Spring-time / Easter Greetings to all Upper Thames Branch members (tho' not many signs of Spring yet!!!)

As a reminder, our next quarterly meeting, the Spring one, is only 9 days away, on Wednesday 10th April – we'll be meeting at The Pheasant on the B4000 north of J14 of the M4 – if it's your first time, just head north on the A338 aiming for Wantage and take the very first left after about 1/4 mile, and The Pheasant is almost immediately on the right.

There are rumours our old venue, The Tally Ho the same distance SOUTH of J14 on the A338 has reopened as a village-pub once more, and I'm aiming to pop in there before we meet at The Pheasant to check it out, so we can discuss options for the future.

The first of the Castle Combe Action Days is on Saturday 27th April. I'm booking the Club in for 6 car-spaces, and there will be 12 individual entry passes, worth up to £15 each – I've got requests for 4 of these, so there are at least 8 still up for grabs. Please let me know NOW by return email if you'd like one or two (they are per person, not per car), and send me a first-class SAE, or if you're coming to the Spring meeting , bring it with you then.

Please note that I'm no longer able to book track passes for people – if you want to take advantage of these, please contact Castle Combe direct:

(http://www.castlecombecircuit.co.uk/...ingEventID=441)

We had a very disappointing turn-out for our Winter meeting back in January, with only 5 of us sitting down for our New Year meal, after I'd made a preliminary booking for 12 based on early indications of interest.

Please support your branch otherwise I will be stepping down from organising matters locally – you can support it by responding to eMails when sent to you (not that difficult, surely???) even if only to say you're not able to attend a meeting or event, by supporting our quarterly branch meetings, by joining us at the Castle Combe track events, and / or by supporting national events such as our AGM, Annual Rally, the Silverstone Classic Cars Festival, etc – oh, and by letting me know any ideas that would encourage you to get more involved with your club and its local-to-you branch.

I am very grateful to those that do support our efforts, and have done so over the years, some making valiant efforts including driving considerable distances to join in – your participation is very much appreciated, but we do of course require a certain critical mass to make organisational efforts worthwhile.

Rgds

Peter

Peter Scatchard
Secretary, Upper Thames Branch, MR2 Mk1 Club
The Old Barn, 51 Chawley Lane, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PX
Tel +44 (0)1865 864 864, Mbl +44 (0)7775 631 044
peter.scatchard@motorcyclewriter.co.uk