Proposed activities for 2003
Proposed activities for 2003
- Heritage Plantation - early June - British car show at the Heritage Plantation in Sandwich, Ma. Scenic location, world famous Rhododendron gardens. Co-sponsored by Cape Cod British Car Club.
- British Car Day - late June - Larz Anderson Auto Museum. Additional activities?
- British
Invasion - Stowe, VT. Sept 18 - 21.
The following paragraphs are from the British Invasion Website describing the activities that are planned by the organizers.
- Northeast Kingdom Driving Tour - Thursday (Chris Francis, Tour Leader)
- For those arriving in Stowe early, this driving tour will leave from Ye Olde England Inne on Thursday morning, around 10:00 AM, for a scenic Vermont country drive to the shore of Lake Willoughby in the Northeast Kingdom, where a special lunch has been planned. This is one of the prettiest spots in Vermont and a great drive over paved roads.
- Driving Tour - Friday (leaving from the High School Parking Lot)
- A driving tour of the scenic Vermont countryside, and parade through town, which will culminate at the show field at the beginning of the Registrants' Reception. The tour will travel over paved roads around Stowe.
- The Notch Run Driving Tour - Sunday (leaving from the High School Parking Lot - 8:30 AM)
- A driving tour of the scenic Vermont countryside, which will culminate at the show field. Leaving from the High School parking lot the tour will travel over paved roads through the Notch for a 70-minute morning drive.
- Tailgate Picnic Competition - Sunday
- A display of creativity, good food, and things British. This event has become a "Classic" and perhaps one of the best Tailgate Competitions on the East Coast! Awards will be given for "Most Elegant", "Most Creative", "Most British", "Best Costume", "Best Tasting", "Most Practical", "Most Outrageous", and "Most Humorous".
- Bull Pull - Sunday
- This has become an annual highlight of the British Invasion. This is a British Car Club tug-o-war competition that pits the pulling might of one British Car Club against another. One of the mooring lines from the "Queen Elizabeth" (Cunnard Sea Lines luxury cruise ship - Retired) is used, and cheating is encouraged in this demonstration of brute human pulling power for a cash award, which has often been donated to the Vermont Children's Aid Society. Team Costumes are encouraged, but seldom seen. Men, Women, Children, and Dogs are all invited to help pull their club to victory. A real blast to watch!
A NELLI Sunday morning breakfast has been suggested.
Caravan to Stowe on Friday(?). Cars meet at designated spoots along the way from Rhode Island to Vt.
- LOG 23 - Niagara Falls, NY. August 15, 16, 17. Additional activities? Caravan to the event? A NELLI Saturday breakfast has been suggested.
- Lime Rock Park
- Memorial Day weekend - races.
- Labor Day Weekend - Vintage Fall Festival
- Caravan to races, corral, other
- Club dates - tag on
- F1 Boston in Braintree - club
competition. This is an indoor go-kart facility that is very well
done and very popular. Indoors means that it would make a good
winter event.
F1Boston NELLI Preview - Kancamangus Highway tour. About 90 miles. Stop in Lincoln for lunch? Pack a lunch? Start at some parking lot near Conway and leave trailers. Conway to Bear Mountain Road to Bartlett to Rte 302 to Route 3 at Twin Mountain, to Lincoln, to Kancamangus Highway to Conway.
- Lotus Dealer, Boston. Tech session? Other.
- Tour of local restoration facility facility and tech session. The company does high level restorations on fairly exotic cars, particularly Ferraris.
- Western Mass. Tour - Athol - Route 32N to 68W to Warwick, to Northfield to Route 63S. Then East on ?? to North Leverett and Moores Corner and Locks Village, then to Shutesbury to Route 202 South to Route 9E to Ware, then to Alternate Route32N to Route 122E to Route 32N to Athol. About 90 Miles. Lunch stop along the way. NOTE: This is only a "for instance". I haven't even driven these roads, and there may be many others that are better.
- Autocross at Ft Devens. Mark Michalski is looking into this. He knows that SCCA runs there and has already had discussions with them. He is also investigating other autocross and track day sites and groups.
- Breakfast cruise. Get together for a Sunday breakfast and a cruise (LOONY has been doing this for some time), perhaps as often as monthly. Various members could host the breakfast and organize the cruise in different geographical areas.
- Outing to Mt. Wachusett - central Mass. Beautiful location and great views. Perhaps this could be combined with #10 and do a central/western Mass tour that includes Mt. Wachusett with a picnic lunch on the mountain.
- Skip Barber day at Limerock. Perhaps we could get a big enough group together to have a day with the Skip Barber School at Limerock with a group discount.
- A trip to the Canadian GP. The Formula 1 race at Montreal is being held on June 13, 14 & 15. Arrive in the area Thursday or Friday pm and stay overnight. Travel to the track for practice on Friday, qualifying on Saturday and the race on Sunday. There is usually a supporting race or two as well. General admission is around $75.00.
Last Updated: December 25th, 2002