Another
new member joined us for our monthly meeting on the 3rd July. With this years
calendar more or less sorted we are now working on next years. We have chosen
Inverary as our holiday destination and there’s a return trip to
Jersey booked which will include a visit to Jersey International Motoring
Festival.
But
back to this year, on the 22nd July six cars including a lovely nightfire red
MGRV8, a first for the club, set off from Sizergh at 10am and drove the A6
through Kendal and via Shap summit to Lowther Castle for a coffee stop were
Colin and Carol were waiting for us in the lovely warm courtyard which had been
upgraded with trees and tables etc since our last visit. Seven cars set off and
roughly followed the route of the River Eden all the way to Carlisle Airport
Museum via Wetheral and Warwick Bridge. We looked round the inside
exhibits first then had a picnic lunch outside in the sunshine. At the
designated time we were met at the Vulcan Bomber and invited 5 at a time to go
up the ladder and view inside the cockpit, where one of the enthusiastic
volunteers gave us a talk and answered our questions. We made our way back to
the other outdoor exhibits, such as a Lightening, which Mick used to work on,
and a Phantom, Hunter and various others finally leaving at 4.30pm. Colin and
Carol, Mick and Barbara headed straight home and the remaining 5 cars had a final
stop at the George and dragon for a drink before driving south down the A6 and
home.
Thank you Roger an Sue for organising another grand
day out and to Alex for providing this report. 
