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It all began in 1997 when my son Oliver was 14 and his first girlfriend had jilted him. Feeling sorry for him I went into [read more…]

Southern Alfa Day, well what an event! It was carefully inserted between an easing of lockdown, risk aversion and the upcoming second wave of COVID-19. [read more…]

Sometimes the best decisions are those that are made quickly. Whilst we were easing out of lockdown between the first and second waves of the [read more…]

We have covered and attended the Bonnets and Wings Show before in the following articles: https://www.arockes.org.uk/bonnets-wings-1st-sept-2019/and https://www.arockes.org.uk/bonnets-and-wings-show-at-the-battle-of-britain-memorial-2-sept-2018/ . Both of these articles cover the location [read more…]

The Grand Old Timer Rally is one of those late season gatherings that we all try to get to as Michael Stainer, the organiser and [read more…]

Last year at “Sandwich Goes Italian” the event was literally “rammed!” with events, Italian vehicles of every description, Italian food stalls, wine, Italian restaurants, fantastic [read more…]

I must have to admit that I’d had a bit of a “Mare” of a week in between Festival Italia and the Historic Masters a [read more…]

It was a bit touch and go whether Festival Italia would go ahead at Brands Hatch this year and as it turned out was a [read more…]

Never in my life have I lived and worked through a pandemic. I have read about them and taken in the horror that was the [read more…]

Pevensey Bay lies both behind and on a vast shingle beach that stretches as far as the eye can see in either direction. Although the [read more…]

In January and February most years most car enthusiasts will book up and pay for the upcoming year’s shows and events. This year as usual [read more…]

Covid-19 update. 17th March 2020. Hi All, So far early into this epidemic I urge you to check regularly on this website and on our [read more…]

A record turn out this year with about 10% of the section attending and that made for 26-30 people. It was good to see you [read more…]

Castle Combe Circuit – 5th October 2019 – By Graham Duplock. Many members who show their cars through the summer will know I have our [read more…]

Tenterden Pistons & Paws 15th Sept 2019. I don’t know what it is but September seems to bring every Spitfire that can fly out to [read more…]

There are two things in September that give end-of-season character to a classic car show and that is early morning long shadows and intense sunshine [read more…]

Drive out events are really quite popular as there is the chance to meet up, socialise and do some driving along scenic routes to a [read more…]

The Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne is a spectacular location in sunny weather. Even when the mist is swirling around the base of the [read more…]

No show season in the South East would be complete without attendance at one of the best later shows in the classic car show series, [read more…]

Well what a sensory experience this event was with the Italian markets, local niche shops and the AROCKES car display. I have never been to [read more…]

Festival Italia has been a firm favourite of AROCKES for the last four years since the events conception and regularly MSV has granted fifty free [read more…]

The Rye Country show, in East Sussex, has always been a good favourite of AROCKES for the last four or so years. This is a [read more…]

Herne Bay Classic Music and Motors is the last in the summer series by Chris West who has really put on a number of spectacular [read more…]

By John Third. The modern Grand Prix circuit at the ‘ring is a genuine track for enthusiasts and spectators. This is not an airfield with [read more…]

One of the most popular car shows in the South East has got to be the Whitstable edition of the Classic Music and Motors Season [read more…]

Well this weekend saw me dispatched to The Dover Transport Museum Classic Car Show and in effect this was a recce for one of next [read more…]

The closest I have ever been to this event is passing the site whenever AROCKES visits Brands Hatch. There are often other events there and [read more…]

Well temperatures are up but the weather was all over the place. This weekend saw a Met Office severe weather warning for 30 mm of [read more…]

I have never been to Crystal Palace before despite having lived in London for many years, so was quite keen to attend AROCKES outing to [read more…]

The Historic Masters has come round again without it feeling particularly summery and despite not needing thermals it was a bit chilly, unlike the BTCC [read more…]

Leeds Castle “Motors by The Moat” Report 2019. Leeds last year was good, Leeds Castle in 2019 was even better with even more classic vehicles [read more…]

Well this year certainly started off early in the season with the first event being the Arras show on the 17th of March 2019 in [read more…]

Well the 2019 season has really kicked off with a vengeance as we have already had the BTCC opener on the 7th of April 2019, [read more…]

Every year Daniel Guerin the Chairman of R.A.V.E.R.A  ( literally translated as – Rally of the Lover of Old Vehicles of the Artois Region) writes [read more…]

As a frequent adventurer on trips to Europe with an Alfa Romeo I know it can be difficult to generate much enthusiasm for the roads [read more…]

I have never been to the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-Le-Ferne but I had known about this Classic car show since the beginning of [read more…]

After the drama of Nürburgring I drove the GTV6 back across Belgium and France, collecting more cases of wine, and spending some time in the [read more…]

The first event was a trip to the Oldtimer at Nürburgring from 8th to 14th August and for me this was somewhere new because, although [read more…]

English weather being what it is, even with the uncertainties of global warming; can be quite a bit of a surprise. Mix that in with [read more…]

Having lived in Kent now for the best part of 34 years, it is not often, having raised a family here, that there are places [read more…]

Contributed by John Third Early on a Saturday morning in June the 4C was fired up and headed down the M20 bound for the Folkstone [read more…]

Contributed by Mark Fuller My admiration for Tazio Nuvolari is no secret amongst my friends. However, no true admirer of great driving could overlook the [read more…]

Contributed by by Mark Fuller Most of us have a hero. For many of us the subject of our adoration is usually fixed as a child, [read more…]

Contributed by John Third There comes a time in a motoring lifetime when the adrenalin rushes have diminished, when an arm chair feels too comfortable [read more…]

Contributed by Tim Mountford Sunday morning and it’s early. Cold and early. An incredibly muddy field dotted with sheep set in a valley between rolling [read more…]

Contributed by Doug Hodson It’s never happened to me before. You know, the moment when someone sidles up to you to say “ I used [read more…]