Club Drive. June 2021. A shorter than normal drive (by Johnny’s standards anyway) greeted the seventeen cars which gathered at Meroil, Callosa and departed at 11 pm. We wound our way through Benferri, La Murada, Fortuna and Abanilla before crossing over the Sierra de Abanilla on the RM-A9 road which afforded wonderful views of the… (read more)
FUTURE EVENTS As you can see from Nathan’s letter to members the COM have held a meeting and there was quite a lot to be done considering the fact that, due to Covid, we have not been able to hold meetings for some six months or so. When planning future events there was much more… (read more)
Club Drive May 2021 A wonderful turn-out of 18 cars, including two new members, celebrated the return of the club to the roads of the Costa Blanca after a six month lay-off due to the Covid restrictions. We assembled at the BP near Zoco Market and travelled via Formentera and San Fulgencio to the fabulous… (read more)
Our December/Christmas drive was organised by Johnny and, as usual, he did not let us down. Sixteen cars made it to the start line and It was great to welcome Dafydd’s 1969 E-Type to the club and to welcome back old friend Mick Whybrow in the ex-Dafydd XK8. What seemed like a fairly mild beginning… (read more)
PRESS COVERAGE OF CLUB EVENTS Richard and Terry have combined forces to get some coverage of club events in the local press. So far we have seen the results in The Costa Blanca News, The Weekly Post and The Leader. Let us know if you spotted any club related news in any other publications. Also… (read more)
NOVEMBER DRIVE; DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN Our November drive was a lovely mix of new roads and parts of some old favourite drives with a clever loop system to bring you round in circles so hence the Deja Vu title. We started (well, most of us Johnny) in Pilar de la Horadada and the… (read more)
OCTOBER DRIVE TO THE COAST AND BACK Another very successful post-lockdown drive with 17 cars appearing in Formentera for a drive which would take us down to the coast at La Marina and then to Santa Pola where we had two short stops to take in the views of Tabarca Island and visit the little… (read more)
LOST IN THE FOG We congregated in Callosa with a few more cars joining in along the way and 12 cars set off in the early morning fog which spoiled the views of the first half of the drive but didn’t lessen the enjoyment of the route via Elche, the suburbs of Alicante, San Vincente,… (read more)
Lo Monte Carlo Rally. We met at the Lo Monte Hotel, hence the name of the drive, and Richard’s half took us via El Mirador and Avileses to the coffee halt at Venta El Garruchal in the hills south of Murcia. After viewing the scenery Ian took over and led us around Murcia city and… (read more)
JULY AUTOTEST The Annual Autotest and drive took place on Thursday July 11th and 23 members took part, though not all attempted the autotest. The drive began at Castillo Conesa in San Miguel and followed a route to Montebello, La Finca, Pedrera, Torremendo and Rebate before returning to Conesa where we had great fun competing… (read more)
BOCAIRENT DRIVE JUNE 2019 Chris and Ange Grube organised this very pleasant drive which started from Meroil in Catral and wound it’s way via San Isidro, Albetera, Hondon, (both) and Romana to Salinas where the Café Trivial was the location for the coffee halt. Onward then and the roads and the scenery got better and… (read more)
Mazarron Guns Drive Ian organised this drive to the guns at Mazarron and it took place on Wednesday 24th of April to avoid the congestion at the weekend as the road to the guns and parking is restricted. We took the motorway almost to Cartagena and then stopped for coffee at Venta Mona before the… (read more)
A Birthday Beer It was cold when we gathered in Lo Monte for Ian’s Roundabout Run of Enlightenment drive on Feb 17th. No roofs down then as we set off via Lo Pagán, Santiago de la Ribera and Los Alcázares before landing at the Another Planet micro brewery in Torre Pacheco. Our host, Lawrence, was… (read more)
May Drive And Autotest A smallish but select group of members took part in the May drive which was followed by a fun Autotest, the first time the club has run such an event since 2012. We gathered at the La Torre in Los Montesinos and the one hour route took us to Predrera, Torreaguera,… (read more)
Smithy’s Treasure Hunt 2 As has now become the norm ( Ian won mine, Roger won Ian’s) Roger and Ann-Marie, with help from Dukie, will organise the next treasure hunt, the date for which has yet to be fixed. Expect a few musical clues! Richard.
Formentera Zig Zag 2018 Johnny came up with the goods once again and provided us with a very interesting and scenic drive which started and finished at El Cortijo restaurant in Formentera. The event was very well supported and twenty four cars took part and as usual we had a good mix of old, new, European,… (read more)
