Cheshire Land Rover Club magazine issue for members

1. Cheshire Land Rover Club August 2011
The PLOT
Mow Cop: Family Camping
Trip to Southwest England
Billing LRO Show

2. CLRC COMMITTEE 2011
Chairman/Events
Vice Chairman/MSA
Paul Bayley
Richard Fear
8 Hawthorne Close, Congleton,
19 Belmont Avenue, Sandbach,
Cheshire, CW12 4UF
Cheshire, CW11 1BU
07834 364801
07808 822424
dmill@hotmail.co.uk
richard.fear@siemens.com
Secretary
Treasurer / Shop
Eddie Knorn
Hilary Williams
5 Railway Terrace
3 Whitefield Paddock, High Street,
Ruabon, Wrexham, LL14 6DH.
Bagillt, Flintshire. CH6 6AP
07801 498399
07718 995727
eddie.knorn@btinternet.com
hilary.williams4@tiscali.co.uk
Membership
Press
Rob Rogers
Jon Hoole
3 Whitefield Paddock, High Street,
1 Rose Cottage, Brineton, Shifnal.
Bagillt, Flintshire. CH6 6AP
Shropshire,TF11 8NQ
07971 550205
07976 068424
rob.rogers@hotmail.co.uk
jonhoole@live.co.uk
Website / The Plot Editor
Charity
Ian Richardson
Mark Birkitt
48 Wistaston Rd,
Reasemere, Reaseheath College,
Willaston, Nantwich.
Nantwich, Cheshire. CW5 6DG
Cheshire, CW5 6QL
07771 536749
07847 338703
markb@reaseheath.ac.uk
richardsonij@yahoo.co.uk
Small Shows
clrc.editor@live.com
Peter Curbishley,
07944 123185
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3. Here we are more than halfway through
2011 and in the middle of Land Rover Show Contributors:
season. The club meeting on Tuesday 9th
Mark Blinkhorn
August was well attended and it was a pleas-
ure to see familiar faces and new members Hilary Williams
alike. Eddie Knorn
Paul, the Chairman, presented a review of Michelle Ash
our recent events and about planned shows Paul Bailey
such as Peterborough. He gave an review of
Sharon Hall
the the club weekend at Mow Cop and re-
counted the story of Little Miss Ellie Prince, Roger Charlesworth
the charity we have chosen for this year.
Mark elaborated further and announced
that our trip to the South East of England
(Devon/Cornwall) is first fundraising event
and certainly, if last years visit to Lackham is anything to go by, should be a good
one.
Hoping to see some sunny weather and hope that we have a little bit of rain some-
times to keep the gardens watered,..... I mean make conditions a bit more entertain-
ing. Ian Richardson.
Thanks to all who contributed photos
and articles that makes my job so much
simpler!
Welcome New
Members
Steve and Sandra Long,
Mike Wain, Mark Jones
Matthew Lawrence, Keith Marsh, Team Tin Can (Car 23) awaiting ferry!
Barry Blakeley
Ray Yeulet, Richard Tolley
Joanne Jarnell
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5. Reggie’s ramblings (International!)
Paul Bailey, Michelle Ash and Georgiana took part in Help for Heroes European rally in June 2011. Team Tin Can
(car23) were one of 45 teams that started out in Wiltshire and finished at Berchtesgaden, site of Adolf Hitler’s
summer retreat. Overall 3000 miles was travelled through France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland and into Ger-
many.
Michelle’s elder brothers serve in the
armed forces so Help for Heroes is a
charity that means a lot personally.
Paul, Michelle and Georgiana fundraising
measured over £5,120 on the bemychar-
ity.com/h4hrallycar23 total and the
Rally raised £148,000 to give to Help
for Heroes.
En-route, the rally visited Pegasus
Bridge in Normandy, Utah Beach one of
the D-day landings and Saint-Mere-
Egllise, the first town liberated by the
Allies on 6th June 1944.
Following Hell’s highway, the route used
to supply troops trying to take bridges,
Team Tin Can crossed the Rhine into
Germany.
Ten days meant to travel the distance
of the rally meant a hectic schedule
punctuated with off road challenges and
visits to landmarks with camping over-
night and driving stints of up to eight
hours during the day.
Help for Heroes raise money to help the
wounded soldiers upon their return from
war.
100 miles from home :(
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6. By, Eddie Knorn:
This year marked the 21st Anniversary of the Billing
Show, and the Club had a stand there with six Land
Rovers on display: -
Keith + Paul Disco 2 Td5
Eddie Disco 2 Td5
Lee Disco V8
Pete and Chris Disco 300Tdi
Uncle Graham Defender 90
Steve and Sam Series 3
In addition, Rich Fear and Steve Dunleavy were on site, hard at work selling Whitbread Off-Road goodies.
By the time I rolled-in on Thursday night,
the stand and marquee were set-up and soon
it was time to explore the on-site curry
house. The main memory of the evening was
our Chairman, Paul, attempting to prove how
manly he was by trying the Chicken Madras,
only to find it was “a bit warm”….
Friday was a bit quiet but allowed us all to
have a good look round and seek out some
bargains. Keith’s Disco was treated to one of
those Foxwing awnings, that was fitted in no
time, while my Disco was treated to a bit of
“show and shine”, (though it was not as shiny
as Rich’s Disco 4 parked near the Whitbread
stand). Young Sam’s Short Wheel Base Se-
ries 3 was displayed prominently with one
wheel on a metal stand, and it seemed to
attract the most interest from passers-by.
