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Well, this time last year we were talking about Harry's TR5… we still are, one is now sorted the other is his new rebuild project and we were collecting bits for it at Stoneleigh. Generally though, it is early in the season with little happening except the odd close season refurbs but mostly we are were hiding from the rain and snow and waiting for the sun to shine.

However, the NLG are a resilient bunch and the first couple of regular meeting this year have had full turnouts with much collecting of monies due/ owed, channel crossings being scheduled, hotels confirmed and driving alliances made. This is all in preparation for three major tours coming up later this year.... OK, back in the room!

Our latest/ last event was the 'traditional' season opening, the Triumph Parts day at Stoneleigh. The NLG always go, always mob handed but again, for a variety of reasons we were all running solo, me and Mike MD up the M1, Lee, Bob & Harry on the M40. Howard had again gone up the night before as he had to take back all the junk, sorry I mean valuable and hard to find heritage parts for a range of Triumph models (was I right first time?) that he didn't sell last year, or in 2010 or indeed 2009. To be fair, he had a good show and sold some stock, which he needed to in order to find room for all the stuff Harry bought and Howard had to fit into his van. Otherwise, the cow sheds were their usual cold uninviting selves yet the masses persisted and yours truly even managed an ammeter and some mudflaps (Moby) whilst Mike MD collected a crank for his TR4 together with miscellaneous service items, plus two bacon baps and four coffees! Job done, again.

Busy few months ahead too with upcoming events. By the time you read this we’ll have had the NLG Quiz and Drive it Day will be just around the corner. 22nd April, DRIVE IT DAY, Bodiam Castle make sure you get your TR out and join us. A possible bowling night on the 17th and a Theatre night on the 26th. You must also be going to the TR and Tiara tour at the beginning of May, another great weekend? No? Shame on you!

May is full of events, the biggest of which is the Spa Classic weekend. However, before we get to that we have the NON AGM, our biggest UK based event attendance wise. Always well attended, we invite and hope to gather as many NLG’ers as we can, free food, free advice and not to be missed. Also the Triumph Marque day at Prescott; got your hill climb booked? I have. Back to Spa, again. Yes, the NLG are going back, 20 guys, 10 cars, disparate ferry and tunnel arrangements, two groups, a hotel in Namur and chalets we have never seen, what could possibly go wrong...

So if you are a North London member, sitting on the sidelines thinking about jumping in and attending an event, come on down, we would love to see you!

So much to do, so little time.

TR for now.

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By now you will have had a Merry Christmas and started to have a Happy New Year, and the good news is you have a lot to look forward to in 2012.

Suffering a bit of writers block, mmmm, why ? Well, I'm writing a report and we haven't done anything yet.

OK, we did do New Years Day, which was at an excellent new venue, the classic car meet on the Green at Barrington, Cambridgeshire. A change from the VSCC Stony Stratford meet and a nice cross country convoy drive punctuated by the NLG statuary Fat Boy breakfast. To enliven the day we had what is quick becoming a new years day tradition, a 'no fault no harm' breakdown, one of our guests ran out of petrol in his Sunbeam Alpine. He later admitted to pre knowledge that his fuel gauge didn't work and never having put fuel in it since he bought it before Christmas, bless! However the greatest 'Triumph' was Howard helping a broken down MG 100 yards from the venue, perfect. Meanwhile the event itself was brilliant, parked up on the green was an eclectic mix of cars from pre-war to modern day with something for everybody. My car of the day, a superb 1931 Lagonda 2.0 litre roadster, the other highlight was a pint of Buntingford Brewery's Twtchell bitter, very welcome on a cold New Years Day and another good reason to return in 2013.

However, this report is about this coming year and we have SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much stuff planned with three ferry crossing foreign tours already in the planning, TiaRa tour, Spa & Le Mans all of which promise to be great events. Some of the luckier NLG'ers plan to do all three, if you are not, then maybe its not be too late to change your mind and be part of one of our most ambitious years yet. As well our foreign agenda we have an extensive domestic schedule (what?)…er OK, lots of stuff to do in North London as well, all the old favourites as well as some new twists on some old standards.

Did you know that 2011 was a record year for events attended by NLG members, events run by NLG for members, new members joining, current members attending our regular events and not so regular members attending events for the first time. The NLG continued that record run by sweeping the awards at the TRR International event in Harrogate . We also have the most TR5s per capita and Harry is building another out of some old stuff he found down the back of the sofa.

