Cars around the Green - Evenley South Northants

[squadron leader]

Every first Sunday of the month from April 3rd until Septemember at the Red Lion Evenley (2 minutes from Brackley - home of the Mercedes Formula One team)) All PH'ers welcome. The Red Lion run by Paul and Angie will be there to welcome you at there car-friendly pub.

They will be serving bacon rolls and tea and coffee too.

Put it in your diaries.

[squadron leader]

Yes this is still happening. every first Sunday of the month from April until September. Starting at 9.30 am until the last car leaves really. It is hoped that we can get as many car enthusiasts there as possible to make this a 'must-do' event once a month.

The Red Lion Pub is a warm friendly pub that does great food so you might want to stay and enjoy some fine pub grub.

Hope to see you there. I'll be there in my red Caterham Supersprint.

Cheers,

Phil

[squadron leader]

Someone has asked if I'm on commission and the answer is a definite NO. I have moved to this area and am trying to make the village a good venue for enthusiasts. I have no other connection with the pub.

The pub has now got new landlords and they have made the pub into a nice place to visit.

Just try it. You nevr know you might like it.

[squadron leader]

Thanks Firesafetydave,

That's all I am doing is trying to organise something.

I guess there will always be somebody only too ready to make a negative comment though. It's the way of the world sadly.

Cheers,

Phil

[squadron leader]

Thank you Nicol

[squadron leader]

Just a friendly reminder for Sunday the 3rd. Hope to see a few petrolheads at The Red Lion.

Cheers,

Phil

[squadron leader]

Thanks to all of you who turned up today to the inaugural Cars at The Green day today, you know who you are.

We had a pretty good turn out considering it was Mother's Day too with seventeen cars turning up. I counted eight Caterhams along with a Corvette and Exige, Elise, TVR, Nissan Skyline, BMW M series, Mitsubishi, Mustang and finally an old Rover P6 3500.

Bacon baguettes were enjoyed by most and there was a fair bit of admiring the machinery with the odd bonnet or two open for display and discussion.

I do hope you will all come back again. Spread the word.

Cheers,

Phil

[squadron leader]

Please pass the word on about our monthly car meets this summer at The Red Lion as I really hope this grows into something for us 'Midlanders' to enjoy.

The next meeting is Sunday the second of May so let's hope for an even bigger turn-out than last time.

See you there.

Cheers,

Phil

[squadron leader]

Yes it is from 9.30 am until the last car leaves. Last month almost everyone stayed until around 12 - 12.30, chatting to each other and admiring the cars.

Hope you decide to join in.

Cheers,

Phil

[squadron leader]

That is a shame. Once the pub car park is full there is one side of the green opposite the pub that is always empty so there's plenty of room to park.

I hope you decide to make a visit next month. So do park up and come in and meet other like-minded enthusiasts.

Thanks to all of you who made the effort today. It was good to see you.

See you next month,

Phil

[squadron leader]

Hi John,

Yes it is on again this Sunday from 9.30 onwards. Please spread the word as the more the merrier.

The forecast is looking good for this weekend and for anyone who's not been before, the plan is to fill the pub car park up primarily, and once we reach capacity then cars can park alongside the green opposite the pub. There is room for plenty of cars and the countryside around Evenley have good 'driving' roads so come and see us - don't be shy, everyone will be made to feel welcome.

I look forward to seeing everybody on Sunday.

[squadron leader]

Thanks for coming today guys. Good to see you and glad the weather was kind to us today.

Do tell your friends about our monthly get-togethers as the village is such a nice place for a meeting.

Hope to see as many as possible next month.

Cheers for now,

Phil

[squadron leader]

Hi everyone, don't forget we have another meeting this Sunday the 3rd. Hope to see as many cars and pertrolheads as possible.

The main bar has now got more 'motoring stuff' on the walls too.

Put the date in your diary and please - tell your friends.

Cheers for now,

Phil

[squadron leader]

What a great event this is turning into. We had a brilliant turn out today with cars ranging from a 1915 Model T Ford through to a '59 prototype Corvette. Add to this a smattering of Caterhams, TVR's, a Ferrari,an E Type, an R32 and a couple of TR6's. One of the guys with a TR6 got talking to one visitor who used to have a TR6 and he said I used to have one of those and have got loads of bits lurking in my garage which he quickly went off and fetched back and gave them to Steve the owner. This is what these kind of events are about.

There was lots of car talk and bonnets raised to peer into.

Have a look at these pics taken today and see if you'd like to come to the next one.

Cheers,

Phil
ps. Added lots of pics but only the first one is showing. Don't know why the others aren't on here.

Thanks to all of you who turned out today. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did

Edited by squadron leader on Sunday 3rd July 13:08

Edited by squadron leader on Sunday 3rd July 13:08

[squadron leader]

Great pics.Thanks for posting them up. How do you get more than one on here at a time?

[squadron leader]

You are welcome to join us Rich -as is everyone.


Put the first sunday in August in your diaries.

Cheers,

Phil

[squadron leader]

Yoohoo...!! it's this coming Sunday for our monthly gathering. Who's up for coming to join this increasingly popular gathering?

Last month we had a real variety of cars turning up - it would be great to have another interesting mix of cars to drool over.

See you at The Red Lion?

9.30am onwards.

Cheers,

Phil

Edited by squadron leader on Friday 5th August 09:26

[squadron leader]

Phew! what a day..!! Thank you to those who turned out today.
A good mix of cars today - albeit not so many as previous meets but still a good showing. The day had an added bonus of all the old bikes turning up for the Bill Lacey Memorial run which happens every first Sunday in August.

Thanks for posting the pics up. It does help to show that we are a bunch of 'petrolheads'.

Hope to see many more next month for the official 'LAst meet' of the year. Although there is nothing to stop us meeting all year if we want to. We could always sit in the back room of the pub which has got lots of motoring stuff on the walls and talk cars and engines etc.

See you next month?

Cheers for now,

Phil

[squadron leader]

Hi everyone - yes it's coming around again this Sunday. If you've nothing else on then come along to the Red Lion and join this friendly bunch of car nuts. We start from 9.30 until the last car leaves.

Bacon butties will available as usual.

See you there?

Cheers,

Phil

[squadron leader]

Well it was meant to be the last one for this year but if everyone is game then we could keep it going until the weather turns nasty.

On a different note, I was wondering whether there would be any interest in us having a 'Christmas lunch' in December????????????? Seeing as how we are such a friendly sociable bunch.

What does the collective think?