Report by Robin 'Gasballoon' Batchelor after a jolly Chummy meet at Chawton House :
A few years ago a group of Ladies got chatting at a VSCC event where their husbands were competing and communally agreed about the common thread binding them. They all enjoy driving their vintage cars (but don’t have their menfolks’ need to prove themselves). They all own Austin 7 Chummies. The most experienced 'Chummy Lady' is Anne, born less than 10 yeas after her car was made. They can all read an O.S. map (after years of navigating for he-who-can-grind-12-valves-at-one-standing) and they all love the British countryside, (not necessarily with a racing circuit or a steep hill). One of their number suggested a run in the country – just Ladies. In their Chummies. And so the seed was sown.
Last year, when I learned of this merry band of people, I opened my big mouth and suggested they visit Waterperry Gardens, and being in my neck of the woods, I invited them to tea afterwards chez moi. It was a great success and they all brought cake which I enjoyed for several days afterwards. Fast forward to May 2014 and I am invited to be one of the ‘Spanner Men’ (but they were extremely competent and mainly looked after themselves very well indeed) for their spring tour, ably organised by ...(see 'Read More')
(text and photos Robin Batchelor, see more photos here )