CENTRES ABINGDON WORKS Tony Cotter sfscribe@mgabingdon.org.uk www.mgabingdon.co.uk Normally at this time, we would be well and truly into the Classic Car Season, with events of some sort virtually every weekend to enjoy. Sadly, this is not the case this year, and consequently, there are no events to report on, and no future events to update you on. And in case you weren’t already aware, the committee have taken the difficult decision to cancel this year s Summer ay Out run, which was planned for August 16. Our website has a full listing of events that have been cancelled or postponed. Please check out www. mgabingdon.org.uk/ for the latest news. A lot of work goes into planning our Centre events, particularly the St. George’s Day, Old Specked Hen and Summer Day Out runs. The good news is that most of the route planning had already been completed before the Covid-19 lockdown, so although disappointing, we hope to be able to go ahead with these gems in 2021. Talking of lockdown, I had the rather unfortunate experience of partially closing the
ANGLIA Rob Muir 01206 862619 scribe@mgccanglia.com www.mgccanglia.com I hope all our members and their families are safe and coping with these unprecedented times. Although many of our events will have been postponed or cancelled this year, it is great news to hear that some of our summer favourites have firm dates set for 2021 The Anglia Centre Summer Picnic is now scheduled for Sunday June 27 2021 at Holkham Hall,
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A34 near Abingdon last month. The one and only time Lin and I ventured out in our ZT190 was at the end of June to buy hanging baskets, following the partial lifting of travel restrictions. I was aware that my battery wasn’t great, as I’d had to charge it a few times during lockdown just to start up the engine every now and then. But I didn’t realise just how bad the battery was, and despite a 10-15-mile run to Millet’s Farm garden centre, the ZT wouldn’t start when we returned to it, armed with our lovely baskets. To ensure Social Distancing was maintained, we push started the car and the engine fired up O and we headed for home. All was going well until we reached the A34 at Abingdon, when I realised the indicators had stopped working. And the fuel gauge, rev counter and speedo were all registering zero! Fingers were tightly crossed to get home before anything else failed. Too late, the engine died and I had no choice but to coast to the side of the busy dual carriageway. Lin clambered up the embankment to call the RAC, while I waved the only thing I had to hand, my green MG cap,
near Cromer, Norfolk. The Queen Vic Classic Show and Concours will be held on July 4 2021 at Billericay Common, whilst The Helmingham Hall Classic Car Festival has been moved to 2021 on August 1.
to warn oncoming traffic The 30 minutes it took for the Police to turn up seemed like an eternity. But once they did, they set up a rolling roadblock while they coned off the lane for protection. Scary! I now have a shiny new battery. The moral of this story is to not only check your battery regularly during long periods when you aren’t using your MG, but do something about it if you think it may be on its way out. MGs were built for driving, they don’t like sitting idle on the drive or in the garage. Finally, a warm welcome to all new members. We hope to see you at an event when safe to do so.
visits Needham Club Meet Open Evening. Bottom left, our visit to P & A Wood Rolls Royce restoration experts. Plus, Helmingham Hall 2019.
Anglia Centre Photographic Competition It is good to see so many entries being submitted for the competition which is really taking off. Send your entries to Webmaster Kelvin Fagan at webmaster@mgccanglia.com Three previously unpublished photographs this month of happy times with Anglia Centre members from last year. Right, The Old Speckled Hen MGB
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