Our
opener for the season and tribute tour to the Black Watch. This
favourite in the calendar started
and finished at the Black Watch Museum Perth. Our route took us north east into Angus.
An overcast but dry,if eather cold day allowed those with drop tops to keep them downO throughout. Organisers
Ron & Jan Adam new route included visits to interesting places on our tour.
Great
turnout for the RSAC Spring Run on Sunday 12 April 2026.
Starting and finishing at the Moulsdale Foundation at 123
Westerhill Road Bishopbriggs G64 2QR provided an opportunity for the
crews to see their magnificent collection of superior modern sporting
classic cars together with an outstanding collection of sports
motorcycles from across the world many with sporting heritage and
provenance. This new venue also offered the long and short
routes, familiar to those having competed in this event in past years.
Cars of all ages, Veteran, Vintage ,Classic and Modern made up this years starters.
ANNIVERSARY MONTE 100 CLASSIQUE Jedburgh - 30 January A team from CCHMSC manned the Jedburgh control point to clock in the
Historique and Classique cars as they headed for Hull and the
ferry to Rotterdam on Friday 30th January.
We setup our control point in the car park just off the A68 beside Jedburgh Abbey.
Ralph Forbes, John Stuart and myself from the club committee were
assisted by Geoff Atkinson a keen classic car enthusiast and club
member Willie Macleod, also a keen classic car supporter.
Organised
by Monte Start Committee Scotland in association with ERDC, to mark the
100th anniversary of the first Start of the Monte Carlo Rallye from
John O’Groats in the far north of Scotland. The
Classique
will depart from the world famous sign post at John O’Groats
on
the morning of Thursday 29 January 2026 and follow the Rallye Monte
Carlo Historique competitors to Reims, visiting their Passage Controls
enroute. There will be an overnight halt on 29 January at the
Doubletree Hotel, North Queensferry.
On Friday 30 January they will make our way through the Borders, via
Jedburgh and the
North of England to a Passage Control in York and then on to Hull for
the overnight ferry to Rotterdam. Catch the
cars and crews
as they pass the UK waypoints
THURSDAY
29 JANUARY
From 8.30 John
O’Groats Start Control
From 11.00 Passage Control
Inverness (Columba
Hotel)
From 14.30 Route Check Glencoe
(Kingshouse Hotel)
From 16.30 Passage Control Stirling
Castle
Overnight Halt at Doubletree by Hilton Queensferry
Crossing
FRIDAY 30
JANUARY
From 8.30 Depart from Doubletree
by Hilton Hotel
From 10.00 Jedburgh Abbey Car Park
From 12.00 Route Check George
Hotel, Pierce Bridge
From 14.30 Passage Control York
Castle
From 16.30 Hull International Ferry
Terminal
Check-in opens 20.00
Ferry
leaves for
Rotterdam
News
from 2025
Classic
High Tea
- 7 December 2025
Great turnout for our annual
Christmas Classic High Tea, despite the heavens opening during the
event.
Once again held at The Royal
George Hotel in
Perth, including their award winning Meringues, which never cease to
amaze.
Great to catchup on what's going on and looking at next years
activities.
Eleven
mambers of the club met up at Dovenby Hall near Cockermouth for out
tour of the M-Sport facility. Our tour guide Roger Fisher took us round
the factory, building rally cars for M-Sport, Ford, privateers
and
others, competing around the globe from club to WRC level.
Find out what goes on and where it all happens as we see powertrain
units, geaboxes and diffs being built, the new spaceframe vehicles that
meet the current and forthcominmg 2027 regulations.
A great evening that
is a peek at what goes on behind the scenes to keep a WRC
rally team in operation.
Looking
ahead to 2027 (Ed what happened to 2026?)
Announcement from the joint Mull Car Club and
Saltire Rally Club initiative
The Hackle
Rally in 2027?
Mull
and Saltire clubs have announced a brand new closed road rally 'The
Hackle Rally' for 13 March 2027.
Based
in Pitlochry, offering around 70 miles of competitve stages between 3.5
to 10 miles in length, plus some 100 liaison (road) miles.
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Tour of the Borders - 5
October POSTPONED With
regret as the closing date arrives we find that number of entries to
our final event of this year is unfortunately well below the minimum
listed in the supplementary regs, leading us to postpone the event to
the 2026 season.
Our final event
to finish the touring season was to follow the footsteps of
Roman
Centurions as they crossed into 'Caledonia' 2000 years ago. Their
presence and routes across the land are scattered across the borders
and our tour will take us along some of these 'streets', passing forts
and other camps.
A new route passing and visiting some new places was designed to keep
crews alert.
This event was to feature the full Tulip style roadbook.
Lookout
for the reschedule date in our forthcoming 2026 events listing
Stuart
Turner 1932 - 2025
We were sad to hear of the
passing, on 5 September 2025, of Stuart Turner at the grand old
age of 92.
Stuart was a good friend
of the Club and generously offered us a lot of support in the early days
of the return of the Monte to Scotland. He
was a guest speaker at the first pre-rallye dinner in 2011 and gave a talk at one
of our club events.
Tour of
the Trossachs - 7 September The
gathering showers cleared at Dobbies Garden Centre in Stirling to allow
the starters to depart on their tour through the beautiful
Trossachs country. Visiting some of the attractions on route
provided opportunities to relax and enjoy the hospitality of the area.
The
route explored some new roads across the region, covering
approximately 120 miles of interesting and scenic roads, with a good
mix of fast and twisting sections. There were a number of
suggested points of Interest on the route, including the
opportunity to enjoy a a 1 hour cruise on board Steamship Sir Walter
Scott, or a 45-minute cruise aboard the Lady of the Lake, on Loch
Katrine in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park enjoying the
dramatic Scottish Highlands scenery.
Full story and pictures.
Entry List
Under
blue skies and blistering hot sunshine, the 2025 Three Lochs
Classic attracted over 70 entries with cars representing over a century
of motoring history, to the .
Stansons Landscaping, RSAC Motorsport Three Lochs Veteran, Vintage
& Classic Run, on Sunday 17 August 2025.
This year the RSAC welcomed their new sponsor, Ruari Gillespie
of Stansons Landscaping,
who has agreed to support the event for three years 2025-27.
In each of these years,
the event will have a charity partner, beginning this year with the
Race Against Dementia
charity
which was founded by Sir Jackie Stewart.
The
event was again hosted by the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club.
The
event once again featured the ever popular long and short route
options, the short being a less arduous route for the older cars and any
others who may prefer it. To encourage cars in the Veteran and Vintage classes, there was
no entry fee.
Crews
arrived from across Scotland, some having braved thunderstorms and
thick fog to arrive at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre for the start of
our Grampian Gallop tour on 20 July. Good fortune favoured
us as the good old 'Scottish drizzle'
stopped long enough to allow our crews to prepare their cars
for
the start. The threatened forecast thunderstorms never appeared on the
170 mile route and the skies cleared allowing the softops to be folded
down (with the odd exceptional downpour on a couple of occasions
leading to a run for cover!). Great banter over our high tea
finalé back at the theatre celebrating another successful
day
visiting parts of the scottish highlands under clear skies with fine
views.
AGM: 15
May 2025
A number of members joined the board for the Annual General Meeting on
Thursday 15th May at the Royal George Hotel, Perth. Reports were
provided on the past year ending March 2025. These included events,
financial and membership status. Director re-elections were
completed and the principal office bearers, i.e. Chairperson, Company
Secretary and Treasurer elected. A discussion on future activities of
the club were
also discussed.
Red Hackle Tour - 4 May
Great
entry, super locations, terrific route, topped off with blue skies and
sunshine greeted starters of the club's first event of the
season. While still on the chilly side for early May crews
with
soft and folding tops could keep them down for the entire day. With
visits to Glenturret distillery and Drummond Castle Gardens
on
our route coupled with amazing views from our route, meant a great day
out for our classic crews. This favourite in the calendar started
and finished again at the Black Watch Museum Perth. Organisers
Ron & Jan Adam with George Shand and Duncan Massie put together
a route that many of the crews thoroughly enjoyed.
