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[ Post 2017 Veteran Run Meet at the Black Horse - November 2017 ] ::
Please click on any thumbnail picture below to
see the full size picture. To return to the thumbnails please click the Explorer
"Back" arrow (top left of screen). Brighton Run photos by Mike
Gorman, Malcolm Bailey, Maciej Fiutakiewicz and Michel Gosset. A number of SVVS Members have cars that are eligible for the
London to Brighton Veteran Car run. Many of our regular photographers
were either not spectating on the run this year or were assuming others
were taking photos. So we only managed to snap one of them, Michael Doughty
in his 1902 Wolseley 10HP Tonneau. Another of our regulars, one with two legs and uneven wheels, is
Matt Tester on his Penny-Farthing 'Ordinary'. It is a very long way to
Brighton by 1800s pedal power! The catalogue did not have our other
regular David Smart in the Cadillac listed as entrant.
Many more
veteran car photos at the bottom of THIS page !
Some SVVS
Members who had been spectating on the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
normally meet up later at the Black Horse in Hookwood, Horley, for a
noggin and natter. This year the weather for the Run was glorious. The sun shone, sky was blue but
bit chilly. There was a low turnout of general spectators along the route,
which was a shame. The Run may possibly be losing its appeal due to the dreadful traffic
and this year there was a change of route to going down via Reigate
Hill. It seems that the Run ran a bit late due to an accident on the
hill involving one of the veterans.
This year the turnout of SVVS Members at the Black Horse was also low,
only seven vehicles. Present were the L to R: Bentley R type belonging
to John and Anne Auber (non-members), Simon Bishop's 1927 Singer 14/34,
Mike Gorman's 1950 Bentley Mk VI, Brian Rice's 1938 Morris 8 Ser. II .
On the other side were: Chris Newton's 1961 Daimler SP250, and a yellow
Triumph Spitfire Mk iV not in the Register. Not photographed were Andrew
Hall and Desmond Peacock who arrived in an Amilcar, a member with his
pristine Sunbeam S7 Motorcycle, Mike Ireland and his wife were there but
Mike had just managed to run his modern into a ditch a short distance
from the pub and was looking for a tow, and a couple of other members were
there in moderns.
Please Click on thumbnail Photos below to enlarge.
Mr & Mrs Chairman were not at the Black Horse this year having been invited to
a 'lunch-viewing-cars-party' of the Brighton Run on the route near Staplefield. Nearby
on Staplefied Common was our intrepid French photographer Michel Gossett
and below are some of his photos.
Please Click on thumbnail Photos below to enlarge.
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