The February Club Night will be a social with the opportunity to carry out some Navigation Learning, this will be a beginners guide. This is in preparation for the March Nav-Ex, if this interests you please bring an OS 172 map with you. There will be plenty of help available. For those not having a go at the navigation there will be the opportunity to have a drink and a chat, plus to celebrate our historical links with the Bristol Aeroplane company we will have a Bristol Cars theme to our on screen films.

Race Retro - always a good Club outing and regarded by increasing numbers as the best show of the year.

Once again BPMC are providing a mini-bus, although this year we will be charging a nominal £5 that will go a very little way to helping bus hire / fuel. We will be stopping for food and/or refreshment at a very excellent hostelry on the return journey.

If you want to book your seat we suggest you get in touch as soon as possible; already we have had a number of bookings even before it had been advertised!

Call Martin Emsley on 01454 250067 to reserve your seat NOW or e-mail martin@emsley.ndo.co.uk

Guest speaker - David Render; Ex-military, ex-racing car driver, businessman. He has lived life to the full and all his talks are from first hand experience.

Be astonished at his exploits at aged 19 years when he commanded a troop of three Sherman tanks against the might of the German Panzers Wehrmacht and SS divisions.

Be amazed at his knowledge of Competitive car racing acquired over 50 years and finally be truly impressed at how this man built a bankrupt company called Warecrete into a thriving business that produced hundreds of tons of concrete and thousands of building blocks per day.

He also owned and ran a farm which produced hundreds of tons of wheat and 5000 pigs per year, for food.

For the March scatter there will be the usual mix of grid references and basic rally navigation for the majority of locations with a few harder bits of navigation to keep more experienced crews entertained.

There will also be a time-limited intermediate checkpoint where extra route instructions (and bonus points) can be collected which will offer added interest to novices and experts alike.

The event will run on Friday 16th March with the start from the lay-by on the B4059 near Latteridge, grid ref ST172, 670/846 and will all be based on OS map 172. Signing on will be from 18:45 with the start at 19:30. The finish will be at the Swan Inn, Tytherington.

Regulations and entry form will be published on the club website shortly. There is no entry fee but insurance will be required (details in the Regs). Contact Chris Goodchild for more details: goodchild69@gmail.com or 07875 388483.

The Bristol Motor Club will be pleased to welcome members of Bristol Pegasus Motor Club to their winter Nav Scatter on Friday 10th February. The start point is the service road off Hollywood Lane, Cribbs Causeway, OS Landranger reference ST575810. Although aimed at inexperienced crews it is hoped that there will be enough challenging navigation to interest more advanced competitors. The event will take place entirely on Landranger map 172; you will also need a collapsible map-board, map-reading light, torch, pencils, eraser and Romer (recommended).

Signing-on will be from 1900: route information will be handed out at 1945. It should be possible to visit 75% of the points without covering more than about 50 miles, and the finish will be before midnight, at a time and location to be advised at the start. There will be no entry fee, but if you have not extended your own insurance please bring cash or a cheque for Third Party RTA Insurance cover, which will be available on the night for £15 per car.

Full details in the Supplementary Regulations available at www.bristolmc.org.uk. Any questions please contact Allen Harris, allen@harris-bristol.com 07970 198718
Regards
Allen

They are returning to the paddock at Castle Combe for 2012 with the first of two AutoSolo events. The major difference this year is that it's a dual-permit event and is a round of two championships: the established CMSGCC series and the new BTRDA championship. They hope to welcome back all our regular competitors as well as some new ones.

If you have any questions please contact Clerk of the Course Paul Parker, either by email britishsprint@paulparker.force9.co.uk or by telephone 01275 843478, or Angie Fullagar, Secretary of the Meeting, by email amfbutterfly@talktalk.net or telephone 01934 518239.

View the regulations for the Bristol MC AutoSolo - 18 Feb 2012