Salopian Drivers Club Kent Tour
The last of this year’s SDC tours took place from last Sunday to Tuesday. Things looked slightly problematic shortly before the tour began because its organiser, Miles Preston and his wife, Jane, tested positive for Covid that morning and another couple also had to opt out for Covid related reasons. This meant that the group...Continue reading→
SDC Shropshire Tour
The first SDC regional tour of 2022 has just ended, kick-starting a host of similar events around the UK. Held on Saturday, 14th May, it started, logically, in Shrewsbury at Alex Aldous’s home on the Longden Road. Bacon rolls, coffee and chat flowed, before 18 Old Salopians ventured through Church Stretton and to Ludlow on...Continue reading→
SDC Does It Large at Bicester Heritage
The first major classic car show of the season kicked off in style and the SDC was there. The Scramble was hosted by Bicester Heritage in Oxfordshire over the weekend of the 23rd/24th April, being the first two-day event of its size to be held in the UK, since the pandemic spoiled our fun. For...Continue reading→
Salopian Drivers’ Club Dinner
Surprise, Surprise! The long-awaited Club dinner, cancelled because of Covid last year, was lining up beautifully for last Friday night when an email arrived from the Turf Club the preceding Sunday evening to say that six of their kitchen staff had succumbed to Covid and that their kitchens would be closed for a week. I...Continue reading→
SDC swaps chapel for castles ….
After an enjoyable and productive OS Day, comprising a display of members’ cars on Central and an AGM, the Salopian Drivers Club (SDC) skipped Sunday’s chapel service on 10th October and assembled instead at Philip (M 92-97) and Kathryn Wood’s home in Pontesford for a relaxed morning coffee. The ensuing driving route focussed around castles...Continue reading→
Salopian Drivers’ Club – Silverstone Classic
For its fifth meeting following the end of lockdown, the SDC gathered at the Silverstone Classic last Sunday, 1st August. The weather for the first half of the day was appalling but a dozen members and their guests braved the rain and cold. Those that made it were David Kempton and guest, Peter Hunter with Hugo...Continue reading→
Report on the Surrey Hills Tour 19 June 2021
What do you get if you combine an 88 year old movie star, a 68 year old grey lady, a 54 year old whippet, a 27 year old upstart, ten gallons of petrol, a load of hills, six Old Salopian and a pub? A jolly good day out, that’s what. Seldom has the Surrey Hills...Continue reading→
One year on: moving forward with the Salopian Drivers’ Club
Attending an OS weekend makes you realise just how quickly time flies by. Indeed, a whole year has passed, since the SDC was founded and what a journey the past twelve months have seen. Membership has swelled to almost 80 enthusiasts, roughly a third of whom attended 2019 SDC events; something that its founder, Miles...Continue reading→
