Mill was new to most people. It is now in the hands of a
Heritage Preservation Trust and they are certainly doing a very
good job. We were welcomed by a very keen and knowledgeable
guide who showed us around and gave detailed information about
how the grain is eventually turned into flour.
Everyone gets parked up with another
chance to exchange stories of the drive.
I don't know who the suspicious character is
standing on the mill veranda - ghost of a
miller perhaps?
A short walk from the Mill to the lunch
venue - “The Bull” alongside the beautiful
stone bridge across the river.
Thank you Vic & Gill for such an
interesting and picturesque visit.
Al Jones
Photos taken by David Russell
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********** FORTHCOMING EVENTS **********
Sunday 2 November
Goodwood Breakfast Club
“Vee - Power Sunday”
8-12 noon
Free
This is the last Breakfast Club Meeting
of the year.
Tuesday 4 November
Club Night
at Drusilla's, Horton nr.
Wimborne.
Social Evening
Starts 8pm.
This is the first clubnight of the winter
months when we meet at Drusillas.
During the evening Hils & Pete would
like to finalise the calendar for 2015.
If you have any ideas please bring
them along.
Also, Allan Legg is hoping to gauge
possible levels of interest for 2
Wessex trips away in 2015.
Details of these were in the
October Wessex Newsletter .
Wednesday 19 November
Visit to Royal Navy Submarine
Museum,
Gosport
To be organised by
Ian & Moira Anders
Meet from 10am on at the Eastbound
Rownhams services on the M27
Southampton.
We will leave here at 11am prompt as
we need to be at the museum at 12
noon . I will provide route details on
day.
The entry cost is £9 for seniors or £ 11
for others. We will then have a conducted tour of the boat, note not ship,
by an ex submariner.
After the tour you are basically free to
roam the museum at will. The is a light
snacks facility on site or if you prefer
there is a very reasonable Bar-Bistro
just over Haslar bridge.
If you do leave the museum site you
can leave your car in the museum CP or
use the public CP next to the BarBistro, the bar will issue a ticket for
free parking.
I would appreciate letting us know if
you intend coming as the tour groups
are limited, you can only have so
many into a submarine at any one
time, therefore we many have to have
more that one tour.
Wessex Christmas Meal
Sunday 14th December.
12 noon for 1pm sit down.
Ocean View Hotel
East Overcliff Drive
Bournemouth
BH1 3AR
Note: the car park is to the
rear of the hotel
83 Grove Road,
Bournemouth
Food choices and balance
for the Christmas meal are
due by Tuesday 4th
November (Club night). For
menu choices / form, see last
2 pages of this newsletter.
(Cheques payable to Hilary
Frewer please).
We can still add names to
the list if you wish to be
included in our 2014
Christmas celebrations.
Valerie Harris and Gill
Jelley.
If sending your food
choices / cheque, please
send to Valerie Harris. 46
Woolsbridge Road, St Leonards, Ringwood, Hampshire. BH24 2LS.
We have provisional booked for up
to 20 people.
Sunday 16 November
Sunday Lunch
Sunday Lunch on November 16th has
been arranged at the Crane Valley Golf
Club, near Verwood (BH31 7LH); the
lunch is a carvery (2 courses for
£12.50, 3 courses for £14.50).
Please email :- [email protected]
Fri/Sat/Sun
14/15/16 November
Classic Car Show
NEC, Birmingham
Details are in STHT Magazine.
Vegetarian options will be available by
pre-arrangement, and for those with a
smaller appetite bar snacks will be
available.
Numbers planning to attend are
required by October 31st.
Tuesday 2 December
Club Night @ Drusillas
From 8pm.
Contact Pam Cooper
[email protected]
01725 552691
A Social Evening. A chance to catch
up with friends and all the news.
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Wednesday 17 December
Mid Week Xmas Lunch
I have provisionally booked with
the Sir Walter Tyrrell for
Wednesday 17th December at 12
noon in the room we used last
year. I write provisionally because
the pub will be under new management from 5th November. I
will contact them after that date
for menus and cost. Subject to
both being OK I will either confirm or search for new venue.
So, midweeker’s, if you know of a
good hostelry we could go to for a
christmas dinner please let me
know just in case.
Roger Mead
[email protected]
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Wessex Christmas Meal
Sunday 14th December 2014
This year we are holding our Christmas lunch at the Ocean View Hotel in Bournemouth. We know
Christmas is a long way off but in order to book a suitable venue we have to book early.
The menu is below; if you have any special dietary requirements please let us know.
The cost will be £20 per head for a three-course meal followed by coffee and truffles.
Food choices and balance by Tuesday 4th November, again a Club night.
Should you want to have a weekend break in Bournemouth, we have been able to negotiate a
special room rate for club members (including breakfast)
Standard double room £50
Single room £35
Standard double room for sole occupancy £45
There is a £10 supplement for sea view rooms.
The Ocean View Hotel is located on the East Overcliff Drive, a short walk into Bournemouth town
centre. If anyone is interested – on the evening of Sunday 14th Jools Holland and his Rhythm and
Blues Orchestra are performing at the Bournemouth International Centre.
Valerie Harris (01425 480664) and Gill Jelley (01202 301497)
PS if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact one of us.
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Please return the reply slip and cheque to Valerie Harris. 46 Woolsbridge Road, St Leonards,
Ringwood, Hampshire. BH24 2LS.
Cheques made payable to Hilary Frewer please.
Names
Starter
Choice
Main
Dessert
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Deposit/Full
Payment