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	:: [ CORONA VIRUS HAS CANCELLED SOME SVVS INSIDE MEETINGS ] :: Coronavirus Pandemic has been playing havoc with large parts of the world and has resulted in the mandatory cessation of our activities for over two years. However, the successful Vaccination Programme has resulted in the progressive lifting of restrictions and re-opening of pubs and therefore the re-start of  our meetings. Details of our proposed plans are on our MAP & DATES PAGE and any sudden changes would be announced on the CLUB PAGE (URL is published in the SVVS Magazine). In the event of prolonged shutdowns to our Meetings, we will be providing the 'This Year's Event Page' with  motoring related articles.
	:: [ SVVS attend London to Brigton Veteran Run  - November 2022] :: Some SVVS Members who have been spectating on the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run traditionally meet up later at the Black Horse in Hookwood, for a noggin and natter. This year the weather on the Run was very wet, windy, and atrocious, not helping the steadily decreasing number of general spectators along the route. This is a shame because the Run continues to be a great free spectacle. Equally depressing was the turnout of SVVS cars at the Black Horse of only three proper vehicles.
	:: [ SVVS in the  2022 Pioneer Motorcycle Run - October 2022 ] :: Our Membership Secretary Chas Moody has been a very keen vintage biker for many years and has also been a regular participant with his 1914 Triumph TT Roadster in the the "Motorcycle Brighton Run", or the Pioneer Run as it is correctly known, which is annually organised by the Sunbeam Motorcycle Club. The Start is Tattenham Corner at the Epsom Horse Racing Course and the Finish has recently moved from Brighton Seafront to historic Shoreham Airport. This year the weather was wet !
	:: [ SVVS Dinner - Reigate Manor Hotel, Reigate - October 2022 ] :: Reigate Manor Hotel was again the venue for the Annual SVVS Dinner and was superbly officiated over by our New Chairman Malcolm Bailey and his wife Sheena. This year the event was held in the slightly smaller 'Garden Room' which seems to have a slightly more intimate feel than the main ballroom we usually have for larger number of our Members. The Dinner was attended by 72 people. which was one more than last year, and showed that Members were keen for an annual get-together.
	::[ SVVS Lunchtime Meet at Red Barn, Lingfield - October  2022] ::    The Red Barn at Blindley Heath is our last outside mid-month meeting of the year and signals that Christmas and New Year are not far away. The season is over, and due to Covid aftereffects, it seemed over no sooner than it had begun. This year the weather forecast promised nice and sunny and gave us just as promised, - a lovely sunny day with blue skies, and relatively warm so expected a good turnout. We had an impressive showing of 39 cars and 6 motorcycles, although not necessarily all ours.
	::[ SVVS Display at the Reigate Tunnel -  September  2022] :: The SVVS again displayed our vintage and classic vehicles in the Reigate Old Tunnel supporting the National Heritage Open Day Scheme. It seems Reigate is no longer putting great deal of effort into the event. In the good old days the event had local stands selling things, loads of bunting, and and music from local bands playing in the street. The caves not being open, meant we had the whole of the Tunnel to ourselves, and had a turnout of 14 proper cars, Covid downturn still much in evidence.
	:: [  SVVS Lunchtime Meet - The Star, Lingfield  - September 2022] :: The Sunday lunchtime visit to the Star in Lingfield signals that the 'summer season' is inevitably drawing to a close, which is a bit of a shame, especially because the Covid aftereffects are are still resulting in reduced attendances at our meetings. This year the visit to the Star was also subject to the additional sadness of the recent passing of HM the Queen and the attendant funeral arrangements. Notwithstanding, we had one bicycle, one motorcycle, one pedal car and 16 automobiles.
	:: [ S V V S at the Outwood Show  - Outwood - September 2022] :: The Outwood show is a popular village fete with many and varied attractions; the main hall being set out with an impressive flower, vegetable and fruit show and surrounding grounds filled with stalls and activities such as tombola, arts & crafts, children's entertainment, games, tea, cakes & beer plus a super brass band. Slightly low turnout of cars, on show were two Austin Seven's, Morris 10/4 Tourer, Lancia Fulvia coupe and Morgan 4/4, and number of BSA Bantham Motorcycles.
