Chairman’s Report I would just like to say thank you to all of you who looked after the branch, mowing the lawns, tiding the garden areas, the museum and watering the lawns, while most of us were enjoying a well earned rest. I mentioned to Chris that the chairman’s run maybe an overnight stay in Kaikoura. I have a wee bit more to look at and decide when as most of us have a busy few months in front of us. So hopefully at our February meeting I will be able to lay something on the table. Just a reminder of our Heritage Day on the 6th February, we would like to see you all with your cars and I am sure Dale will be pleased to have some help as usual. Please don’t wait for me to ring you for some help with people to man the gates and parking areas just ring me 5789907, all I need is about 4 people for about an hour or so. Thank you . Janice and I hope you all have enjoyed your break and look forward to starting where we left off. VINTAGE MOTORING, Kelly
Club Captain’s Report Another year has whizzed by with some good runs enjoyed by most of us, last month saw a return trip to Buick’s farm at in the Ure Valley with a dozen or so cars and twenty-one people a big thank you to Geoff Buick for making this trip available and also for introducing Rob Peter who turned up in his classic car, some of us then visited his woolshed at Isolation further up the Ure Valley (some got lost and ended up at DJ Buicks place right at the road end). Rob gave us a run down of his operation at Isolation growing extra fine Saxon Merino wool an extremely high quality fibre; where the wool is shorn with blades as was done in the old days before machine shearing was invented, the reason for this is more to do with animal welfare than a desire to revisit ancient practices. To harvest fine wool, it needs to be shorn in July/August and blades leave a longer length of wool and the sheep don’t suffer from bad weather exposure post shearing to the same extent as machine shorn sheep. An old method with a modern take. Later in December the annual barbeque was held here at our place which if everyone enjoyed it as much as I did, we can chalk up another success, great to see so many vintage veteran and classic vehicles here, especially Rose’s 1903 Oldsmobile, seeing that car on an outing always makes my day.
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