A
sun soaked day for this annual event, to which Rona and I joined to
assist with signing on and Concours d'Elegance judging. Offering the
option of a long, 100 mile route and shorter 'sortie' for the elderly
vehicles allowed time to see the exciting coutryside north of Glasgow.
See video of a selection of starters as they depart from the Nuffield
Health, Fitness and Wellbeing Milngavie Club, near Glasgow.
HERO-ERA Flying Scotsman: 4-6
April
photos courtesy Andy Thomlinson
Scotland
resounded to not only the RSAC Spring Run, but also the Flying Scotman
crossing the border travelling up the east side of our sun soaked
country at the same time.
Shoosmith/
Harley in 1926 Bentley
Some
77 entrants, including regular Sue Shoosmith in her 1926 Bentley 3-4.5L
with Trinas Harley on the route notes.
Photographer
Andy Thomlinson was up early to catch them crossing the border country
on their way to overnight at Dalmahoy near Edinburgh on Saturday 5th.
Sunday would see the crews head through Fife and Perthshire to finish
at Gleneagles.
You can see more crews and some fine pre-war cars on Andy's Flickr feed
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Classic High Tea
- 1 December A
No
snow this year for the 43 crew members who arrived for the annual High
Tea celebration at the Royal George Hotel in Perth. With crews from
across the country, including a warm welcome for Mike and Gillian Helm
all the way from St. Albans. A lot of banter and tall tales over our
meal raised a few laughs while chatting about what is in store for
2025. Some new ideas also picked up from members so lookout for further
events to be added to our new year calendar.
Our
31 crews gathered at New Lanark Heritage village for the start of
the 2024 Rally of the Borders; Clyde Valley. The morning was
shrouded in east coast 'haar' for those travelling to the
start
from the north and east. After the obligatory breakfast of bacon rolls
and coffee we headed to the western border country into Dumfries and
Galloway.
The
mist burned back quickly allowing the sunshine and blue skies to
warm the air and enable the soft top crews to lower their tops and
enjoy the late summer sun.
Fife & Ochil's Tour - 28 July Story & photosJim
Paterson & Jim Watson The sun shone for the second
running of this amazing tour, our route taking us
to new places to visit.
Organisers Jim and Norma Watson had designed an
interesting route
across the Kingdom of Fife and the Ochil Hills that took us
over little known roads visiting some of the hidden jewels of
Fife
and Kinross.
The
Loch Ness Classic Car Tour run by the Rotary Club of Inverness Loch
Ness ran successfully on Saturday 8th June despite blustery winds and
squally rain showers, indeed the weather was in fact a lot more
pleasant than the forecast had predicted.
There was one additional award this
year. CCHMSC member Louise Wall from Burgundy, the widow of
the
late Ranald Bruce who will undoubtedly be remembered by readers,
contacted the Rotary Club to donate a Fair Play award, two engraved
wooden charcuterie platters with cash donations to the recipients and
also both charities.
A
number of members joined the board for the Annual General Meeting on
Thursday 16th
May at the Royal George Hotel, Perth. Reports were provided on
the
past year ending March 2024. These included events, financial
and membership status. Director re-elections were completed
and
the principal office bearers, i.e. Chairperson, Company Secretary and
Treasurer elected. A discussion on future activities of the club were
also discussed.
RSAC
Spring Run 7 April The
event returned to Nuffield Health, Fitness and Wellbeing, Milngavie
Club for the Start and Finish. The run covered approximately 90miles
for the long route and 40 for the short route.
For more photos of the event checkout Andy
Thomlinson's Flickr page
Monte
Historique and Touiristique Start - 31 January Report Jonathan Lord, Photos :-
Andy Thomlinson
Early morning in Blythswood Square today. Jonathan Lord did
the
drivers' briefing and wielded the Saltire. In the best
traditions
of A K Stevenson and Major Bob Tennant Reid, I made sure the Crombie
overcoat was worn instead of the usual rally jacket. The
first
(French-crewed) Alpine Renault to leave the start had a horn which woke
us all up with the first few notes of the Marseillaise, although
Jonathan's musical friends would have noticed that one note was
decidedly flat. Thanks to all the organising team who did a
great
job; to all the spectators who turned out on a cold January morning;
and to the intrepid competitors. Bon voyage to Monte Carlo!
Etienne
Goldette & Vincent Neymon blast out
first few notes of the Marseillaise
on the horn.
Au
revoir mes amis
1977 Alpine-Renault A310
1976
Porsche 911 Carrera
Paul
Okane / Tage Gejl
1967
Cortina GT Ian
Stansfield / Keith Dodsworth
1978
MGB/GT
Ken Brown / Aidan Walsh
1968
Volvo 123GT
Neil Oliver / Alastair Gair
News from
2023
Classic
High
Tea
- 3 December
The Royal George Hotel in
Perth once again hosted our end of the touring year
High Tea. The event attracted members from
all four corners of Scotland, despite the recent snow and freezing
temperatures. A great opportunity to catch up and swap stories. Our
dress up in old rally clothing saw quite a few arriving in a wide range
of items.
Rally
of the Borders
- 24 September A
dry and brightening sky welcomed some 30 crews to the start of the
Rally of the Borders. After refueling of cars and crews (great
breakfast at Elginhaugh Farm diner) we headed of south, using minor and
fascinating roads. We crossed
many little known roads not used on our previous events taking
us across magnificent countryside, passing and visiting new
and
unusual
places.
Our first stage was over the Lammermuir Hills toward Duns, the home of
the Jim Clark museum. Te sun was out and skies blue as we continued
south and over the border into Northumberland
Ralph Forbes great route was enjoyed by all the crews.
I
joined the RSAC Three Lochs Classic which returned to The Royal
Northern and Clyde Yacht Club, in Rhu, with Keith Butler and Andrew
Pemberton, to form the
Concours d'Elegance judges.
65 cars
filled the forecourt of the club house building, setting
off on
either the 'Big' route of some 90 miles or the 'Wee' route to suit
Veteran,Vintage and Classic Cars of around 53 miles. The returning
crews enjoyed afternoon tea and prizegiving at the Yacht Club club
house.
Heavy
rain and surface water on way to start of the event seemed a bad omen,
but the weather changed as the sun rose to fill the sky. A
great
tour visiting interesting locations on route crossing roads not seen on
our tours across Fife and the Ochil Hills.
Annual General Meeting - 25 May 2023 A
number of members joined the board for the Annual General Meeting on
Thursday 25th
May at the Royal George Hotel, Perth. Reports were provided on
the
past year ending March 2023. These included events, financial
and membership status. Director re-elections were completed
and
the principal office bearers, i.e. Chairperson, Company Secretary and
Treasurer elected. A discussion on future activities of the club were
also discussed.
The
weather forecast
was not good, but our start remained dry and the storms did not
appear. Our thirty plus crews found sunshine and a few light showers
on the 120 mile route from the Black Watch museum in Perth across the
regiments home country. Bridges formed a large part of our tour,
crossing the River Tay, and others many times as we climbed into the
Grampians and beyond.
The Old Girl is
on the move After
nearly a decade hosted at the Riverside Museum of Transport in Glasgow,
the time came for “The Old Girl” to move to a new
home.
Gifted to the then Royal
Scottish Automobile Club in 1974, “The Old
Girl” is the second oldest Rolls Royce in the world.
One
of the terms of the bequest are that the car should be on public
display in Scotland. There are not many places that have both the space
and expertise to be able to display and preserve The Old Girl.
Full
Story
News from 2022
Classic High
Tea - Sunday 4
December
Our
end
of the touring
year for members to get together to
chat about their year of classic motoring, took place at our usual
venue at the Royal George Hotel in
Perth. Over thirty members made it on a sunny, if rather freezing cold
afternoon. The meals were great and of course the world famous
Meringues took pride of place on the tea plate that followed.
