Past event reports and photos

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…]

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…]

Every year just after Christmas AROCKES hosts its annual dinner and this year it was at The Grand in Folkestone. As a premium venue, this [read more…]

This year MSV at Brands Hatch really pushed the boat out to the club and not only offered 50 show car places but this time [read more…]

Well it is the end of the show season, more or less, with only a couple or three shows left of 2018 before the majority [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…]

Car shows over the last few years have just been getting bigger and bigger. Whitstable for instance saw the narrowing of space between cars and [read more…]

The Brands Hatch circuit is just a couple of miles away from where the section has its monthly meetings at the Moat Public House. It’s [read more…]

Well, where do you start with the Rye Show? To be honest you could start anywhere and it would still be fantastic! There was no [read more…]

I always enjoy the drive down to Whitstable to the Chris West Car show and it’s this one that I tend to enjoy the most. [read more…]

The Darling Buds of May is a comedy drama television series, produced by Yorkshire T.V for ITV first broadcast between 7 April 1991 and 4 [read more…]

On Saturday, 16th June and for the third year in succession, the Alfa Romeo Owners of Kent and East Sussex staged a display of cars [read more…]

Well having written up the Quex recce back in May for the preparation of this event, I thought I had better act on my own [read more…]

Coming into the club 2 years ago and not realising the history or personalities within AROCKES, it really felt like a bit of a re-union [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…]

A selection of photos from a very well attended and enjoyable day at Leeds Castle on Sunday 13 May 2018 ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]

This is the first Classic car and country show that the Lions has organised. They obviously have had some experience as marshals were well briefed, [read more…]

There are a number of things I consider essential for an enjoyable trip out on an August Saturday. Firstly, a nice drive of at least [read more…]

Post Christmas Dinner, AGM, Bowling     Sunday 29th May:-  Brands Hatch Historic     Sunday 12th June:-  Wrotham Steam & Transport.     Saturday 25th June:-  Allhallows [read more…]

On a perfect spring morning on the 21st May 1927 10,000 people turned up to the inaugural race meeting at Crystal Palace Park. Organised by [read more…]