We found out that this extreme axle articu-
lation may have been due to the crack in the
front dumb iron…
After Friday’s sunny weather, Saturday was a bit of a wash-out, but at least the Club marquee was a good shelter from the rain. Other tents
were not so good at keeping the weather out, as Keith and Lee found out, but a spot of tent exchanging or tent buying soon gave them dry
accommodation again.
The customary CLRC barbeque/camp fire session took place on Saturday night (we even had a practice run the night before). A new cooking
device was used for the first time, a tripod with a grill hanging from it, suspended above the trusty fire plate. This almost cooked Keith’s steak
to perfection, though for the finishing touch he dumped the impressive slab of sirloin into the fire itself…
By the time we departed Billing on the Sunday afternoon, I think everyone agreed that we had enjoyed the weekend; plenty of interesting Land
Rovers, some bargains to be had, some pleasant company, some visitors to our stand and not dampened by the weather.
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8. Family Camping Weekend 2011
Written by: Eddie Knorn (CLRC Dog Section)
The annual Club Camping Weekend took place at the end of July. It combined Land Rovering and a bit of compe-
tition with socialising and relaxation.
This year’s venue was Mow Cop, near Congleton, a large site spread over a hillside with a selection of interesting
off-road challenges for those that wanted them, but also a secluded field for us to camp. When Tracey, the
doggies and I rolled-in on Friday night, it was already clear that we had a good turn-out of Club members, and
more arrived over the remainder of the weekend. Friday night’s camp fire session was the usual relaxed event,
with a good-sized circle of members enjoying a drink and a chat.
Saturday morning was when the competitive element of the weekend started – a punch hunt, but with a twist!
For those who have never tried this, the usual method is to hide punches around the site, and attach cards to
the Land Rovers; the Land Rover has to drive close enough to the punch to be able to punch the card. This time,
though, the punches were attached to the Land Rovers and the cards were hidden around the site. People know
that there are usually twenty punches on site (well, nineteen after we hid one so well we could not find it after
the April event at Mow Cop…); this way round, competitors have no idea how many cards there are on site! As a
further twist, Freya the German Shepherd and I entered as “Team (K)9 – Off-Road Mutt” – walking round in
search of punches…. To make things even more interesting, more cards appeared during the course of the week-
end, including a sneaky one on the rear of Colin’s truck!
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9. Saturday afternoon had a diversion from the punch hunting – the time trial. This involved a blast through a
muddy hole, a lap of some trees, avoiding a wooden stake (mostly) and returning through the muddy hole. Some
attempts were notable, including Paul Bayley having to cut some branches off a tree so the roof box in his Disco,
“Tin Can”, would get through, also Rhys’ first attempt with “Cuthbert” the V8 powered 90, with low fuel pressure
resulting low power. Ray was convincing winner in his Tdi 90. Afterwards,
there was an informal challenge truck challenge where Rhys/Jon in
“Cuthbert” took on Rich Fear in his Whitbread Off-Road “Thug” in trying to
get through a really muddy hole- good job they could winch each other out.
et more competition on Saturday evening, starting with the compressed air
canon! Steve Dunleavy had gathered together an old air reservoir, an air
valve, some steel tube and some pipe fittings and put them together, with
the aid of Rich Fear’s welding skills. Using an external compressed air supply,
the tank could be pressurised up to 50psi, and the contestants had three
shots at the targets with a tennis ball. Additional targets were available in
the form of club members on ball-collection duty, with bonus points for a
direct hit! After the competitive session, there followed a series of
“Scrapheap Challenge” style experiments with increased air pressure and
multiple tennis balls…
The air canon was followed by the familiar favourite – welly wanging! There
was both a junior competition and an adult one, and most of the attempts
travelled a good distance down the course, but a few throws went straight up
Thanks to Mark Blinkhorn, Roger Charlesworth and
Sharon Hall for pics.
or even backwards.
After the excitement, the rest of Saturday evening promised to be a relaxing social session around the Discov-
ery bonnet camp fire. …..Or so we thought. A pair of Discoveries drove out of the camping field, presumably for
some “night laning” around the site. A while later, one returned, with a plea for help as the other had found a
hidden ditch and slid sideways into it. Within minutes, most of the Land Rovers in the camping field had departed
to go and have a look. They came back, with the stricken Disco left in the ditch, and a plan for a recovery opera-
tion in the morning. This was based on: -
It was dark
Everyone had been enjoying a “lemonade” or two
…Why waste valuable camp fire time?
Sunday was another fine day, and after breakfast many went to witness the recovery of the ditched Disco. Be-
fore long, it was winched out and back at camp for repair, which for that day comprised reshaping the back
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10. bumper with a big hammer, though the
minor damage on the rear body corner
and front wing did not look too hard to
mend. Punch hunting continued until it
was time to do the trial section.
Colin was first through the trial sec-
tion with a clear round, and made it
look easy. Others followed, but not
everyone escaped without penalties.
With this being the family weekend,
there was also a junior trial section
where the children could compete on
their own or on a parent’s knee, though
I must add that this was a slightly
easier course!
After clearing up the camping field it
was time to award the prizes for the weekend. Obviously all of the children who took part were winners, and I
am sure the sweets were appreciated. The adult winners were:
Colin (Discovery Tdi)
Baz (Range Rover bobtail)
Rob (Ninety)
There was a special vote of thanks to Steve Dunleavy for his efforts in masterminding and implementing the
event. Finally, I must finish with the award of the highly coveted WOODEN SPOON award – although there had
been a few contenders, the outstanding candidate for the award was Cockney Paul, for his “Disco in the ditch in
the dark” achievement.
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