We
met up at M-Sport at Dovenby Hall near Cockermouth. Our guide Roger
introduced us to the new facilities we would be seeing.
The major changes since we were last here in 2019 were the test track,
which was an empty site last time, and the updated cars now that we are
in the 'Hybrid' era.
After the intro and refreshments we started on our way.
The
crews lined up at Gretna Green Outlet Village to sign on, refresh
themselves at Costa Coffee ready for the first day of some 195 miles
into the North of England.
With
the border only yards away they were soon in England. The route headed
south east through Weardale and on to the Cleveland Hills on the way to
the overnight at Harrogate.
The second day, Sunday 18th, a shorter route at 125 miles ,headed west
into the Yorkshire Dales toward the Forest of Bowland, A
return into the Yorkshire Dales passed through Wensleydale
(Famous for its cheese and Wallace and Grommit fame).
Reaching
Cumbria heading north the crews arrived at their destination in
Penrith, where the local Golf Course put on an excellent finishers
meal. Entry List
Around 50 Veteran, Vintage & Classic cars turned out for
the RSAC
Motorsport Three Lochs Run on Sunday 21st August.
This year was the 20th running of the Three Lochs,
and returned to the Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club
in Rhu,
Helensburgh, where the first Three Lochs was held in 2002.
The new routes
offerd a
run up the old Military Road at the Rest and Be
Thankful.
Once again there was a short
route suitable for cars in the Veteran Class and any others who may
prefer it, and a long route for everyone else
Line-up
on track at the Grampian Transport Museum in Alford
This
new
event is based on visits to classic car and motorsporting museums
started off under sun filled skies at the Dundee Museum of Transport on
Sunday 24 July. The route headed north
into the Scottish highlands. Though we experienced a few heavy showers
most of the soft tops managed to keep tops down most of the time.
A
call in at the Grampian Transport Museum in Alford for lunch and a walk
round the exhibits allowed the crews to swap stories and see the
development of transport from horse power, steam, petrol, diesel,
electric and autonomous motoring. Our second leg headed south toward
Edzell, with a sting in the tail that caught us all out.
After
a two year break due to the Covid pandemic, the popular Loch Ness
Classic Car Tour bounced back very successfully on June 4th. Over
£5000 was raised by the entrants, primarily supporting
Prostate
Scotland with the remainder going to the Club’s Charity
Account.
Our
opening event for 2022 was our tribute tour to the Black Watch. Some
38 starters gathered at Balhousie Castle, home of the Black Watch
museum for a 140 mile tour across hills and glens of Perth and Kinross.
Or
tour headed west reaching Drummond Castle where time was allowed to
walk through the stunning gardens over a picnic lunch. We were favoured
with the use of the castle courtyard where a selection of the
cars
were allowed to enter and park up. With an entrance gate just wide
enough for some of the wider cars it proved a tight fit for some. Our
return trip took us through the pass of Condie and the model village of
Forteviot to arrive back at Balhousie castle for our finishers meal. A
great day out under sunny skies meeting old friends, and making many
new.
Dave
Spence It
is with much sadness we report that Dave Spence,
Crofterra
organiser & the Master of the amazing route books,
passed
away on Tuesday morning 1st February, following a long illness.
Dave
designed and created many of CCHMSC tours and events, including our
Covid virtual tours, the bi-annual Continental tours, and latterly the
Grand Caledonian Tour (see below).
Dave will be
very much missed by our club, HCC and many more across the country.
Many
car club members attended the funeral on Thursday 10 February
in
Inverness, where Dave's close friend and neighbour for many years
Roddie Main, presented the eulogy. In addition to his motorsport
activities we heard of his golf and skiing pastimes too. A slide show
of Dave from youngster to his senior years allowed many to reflect on
their experiences and good times we all enjoyed throughout his life. On
behalf of our club we offered our condolences to his wife Maureen and
their wider family.
Memorial Event
At
a recent Committee meeting it was agreed that our two day Dales, Moors
and
Forest event on 17 & 18 September be run in Dave's
memory, as he
designed and planned the event, under the name
Dave's Dales, Moors, and Forest tour.
Full details soon.
News
from 2021
Classic High Tea - 5
December 2021 Our annual get
together of club members and enthusiasts for a
pre-Christmas high tea at the
Royal George Hotel in Perth attracted over 30 members. From across
Scotland our members made the trip and duly followed the Covid
constraints in place. We enjoyed our meal and once again the famous
Royal George meringues, the largest, tastiest meringues on the
planet, allegedly!!
Jim
thanked everyone for coming, given the uncertainty of ever changing
restrictions. With the new variant 'Omicron' on the rise we thought a
lockdown might catch us out. Fortunately not as it turned
out. Jim
then made a special thanks to Dave Spence, who was unable to join us
due to health reasons, but is one of the club's 'stars', designing and
drafting lots of our roadbooks. In addition he designed our two virtual
events La Carrera Lockdown and the later La Carrera Pandemica, both
well attended by enthusiasts from not only the UK, but across
Europe. Full
Story and Pictures
Grand
Caledonian Tour -
25 September to 9 October
Tales of the Tour
John Stuart 1975 Alpine and
Owler 1971 model take centre stage
The crews have completed the
inaugural Grand Caledonian Tour, the club's first 'round Scotland
tour. Despite
the fuel
shortage 'panic buying', the crews arrived ready to start
their 15 day tour of
Scotland visiting the all 4
points of the compass.
The
sun broke through and the temperature rose as the crews gathered at
Dobbies Eskbank for the start of the Grand Caledonian Tour on Saturday
25 September. It is a thrill to see the famous Renault Alpine A110 at
any event, but we were treated to not one but two members
fronting up the departures, Andy Owler in his yellow 1971 model, and
John Stuart in his red 1975 version.
Clark
Quattro and Bartniczek Alfa line up to depart
Crews
gathering
Crews
gathering
Richard
Spalding in Healey 3000
Campbell
Bristol 412
The
tour visited Highland,
Lowland, mountains, glens, coasts and islands.
Fabulous scenery,
and fantastic roads.
CCHMSC
AGM - 16 September 2021 The
Annual General Meeting of the Caledonian
Classic and Historic Motor Sport Club Ltd took place on
Thursday
16
September 2021 at the Royal George Hotel, Perth. The reports
of
activities over the past year were presented. Despite the pandemic the
club had created a number of 'virtual' events which were well supported
by members entries. The financial report and accounts were also
accepted, and the election of Club Directors agreed. A
discussion
over the 2022 events calendar concluded the meeting. Latest Board of Club Directors
Full
Agenda HERE
HCC Crofterra gets of to a great start - Saturday 11 September
A wave from first car away
Some
60 plus classic, and sporting cars got safely away from Fairways
at Inverness on their two day tour of the Scottish highlands.
Full story
and pictures
Blairgowrie
Classic Car Tour:Drive it Day - Sunday 22 August
Around
80 classic and supercars assembled at Blairgowrie Golf Club
for the 2021
'Drive it Day, delayed by pandemic from April. We headed south into
Fife, along the south side of the Tay, making our way to the picnic
lunch stop in St. Andrews. From there it was west through Fife to
Kinross, Crieff, north to Aberfeldy to our finish at the Atholl Palace
hotel in Pitlochry. A great meal was followed by a raffle and auction.
The event raised £27000 for the headline charities, Bowel
Cancer UK,
and Alzheimer Scotland.
Red
Hackle Tour
- Sunday 15 August 2021 Full Story
A
dry start beckoned well for the 40 starters to the first post Covid
club event of 2021.
With each starter being Piped away by our two pipers put a spring into
all our steps.
Soon
the clouds cleared to provide a sunfilled 140 mile drive across many
little known roads across the counties of Perth and Kinross, and Angus.
Outstanding
views and tight traffic clear roads abounded as we could see the River
Tay to the south and the Grampian mountains to the north.
With
a lunch stop to catch up with fellow classic car crews and even a
stopover for an ice cream, before crossing a ford on the homeward
leg proved a real winner.
