Details here of events we have attended with Club Triumph Norfolk in 2010.

We set of for the Club Triumph New Years Run in the TR7 after overnight snow and a heavy frost, first call was to the garage for petrol about 1/4 mile away, 20 minutes later we had to return home, traction was non existant, and we slipped all over the place. Taking the Mondeo with its front wheel drive we managed to reach the start. Only 2 CT members had made it in Triumphs, snow not being as heavy in Norwich.

The Triumph Stag club also turned up with 4 cars and the editor of Triumph World for a photo shoot, so it was dissapointing we did not have a good turnout.

The few Triumphs at the Start.

With the main roads icy, ungritted, and snowy and country lanes worse Alan, the organiser cancelled the run for safety reasons.

The Stags tackled the run, as the editor wanted photos, whilst the CT members retired to Wymondham for a Sunday roast and a beer. The Stags turned up much later, having got stuck a couple of times.

We will run the event again later in the year.

A re-run of the previously cancelled New years Run, a nice selection of cars turned out for a 25 mile run, through the lanes around Norwich from Caistor Hall Hotel, finishing in Wymondham for a pub meal.

TR6 and Vitesse at start.

Some of the finishers at Wymondham.

A varied selection of Triumphs on the run.

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Normal weather for this, the first show of the year, very windy and cold, but the sun shone occasionally. A small show, however this year there was a bigger attendance of classic cars.

Old traction in front of Langley School Hall.

A small Club Triumph contingent, note no TR7, I was let down by a leaking rear brake cylinder at the last moment, so went in a modern.

Not the best of pics, a dull moment at Langley.

Hope to have some better weather at future shows.

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As part of Norfolk Triumph Clubs efforts at getting the various Triumph Clubs co-operating with each other, at the invitation of Wensum TR Register group, Club Triumph Norfolk took along 6 cars to join the TR Register and the Stag Owners Club on a pleasant 62 mile run around the Breckland region of Norfolk. Starting at High Lodge, in Thetford Forest, we looped around the army ranges at Santon Downham, where they train for Afganhistan, around the pretty Thetford Heath area and through the large area covered by Thetford Forest before a good meal at The Crown, Mundford. Weather was dull, but the rain held off.

Meeting area at High Lodge. Stag Owners and Club Triumph.

Some of the TR Register cars.

On the run, near Santon.

Stop at Snettishall Heath.

Triumphs fill the streets of Mundford.

Nice Vitesse and Herald Convertible from Club Triumph.

Spit at the Crown, Mundford.

Thanks to Dave Solomon at TR Register for a good, well organised, event.

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Continuing on the theme of inter club co-operation, 12th April saw a gathering of 20 Triumph cars at the Bird in Hand at Wreningham, near Norwich for a little get together in convivial surroundings. Some had a meal, others sat and chatted over a beer or 2.

A small show and shine event was held in the car park on a sunny, but cold evening, with attending drivers and passengers voting for 1st and 2nd place cars, 1st place was won by a TR3, 2nd was won by our own Ted Williams with his nice TR6.

Early arrivals at the Bird in Hand.

Stags in the setting sun.

A few more arrivals.

Nice shot at Sunset.

2 very nice early TR's.

Quite a well attended meeting of the 4 main Triumph Clubs, although a little early in the season, a month later and we could have had more cars, and light for longer.

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Gill and I organised a run for Drive It Day, the run was from Wymondham to Holkham Hall. 10 cars where at the start in cloudy weather, but as they set off the rain came down heavily which was a shame. The route took us out of Wymondham, on country roads to Dereham, then on to County School Railway Station for a quick stop. County School, at one time a naval acedemy was served by this station until Dr Beeching cut rural branch lines. Now restored, it forms part of the Mid Norfolk Railway, but is not yet connected to their main line.

On from County School the run went through North Norfolk villages heading for Holt, then on to the coast at Blakeney, before turning up the coast to Wells next the Sea and on to Holkham Hall. 

We had provided a route description and tulip diagrams, so no one got lost.

By Holkham, the rain had stopped and the sun came out, allowing the group to sit and eat outside in the courtyard, before taking advantage of the reduced entry to Museums and Hall.

We had also arranged parking in front of the Hall, allowing some good photos.

We spotted other classics out and about for drive it day, a bunch of Rileys, 4 Reliants, a group of MG,s, including a broken down one, Ferraris, a lone E type, and at Holkham Morris Minors.

On the way home saw some Healey 3000's and TR6's.

We had hoped that some Stag Owners and Wensum TR Reg cars would join us after we supported their events recently! We did have a lone TSSC Herald with us.

Ready for the off at Wymondham.

Another view of cars ready to leave Wymondham.

Very wet at County School Railway Station.

More wet cars at County School.

A few Reliants where out for drive it day, including unusual Reliant Fox in front.

Triumphs lined up at Holkham Hall.

