• Sleap Private Air Show 2024 SATURDAY 13th July

    This is a private air show, the public are not admitted and we have exclusive vehicle access along with the BDC. VIP, access almost all areas (not the control tower), champagne reception and generous hospitality included. You are very welcome to gather with the BDC at 10.30 or so at the MacDonald Hill Valley hotel ... Read more

  • SALOPIAN DAY WEEKEND 2024

    This year the Salopian Day weekend is earlier than of recent years. It will take place over the 14th and 15th September. To start things off, we will be parking our cars on Central at 11.45. This is a great opportunity to say hello to each other and to talk to pupils who are, increasingly, ... Read more

  • Surrey Hills Tour – Sunday, 28th September 2024

    Newlands Corner Visitors' Centre Newlands Corner Visitors’ Centre Car Park,, United Kingdom

    Stephen Heath is organising this tour which will start at Newlands Corner Visitors’ Centre Car Park, GU4 8SE and end at the Fairmile Pub, Cobham, KT11 1BW with lunch at the Abinger Hatch, Abinger Common, RH5 6HZ. If you are interested in taking part please email Stephen at stephen_g_heath@yahoo.co.uk, or contact him on 07775007320.

  • Winter Dinner at the Leander Club

    We will be holding our Winter Dinner at the Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames which is reckoned to be the world’s most successful rowing club. If you are interested in coming to this event, please e-mail miles.preston@milespreston.co.uk to gauge how many are likely to be there. You will be very welcome to bring spouses, partners and/or friends.

  • 8th March 2025: Aston Martin Heritage Centre visit in Wallingford

    Our group will be meeting for breakfast from 9.30 at The Wandering Kitchen at Wet n Wild near Wallingford. It will then make the short drive to the Aston Martin Heritage Trust for a two-hour tour. To find out more about this centre, go to https://amht.org.uk/museum/ If you are interested in taking part, please email ... Read more

  • Sunday 27th April – Salopian Film Day

    Old Market Hall Cinema The Square, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

    For the first time ever the SDC shall be hosting a film morning and lunch for members and their families. Numbers are limited and the SDC are first in line before tickets shall then be offered to the wider OS club. We would encourage members to book early. 10.30 for 11.00 We have exclusive use ... Read more

  • 31 May – 1 June 2025: East Yorkshire tour

    Chris Kettle and Michel Vanhoonacker are organising this weekend with an overnight stay for those who are up to it. We start at the world-famous Humber Bridge before we head to beautiful Flamborough Head on the East-Yorkshire coast for lunch. This is followed by a drive via Scarborough to Robin Hood's Bay, where we will ... Read more

  • 7th June 2025: Shropshire tour

    Alex Aldous, Phil Wood and Grant Charlesworth-Jones are working on this event. In outline, it will involve gathering for breakfast in Shrewsbury followed by a drive to Bala for lunch at the Palé Hall hotel. More information will follow in due course but if you are interested in taking part, please email Alex Aldous at ... Read more

  • Sleap Aerodrome Day

    Following the success of this event in July 2024, a second edition is kindly organised by Grant Charlesworth-Jones. This is a private air show, the public are not admitted and we have exclusive vehicle access. As in 2024, members will have VIP access to almost all areas (not the control tower), champagne reception and generous ... Read more

  • Old Salopian Day and SDC AGM

    Please put the dates of this weekend in your diary now. Details of the weekend’s events, including a tour on the Sunday will be provided in due course.

  • 28th September: Quantock Hills tour

    Nigel Edwards is organising this tour in the beautiful Quantock Hills, one of the first Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Britain created after World War II. Those taking part will meet at Sheppy’s Cider on the A38 just to the southwest of Taunton. There will be a drive of about two hours (roughly fifty ... Read more