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We have had problems with two of the delivery partners for this event and for the moment at least it is not going ahead.
If you are interested in a trip down to Cornwall then the best thing is to give me a call and I can chat through possible options.. 07710 020 040
2025 is the 100th anniversary of the completion of the A30 from Hounslow to Land's End and London West are heading west, a long way west, to explore the Communications Coast in Cornwall together with our friends from the Harrow Car Club and Midget and Sprite Club and the Three Pot Special Interest Group. We are also hoping to meet up with local Caterham owners and the Cornish Classic Car Club (with special thanks to the local AR team John and Lyn Roskruge for their help with this). There will also be two or three people joining us with a particular interest in the telecoms heritage of the Communications Coast. This is an independent event to which Caterham and Lotus 7 Club members are invited rather than specifically a Club event but should be good fun. The Communications Coast starts at Pendeen (Geevor) and ends at the Lizard and overlaps with the Tin Coast which the National Trust designates as starting at Cape Cornwall to St Just. The coast road and the roads inland are superbly scenic (and packed with mining and telecoms technology and engineering history).
We are using the Land End Hotel as the host hotel but there are plenty of other options available. Phone. email or message me if you want to chat about this.
Most of us will be heading down on Monday 22nd. The provisional schedule is a tour of the Geevor Tin Mine on Tuesday, the Cable and Wireless Museum in Porthcurno on Wednesday, the Marconi Centre in Poldhu on Thursday morning and Goonhilly on Thursday afternoon. I will book the group tours (typically about £20 for each tour). Hotel booking is up to each individual. The Lands End Hotel has secure parking and is twenty minutes drive from Porthcurno.
If you are interested in joining us then RSVP on this Event page or e-mail me at
[email protected]
Or phone me on 07710 020 040
Images- The Cable Hut on Porthcurno beach, the Lands End Coast, Poldhu Beach Cafe, the Porthcurno bunker. The Cable and Wireless Museum, now rebranded as PK Porthcurno, is the winner of the coveted 2025 London West Middlesex Bunker of the Year Award. The 2024 winner was the Battle of Britain Bunker in Hillingdon.
Note that we have very special access to the telecoms related venues on this tour including the archive room at Porthcurno and the Goonhilly historical archive (not normally open to the public).
For technical background on the tour see the two attached pdf files, 'Cornish Connections' and 'From Tin to Telecoms'.
Other useful links
www.landsendhotel.co.uk
https://geevor.com/
https://pkporthcurno.com/
https://www.marconi-centre-poldhu.org.uk/
https://www.goonhilly.org/
If you have additional time available, The Marconi hut on the Lizard is also well worth a visit. This is the site used to establish a radio link to Alum Bay a year before Marconi's Atlantic Leap (1901). The two sites together mark the beginning of long distance (over the horizon) wireless communication.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cornwall/lizard-point/history-of-the-marconi-radio-stations-on-lizard-point
If your Seven is off the road, an alternative is to come down to Penzance by train following the spectacular route of Brunel's broad gauge railway. A bus will get you to the Lizard and there should be plenty of opportunity to hitch a ride with another Seven member. There are some fabulous roads in Cornwall with fabulous views and the summer crowds will have more or less disappeared.
Cornish Connections_v5.pdf
From Tin to Telecoms v2.pdf
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22 September 2025
Snetterton Trackday
Monday 22nd September
THIS EVENT IS BEING SUPPORTED BY ALPHA 7.
www.Alpha7.co.uk
What: Club-exclusive sessions (with free instruction available on the day) at the famous Snetterton circuit.
Where: Snetterton is located approximately ten miles northeast of Thetford on A11 from London to Norwich. Further details can be found at www.snetterton.co.uk
Our unique Caterham Lotus Seven Club trackday offering includes:
· Trackdays for Club members only
· Caterham or Lotus Seven cars only
· Free instruction from qualified racing driver instructors
· Free support and mechanical help from Caterham specialists including breakdowns on the day
· Friendly Club environment
· Days specifically for novice drivers
· Days for experienced drivers and drivers of all abilities
· Novice drivers buddy system (being reintroduced for 2025)
· Free garages on a first come first serve basis on the day
· Experienced trackday organising team
· And then there is the banter!
As a result of our highly successful trackdays at Snetterton in recent year’s we’re offering a great value, sessions-based Club trackday at this famous and entertaining Norfolk circuit again in 2025. This will be a popular final event for the year.
We will be running Club-exclusive sessions through the day (a 20-minute session per hour) to provide roughly two and a half hours of track time in total. We will be limiting numbers to a maximum of 42 cars and, with instructors available without additional charge, we are welcoming drivers of all ability levels.
We are reintroducing our “buddy system” where less experienced drivers can request to be paired with more experienced members who will offer advice and support. Instructions on how to request a Buddy will be included in the final instructions for the day.
The day is ‘noisy’, subject to a 105dB(A) limit measured statically prior to starting track activities.
The cost for a car and main driver – including the benefits listed above – is £196; an additional driver (who must be a Club member) costs £40 and passengers are charged at £5 each.
Cars will not be permitted onto the circuit unless fitted with an MSA-acceptable rollbar or roll cage. In practice, this normally means the use of the ‘trackday’ or ‘FIA’ rollbars as supplied by Caterham Cars. Please see our Trackday Safety Requirements and Recommendations document which includes guidance on rollbars and safety requirements.
Link to Trackday Safety Requirements and Recommendations
The Club trackday Indemnity Form which you agreed to when booking can be seen HERE
Signing on and accepting the Club Indemnity Form will take place online when you book. All participants will be required to register on the day and all drivers will be required to present a current driving licence.
This is an MSV operated circuit, and participants will also need to complete the MSV online sign-on and online briefing. Details of the MSV sing-on will follow, about 10 days before the event.
Camping: Camping is available at the circuit the night before the Club trackday with the arrival time typically being after 5.30pm. Please contact the circuit on 01953 887303 to check the arrival time.
All drivers must be members of the Caterham and Lotus Seven Club, driving Lotus 7 or Caterham cars.
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