	:: [ SVVS Evening Meeting, Fox Revived, Norwood Hill - August 2022 ] :: The Fox Revived is a thriving busy pub and highly popular eatery so that the standard tarmacked car park is generally entirely packed with no spare spaces available. Fortunately, they have an overflow paddock this year not overcrowded. We had a turnout of 32 vehicles, mostly from the 'classic' age group. Good show of five Jags, four MGs, three Austins, two Rollses and a bevy of other makes including a Porsche powered Rawson. Two new members joined on the night, so a very good evening all round!
	:: [ SVVS at the Jollies at the Jolliffes - Horne  - August 2022 ] :: Ross Savage is a SVVS Member and is also a Military Vehicle enthusiast who has a number of specialist vehicles, and a lovely field in Horne and decided that a lovely evening in midst of the heat-wave in August, would be a nice time to invite a few old car friends over to share the field with Jeeps and Land-Rovers present in military uniform including Ross' rather unusual Belgian built Minerva Land-Rover. Also present in farming country were number of tractors just done normal muck raking.
	:: [ SVVS Summer Picnic - Lakeside View, Newdigate - August 2022 ] :: The SVVS Summer Picnic was held again this year at the Lakeside View Pub in Beare Green adjacent to Henfold Lakes. The arrangements were again made by our Publicity Officer Tony Russell whose local haunt this is. The organising logistics again precluded the supply of the usual free glass of plonk and hot dog that have been accompanying this event in the past. We had a turnout of only eight 'vintage' cars, the other 15 being mostly of Classic and Modern variety, possibly due to the A/C!
	:: [ SVVS Evening Meet - Bletchingley Arms, Bletchingley -  July 2022] :: The Plough re-branded Bletchingley Arms is on the A25 with lots of passing traffic and when the weather is fine it draws our best, or second best, attendance of the year. Weather this time was just right, being the cooler continuation of this year's scorching heatwave and of not having any rain whatsoever for nearly three months. Global Warming! The 'grassy knoll' was yellow and parched, and smaller than normal. We had a good turnout of about 43 proper vehicles as well as few moderns.
	:: [ SVVS at Leigh Country Fayre Flower Show, Leigh  -  July 2022] :: Regular annual 'visiting' meeting for the SVVS by kind invitation of the organisers. The Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society displayed a good varied selection of interesting vehicles. There was also a splendid display of vintage and classic motorcycles by other clubs and the Morris Minor club exhibited a fully restored Panda police car. We were blessed with glorious weather, heatwave, the sun shone, straw hats and sunglasses were the order of the day and ice creams were consumed in abundance.
	:: [  SVVS Lunchtime Meet - The Bull Inn, Chelsham  -  July 2022 ] :: First visit to this venue which was inserted into the SVVS calendar in lieu of the Summer Saunter and was at the suggestion of our Editor Malcolm Ward who arrived early, put up signposts and acted as a very efficient visibility-jacketed parking steward. The pub had arranged for us to display our vehicles at the adjacent Chelsham Common where the grass was already turning dry and yellow due to the current heatwave. We had 22 vehicles present, some of which will hopefully become members.
	:: [  SVVS at The Wednesday Wander, Forrest Green -  June 2022 ] :: The "Wednesday Wander" is a invitation event that had in the past been organised by SVVS members regretfully passed away. The run discontinued during the Covid era. Currently taken up by Andy Harding and Tony Oakes. The Wednesday Wander is a non-competitive 'tulip' event intended for 'vintage era cars, this year between coffee at The Pheasant at Buckland and inishing for lunch at the Parrot at Forrest Green. The Parrot provided an excellent lunch which beat the entrants.
	:: [  SVVS at HCVS Bring-a-Car meeting,  Newchapel  -  June 2022 ] :: The Historic Commercial Vehicle Society and the Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society had many links in the early days and many original and current members of the SVVS, who have commercial vehicles, are also members of the HCVS. This venue in Newchappel is new to the HCVS and it was a great success, with plenty of room for future expansion. The entr/parking was free to the public and and many came in their vintage and classic machinery including quite a large contingent from the SVVS.
at HCVS	:: [  SVVS Evening Meeting - Six Bells Horley   -  June 2022 ] :: The Six Bells at Horley has been on our calendar for ages and comes with some notable history relative to our visits here. One year no beer as had no glasses, another we found them closed due to a murder hunt, so we got beer from Tesco and served from back of a Rolls Royce. Yet another year no beer, largely because the kitchen had caught alight and and the pub had burnt down. Fortunately this time all functioned well and their car park filled with 26 proper vehicles and some moderns.