Starting
and finishing at the Black Watch museum at Balhousie Castle
in Perth proved yet again a great venue for this event.
RSAC
Three
Lochs Classic - Sunday 8 August
Twenty
starters started from the Morris Equestrian Centre at Fenwick for this
years event. The sunny start soon turned into thundery showers as the
crews headed north west. Despite this unwelcome deluge the crews
progressed into calmer weather to enjoy a drive round this amazing part
of Scotland. Full story
and pictures
Dundee Museum of
Transport Presentation 27 May 2021
Museum
manager Alexander Goodger receives cheque from Jim Paterson
Your
club CCHMSC along with a small number of club members, presented a cheque for £1000 to the
Dundee Museum of
Transport on Thursday 27 May 2021. This donation will pay for the
provision of brown tourist signs pointing to the museum from
various
places around Dundee city.
Organiser Ron Adam and club chairman Jim
Paterson met with the team at the museum in Market Street for the
presentation. A special cheque for the occasion was handed over to
museum manager Alexander Goodger. Full story and pictures
Mike
Gascoigne : 1949 - 2021Report by
Jim Paterson
Mike
Gascoigne, who has died aged 72, was involved in many aspects of
motorsport in Scotland, and at the time of his death he was still
Chairman of RSAC Motorsport Limited.
Mike (left) with Allan Dean-Lewis (MSA) receiving
award in recognition of 100 years of the RSAC.
I
was privileged to meet Mike several times at the Three Lochs Classic
events when we worked together as judges for the prizes and Concours
d'Elegance as the cars returned from their tour. Mike
was always ready to offer advice and share his views on the cars we
were judging, particularly if they were Lancia, his favourite marque. A
few light hearted comments could be thrown in for good measure, and
make me smile. Little did I know that the 2019 event would be the last
time we would meet. He will be sadly missed at the upcoming 2021 event
on Sunday 8 August.
Motorsport
Lifetime Achievement Award for Jonathan Lord
The
Board of RSAC Motorsport were delighted to hear that fellow Board
member and Secretary, Jonathan Lord is the recipient of a Lifetime
Achievement Award from Motorsport UK. This is the highest honour
bestowed by the governing body and is presented in recognition of
outstanding achievement over many years in the sport.
Jonathan
first started with the Royal Scottish Automobile Club in 1976, later
becoming Club Secretary and also Company Secretary of RSAC Motorsport
from 1989. Today he is of course well known as Clerk of the Course for
the RSAC Scottish Rally as well as various other motorsport events
across Scotland, also as a Motorsport UK Steward, Safety Delegate and
since 1997 Competitor Relations Officer on Rally GB. Behind the scenes
though he also undertakes several other motorsport roles including
handling Route Authorisations on behalf of the Scottish Government and
acting as Route Liaison Officer and Forestry Liaison Officer for
Motorsport UK. All of this on top of his busy non-motorsport interests
and commitments.
Jonathan, as
the
Scottish RLO, has provided support and guidance to our club on many
occasions, and we join the others in congratulating him on receiving
this well deserved award.
The Board offers its
congratulations to Jonathan and also congratulates the other Lifetime
Achievement Award winners and Scots, Jimmy McRae and Sir Jackie
Stewart. More information on these and other Motorsport UK awards can
be found in the March issue of Revolution
Joint winners secure the Gold trophy for the
event.
Car
3, the 1953 Jaguar C Type of Tim Hunt and Car 11, 1954 Citreon Light 15
of Neil Turner proved impossible to beat, scoring 37 points out of 40.
Well done.
Car
of the event, as chosen by the other entrants was the magnificent 1955
Mercedes Benz 230SL 'Gullwing' crewed by Giovanni and Achille Tresoldi.
A great choice for an alpine tour.
The event included international crews from Scotland, England,
Northern Ireland, France, Italy and Slovenia for this exciting drive up the
Alps. No
vaccinations required.
MOTOR
VALLEY VIRTUAL TOUR 2020 - 26 to 29 December
The Full Story
The crews reached the finish
in time to get home for New Year.
The
four days that were spent together from Saturday 26 to Tuesday
29
December took the crews to the heart of Emilia and Romagna,
in the land
of engines: the Motor Valley.
La Carrera Pandemica - 26 to 29
October: Full Story
Winners
Car No 17 1955 Lancia Aurelia Spyder (B24) Craig McGibbon
and Karsten Brown
Car No 24 1963
Shelby Competition Cobra 289 Le Mans Hardtop John Stuart
The second
CCHMSC 'virtual' tour, this time ‘La Carrera
Pandemica’
Using the same lines as the April
event with
maps and questions on the route being sent out on 4 consecutive days
and scoring based on the number of correct answers. Gold, silver and
bronze award certificates were given based on the number of points
scored. The entrants also chose their ideal
‘virtual’ classic car which would be eligible for
the
‘Car of the Event’ award.
Our
Italian friends who joined the event have written a report on their
website. Prominent is the Saltire flag. Fino alla prossima volta (Until
next time)
AGM
- Adjournment - 24 September
Following
the ever changing Covid-19 restrictions your club has taken the
decision to adjourn until further notice the AGM planned to
take
place on Thursday 24 September at 7.30pm in Royal George Hotel Perth.
This was a delayed date from the usual March / April meeting date.
With
the uncertainty of future restrictions, which currently are also
affecting the hospitality venues, reducing their capability to host
meetings with the numbers of people expected, make it
impossible
to predict a new date. As soon as the situation eases to allow us to
proceed we will announce a revised date.
We can confirm that
your club is in good shape and working hard on the 2021 calendar ,
which we hope will allow us some time out with our classics when this
pandemic is under control.
Meantime please stay safe.
Trieste Opicina Historic Virtuale
11th – 14th May 2020 Well
done to Enrico Tresoldi in achieving a 'full house' top score to win
the event in his 1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider. CCHMSC member Jim
Paterson secured the Concours d'Elegance honours with his 1936 Bugatti
Atlantic SC57. A bit like 'Coals to Newcastle'
Nine CCHMSC members joined the crews for this exciting 4 day tour,
attempting to answer a wide range of questions that had us diving for
the 'asprin' as headaches started to kick in.
A
big 'Thank You' to Club dei Venti all 'Ora for organising the event and
inviting our club members to take part.
Go West..... Tales for adventures in North
America - Bill Pollock Back
in September 2018, CCHMSC member Bill Pollock, often seen on
tours in his TR4 , headed of to the USA to take part in the Alcan 5000
with son Euan. We gave Bill some extra CCHMSC stickers to
promote
our club way out on the west coast.
Bill reminded me that the
stickers were proudly displayed, and duly noted by all the
other
entrants, organisers, and indeed everywhere they went. Bill's
overall plans did not quite go as planned, as his original car was to
be Euan's TR3, and note the CCHMSC sticker. Full Story
La
Carrera Lockdown - 13 to 16 April 2020 Story - David Spence
2020
– this was to be the year to get out and do tours –
many were planned,
kicking off with the Argyll Classic on 29th March, the HCC Spring Tour,
Drive It Day, the Red Hackle ….. etc. etc. – the
list goes on. Car all
prepped, accommodation booked, and then – a few Chinese folk
with a
cough developed into a global pandemic and suddenly – all
motorsport,
competition and tours – CANCELLED!!! So what to do?
Mags
Campbell came up with idea of a virtual tour – brilliant!,
but how
could we run it? We put our heads together and came up with a plan
– a
kind of table-top treasure hunt using maps and a route supplied by the
organisers to the participants, and questions about the route, the
places on or near the route and other little tricky tests to exercise
the grey matter of the crews. We would send out a day’s route
and
questions each day for 4 days and get the answers back on day 5 to give
them a bit of time. Awards would be in the form of a Gold, Silver or
Bronze certificate, depending on the number of points scored. The
overall winner would get a special award of something
“real”. [Full Story}
Monte
Starters brave torrential rain leaving Glasgow
The
weather omens were not with the Glasgow Monte Historique, Classique and
Heritage Run starters on Wedneday 29 January. Heavy rain, whipped up
with strong winds were a real test for the crews, some in open top cars!
