With the Covid “rules” being relaxed in Wales for Easter (up to 6 people from 2 different households able to meet up, travel anywhere within Wales allowed), it was time to give the TR4A a decent but responsible run out. I contacted Crazy George and asked if he wanted to meet up for a run and his reply was “FANTASTIC, where shall we go”.
Now, every Easter Sunday S.Wales TSSC had taken a run to Weston – Super- Mare for the seafront meeting, but some members who had to either host or visit relatives for a late lunch would take a morning/early afternoon run to Llangorse lake in the Brecon Beacons. “Let’s go to Llangorse Lake” I said. “Fantastic” replied CG.
So, on Easter Sunday my son Jack and I fired up the TR and headed in the glorious sunshine for Nantgarw (the traditional meeting point at the traditional time) for a Scottish McMuffin breakfast and to meet CG & St Elaine. I heard the distinct sound of a 13/60 approaching and thought, here he comes, but it was Mike in is granddad’s 13/60 Saloon followed by Eddie in his Dolomite, they had also independently decided to do the run! They parked up a good distance away and spoke to us by mobile phone. Then the Monmouth Mafia Mike & John turned up in their immaculate Acclaim, also independently having decided to do the run! CG & St Elaine then turned up in CG’s pristine 13/60 Convertible and again parked up at a social distance.
Before we left Nantgarw we were joined by Mikey J in his immaculate GT6, Rob & Pete in their freshly restored Stag, Magpie in his very shiny MkIV Spitfire, John in his immaculate MkIV Spitfire and Al in a modern, all having decided to get their cars out independently for an Easter outing CLUBTASTIC!
We headed off along the A470, through the Beacons and on to Llangorse Lake in the beautiful weather, my TR driving like it had not been forced into temporary (I hope) retirement. As we reached the Storey Arms I closed in on a nice red Convertible 13/60 with a white stripe, it was Dave & Wendy who were out in their car, I over took them and indicated for them to follow us. Unfortunately, when we arrived at Llangorse we realised that Mike, Eddie & Al were not with us. I checked my phone and saw a txt from Al, Mike had broken down and as we had had to drive with a good distance between each car, those in front of the last 3 cars had not realised that there was an issue. Al assured me that they were safe in a lay bye and that he had diagnosed a fuel pump issue and that Mike’s dad was on his way with a replacement.
After some take away coffee from the Llangorse café we started off for our various homes with my TR & CG’s Herald sticking together, my TR running so, so well and clocking up its first ton of 2021(quite a bit over actually) on the private road near my house.
Whether 10 club cars or more TSSC are more!