SDC Surrey Hills Tour
How many people can you seat comfortably in a 1987 Daimler limousine? The answer is eight. I know this because one of the cars that came on the Surrey Hills tour on Saturday, 28th September was just such a Daimler and, at one point in the day (inevitably perhaps just after we had enjoyed a...Continue reading→
HAPPY GATHERING OF SDC MEMBERS OVER THE SALOPIAN DAY WEEKEND
Salopian Day this year was on 14th September, earlier than usual. As is now the established practice, SDC members parked their cars on Central around Darwin’s statue. This time we had an eclectic selection of twenty-one cars and one motorbike for Salopian Club members and current pupils to inspect. Members moved on the watch the...Continue reading→
Planes, Rains and Automobiles for the OS at Sleap Airfield
Combining your favourite hobbies on the same day seemed like the ideal opportunity for Grant Charlesworth-Jones (O ’91-96) to host both the Salopian Drivers Club and Bentley Drivers Club at the Shropshire Aero Club. Grant entertained the motor enthusiasts at a VIP hospitality day at the members-only air show “SleapKosh ‘24” which saw 350 planes arriving...Continue reading→
JOINT SDC AND BDC DAY
22nd June 2024 The Salopian Drivers Club combined with the Bentley Drivers Club again last weekend for a day which combined driving, an excellent lunch and a very privileged visit to a private collection ofcarriages. The day began with about forty members of the two clubs, in twenty cars lining up on Central at the...Continue reading→
Shropshire Tour – Pistyll Rhaeadr and Lake Vyrnwy – Saturday 15 June
10 cars and 19 people gathered for bacon rolls and coffee chez Aldous at ‘Fourways’ ona morning that had started so well weather-wise, but was quick to disappoint as angryclouds delivered their precipitation full-force! Nevertheless, we started off at 9.45am,with the Pryces rather wisely delivering their DB6 back home at Nescliffe and swappingit for a...Continue reading→
Kent tour June 2024
Having organised Kent tours for the last two years, I wasn’t sure there would be much interest in having another one there. Thankfully, my misgivings were unwarranted as the take up was good and within a short time after announcing the tour, sixteen members and partners, in eight cars, had signed up. The programme was...Continue reading→
Cumbrian Tour May 2024
In May 2024, 7 cherished cars – a Bentley Mk VI standard steel, a BMW 2-series cabriolet, a Bristol 409, a Jaguar E-type, a Lotus Emira , a MGA, and a Triumph Stag, gathered at the Lakeland Motor Museum to start the first Salopian Drivers’ Club Cumbrian Tour. The museum has an excellent display of...Continue reading→
SALOPIAN DRIVERS CLUB ANNUAL DINNER
Last Friday evening’s dinner at the Turf Club was a sell out, partly because of the elegant venue and prospect of good food, wine and company but also because one of our members, Sir John Stuttard, had agreed to give us a talk about the 1997 Peking to Paris Challenge in which he participated. Before...Continue reading→
OS DAY: 30th September – 1st October, 2023
After lining up our cars at Central for OS Day, the SDC celebrated its fifth anniversary with a full turnout on Sunday, 1st October. The day started with an informal and sociable start with breakfast at Brookgate Hall, amongst the impressive car collection of our genial host, Graham Moss. Salopians and cars of all ages came...Continue reading→
Jack Henley day on Saturday, 2nd September 2023
On Saturday 2nd Sep, SDC Members had a most unusual treat when visiting Jack Henley’s collection of all things weird and wonderful in Kent. The Indian summer weather helped of course but Jack’s endearing and interesting character really made it a day to savour and never forget. He is definitely one of a kind. His...Continue reading→
South Kent and East Sussex Tour
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. A number of the twelve in our group said this to me on their arrival at Sissinghurst Farmhouse, the very smart B&B where we based ourselves for our three day tour of south Kent and East Sussex. We all met up at the farmhouse in time for a magnificent tea –...Continue reading→
North Yorkshire Dales Drive
On Sunday 11 June, members as far as from London, gathered at the Ripon Cathedral Car Park for the third edition of the Yorkshire Tour. Five cars made it to the (late) start: 2 Mercedes SL, 1 Bentley Continental, 1 Triumph Stag and 1 Bristol 409. And all made it to the end and back...Continue reading→