July 2018

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.