	:: [  SVVS Summer Saunter - Hever Castle Car Day  -  June 2022 ] :: Once a year the Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society has a Summer Saunter which involves a drive to a point of interest where we then have lunch and while away the visit was to the double-moated Hever Castle in Kent which was the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, Henry the 8th second wife and mother of Elisabeth 1st. The visit coincided with the Hever Castle "Cars at the Castle" day when Hever had invited 15 various car clubs to exhibit vehicles on the castle lawns. We were on the Main Lawn!
	:: [  SVVS Lunchtime Meet - Surrey Oaks, Newdigate  -  June 2022 ] :: She Surrey Oaks in Newdigate is a timeless English country pub with low beams and gloomy lighting with small alcoves in the old bit, and a restaurant in newish bit. It is usually one of the better attended of our venues because it is famed for its selection of real ales and ciders. The weather  was perfect. It is the local 'watering hole'[ for our Publicity Officer Tony Russell whose other main passion is Hot-Rods. So a number of his mates came along.  makers and users. Fanal analysis, we had about 55 vehicles at the venue, not all were ours, especially the 'rods',
	:: [ SVVS Lunchtime Meet - Skimmington Castle, Reigate- May2022 ] :: Skimmington Castle is just off Reigate Heath with good beer and food. Normally The Skim is one of our best outside meetings of the year and parking can be at a premium. This time the weather was just right and our turnout was very good. We had 36 proper vehicles, a few cars not seen before , and a few not often seen.  Turnout of general public to the pub was lower than normal. It seems Covid aftereffects are still being felt by general public but some enthusiasm is returning to the SVVS.
	:: [  SVVS Lunchtime Meet - Dog &  Duck, Outwood - May2022 ] :: The Dog & Duck used to be our headquarters for the Winter Meetings but the Covid Epidemic changed the local scene and we have moved on. This remains a Sunday Lunchtime outside venue where this year we had a good turnout of some 25 cars, - this despite being the Historic Commercials Run to Brighton and when locals go to the Cow Pie Country Show. It is however a place where new SVVS machinery is nveiled and is traditionally blessed with warm and brilliant weather, as was his time.
	:: [ SVVS Treasure Hunt &  Black Horse, Hook wood - April 2022 ] :: The 2022 Treasure Hunt combines the regular April pub meet at the Black Horse in Hookwood, with the SVVS Treasure Hunt. The Treasure Hunt was organised by last winners Christine and Ian Scott and started at their lovely home where they provided coffees and Bacon Butties! The  Hunt is a case of driving to a specified location, parking, and walking to find the answers to clues defined on the questionnaire. The Winners were Matt & Anne Tester in their 1929 Ford Model A V8 Special.
	:: [ SVVS Lunchtime Meeting - Sportsman, Mogadore - March  2022] :: This is a new venue we are visiting only for the third time. Last time we came here, England and the SVVS shut down for two years. We hope for no repeat, although our Chairman reported this very morning having tested positive for Covid! Weather pretty foul and wet, car pak very muddy, pub packed; nothing much changed. Weather better however that the previous two visits when it also snowed and/or hailed! Twenty of the cars in the car park were ours, but about a quarter were moderns.
	:: [ SVVS Lunchtime Meeting - Cock Inn, Headley - February 2022] :: The Cock at Headley continues to be a very popular eatery with a need to book and a relatively full car park. Weather continued its tradition of being very iffy with heavy storms forecast. Fortunately these started only as we arrived so the early photos were in the dry. The deluge followed shortly thereafter and an icy wind was blowing. Not much tyre-kicking ensued. So, a pretty poor turnout of only seven proper cars, and five moderns. especially from 'westeners' asking for venues in the west.
	:: [ New Year's Day Lunchtime - Beehive, Woodhatch - January 2022 ] :: New Year's Day 2022 was dull and bit grey, but it was not raining or snowing so winter-stored cars came out without getting dirty or wet, and/or requiring major re-conservation. This resulted in a relatively reasonable turnout of 26 proper cars and a couple of moderns; exactly the same number as last year. Unlike previous years the pub was almost empty due to the increasing new Onmicron pandemic so the normally packed car park was very much occupied by us.  Happy New Year to all !

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