2015 Blats

Hello everyone.

This is early notice of some stuff I am planning for 2015. Dates and times will be confirmed in advance. Most will be at weekends.

2015  Dates / Time TBC, events organized by me

• Big Blat – A day Blat across Devon and Somerset with lunch
• Haynes Motor Museum visit and use of their Track (if enough interested)
• Moretonhampstead Motor Museum visit
• Breakfast Blat at a South Devon Pub  TBC
• Jamie’s Cream Tea Blat TBC

The following are open to anyone and everyone so I will keep you advised on these events. They are opportunities for us as club members to meet. You Blat yourself there - i.e.it's a Clat!

• Castle Hill Car Festival Filleigh meet August? 2015 TBC
• PowderhamClassic Car Show meet September?> 2015 TBC
• Exmouth Car Show meet August? 2015 TBC
• Thornfalcon Car Show meet  1st Sunday in September? 2015 TBC combine with our Somerset colleagues
• Wiscombe Park Meet – April through to September 2015,l various meetings TBC

All the best

Steve

30th December 2014,

Was this possibly the last Devon Area Blat of the year?

Who knows.

Anyway 5 drivers and one passenger braved the day in North Devon.

My start was a 6.15am alarm, Then of at 7.15 I headed off from sunny? Exmouth to Great Torrington to meet up with Andy. A quick 'pee' stop for me and we were off,  well Andy was,  like a bat out of hell!

1/2 a mile later I round a bend and there he was waiting, and asking if I was OK? I was, but just too slow!

I had just spent and hour and a half tippy toeing through ice laden roads trying to protect my pride and joy and here he was, fearless!!! along some of the best roads going.

Ah well, what the hell I just followed him.

Stop off at Umberleigh to be joined by Jonathan and we the sped off to Bampton to be joined by Jeremy and Claire (Outsiders from the Somerset lot!!), but we are open to anybody joining us!

Once again the famous Caterham Bladder stop was necessary, so we all piled into the loo - not together of course.

Some brilliant roads and ice, snow and slush later we are joined at Tiverton by Dave, from there on we had the best Blat stretch of  road (in my opinion) the one from Bickleigh to Crediton. Fast and challenging - great stuff!

So there we were 5 cars up and motored on back up to Torrington stopping off for a warm up and bite to eat at Rosemoor Gardens, where our cars were welcomed with delight from the many visitors enjoying the gardens.