You
can see them off, thanks to photographer Andy Thomlinson's great
selection of crews, at the earlier scrutineering, then at the start
The HERO Lands End to John O' Groats (Le JoG)
event entered Scotland on Monday 9 December,
to be greeted by blue skies and sunshine. Following a visit to
Kames for a test, the 70 plus crews headed to Loch Lomond Shores for
another test before their coffee / lunch stop at the Inn on Loch
Lomond. Fully Refreshed they headed over Glen Douglas to Loch Long,
Arrochar, and the Rest and be Thankful, for a regularity up the
hillclimb. We met them there with a host of CCHMSC members turning out
to wave them on their way northward to Killin, Kyle of Lochalsh and up
to John O' Groats.
Over 50 members turned out for the end of year high tea at the Royal
George
Hotel in Perth on the afternoon of Sunday 1st December. The traditional
Scottish High Tea of a main meal was followed by scones, cakes and the
biggest meringues on the planert, all made in house by the resident
baker.
Before tucking in to our meal we saw a video roundup of the
2019 events that members and the club had been involved in, followed by
the sneak peek at our 2020 calendar
Saltire
Classic Rally 2019
The winners in action, Andy Beaumont / Bob Hargreaves making a welcome
return with the Sunbeam Rapier to the Saltire Classic. 16
tests through forests, across farm tracks and over different terrains
with 4 regulaties thrown in to keep the navigators in their toes. More on Facebook Saltire Rally Club
Jim
Clark Rally - 8 & 9 November 2019 Anticipation of the event
running back on on closed roads was rewarded with excitement and
surprises as the event returned to Duns and the surrounding 11
closed road
stages of Abbey St. Bathans, Lanington Fogo and Blackadder. The
leader board told only part of the story. Read how it all unfolded at
John Fife's blog. As he says it was 'pure magic'
The
morning grey skies melted as we set off from Lanark Heritage Village
south toward Dumfries and Galloway. We welcomed additional starters who
turned up on the day. A great selection of classic cars were joined by
a few more modern classics. Our 145 mile run called in at Dumfries
House to enjoy a light lunch. From there we travelled the roads across
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway, and the Scottish Borders to reach our
destination at Blyth Bridge.
Full Story
Maserati International Tour at the Rest and
be Thankful - 21 Sep
CCHMSC
members turned out to Marshal at the Rest and be Thankful hillclimb in
Argyll
supporting members of the Maserati Club on their International Tour on
Saturday 21 September. Over 120 Maserati’s from across the
world, one crew from Australia, was a rare sight to see, especially
under a clear blue sky bathed in bright sunshine. Full Story
RSAC
Three Lochs Classic - 18 August
Around
sixty cars turned out at the Morris Equestrian Centre near Fenwick for
the annual RSAC Three Lochs Classic.
This year the
route took the crews east and south towards Nithsdale, where the
organisers had again managed to find three lochs to maintain the name
of the event.
As
in past years there was a choice of a short route of around 40
miles suitable for cars in the
Veteran Class, and a long route of
around 70 miles for everyone else.
CCHMSC visit M-Sport - 16
August The
weekend started on Friday 16 with a visit by around thirty CCHMSC
members to
M-Sport to see how they build WRC winning cars, at their Dovenby Hall
workshops in Cockermouth.
We
were privileged to see not only the history of the Malcolm Wilson led
facility, bringing back memories of the sixties and seventies, but also
see current WRC and Bentley GT3 R&D, manufacturing, car
build,and
preparation happening in front of our eyes. Full Story
Grass
Gymkhana - 4 August
The
forecast was thunder storms, but the grey skies quickly turned to blue,
with the sun pushing through, as we started our fun in the sun at
Rumbling Bridge near Kinross. Some new tests gave regulars a chance to
try out new maneuvers. The
overnight rain made the grass nice and slippy so a few 180 and 360
turns were to be expected. Full
Story
Hills
Dales and Passes - 8 & 9 June
19
starters arrived on a damp, cloud covered morning at the Gretna Gateway
Outlet Village for the start of our two day adventure across the Hills,
Dales and Lakeland Passes. Our crews soon met challenges due to the
heavy Friday / Saturday overnight rain. Standing water in hidden dips,
and swollen fords were just some of the features on
route. Sunday
however brought bright sunshine and the soft tops were folded down for
another challenging drive with 1 in 3 climbs over the passes making for
some interesting driving.
Over
twenty starters arrived at Balhousie Castle Perth, home of the Black
Watch Regiment museum, for the start of the 2019 Red Hackle Tour, on
Sunday 5 May. The bitter cold mornings of previous days soon warmed up
as the sunshine broke through the clouds. A route that took in some
spectacular countryside with amazing views around Angus, Perthshire and
Fife delighted the crews. A visit to the birthplace of racing ace Jim
Clark at Kilmany to see the monument erected in his name, continued the
'Jim Clark' theme of the Border Reivers event. Full strory and pictures
Highland Car Club Spring
Tour - 13 April 2019
30
crews gathered under clear but chilly blue skies for Highland Car
Club’s annual Spring Tour. Among them were CCHMSC members
Donald and
Mags Campbell with their venerable 1955 Sunbeam Mk3, Roddie and Sylvia
Main in their 1995 Mercedes SL320 and Dave and Maureen Spence in the
modern Renault Megane, their classic car not quite tour ready yet. Full
Story
Border
Reivers - 7 April
A
full line-up of forty classics turned out at Eddleston for the start of
the 2019 opening event in the club calendar. Though the skies were
heavy, as the scots would say 'dreich', it did nothing to spoil the
terrific route club members Ranald Bruce, and Louise Wall put together.
Taking us over great Scottish border country roads we called in at
the famous cashmere manufacturers Johnstons of Elgin Hawick
Mill for lunch. The afternoon surprise took us to a location
to
see some famous motorsport cars rarely available to
view.
Our tour took place on the 51st anniversary of Jim Clarks untimely
death at Hockenheim in 1968, and the club laid a wreath at his grave in
Chirnside, before heading to our final destination at Gifford for a
welcome meal.
High
Tea - Sunday 2 December Over
40 members turned out for the end of year bash at the Royal George
Hotel in Perth on the afternoon of Sunday 2nd December. The traditional
Scottish High Tea of a main meal was followed by scones, cakes and the
biggest meringues on the planert, all made in house by the resident
baker.
Before tucking in to our meal we saw a video roundup of the
2018 events that members and the club had been involved in, followed by
the sneak peek at our 2019 events calendar. Full story
Classic Vehicle Private
Viewing - 18 November The
club visit to the classic car viewing at Perth Airport, arranged by the
Rotary Club of Blairgowrie attracted over 200 members from CCHMSC and
other car clubs across Scotland.
Over 200 classic cars, many with
provenance were on display. Included in the visit was a visit to
the Aero
Club with 90 aircraft, many historic on display, some flying when we
visited. Finally we saw the Air Service Training hangar, where they
teach students from across the world how to repair
aircraft engines, both piston and jet turbines. Full StoryFull Details
It
is with deep regret that the club are forced to cancel the Gey
Foxy Rally, on 4 November due to lack of entries. With an entry
list in low single figures we cannot commit to the major
expenditure now required to run the event.
The number of
established Historic and Targa events at this time in the calendar may
have made our new event less attractive, though the team has worked
tirelessly for months to create and advertise an
exciting route,
tests and regularities to entice competitors.
Apologies to
those few who did enter, and the marshals who were willing to give up
their time voluntarily to help. However if very few want to
enter
then we are sadly left with this decision to cancel.
Over
30 crews arrived at the New Lanark Mills World Heritage Site for the
start of the 2018 Clyde Valley Rally on Sunday 30 September. A
challenging route led the crews to the lunch stop at the majestic
Drumlanrig Castle where we lined up in front of the castle and were
joined by a group of Belgian bikers, also on tour. Our second leg took
us over the hills offering some amazing views as the autumn sunshine
bathed the landscape. Full Story
RSAC Three
Lochs Classic - 19 August The
RSAC Three Lochs Classic headed for new territory for the 2018 event.