Imagine what you could be/ would be missing in 2012 if you don't join in!

Hope to see you in North London soon. TR for now

TR Action 255

Belated Seasonal greetings and Happy New Year! It’s 2012 and the NLG have another classic year lined up, more of which later.

Well, 2011 was a great year, and we did loads of stuff and the last couple of months were as busy as ever. The NLG film night was a highlight with 30+ enthusiasts packed into the Abbots Langley Tandoori (thank you Sean for arranging the venue) to watch the world premiers of not one but two NLG tour films, Spa & 10CR. Complete with surround sound and, after some technical faults were ironed out, a great club night. Glad to see people booking 2012 Spa tour just based on the film alone!

Next on the list was the NEC, this saw several disparate trips by the NLG, on all three days, different crews went up but Howard marshalled the troops for the main one on Friday, complete with royal visit to the TRR stand, drank same TRR coffee, chatted, walked the stands and even bought a few bits, job done!

As I write this the NLG are getting ready to attend the TRR AGM with a replay of the 10CR, Team Moby (and maybe the bucket if we can start her) will be helping to ferry members first to Mike Fleet’s place for bacon rolls prior to a dash up the M40 to Gaydon. It is bound to have been a great day, made better by team Howard presenting the TRR plans for Classic Le Mans and not one but Two NLG made films to support the presentation, it will have been brilliant (I hope!). Post script: Logistics dictated that neither 10CR cars attended, try again next year! Earlier in the month saw some brave souls venture up to the Hog Roast at TRGB for their annual auto jumble/ spares day, great hog and some spares found. Talking of which, Stoneleigh held their restoration day which is an old favourite but sadly missed again this year by me but I am looking forward to their spares day later this year (March this year as you read this).

The Christmas dinner, complete with the photo CD, ‘NLG, a year in focus’, was also sure to have been a great success. Another year done.

2012 holds in store all the NLG favourites that you have come to expect together with some new twists and hopefully new events as well. This year in addition to our favourites, we have: The TR & TRara tour, Spa tour, Classic Le Mans plus what ever we can think of! THREE tours that include crossing blue water on ferries.... its going to be a great year (again)

TR for now.