Watched over at Holkham.

Earl of Leicesters Bentley in excellent Bygones Museum at Holkham.

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Show season is now well under way, Sunday 9th May was Henham Wings and Wheels, at Henham Park, Suffolk. We took along the usual number of cars in a convoy from Bungay on an overcast morning, parking up and putting up the Gazebo and Windbreak.
Car wise attendance seemed to be down, it had chucked it down all Saturday and the forecast was not good, so this may have put some owners off.
My Gold TR7 was sidelined after failing its MOT on Thursday due to poor brake effort on the RH wheel, the cylinder was leaking again, goes to show that seal kits are not worth the bother, lasting less than a month and some 500 miles. I had a new slave cylinder by Friday but couldnt get to fit it, mainly because of the heavy rain, but I was also distracted by Leeds Uniteds efforts to give me a cardiac arrest! They got their promotion to the championship in the end.

Around midday on Sunday the weather brightened, so the flying was not disrupted, and it was quite pleasant, strolling around the cars and watching the flight displays.

2 well restored cars, An Alfa Fulvia and Jag.

2 Nice examples of Triumphs, the Nissan Figaro does not look out of place amongst true classics.

Very clean Escort RS Mexico Mk11, similar to the one I used to own.

Usual CT Norfolk Entrants, Jims early GT6 and Teds TR6 always attracted a crowd.

The Breitling Wing Walkers doing their stuff, 1 upside down here, 2 very nice leather cladded girls when they came down and wandered about.

Wing walker.

Towed Glider, with I think a Pitts special doing barrel rolls around it.

Loop the Loop.

Some of the Aircraft which flew in.

The old bill took an interest in Gills FHC early on.

He came back for another look later, so she tackled him, he took out a notebook, starts writing, worried I wander over, turns out he had a TR7, and has a boot rack for sale, now ours, ideal for Classic Le Mans.

Jasons 2000 eloped again to the NCVC.

Nice vintage cars.

NG TF kit car, based on MG running gear, talking to the owner, seems it was bought the same year as I bought mine. Dont know why he Q plated it, as mine could keep the original reg.

 

All in a pleasant day, good company, plenty to see and do. Bit windy, leading to the conclusion that our gazebo is a little flimsy, cant wait for the debate at the next meeting!

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After participating in the Broadland MGOC run for the last 4 years around Norfolk, we gave it a miss this year, opting instead to do the 2010 Boadicea Run with the Iceni MGOC, held in Suffolk. It was a scorching hot day, the run beginning at Rougham Airfield, near Bury St Edmunds. There was a choice of 4 routes to take, with Tulip maps provided for each, rally plaques for the cars, and refreshment vouchers included in the entry cost. We chose the route to Lavenham in the Gold DHC.

Waiting for our departure at 10-30, boiling hot at this hour. 

There where approx 90 cars on the run, predominent where MG's, of the others there where 5 Triumphs, some more modern machinery in the form of Mazdas, Porsche, MR2, and approx 15 other classics.

Lovely little mini.

Typical view of the Suffolk Scenery on this hot Sunday. As we drove from vilage to village, you could smell the barbies, then the scent from rape fields and blossom.

We soon caught some of the more sedate MG's, not overtaking them until asked to do so, we thnk it rude to blast past when guests of another club.

Our destination on the run, Lavenham, a pretty Suffolk market town.

A lot of rather nice houses in this town. Known locally as the Chelsea of Suffolk, with house prices to match!

Another view of Lavenham.

Back at Rougham Airfield we headed for the shade with fellow Club Triumph members Alan and Christine.

View of the control area from the control tower.

Was a very good run, and well worth the entry fee, if there where to be any cylinder head or coolant problems on the dhc, today was the day with tempertures around 29C, it did kick in the Kenlowe in dead slow traffic or at long waits at junctions, but this is normal and the fan soon did its job. With Le Mans looming nearer I am going to get the head checked over on Friday with a gas test at Anglian Triumph just to put my mind at rest.

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A small group of Norfolk members went along to Euston Hall for the Rural pastimes event a few weeks ago, I must admit to not looking forward to sitting in a field of cars, but this show was massive, with masses to do for both the Ladies and the Gents. Plenty of stalls, crafts, 2 show rings which demonstrated country orientated stuff, along with steam power, tractors, cars. commercials, etc. So good we managed to lose the Ladies for hours!Keith provides these photos.

Usual CT Norfolk Lineup.

Some early examples of tractors.

Think this may be one of Keiths dream cars, as he spent  while there.

Steam power.

Early Bristol showing clever spare wheel location.

Modelling the CT Norfolk apparel.

A good day was had by all, will definately add this to next years events list.