Over 50 classic and sporting cars lined up at the Morris
Equestrian Centre, just north of Kilmarnock, to challenge the all new
big and wee routes, each taking in 3 new lochs. Veteran, vintage,
classic and sporting cars drove either the big 75 mile route, or the 60
mile wee route. The overcast skies melted to let the sun shine down on
the crews as they set off on their run. Full story and photos
Grass
Gymkhana
- 5 August 2018
A
great day greeted the cars and crews for the second running of our
Gymkhana at Rumbling Bridge on Sunday 5 August. With a good
selection
of classic and sporting cars the crews took turns to test their skills
on a series of challenging tests that often looked easier than they
were.
Arctic
Adventure - 10 to 31 May 2018 The Full
Story During
a casual conversation last winter a plan was hatched that would see
three cars and six CCHMSC members take on a memorable trip beyond the
Arctic Circle.
Dave and Maureen Spence, Donald and Margaret
Campbell and Ranald Bruce and Louise Wall made their way to Tananger,
near Stavanger, Norway to start their journey on Thursday 10th May 2018.
Dave
had excelled himself as usual by producing an excellent route book and
maps which were loosely based on a road trip he had done in the
‘70s
and two scout trips some years before.
We were not to be disappointed as you will see in the
Fifteen cars left the Green
Welly Café at Tyndrum around 9.30 a.m. on a bright but cold
morning.The
route headed north up Glen Coe where the scenery was spectacular, with
some low clouds and snow caps adding to the beauty. A detour
into
Glencoe village, then Fort William. We continued
north
heading for Mallaig with amazing scenery.
Perthshire Classic Car Festival
- Saturday 21
April
Perth
City and Scone Palace bathed in unbroken sunshine and blue skies to
welcome the thousands of visitors to the Perthshire Classic Car
Festival on Saturday 21 April.
The Parade cars arrived at
Scone Palace to be 'dressed; with their rally plates and other
documentation, before driving down to Tay Street in Perth to line up
along the side of the River Tay. Full Story
Perthshire Classic Car Festival - 21
April
The Press Launch on Tuesday 6 at Scone Palace featured in STV news,
Courier, Daily
Record, Scotsman and
other motoring journals. The Rotary
Club of Blairgowrie are
organising the first Perthshire Classic Car
Festival which will take place on Saturday 21st April 2018.
The
Festival is raising funds for, Cancer Research UK, Alzheimer
Scotland and The Rotary
Foundation. Read the full Press Release
* Not run on an MSA permit.
Supported by Rotary International.
Tour of the Wall - 25 March 2018 A
sunny if rather chilly morning greeted around 30 starters for this
first event of the CCHMSSC season, which took us over the byways
through the Scottish Borders, before crossing over into England. After
a lunch stop we headed along the route of Hadrian's Wall allowing time
to visit some of the Roman forts and exhibitions on the way. Soft tops
were down under blue skies and sunshine. A great way
to start the year.
High
Tea
- 3 December Our
annual end of the year get together attracted over 40
members at The Royal George Hotel in Perth.
Travelling from across Scotland we all enjoyed a traditional Scottish
High Tea and chat about our year of
classic motoring. After a few light refreshments we watched the video review of
the past year, a now regular feature of our High Teas, reminding many of
their escapades on previous events. A great meal was enjoyed by all,
with much chat about our experiences.
Club
president Jim Paterson introduced Colin Stewart of the Rotary Club of Blairgowrie, organising the 2018
Blairgowrie
Drive it Day event on 22nd April*, raising funds for several charities.
Colin reported that the entry list was almost full. It
is even closer to being full, after many members went on line
immediately to
secure their places. Secure yours now here:- blairgowrieclassiccartour.co.uk/entry-form/
* Not run on an MSA
permit. Supported by Rotary International.
HCC
Crofterra Pandemonia
- 9 & 10 Sept Fantastic
weekend over many roads not driven on this event before. Almost 400
miles centred around the Moness Resort at Aberfeldy. A wide selection
of classic and sporting cars, coupled with more than a few challenging
events, made this one to remember.
Balmaha,
on the shores of Loch Lomond, welcomed 60 starters for the 2017 Three
Lochs Classic on Sunday 20th August. The
inbound hurricane Gert was thankfully delayed over the Atlantic making
it a dry if at times cool run across the roads of the Trossachs. With a
shorter 'wee' run of 58 miles for the veteran class, and 75 miles for
the rest, this year featured two lochs and a lake. The Automotive
University of Rhu once again provided degrees for those entering the
light hearted 'examinations', and a Concours d'Elegance completed the
day. Full Story
Grass
Gymkhana - 6 August. Rumbling Bridge Kinross
With
a collection of cars spanning almost a 100 years, members of the club
met
in a grass field at Rumbling Bridge near Kinross. Member George Shand
had put together a series of fun Gymkhana activities to test our
driving and navigational skills. From judging a gap to drive through,
climbing a twisting hill track, to driving a complex course blindfold,
and more. There was fun under the sun for everyone. Full Story
Sunday Worship
- 9 July The Sunday worship at Waitrose Milngavie on Sunday
July 9th was joined by members of the Glasgow Vintage
Vehicle Trust (www.gvvt.org) with 3 of their
historic vehicles. A great breakfast meeting.
Sunday Worship
- 4 June
A wide selection of classic
metal turned up for Classic
Car Tours 'Sunday
Worship” breakfast meeting
on Sunday June 4th 2017
at Waitrose Milngavie.
The event was primarily for local owners of classic, sports, prestige
and
performance cars who would like to meet with other owners, have some
breakfast and share stories and talk about their cars. Those who wish
to travel from further afield are also most welcome to join us.
Checkout Andy Thomlinson selection of photos from the day
Blue
skies and sunshine welcomed the crews at Bahousie Castle in
Perth
for the start of the Red Hackle Tour. Balhousie Castle is home to the
Black Watch museum and formed a stunning backdrop for our departure.
Crossing
many new and unknown roads in Pethshire and Angus, passing over peaks
and through glens, the magnificent scenery made this a day to
remember. Full Story
Argyll
Classic - 26 March
Over
30
entries gathered under unbroken sunshine at Lomond Shores on Sunday 26
March to start the 160 mile tour of 'Argylls Secret Coast'. Our first
visit took us to the iconic Rest and be Thankful hillclimb
where
Diane and Stephen Kinghorn provided a warm welcome to all the crews.
The route continued under ever warming sun filled skies across little
used roads along the secret coast, with amazing views and spectacular
scenery. Full Story
Monte Historiques arrive at Monaco
finish
A Job
well done - great
teamwork from Andy Thomlinson and Jim 'Wizard' Wilson and
Anhangá
The
Paisley starters have completed the 14 regularities with Volvo Amazon
'Anhangá' driven by club members Andy Thomlinson and Jim
'Wizard' Wilson reaching the finish without putting a spanner
anywhere
near her, reported Jim. Taking 260th position on their first
time out is amazing.
Members
Ranald White and Karsten Brown in the
Rover P6 had an equally successful event, securing highest place of the
group at 169th. Chasing the Rover were members John Roberts and Oliver
Tomlins in the Fiat 124 Coupe in 210th place. Gordon and David Glen
secured 224th in their Opel Kadett, despite a dodgy exhaust valve
problem from early on. David Glen and Andy Sturgess in their
Escort Mk11 RS2000, were right behind Anhangá at 264th.