Last Updated: 19/04/2012 14:26:30	Social Scene TR Action 257 Well, this time last year we were talking about Harry's TR5… we still are, one is now sorted the other is his new rebuild project and we were collecting bits for it at Stoneleigh. Generally though, it is early in the season with little happening except the odd close season refurbs but mostly we are were hiding from the rain and snow and waiting for the sun to shine. However, the NLG are a resilient bunch and the first couple of regular meeting this year have had full turnouts with much collecting of monies due/ owed, channel crossings being scheduled, hotels confirmed and driving alliances made. This is all in preparation for three major tours coming up later this year.... OK, back in the room! Our latest/ last event was the 'traditional' season opening, the Triumph Parts day at Stoneleigh. The NLG always go, always mob handed but again, for a variety of reasons we were all running solo, me and Mike MD up the M1, Lee, Bob & Harry on the M40. Howard had again gone up the night before as he had to take back all the junk, sorry I mean valuable and hard to find heritage parts for a range of Triumph models (was I right first time?) that he didn't sell last year, or in 2010 or indeed 2009. To be fair, he had a good show and sold some stock, which he needed to in order to find room for all the stuff Harry bought and Howard had to fit into his van. Otherwise, the cow sheds were their usual cold uninviting selves yet the masses persisted and yours truly even managed an ammeter and some mudflaps (Moby) whilst Mike MD collected a crank for his TR4 together with miscellaneous service items, plus two bacon baps and four coffees! Job done, again. Busy few months ahead too with upcoming events. By the time you read this we’ll have had the NLG Quiz and Drive it Day will be just around the corner. 22nd April, DRIVE IT DAY, Bodiam Castle make sure you get your TR out and join us. A possible bowling night on the 17th and a Theatre night on the 26th. You must also be going to the TR and Tiara tour at the beginning of May, another great weekend? No? Shame on you! May is full of events, the biggest of which is the Spa Classic weekend. However, before we get to that we have the NON AGM, our biggest UK based event attendance wise. Always well attended, we invite and hope to gather as many NLG’ers as we can, free food, free advice and not to be missed. Also the Triumph Marque day at Prescott; got your hill climb booked? I have. Back to Spa, again. Yes, the NLG are going back, 20 guys, 10 cars, disparate ferry and tunnel arrangements, two groups, a hotel in Namur and chalets we have never seen, what could possibly go wrong... So if you are a North London member, sitting on the sidelines thinking about jumping in and attending an event, come on down, we would love to see you! So much to do, so little time. TR for now. TR Action 256 By now you will have had a Merry Christmas and started to have a Happy New Year, and the good news is you have a lot to look forward to in 2012. Suffering a bit of writers block, mmmm, why ? Well, I'm writing a report and we haven't done anything yet. OK, we did do New Years Day, which was at an excellent new venue, the classic car meet on the Green at Barrington, Cambridgeshire. A change from the VSCC Stony Stratford meet and a nice cross country convoy drive punctuated by the NLG statuary Fat Boy breakfast. To enliven the day we had what is quick becoming a new years day tradition, a 'no fault no harm' breakdown, one of our guests ran out of petrol in his Sunbeam Alpine. He later admitted to pre knowledge that his fuel gauge didn't work and never having put fuel in it since he bought it before Christmas, bless! However the greatest 'Triumph' was Howard helping a broken down MG 100 yards from the venue, perfect. Meanwhile the event itself was brilliant, parked up on the green was an eclectic mix of cars from pre-war to modern day with something for everybody. My car of the day, a superb 1931 Lagonda 2.0 litre roadster, the other highlight was a pint of Buntingford Brewery's Twtchell bitter, very welcome on a cold New Years Day and another good reason to return in 2013. However, this report is about this coming year and we have SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much stuff planned with three ferry crossing foreign tours already in the planning, TiaRa tour, Spa & Le Mans all of which promise to be great events. Some of the luckier NLG'ers plan to do all three, if you are not, then maybe its not be too late to change your mind and be part of one of our most ambitious years yet. As well our foreign agenda we have an extensive domestic schedule (what?)…er OK, lots of stuff to do in North London as well, all the old favourites as well as some new twists on some old standards. Did you know that 2011 was a record year for events attended by NLG members, events run by NLG for members, new members joining, current members attending our regular events and not so regular members attending events for the first time. The NLG continued that record run by sweeping the awards at the TRR International event in Harrogate . We also have the most TR5s per capita and Harry is building another out of some old stuff he found down the back of the sofa. Imagine what you could be/ would be missing in 2012 if you don't join in! Hope to see you in North London soon. TR for now TR Action 255 Belated Seasonal greetings and Happy New Year! It’s 2012 and the NLG have another classic year lined up, more of which later. Well, 2011 was a great year, and we did loads of stuff and the last couple of months were as busy as ever. The NLG film night was a highlight with 30+ enthusiasts packed into the Abbots Langley Tandoori (thank you Sean for arranging the venue) to watch the world premiers of not one but two NLG tour films, Spa & 10CR. Complete with surround sound and, after some technical faults were ironed out, a great club night. Glad to see people booking 2012 Spa tour just based on the film alone! Next on the list was the NEC, this saw several disparate trips by the NLG, on all three days, different crews went up but Howard marshalled the troops for the main one on Friday, complete with royal visit to the TRR stand, drank same TRR coffee, chatted, walked the stands and even bought a few bits, job done! As I write this the NLG are getting ready to attend the TRR AGM with a replay of the 10CR, Team Moby (and maybe the bucket if we can start her) will be helping to ferry members first to Mike Fleet’s place for bacon rolls prior to a dash up the M40 to Gaydon. It is bound to have been a great day, made better by team Howard presenting the TRR plans for Classic Le Mans and not one but Two NLG made films to support the presentation, it will have been brilliant (I hope!). Post script: Logistics dictated that neither 10CR cars attended, try again next year! Earlier in the month saw some brave souls venture up to the Hog Roast at TRGB for their annual auto jumble/ spares day, great hog and some spares found. Talking of which, Stoneleigh held their restoration day which is an old favourite but sadly missed again this year by me but I am looking forward to their spares day later this year (March this year as you read this). The Christmas dinner, complete with the photo CD, ‘NLG, a year in focus’, was also sure to have been a great success. Another year done. 2012 holds in store all the NLG favourites that you have come to expect together with some new twists and hopefully new events as well. This year in addition to our favourites, we have: The TR & TRara tour, Spa tour, Classic Le Mans plus what ever we can think of! THREE tours that include crossing blue water on ferries.... its going to be a great year (again) TR for now.
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