Durham MG Club

Sunday 29th October saw the end of season show at Ryhope. Lovely sunshine was the order of the day but it didn't last long as we had a few light showers but it didn't dishearten us as we made our way round the vehicles as there were some really nice cars on show. Walking round we met up with quite a few club members who braved the chilly day. There were some very good MGB's and a Y series. We also had a look inside the pumping station to see the pump working (just to get warm

Sunday the 8th of October. It was bright and sunny as 15 MG’s and other cars assembled at Bowburn Services for the run which headed out towards Durham before passing through Tow Law and a short journey up the A68 to Muggleswick. After a very autumnal ride through delightful narrow tree lined lanes over to Edmundbyers and then into Blanchland in Northumberland where we had a welcome stop at the Monks Tearoom for a coffee. Leaving Blanchland we headed North on the Hexham road

Every year Houghton has a week of celebrations culminating in the roasting of an ox. I and a number of other club members have taken part in the parade through the town for a number of years in support of this ancient tradition. On Saturday the 7th October David Stones, Rod Anderson and Kevin White joined regulars Kevin Stewart (who brought along his immaculate Corvette) and myself for this years parade. There was a great variety of vehicles both old and new in the parade as

We had the whole of the Nent Hall Hotel booked for the weekend of the 8/9/10th of September and 33 members of the Durham and South Yorkshire clubs joined forces for the weekend that was organised by Reg Barrett, Dave Sandersfield and Steve Overall. The Saturday Run was over to the coast and down to Whitehaven for a visit to the Beacon Museum situated on Whitehaven's attractive harbour side and it is home to the town's heritage collection. It traces the social, industrial and

17 cars turned up at Bowburn Services for the start of the Memorial Run, this was an all new route devised by Dave Sandersfield and Tony Quinn. The cars left Bowburn and headed towards Ferryhill and Crook after an interesting run through a very picturesque Hamsterly Forest on the forest drive we eventually arrived at the lunch stop in Aldborough St John and the Stanwick Arms for their very tasty Sunday Carvery. After the meal, Derek May presented the Tom Hall Trophy to winner