The Bobby Shafto Hills of the North Run
The weather on Sunday the 29th April was overcast but good enough to go topless in the car from The Beamish Hall Hotel on the 16th Bobby Shafto Run. After a coffee and delicious homemade biscuits we left the hotel driving through Tanfield and the aptly named Sleepy Valley via Dipton and Lanchester and over to Wolsingham and turning left in Frosterley we started the true ‘hills of the North’ from Hill End over to Egglestone. There was an optional stop at Egglestone Hall for a
The Aston Martin Workshop Show
The Durham Club received an invitation via the MGOC to attend a show at the Aston Works on Saturday the 28th April. I called the contact and asked for further details anticipating that we could take 20 to 30 cars only to be told we were restricted to 10 cars. The day was very cold and overcast and eventually only 9 cars arrived. They had a very efficient layout with lots of marshals and lots of very expensive and exotic cars. After a welcome cup of coffee we had a walk around
