Black Tie hits the spot

PH's annual outing just keeps getting bigger

By PH Staff / Monday, 28 November 2005 / Loading comments

Everyone enjoyed themselves

Black Tie and Pie (BTaP) is over -- for another year. PistonHeads' annual beanfeast happened on Saturday on rural Warwickshire, with 185 PHers in attendance. They arrived in exotica as diverse as a Lamborghini Diablo through a Honda NSX and a couple of Astons, a multitude of TVRs, BMWs and Porsches, and one rather special-looking Ford Capri.

But apart from the good (and good-natured) service from the staff at venue Brandon Hall, plus the good meal they served, BTaP is also about thinking of others: over £8,000 was raised for Cancer Research through collections and raffles throughout the evening -- a massive amount that's almost twice that of last year's total.

PistonHeads boss PetrolTed said afterwards that he was feeling "hoarse and a bit tired", but that the event went very smoothly. Everyone obviously had a great time and it once again proved that PH is so much more than just a Web site.

Here's to next year...

Pictures by Ben Pike and Manek Dubash