We have certainly got off to a flying start this April adding a few miles on the old clock. First we had our own Drive It Day on Sunday the 17th April.
Whilst a lot of locals attended the Triumph day at the Crich Tramway Museum, some Derwent Valley members opted for a drive through the beautiful Derbyshire Peak District instead of a static display. The run was a short 60 miles, finally stopping off for Sunday dinner at a lovely Derbyshire pub. It was baking in the sun while we waited for dinner (not too long this time). It was not just Triumph’s on our DID run as we were joined by an E-type Jaguar, a Naylor, a MGC GT, a MGB GT and a Spartan. We certainly turned a few heads as we travelled along splashing through a ford and stopping off for a quick coffee in Tissington. The cars looked fantastic parked around the village green.
The next trip out was on Easter Monday with all the Notts lot travelling in convoy to Rutland water. Fun was had by all including men vs. women rounders. I still don’t know the score and I do suspect that there might have been some cheating on somebody’s part but I will not mention names. The day included a lovely BBQ and a few glasses of beer before heading home.
The last event of the month was the very first Donington Historic Festival and this two day was well attended. It was great to see TSSC members from Norfolk, Hallamshire and Notts at this event and we all parked together making a great display of Triumphs. Both on the Saturday and Sunday 100 classic cars were allowed to drive a few laps on the circuit of the race course. After some skillful negotiation by Adrian from Norfolk everyone who wished to drive on the circuit did so. A video of the Saturday lap has appeared on Youtube and you can find a link on the Derwent Valley website. The weather was fantastic so the BBQ made an appearance on both days. Bacon cobs for breakfast and Roger serving up steak, minted lamb and spare ribs for lunch - yummy. Julie managed to fit in some plane spotting as they flew very low over our heads on their approach to land at East Midlands Airport.
The next day, Monday the 2nd May, several DV members drove their classics to the Thoresby Classic Car show which this year turned out to be one of the biggest I have attended, well over 1200 cars of all types and sizes.
It felt as if we just could just not get enough of a good thing and we just had to have another Classic car gathering on Tuesday 3rd May (That’s 4 days on the trot). We marked the occasion by driving our Triumph’s in convoy for an hour before returning to the Ex-Serviceman’s club. It was great to see Bob who we met for the first time at Donington and we hope that he will join us again in the future. We finished the evening with a round up of future events by Stuart followed by a chocolate and beer raffle as well as a good catch up.