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Sunday 27th was our annual Treasure Hunt which clashed with an insignificant sporting event, thus reducing the numbers attending. Speaking to owners of Triumphs at our last few events we expected to see around 30 Triumphs, but Englands pathetic display reduced the field. Those who did not turn up missed a glorious day, best weather of the year so far.14 cars left Caistor Hall Hotel, on a circuitious tour of the Broadland area, searcing out clues around some lovely interesting villages.

Line up at Casitor Hall Hotel.

Having organised the Hunt, and not being able to participate I stood at a crucial junction, on the correct route from Hickling to the Coast for nearly one and half hours in the boiling sun and saw only Dave and Vi in tyhe yellow Spitfire, who I thought would win with their experience in Holland, HCR, etc, and the car below who where the only ones to come from the right direction.

This convoy of Stags came from the wrong direction?

This Stag being the eventual winner.

David and Julie Aspinall with son Buster coming home in 2nd place.

The finish was at The Lighthouse Inn at Walcott on the North Norfolk Coast they allowed use of the Gardens for parking the cars and use of a marquee for some well deserved shade, and the game was also screened. Best sight for me was a 30ish, tattooed, England shirted bloke who came out crying when the 3rd goal went in, kicked a bin, and hurt his foot.

Spitfire at the Finish.

Nice line up at the finish, with Stags prominent.With entrance fees, contributions, and a raffle we raised £250 for East Anglia Air Ambulance, so thanks to all who attended.

Ted and Christinas TR6 at the finish.

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The usual Club Triunph suspects attended the Vintage Transport Day at the North Norfolk Railway at Holt Station on Sunday 4th July. A hot day, Gill and I where in trouble for leaving the Gazebo at home, to the disgust of our older members, but with only a couple of days to go before our Le Mans trip, and a car just back from headgasket and jackshaft failure we had more to worry about. This was a new event for Club Triumph Norfolk, and we again picked a good, yet different event.
Most of our contingent left the cars parked up on view at Holt Station and where able to take advantage of free travel on the North Norfolk Railway, drawn by steam to Weybourne and Sheringham on this coastal preserved railway.

Chasing down a Dolly Sprint on the way to Holt.

CT Norfolk Area contingent lined up at Holt Station.

GER E15 Engine and Quad Set after arrival at Sheringham.

Engine Running round the train at Sheringham.

We spent a couple of hours at Sheringham, looking around this nice sea side town, a quick go on the penny pushers in the arcades, had some very nice fish and chips in a resturant, followed by the usual seafood we have when on the coast, mussells, prawns, and a crab to bring home, then watched the ships with an ice cream on the sea wall before heading back to the station to catch a train to Weybourne.

Weybourne Station - Up train awaiting the down train to pass.

Down train in charge of Stanier Black 5.

Stanier Black 5, 44767 George Stephenson at Weybourne.

Diesel Railbus we caught from Weybourne to Holt.

A good view of the North Norfolk Coast from the train.

Having spent most of the day away from the cars, we managed a quick look around some of the other cars on show.

2 elderly Jack Richards Trucks caught my eye, having recently designed some spoilers for their current fleet of DAF XF. 

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7 Cars from Club Triumph Norfolk attended the excellent Helmingham Festival of Classics and Sportscars on Sunday, meeting in Eye for a convoy of Triumphs to Helmingham.

Weather was dull to start of with but brightened up and was quite hot in the afternoon, this is an interesting event, with prestige classics lined up in front of the House belonging to the Tollemache family. We the lowly classics where mixed in with about 200 others, a very varied selection of cars. The more modern sportscars and larger clubs where in a seperate area, a large contingent from Pistonheads, Club Lotus, Porsche Club and others.

There was enough to keep the ladies entertained, a very good Samba group, falconry, dogs, etc.

A highlight for me is the runs up the main driveway by classics and sportscars, held twice in the morning and afternoon. Sight and sound of the day was the Ultima grinding its way up the drive, sparks flying due to its low ground clearance.

A few pics.

Shaking and moving for the boys.

Ultima and AC Cobra.

Nice engine bay on the AC Cobra.

2 very nice Alvis.

Owl in the Birds of Prey display.

1934 Riley on the driveway.

Stag owners out in force. Clearly most popular car there.

Nice line up of early Rovers.

Cooper MKVI with period tow vehicle.

Flypast by "Sally B" B17 Flying Fortress.

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Stonham Barns Classic Car Show- 8th August 2010.

A small selection of cars from Club Triumph attended the Stonham Barns Classic Car Show on the 6th of August, I could not make it as I was recovering form a herniated disc operation, and there is no way I can get in a low TR7 seat. Gill took along her DHC. By all accounts the day brightened, and there was enough to do to keep all amused. As usual the gazebo was well used, and there was some interest from potential new members. Keith took a few shots with his camera, thank.

Club Triumph Area.

Jag owners club with some nice E types.

American Chevloret.

Nice vintage car.

Luxurious interior of an Austin 7.

Pretty sure Keith is hankering after one of those as he keeps taking photos of them.

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