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	:: [ SVVS Visit to Amberley Museum , West Sussex - July 2010] :: "Amberley Amble" had a pretty poor turnout. Four cars, plus one late, and only nine people. The Amberley site is enormous which really cannot be explored properly in one day. There is simply too much to see and involves a fair bit of walking, or chufferpuffing, or clipclopping or opentopbussing. Entire buildings of exhibits provided by such as British Telecom, Southern Electricity, Southdown etc crafts, collections etc. I  will  need  to  return  to see  more  of  it!  Fabulous day,  fabulous place !
	:: [ SVVS Visit to Brooklands at the invitation of JEC - June 2010] :: Our Member Peter Clark is also the Chairman of the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club, Surrey Region, who meet at the Brooklands Motor Museum. JEC Regional Committee extended an invitation to the SVVS to join them at their Thursday July meeting in their oldies and to display them along with JEC Jaguars. During the evening Peter arranged for a guided tour of the Museum and for exhibits to be laid on for both sets of club members. Some 20 SVVS cars attended a superb evening. Many Thanks.
	:: [ SVVS Evening Meeting - Skimmington Castle, Reigate - May 2010 ] :: As is traditional, our summer evening season started with a visit to the Skimmington Castle, a pleasant olde worlde pub hidden on Reigate Heath. The landlord had once again ensured that no moderns crept into our half of the car park, and we ensured that we prevented all moderns coming in by occupying most of the other half. As usual the Skim was one the best  turnouts of the year,  but as usual  not all cars  were  ours. Perhaps it is time of year, but the Skim continues to be popular as ever.
	:: [SVVS Lunchtime Meeting - Plough & Furrow, Smallfield - May 2010] :: It seems as if our Members are beginning to find the Plough& Furrow in Smallfield because the turnout was considerably up on last year. Mind you, that would not have needed much because in 2009 only five cars turned up. This time we had a quite a fair turnout of 16 vehicles including two potential new members who found us on the internet. A few mutters were heard that Members could not get tables in the Restaurant.  Perhaps next time it would be better to  book  in  advance.
	:: [ SVVS Lunchtime Meeting - Black Horse, Hookwood - April 2010 ] :: The Black Horse at Hookwood, has been on our calendar for many years but it never seems to get a significant attendance.  It is perhaps a bit early in the year to get the old cars out, confirmed by the fact that vintage cars were outnumbered by classics 4 to 8. This may also suggest that Members with classics are keener to get out when compared to the vintage brigade. The Black Horse is a smart modern pub with lots of tables and extensive menu; another family gastro-pub.
	:: [ SVVS Lunchtime Meeting - Black Swan, Ockham - March 2010 ] :: It should perhaps be admitted that our first visit to the Black Swan at Ockham, scheduled as a “visiting pub” was not exactly a raging success. A brave experiment of going to the western fringes of our area to attract the members in that area. In the event only seven proper cars and a couple of moderns turned out. It must also be said that it was Mother’s Day and that ‘every son and his mother’ had booked all the tables  for lunch. This is not  a drinker’s pub,  more a gastro  family pub.
	:: [ SVVS Treasure Hunt - Orienteering - March 2010 ] :: Not actually a Treasure Hunt but a non-competitive drive between a number of villages where it was then necessary to park, get out of the car and walk to find all the clues. We assembled at the Fox Revived, gently toddled off to look at old churches, and eventually reassembled at the Lamb Inn where lunch had been booked. The ‘Special Four’ of Jackie and Simon Pearce together with Madeleine and Steve Brooks, only managed measly 27, whereas Mohaceks brilliant 24 and Testers 22.
	:: [ SVVS Dinner - Reigate Manor Hotel, Reigate - February 2010 ] :: We had returned to the Reigate Manor Hotel for the Annual SVVS Dinner and had also been very fortunate to obtain one of UK's greatest after dinner speakers, Stuart Turner. In view of the Speaker and that Reigate Manor had provided a superb meal for a reasonable cost, we had the best ever record turnout of 126 people. Stuart had agreed to speak if we contributed the proceeds of our raffle to his charity 'The Motorsport Safety Fund'.  The speech by Stuart was absolutely brilliant.
	:: [ New Year's Day Lunchtime - Beehive, Woodhatch - January 2010 ] :: Back in March a 'Barbecue Summer' was forecast which turned out to be one of the wettest on record. In October the same genius with the seaweed forecast a mild winter.... The New Year dawned crisp, sunny but cold which may have accounted for the smaller than usual turnout of older vehicles in the car park, although a wee bit up on last year. There was a very good crowd of our members in the bar, so much so that the staff  had problems  coping with the  food orders  at one  stage.

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