EVENT PREVIEW
DRIVE-IT DAY, VARIOUS LOCATIONS, NATIONWIDE. SUNDAY, 23 APRIL
Drive-It Day – ahuge UK-wide celebration of our motoring heritage – gets underway this Sunday with events across the UK. Here’s our pick of the top 40 ways to get involved and raise much-needed cash for charity
1 Ulster Vauxhall Opel Classic Community Coastal Run A run from Portrush around the Antrim Coast Road, with a meet-up at Glenarm Castle for lunch. ■ Check their Facebook Group for start location details. Start at 11am.
2 South Wales Morris Minors Owners Club Rally from Cardiff and surrounding area to Rhosili. From 10:30am. ■ south-wales-morris-minors-owners-club.co.uk
3 Classic Car Show and Auto Jumble Chepstow Race Course, St Lawrence Rd, Chepstow, Wales NP16 6BE. 10am-3pm. ■ rafaelfairs@aol. com or 07907 856504 or chepstow-classiccarshow.com
4 Crash Box & Classic Car Club of Devon The Lawns, The Strand, Dawlish, Devon EX7 9PS. 10am-4pm. Come and go as you please.
5 Run to Five Zeroes Start: Old Hands, A46, Old Sodbury, Bristol BS37 6RJ. From 8:30am. Run from 11am to Five Zeroes, The Old Dairy Kingston Farm, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 1TS. Sign up online ■ allevents.in/drive-it-day-run-to-five-zeros
6 Bristol Cars at Classic Motor Hub Classic Motor Hub, Old Walls, Ablington, Bilbury, Gloucestershire GL7 5FF. 10am-1pm. Pre-booking is a necessity, but you’ll get a chance to peruse their award-winning showrooms and enjoy what their Hub Coffee House and shop have to offer alongside. Tickets are bookable online. ■ 01242 384092 or info@ classicmotorhub.com
7 Prescott Hill Climb Prescott Hill Climb, Gotherington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 9RD. 8:30am-5pm. Get out in your classic and enjoy the opening round of the British Hill Climb Championships. Over 180 entrants are expected to tackle the tarmac, and there’s plenty to see. Refreshments will be available throughout the day. Tickets can be bought in advance or on the gate and a portion of the ticket sales will go to the NSPCC, Drive-It Day’s charity. ■ prescotthillclimb.co.uk or 01242673136
8 Atwell Wilson Motor Museum Atwell Wilson Motor Museum, Stockley Lane, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 0NF. From 10am. The 1100 Club will be holding its spring show at the museum, but other classics are free to pop along to the museum. ■ atwellwilson.org. uk or 01249 813119
9 Lancaster Insurance Cars and Coffee Lancaster House, Meadow Lane, St Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 4ZB. 10am-1pm. Coffee and chatter at Lancaster Insurance HQ. ■ lancasterinsurance.co.up.
10 Classic Vehicle Group Hampshire The Angel, Gosport Road, Privett, Alton, Hampshire GU34 3NN. From 9am. Run through Hampshire starting at The Angel, with stops at Bill Rawles Classic C