First
off the blocks for the 2017 Monte Carlo Historique were Gordon Glen
driver, with son David in the co-driver seat. Here Andy Thomlinson
joined them at the Paisley start for a quick photo opportunity, and the
full 'thumbs up' After the crowd at Paisley waved them off
over
the ramp, they headed south to Monaco. The Historique and Classique
crews arrived at the first overnight stop and passage control at Barnby
Moor, some in the small hours of Thursday morning. After catching a few
winks of sleep they are off again to Dover and over the channel to
Calais. Spectators at Paisley were entertained by fireworks and smoke
streams as each of the cars departed over the ramp. Some 40 Heritage
cars followed on their way to local destinations, Stirling, Dumfries,
and Balmaha. Four classics even arrived on a Heritage run from John O'
Groats. Entry List
Anhangá
- 2017 Monte Carlo Historique Volvo Amazon spotted
at
secret location.
Andy
Thomlinson brought his freshly prepared Volvo Amazon, affectionately
known as 'Anhangá (an Amazonian spirit that often
protects
animals, especially the females and young ones, and tends to appear as
a white deer with red eyes), to a secret location, as part of final
testing.
Together
with Jim Wilson, who not only will be Co-Driver to Andy, but also built
this magnificent machine, they tested the car on a snow and ice covered
surface. See the car perform in controlled slides on this short video
clip.
Alan
Duncan and friends took to the highlands for his 10th anniversary run
to Glencoe, except this time he kept going to Kinlochleven. Read his
story, and checkout his photos. Plus a great video from the Rust2Rome
crew in the heavily modified Jaguar XJS. A real treat Full Story and Pictures
Rally of the
Borders - 2 October Twenty
three crews in a wide range of classics started the second
running
of Rally of the Borders on Sunday 2nd October
from the New
Lanark World Heritage Village. The sun cut through the early morning
mist as they headed south east on their 140 mile tour across
the border country roads. A refreshment stop
at Lockerbie,
gave cars and crews a breather, before the second stage headed
north to the finish at Netherurd House for a snack, tall
tales,
and awards. Full
story
Crofterra
Pandemonia
- 3 & 4 September
Amazing
weekend for the Highland Car Club Crofterra, covering some 450 miles
across the great
roads of northern Scotland. Starting at Fairways Inverness the
route
headed north west over many single track roads under brilliant
sunshine, offering spectacular views. Reaching Durness, within shouting
distance of Cape Wrath, the most north westerly point of the
UK we
hugged the rugged west coast down to Ullapool to overnight. Sunday had
yet more in store. Full
Story and pictures
Three
Lochs Classic - 6 August
Great
day
on the Three Lochs Classic, at the new Balmaha venue on the side of
Loch Lomond. Over 30 cars, some dating from 1911, enjoyed up to 60 mile
trip round the Trossachs. Weather stayed bright and sunny until all got
back for prizes, so soft tops down all the way. Full Story
Sunday Worship - 3 July A selection of fine classic metal turned out to
join the congregation at Waitrose in Milngavie for 'Sunday Worship'
organised by Bill Telford of Classic Car Tours. Andy Thomlinson was
there to capture the cars as they lined up for the visitors to view.
See Andy's photo selection at
Richard and Yvonne Bartniczek in
Alfa Spider chase Dave Spence and Roddie Main
in
the 'Big Bopper', 5 litre V8 Capri. Photo Kenny Cocker
Twentythree
crews made the start of this first trip for the club this year
into the Cairngorm
National Park for the Tour of the Grampians. Blue skies and sunshine
welcomed the starters to the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, which
continued with only a short light shower as we approached Grantown on
Spey for our lunch stop.
The 170 mile route covered a mix of tight twisty, and fast flowing
roads across the tops and through the glens. Full Story
blue
skies of Monte Carlo ahead
Wet Wet
Wet at Paisley - 26 January 2016
The weather, not
the group!
The
rain poured down and the wind howled around Paisley Abbey, but three of
the stalwart crews turned out with their steeds for the press
photo shoot at 0900 on Tuesday 26th. It takes more than a
spot of
rain to stop these guys. Jim Meggat, John Lomax and Ranald White hang
on to the sign,before it flies over the abbey roof.
[Full Story]
News
from 2015
Rally
of the Borders - 18 October
Great
day for the 15 crews on Rally of the Borders. Early morning mist burned
back to glorious sunshine as we left the New Lanark Heritage village on
our 140 mile tour over little used roads many crews had never driven
before, and treating them to some fantastic views. Full Story
August
Amble
- 23 August
Did
we catch the sunshine window for the rally. Did we just! The 37 entries
lined up at Clattrin' Brig under blue skies and enjoyed a 130 mile
drive round some of the lesser known roads of Angus and Perthshire
visiting new
locations, while under those same blue skies. 20 Degrees in Scotland is
summer. Believe me! [Full
story]
RSAC Three
Lochs Classic - 8 August
The
sun shone down on the 65 starters at the Royal Northern and
Clyde Yacht Club at Rhu, as they set off on their run to the Rest and
be Thankful. With a short route of some 45
miles for cars in the Veteran class and 90 miles for
everybody else, all looked well. Events unfolded to make it a very
different and interesting day. Full
story and
pictures
Classic
AutoSports BBQ - 11 July
Jaguars
here, Jaguars there, everywhere classic Jaguars. Well of course it has
to be BBQ time at Dave Barnetts workshops, where a warm
welcome,
and a feast always awaits. Not just to eat but a feast for the eyes
when customers classics join not only Jaguars being restored or fettled
but many other great makes. All under the summer sunshine. This year
is the best yet. [Full
Story]
Drive the Mille Miglia - New Video
Motoring
journalist and XCar editor Alex Goy and Ben Cussons drove Bens' C type
PUG 676,
which was affectionaly called just PUG, on the 2015 Mille Miglia 14 to
17
May.
New
video of their trip is now online. Alex narrates you through the four
days, with lane splitting a technique I must master. Over 23
minutes driving across some great Italian roads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb0ComKmPZU&app=desktop
Alex and Ben practiced
in the same C Type on the Scottish Mini Miglia 29 April, which
you can see here. youtube.com/watch?v=QkUUJ3AH0W0&feature=youtu.be&a=
David Glen in Triumph Dolomite
lights up the road
The
Monte Start - 28 January
The
big occasion was welcomed with snow showers during the day and again as
the cars started their departures to Monte, Reims, Borders and Loch.
Paisley provost Anne Hall flagged off the starters, including event
organiser and club members Douglas and June Anderson in their Austin
Healey Sprite as Car Zero. Whiteout conditions on
the pass
over the hills to the Loch added to the 'Monte' feel . [Full story]
News
from 2014
Club
Triumph RBRR - 3 to 5 October
Some
106 starters departed
The Plough at Enfield at 1830 on Friday 3rd October for the 24th
running of the Round Britain Reliability Run, possibly one of the
longest endurance events across the UK organised by a Motorsport Club.
I met them at the Stirling Control on Saturday afternoon, on there way
back south from John O' Groats [full
story].
Glamis Extravaganza - 12
& 13 July
The
threatened rain front had passed over during the night and the sun was
breaking through to make it a great day on Sunday 13th for the Glamis
event. The 20 classics displayed on the joint CCHMSC and Saltire Club
stand won 'Best Car Club Stand' as well, hence our Mexican wave
!
[Full story and pictures]
Yellow
lineup
Through
the looking glass
Bridge
of Allan Show - 18 May
CCHMSC
member Alan Duncan joined crews from Capri Club Scotland,
classic
Mini , Ford, Jaguar and Riley owners, at the Bridge of Allan show which
attracted large crowds under the warm sunshine. You can see Alan's
photos of the day HERE
Paisley cheer
Monte Carlo starters - 23 January
The
people of Paisley
and Glasgow braved the tumbling temperatures to cheer the 70 starters
of the 2014 Monte Carlo Historique and Heritage Runs on Thursday 23rd
January from the front of Paisley Abbey. Paddy Hopkirk raised the flag
for each of the cars on the start ramp, with Rosemary Smith driving the
first car away, a Hillman Imp of course, Full supporting
entertainment with Radio Clyde and running commentary kept the crowd up
to date. [more]
News
from 2013
Glencoe Run -
Sunday 13 October
A
great sunny day for Kirkintilloch and District Classic Vehicle
Club's Glencoe Run, which attracted around 100 cars
from a selection of classics from
across Scotland and beyond. Departing from Stirling the route headed
north stopping at the favourite 'Green Welly' in Tyndrum for lunch.
