Happy New Year to all, hope '23 is all you want and wish for.

Registration for the Stilton Run is now open HERE

Its on 23rd April cost is £12.50 per car no additional charge for passengers. In our case its buy one get one free!!!

If you are going please let me know, reply to this post or PM, and I will arrange a meet up and perhaps lunch as well.

Hi chaps don’t know if anyone else got the email from the show owners saying stoneleigh is no more.   There saying it’s no longer viable and the kit car show will now be a combined show on June 3/4th June at the three counties showground Malvern Worcestershire 

newark will still happen on the 22nd / 23rd 

Hi all

I have recently taken over as Club Webmaster and Forum Maintenance.   I feel that the current design serves us well as regards the forum posts, messaging system, events calendar and community map, but would welcome any suggestions on how it could be improved.  I'm still learning the 'nuts and bolts' of the system so I can't promise anything, but I will listen.

As my first thought, I would like to see more of the information we know is in previous posts easily accessible from the main page rather than having to search for it.   So you should now see a new Menu item on the blue banner, called "Useful Sites".   If you hover the mouse over it you will see my first attempts at a knowledge base.   Not surprisingly I have started a page for the Superspec owners as that is where my expertise lies.   I have resurrected the old North West web page that was produced years ago by Tim Stott and contains lots of useful informaton.  He has given me permission to update it and link to it from the main page.   Finally I have added some build blogs (including mine ) that I know are still current.

So if anyone has any further suggestions for improvements or knows of any other useful blogs, please let me know.

Cheers

Al

This will probably be the last meeting of the year, so looking forward to seeing you all at the Church Mouse, Chester Moor, DH23RJ. Hopefully we might get some dry weather as I hope to give the kit a run out.

Last Wednesday of the month, 6pm onwards, Malt Shovel Pub, Coventry Road, Nr Stonebridge, Coventry, CV7 7HL.

I'll aim to be there just after 630pm, generally they're trying to kick us out just after 9pm so if you're coming, don't leave it too late. Also, if you want to eat, book beforehand as they don't normally let people just rock up and eat.

Entrance to the pub car park is off the A452 Chester Road heading North 50 yards from the island.

Everyone welcome. See you there.

I've recently had a couple of people complain about their subscription payments being taken from their Paypal accounts when they did not intend to renew their membership, blaming the Club.   As such, I thought it was time to explain the procedure.

If a member signs up to a PayPal recurring payment, it is treated more like a Standing Order than a Direct Debit, i.e. it is treated as something that happens by default, it is not specifically requested by the Club.   So unless it is cancelled by the member it will happen.   To try and avoid the problem outlined above, the payment system will automatically notify the member a few days before the renewal date that the payment will be taken.   If you do not wish to renew then you need to go into your Paypal account and cancel the recurring payment.  It is not something we can access.

If you ignore the reminder, or just email the Club  to ask them to cancel it (we can't), then don't be surprised when the payment is made.

Hope this makes sense.

Al  (Membership Secretary)

Good Morning to you all, Firstly apologies for the late posting of this message due to major tech failure.

The extra meeting will be held at the usual location of The Old Farmhouse,Yarm road, Darlington. DL2 1JZ. This will be the last

meeting to be held here until spring next year, I would like to thank all the members who made the effort to attend,

and to remind you all that the meetings at Chester-le-street will still be held at the usual times.

I hope that you all have a warm and safe winter and look forard to seeing you next year

Regards Allan

We're still going to continue to hold meets over the winter; there's nothing better than wrapping up well and taking the car for a drive on a crisp, clear winter's day (and for those of us without a heater, turning the engine fan on to keep the lower half warm )

However, I've decided that is probably getting too cold for our usual al-fresco picnics so the next few meetinga will be at cafes in various places.

So the first November one will be at 12:00 on Thursday 10th at the Bay Tree Garden Centre at Spalding (PE12 6JU), http://www.baytree-gardencentre.com/.

See you there

Al