Members present

Andy & Jennie Holyoak - Puggit

Anthony & Ruth Richards - TR6

Phil, Rachael & Hannah Gunn - Scandinavian Box

Huw Lovegrove - TR6

Barry Wingfield - ???

John & Margaret Martin - Ford

Sue, Martin & James Faulkner - Passatt

Ben & Lisa Ward - TR6

Steve Lambley - TRPi

Meeting notes

“The Best TR Group in the World”

Ruth started the meeting in the usual tradition. She was chairing this month because Martin W and a huge number of other LTRGers were in Italy on the European Rally.

At one point, Ben did phone his father to check the Italian contingent were all OK and had arrived in one piece. Although the connection was really poor, we could all hear Martin W loud, albeit not clear! In fact, we could still hear him after Ben thought he’d ended the call J

It sounded as though some fun was had on the way to Italy. No doubt we will hear the full story at the October meeting.

New members

We were fortunate to have two new members join our ranks this month - Huw and Barry. We did warn them our meetings are usually as “select” and “genteel”. Hope they realised we weren’t joking or they’ll get a huge shock when they turn up for the October meeting!

Welcome chaps. You’ve joined ( all join in now …) “The Best TR Group in the World”

Front page headlines …

By the way … the 18 of us who attended the meeting in September will fully understand the front cover this month. For those of you who missed it, for whatever reason .........

The pub had obviously decided not to upset us again and had warmed the room up beautifully for us (best its ever been) and had even kindly set it up just like a … Hmmm. How did Ruth describe it? Ah yes - a Prayer Meeting. Needless to say, we pulled a selection of sofas and chairs into a (sewing?!!) circle at the back and had our meeting in some considerable comfort.

Maybe it wouldn’t be a bad idea for Martin W to give the pub a quick bell before the next meeting to let them know how much we appreciated the warmth of the room but that we prefer a rather more “normal” pub layout complete with tables? Over to you Martin!

Activity in the previous month

As with the meeting, it had been a quiet month with very little to report. Or so Ruth said. However, the notes that follow would rather disagree.

Lakes Weekend

Phil and Sam Gunn went to the Lakes Weekend and had a wonderful time as usual. Apparently, the weather was particularly kind to them and there were 80+ cars. This is a very successful event and one which doesn’t need advertising.

Phil did mention something about Coniston Water but what he was saying rather disappeared beneath a domestic between him and Rachael about when he’d visited it last. I did hear something about him visiting the launch place of Bluebird but I’m not at all sure if that was this time or the time Rachael was telling him he’d been on a previous occasion!

Mid-month meeting

Around 10 of us went along to the Harboro Hotel in Melton Mowbray on 12^th September and had a great evening with smashing food. Andy and I managed to park a pavement’s width from the front door but the others had to battle a challenging route round the back of the hotel for the official car park. Well done all of you - Cub Scout Finders badges winging their way to you J

Donington - See Red

This was, apparently, an excellent event, again with plenty of sunshine. There weren’t too many people which meant that you weren’t fighting with crowds the whole time. You could go into the pits for a nose round. There were four TRs racing and a great mix of other cars.

Sunday 14^th October

The Fox Run

This coming Sunday, 14^th October, 11am start

To date, there are well over 30 cars booked to do the 73 mile run which covers three counties (Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland) and some incredibly pretty countryside. I believe there are still a few contacting Andy even now wanting to join in.

We are keeping everything crossed for good weather.

Dick? Help!! Please!!!

It kicks off with coffee at The Fox Inn in our village of Wilbarston and ends up back at the same place with a fabulous hot buffet. I’ve heard talk of chilli, jacket potatoes and other goodies. Yum.

And, of course, you are welcome to ours for a coffee afterwards if you wish. Or even before if you get to the village way before 11am. We will probably leave home at 10.30am (10 Rushton Road. Turn at the shop into Main Street which turns into Rushton Road at the little crossroads, Andy 07725 056653, Jennie 07989 533389).

Entertainment

Rachael told us her excellent amateur dramatics group is putting on Little Shop of Horrors 23^rd to 27^th October at its usual venue of Loughborough Town Hall. Please contact her if you’re interested in a ticket. LTRGers usually go on the Friday evening.

The Last Word - well nearly!!

Just a bit of fore-warning. Andy and Jennie will be resigning at the November AGM so if anyone out there fancies a spell of producing TRipe please be prepared to speak up at the AGM in November.