Continued up
the A82 for a photo shoot at the top of Loch Tulla, see
above, before
arriving at the final destination at Glen Coe’s
King’s House Hotel.
Culzean
Autoclassica - 23 & 24 August
Culzean
Castle &
Country Park, Maybole, South Ayrshire A great
selection of
competitors and cars arrived at Scotland's largest show of Classic cars
to display their skills at historic tests for the entertainment of the
crowds. Tests at Turnberry and Kames in addition to those in the castle
grounds, plus an overnight navigational section, kept all the crews on
their toes. The Culzean Autoclassica Cup went to Andy Murdoch and David
Noble in their '74 Cooper S. The Trophy went to Irish duo Bryan Mutch
an Ken McEntee in a BMW 2002, whilst the Shield was won by
borderers Archie Simmonds and William Thomson in Archies' MG Midget. [more]
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Our
opener for the season and tribute tour to the Black Watch. This
favourite in the calendar started
and finished at the Black Watch Museum Perth. Our route took us north east into Angus. 
Great turnout for our annual
Christmas Classic High Tea, despite the heavens opening during the
event. 
Once again held at The Royal
George Hotel in
Perth, including their award winning Meringues, which never cease to
amaze. 
Eleven
mambers of the club met up at Dovenby Hall near Cockermouth for out
tour of the M-Sport facility. Our tour guide Roger Fisher took us round
the factory, building rally cars for M-Sport, Ford, privateers
and
others, competing around the globe from club to WRC level. 
Our final event
to finish the touring season was to follow the footsteps of
Roman
Centurions as they crossed into 'Caledonia' 2000 years ago. Their
presence and routes across the land are scattered across the borders
and our tour will take us along some of these 'streets', passing forts
and other camps. 
The
route explored some new roads across the region, covering
approximately 120 miles of interesting and scenic roads, with a good
mix of fast and twisting sections. There were a number of
suggested points of Interest on the route, including the
opportunity to enjoy a a 1 hour cruise on board Steamship Sir Walter
Scott, or a 45-minute cruise aboard the Lady of the Lake, on Loch
Katrine in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park enjoying the
dramatic Scottish Highlands scenery.
A
sun soaked day for this annual event, to which Rona and I joined to
assist with signing on and Concours d'Elegance judging. Offering the
option of a long, 100 mile route and shorter 'sortie' for the elderly
vehicles allowed time to see the exciting coutryside north of Glasgow. 
As
part of SAMSC sustainability strategy, we want to encourage Clubs to
take any opportunity to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink, Refuse, and
Repair. 
You may by now have been wondering when
registration is opening for the Perthshire Classic Car Tour.
A
After
nearly a decade hosted at the Riverside Museum of Transport in Glasgow,
the time came for “The Old Girl” to move to a new
home.
north
into the Scottish highlands. Though we experienced a few heavy showers
most of the soft tops managed to keep tops down most of the time.
Our
return trip took us through the pass of Condie and the model village of
Forteviot to arrive back at Balhousie castle for our finishers meal. A
great day out under sunny skies meeting old friends, and making many
new. 
It
is with much sadness we report that Dave Spence,
Crofterra
organiser & the Master of the amazing route books,
passed
away on Tuesday morning 1st February, following a long illness. 
Our annual get
together of club members and enthusiasts for a
pre-Christmas high tea at the
Royal George Hotel in Perth attracted over 30 members. From across
Scotland our members made the trip and duly followed the Covid
constraints in place. We enjoyed our meal and once again the famous
Royal George meringues, the largest, tastiest meringues on the
planet, allegedly!! 
A
dry start beckoned well for the 40 starters to the first post Covid
club event of 2021. 
Outstanding
views and tight traffic clear roads abounded as we could see the River
Tay to the south and the Grampian mountains to the north. 
Starting
and finishing at the Black Watch museum at Balhousie Castle
in Perth proved yet again a great venue for this event. 
Mike
was always ready to offer advice and share his views on the cars we
were judging, particularly if they were Lancia, his favourite marque. A
few light hearted comments could be thrown in for good measure, and
make me smile. Little did I know that the 2019 event would be the last
time we would meet. He will be sadly missed at the upcoming 2021 event
on Sunday 8 August.
Jonathan
first started with the Royal Scottish Automobile Club in 1976, later
becoming Club Secretary and also Company Secretary of RSAC Motorsport
from 1989. Today he is of course well known as Clerk of the Course for
the RSAC Scottish Rally as well as various other motorsport events
across Scotland, also as a Motorsport UK Steward, Safety Delegate and
since 1997 Competitor Relations Officer on Rally GB. Behind the scenes
though he also undertakes several other motorsport roles including
handling Route Authorisations on behalf of the Scottish Government and
acting as Route Liaison Officer and Forestry Liaison Officer for
Motorsport UK. All of this on top of his busy non-motorsport interests
and commitments.
Car
of the event, as chosen by the other entrants was the magnificent 1955
Mercedes Benz 230SL 'Gullwing' crewed by Giovanni and Achille Tresoldi.
A great choice for an alpine tour.
AGM
- Adjournment - 24 September
Well
done to Enrico Tresoldi in achieving a 'full house' top score to win
the event in his 1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider. CCHMSC member Jim
Paterson secured the Concours d'Elegance honours with his 1936 Bugatti
Atlantic SC57. A bit like 'Coals to Newcastle'
Back
in September 2018, CCHMSC member Bill Pollock, often seen on
tours in his TR4 , headed of to the USA to take part in the Alcan 5000
with son Euan. We gave Bill some extra CCHMSC stickers to
promote
our club way out on the west coast. 
Saltire
Classic Rally 2019
Anticipation of the event
running back on on closed roads was rewarded with excitement and
surprises as the event returned to Duns and the surrounding 11
closed road
stages of Abbey St. Bathans, Lanington Fogo and Blackadder. The
leader board told only part of the story. Read how it all unfolded at
John Fife's blog. As he says it was 'pure magic' 
The
weekend started on Friday 16 with a visit by around thirty CCHMSC
members to
M-Sport to see how they build WRC winning cars, at their Dovenby Hall
workshops in Cockermouth.
Over
30 crews arrived at the New Lanark Mills World Heritage Site for the
start of the 2018 Clyde Valley Rally on Sunday 30 September. A
challenging route led the crews to the lunch stop at the majestic
Drumlanrig Castle where we lined up in front of the castle and were
joined by a group of Belgian bikers, also on tour. Our second leg took
us over the hills offering some amazing views as the autumn sunshine
bathed the landscape. 
at Rumbling Bridge on Sunday 5 August. With a good
selection
of classic and sporting cars the crews took turns to test their skills
on a series of challenging tests that often looked easier than they
were. 
During
a casual conversation last winter a plan was hatched that would see
three cars and six CCHMSC members take on a memorable trip beyond the
Arctic Circle.
Perth
City and Scone Palace bathed in unbroken sunshine and blue skies to
welcome the thousands of visitors to the Perthshire Classic Car
Festival on Saturday 21 April. 
Record, Scotsman and
other motoring journals. The Rotary
Club of Blairgowrie are
organising the first Perthshire Classic Car
Festival which will take place on Saturday 21st April 2018.
The
Festival is raising funds for, Cancer Research UK, Alzheimer
Scotland and The Rotary
Foundation. 
A great
selection of
competitors and cars arrived at Scotland's largest show of Classic cars
to display their skills at historic tests for the entertainment of the
crowds. Tests at Turnberry and Kames in addition to those in the castle
grounds, plus an overnight navigational section, kept all the crews on
their toes. The Culzean Autoclassica Cup went to Andy Murdoch and David
Noble in their '74 Cooper S. The Trophy went to Irish duo Bryan Mutch
an Ken McEntee in a BMW 2002, whilst the Shield was won by
borderers Archie Simmonds and William Thomson in Archies' MG Midget. [
