| 2007
REGISTER RALLY - THE SHROPSHIRE SAUNTER
Participants on the
Standard Register Rally, (well, most of them), outside the Old Rectory
Hotel
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This year's event was
centred on the village of Wem, north of Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Owners of pre 1931 cars began arriving on Thursday afternoon and by
dinnertime 11 participants were gathered for Dinner.
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| Arthur Paddock's
Big 9 was a new visitor |
The Model S Rhyl
belonging to Geoff Downing |
Ray Martin's two
seater on the 9 chassis |
David and Harry
Groom's Gordon England Tourer |
Len Barr, the organiser, had
reserved rooms in the Old Rectory Hotel, a recently refurbished Country
House Hotel in the village of Wem, a village in rural Shropshire
| Thursday was a leisure
day, I first spent an hour cleaning out the carburettor on the SLS
to try to lower the tickover speed, but on reassembly, it was
ticking over almost as fast. Does anyone have any suggestions
about what might be wrong? Lynda and I then checked out one or two
venues in the Shropshire area, looking for a suitable venue for
the 2008 International Rally. By the time we returned to Wem,
almost all of the other participants had arrived and took part in
the first formal dinner of the event.
Len welcomed newcomers to
the rally, including Alfred Breth, who was attending from Vienna, Austria, where
he is attempting the restoration of the a Standard Model V2. This
is the only known survivor of a production run of 1000 and I
hope to feature it's restoration shortly on
this website.
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Welcome Speech
from Len Barr |
Saturday was the main day,
which consisted of a roadrun for all the cars through rural lanes in
Shropshire, then over the Dee into Wales. Blessed by glorious sunshine all
the way, the cars and their owners enjoyed quiet lanes and byways.
avoiding all A-roads and traffic congestion. The lunch stop was at the
"Cross Lanes Hotel" familiar to Lynda and I as a regular
watering hole on the late lamented Llangollen Rally. In the afternoon we
visited the National Trust property at Erdigg. Whilst the majority of the
participants toured the house, I was supervising my team of mechanics who
had decided that the contact breakers on the SLS's magneto needed
adjustment. That must have done the trick, as the car started easier after
that. The weather continued to favour us as we made the run back
into England to enjoy our last evening at Wem.
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| Guy and Suzie
Singleton's Teignmouth
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John and Kate
Condor's SLS
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Paul Newsome
brought Robert Browett and the Charlecote SLO4
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Stan and Christine
Gilford's Stratford
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| The Webmaster's SLS |
The Model S Rhyl
belonging to Barry Weatherhead |
Len Barr's Model
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Michael Hilditch's
Model SLO |
Dinner on Saturday was
attended by all the participants. Short speeches were followed by a
prizegiving, then gifts for all the participants - all of whom, our
SLS included, had completed the course!
Sunday was an equally
agreeable day. After breakfast, a second shorter roadrun had
been arranged to Hawksmoor
Park Follies. The cars were all parked in the "Grand Valley"
whilst the occupants were able to stroll around the collection of Follies.
Unlike so much of the summer so far, we were able to enjoy the roofs down
in bright sunshine. The return trip to the Old Rectory followed, goodbye
to our friends and then load the trailer for the long haul back down the
motorway.
This Standard Stratford
could just have delivered its party of guests for a Country weekend
Many thanks from all the
participants, to Len for the organisation and roadruns, and everyone else
that made the long weekend so enjoyable. We also owe a vote of thanks to
John Blanckley, who, without his own car, was able to provide tail-end
Charlie duties to all the others.
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