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So - just recovered from the group AGM, the usual classic affair, with everyone who attended braving elements by far the worst of the winter, freezing fog, minus 5, and five to six inches of snow in the Lakes. Beautiful to look at, but a trial to drive in. We were digging cars out of the snow in The Hydro Car Park, after the meet!

All that said, we finalised an even fuller than usual programme for 2012, including: CLM / Italy / Switzerland, and a special 20th. Group Anniversary day, as well as a very special founder couple’s anniversary, to be appropriately celebrated.

Finally our 2011 awards:-

The Day To Remember Award deservedly went to Jim McVey and Anne Whitehead, for what was just a superb Scottish Long Weekend, and the good news is that Jim and Anne are going to repeat a weekend for this year.

The Neville Theaker went to yours truly.

The Reliability Award went to Mark Sindle for what was just a quite magnificent breakdown, probably the finest in Cumbria Group history. Mark smashed his clutch some fifty miles north of Ullapool on the Scottish West Coast, and many hundred feet above sea level, a breakdown few can imagine ever being beaten. Mark’s impression of the guy who answered the telephone, was also classical:

“We may be a wee while, we dinna ha’ the facilities”.

Nice one Mr Sindle.

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Happy new Year Fellow TR ‘ers.,

Cumbria Group wrapped up 2011 at a lovely hotel overlooking Lake Bassenthwaite, for our colloquially named Posh Nosh. Super event and a chance to put on an collar and tie, well for the guys anyway.

On to 2012. Our AGM is in a few days time, although most of the programme and personnel are already in place, our regular contributors, and some very special things as well.

Just to give you a taster, the Register Website shows the Blue Ribbon Event of 2012 as Classic Le Mans in July. Well CG are taking seven cars, with four you might say going the long way… that is via Germany, Switzerland and Italy to drive several of the famous Italian passes en route. Yes, as I said, just a taster!

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A prospective new Classic Car Owner asked me recently if there was an active group local TR group in the area. I ran this past him: “In 2011 Cumbria Group has reached the North West tip of Scotland at Duness, the South West tip of Ireland at Dursey point, we had a fabulous hotel based in weekend in Scotland thanks to the work of Jim and Anne, and we also had a long weekend camping in Scotland. We have been the guests of Peter and Daphne Guy, Ann Kirkpatrick and Ken and Chris Wilson who have all entertained us warmly in their homes, we have travelled many miles in a single day enjoying our cars and we have driven but a few miles to enjoy a picnic by a river in the North Lakes
followed by an ice cream. We have included the International Weekend at Harrogate, and simply run down to Bowness on Windermere for a natter, and on top of all this, we, Cumbria group, hosted a tremendous TR Register National Summer Ball, and raised £610.00 in the process for the local Air Ambulance”.

All in all, another successful, enjoyable year, following the ethos of the Register, to use and enjoy our cars. I want to thank everybody who has stepped up and helped in any way to add to the group enjoyment in 2011. By the time this edition of the magazine hits the doormats, all the festivities will be just a memory. I hope you all got the TR presents you wrote to Santa about, and that 2012 takes this special club as well as Cumbria Group to new and greater heights.


Last Updated: 10/05/2012 10:39:41	Social Scene TR Action 257 So - just recovered from the group AGM, the usual classic affair, with everyone who attended braving elements by far the worst of the winter, freezing fog, minus 5, and five to six inches of snow in the Lakes. Beautiful to look at, but a trial to drive in. We were digging cars out of the snow in The Hydro Car Park, after the meet! All that said, we finalised an even fuller than usual programme for 2012, including: CLM / Italy / Switzerland, and a special 20th. Group Anniversary day, as well as a very special founder couple’s anniversary, to be appropriately celebrated. Finally our 2011 awards:- The Day To Remember Award deservedly went to Jim McVey and Anne Whitehead, for what was just a superb Scottish Long Weekend, and the good news is that Jim and Anne are going to repeat a weekend for this year. The Neville Theaker went to yours truly. The Reliability Award went to Mark Sindle for what was just a quite magnificent breakdown, probably the finest in Cumbria Group history. Mark smashed his clutch some fifty miles north of Ullapool on the Scottish West Coast, and many hundred feet above sea level, a breakdown few can imagine ever being beaten. Mark’s impression of the guy who answered the telephone, was also classical: “We may be a wee while, we dinna ha’ the facilities”. Nice one Mr Sindle. TR Action 256 Happy new Year Fellow TR ‘ers., Cumbria Group wrapped up 2011 at a lovely hotel overlooking Lake Bassenthwaite, for our colloquially named Posh Nosh. Super event and a chance to put on an collar and tie, well for the guys anyway. On to 2012. Our AGM is in a few days time, although most of the programme and personnel are already in place, our regular contributors, and some very special things as well. Just to give you a taster, the Register Website shows the Blue Ribbon Event of 2012 as Classic Le Mans in July. Well CG are taking seven cars, with four you might say going the long way… that is via Germany, Switzerland and Italy to drive several of the famous Italian passes en route. Yes, as I said, just a taster! TR Action 255 A prospective new Classic Car Owner asked me recently if there was an active group local TR group in the area. I ran this past him: “In 2011 Cumbria Group has reached the North West tip of Scotland at Duness, the South West tip of Ireland at Dursey point, we had a fabulous hotel based in weekend in Scotland thanks to the work of Jim and Anne, and we also had a long weekend camping in Scotland. We have been the guests of Peter and Daphne Guy, Ann Kirkpatrick and Ken and Chris Wilson who have all entertained us warmly in their homes, we have travelled many miles in a single day enjoying our cars and we have driven but a few miles to enjoy a picnic by a river in the North Lakes followed by an ice cream. We have included the International Weekend at Harrogate, and simply run down to Bowness on Windermere for a natter, and on top of all this, we, Cumbria group, hosted a tremendous TR Register National Summer Ball, and raised £610.00 in the process for the local Air Ambulance”. All in all, another successful, enjoyable year, following the ethos of the Register, to use and enjoy our cars. I want to thank everybody who has stepped up and helped in any way to add to the group enjoyment in 2011. By the time this edition of the magazine hits the doormats, all the festivities will be just a memory. I hope you all got the TR presents you wrote to Santa about, and that 2012 takes this special club as well as Cumbria Group to new and greater heights.
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