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    • Event History 2023 >
      • 2023 January 1st New Year's Day Barbeque
      • 2023 Jan 2nd, Raid Imber
      • 2023 Sunday, 8 January - Raid Tan Hill 2023
      • 2023 Sunday, 12th February Puddleducks Valentine's Run
      • 2023 17th-23rd May French National Plouay Morbihan
      • 2023 17-18TH JUNE THRUXTON HISTORIC RACING
      • 2023 25-30 July ​World Meeting of 2cv Friends - Delmont, Switzerland
      • 2023 25-27th August 2cv 24hr Race, Snetterton
      • 2023 8-10 September South Downs Escargots Hat Camp
      • 2023 22nd-24 Sept - Annual Camp - Pompey Puddleducks - Wicks Farm Camping and Holiday Park
      • 2023 October 20-22 Spa 24hr 2CV race
    • Event History 2022 >
      • 2022 January 1st New Year's Day Barbeque
      • 2022 February 20th Pompey Puddleducks Valentine Convoy
      • 2022 March 26/7th Aire Cooled Alley Cats weekend in Barnoldswick
      • 2022 14-18 April 2CVGB 40th National Meeting Cambridge
      • 2022 24th April Drive-it Day
      • 2022 21stv May Caffeine N Gasoline - Chalvington
      • 2022 25-26 June Auffay Club Camp
      • 2022 17.July -Simply French National Motor Museum Beaulieu, New Forest, Hampshire
      • 2022 27-28 August 2022 24 Hour Race Snetterton
      • 2022 23-25th September 2022 Puddleducks Camp at West Wittering
    • Event History 2021 >
      • 2021 January 1st New Year's Day Barbeque
      • 2021 24/25 April 2CV Racing Club - Cadwell Park
      • 2021 2nd May Wessex Ducks post-lockdown run
      • 2021 5-6th June 2CV Racing Club - Brands Hatch
      • 2021 August 1st 2021 2CV Mallory Park
      • 2021 28-30th August 2021 2CV Racing: 24 hour race ​Snetterton
      • 2021 24-26 Sept Puddleducks camp
      • 2021 10th OCT Apple Tasting
      • 2021 October 23rd Spa 2CV 24 hr race parade
      • 2021 December 30th Wessex Ducks Memorial Drive
    • Event History 2020 >
      • 2020 January 1st New Year's Day Barbeque
      • 2020 January 5th Raid Tan Hill
      • 2020 29th January - 8th February 2cv Raid Lapland - The Extreme
      • 2020 6th - 17th February 2cv Raid Lapland - The Classic
      • 2020 23rd February Valentines Outing
      • 2020 20th August South Downs Escargots Monthly Meeting
      • 2020 28-30 August – 2CV Racing - Snetterton (24hr)
    • Event History 2019 >
      • 2019 January 1st New Year's Day Barbeque
      • 2019 January 6th Raid Tan Hill
      • 2019 Feb 17th Puddleducks Valentine's Excursion
      • 2019 March 30-31 Classic 2CV Racing Club Silverstone 2 x 20 minute sprints
      • 2019 April 22nd Classic 2CV Racing Club Cadwell Park 2 x 20 minute sprints
      • 2019 28th April - Pompey Puddleducks Drive-it-Day
      • 2019 May 27th Classic 2CV Racing Club - Mallory Park
      • 2019 22-23 June Classic 2CV Racing Club Brands Hatch 2 x 20 minute sprints
      • 2019 15th July - Publication of 'Citroen 2CV' by Malcolm Bobbitt
      • 2019 19-21 July Citroen Centenary Celebration in the Loire
      • 2019 30 July - 4th August - ​23rd World Meeting, Samobor, Croatia
      • 2019 17-18 August 2CV 24 hour Racing Snetterton
      • 2019 20-22 September Pompey Puddlebucks Camp
      • 2019 Sept 27/29th - Wessex Ducks Indian Summer Camp Little Owls Campsite, near Devizes, Wiltshire
      • 2019 October 4-6th Escargots' Hat Camp
      • 2019 October 25-27th Spa 2cv 24 hr race
    • Event History 2018 >
      • 2018 January 1st New Year's Day Barbeque ​Les Fils de Vitesse New Year's Day Barbeque Hollycombe Steam Museum
      • 2018 January 7th Raid Tan Hill
      • 2018 February 18th - Puddleducks Valentine Sunday convoy
      • 2018 April 14-15th - 2CV Racing Cadwell Park
      • 2018 April 22nd - Drive it Day
      • 2018 May 5-6 Eastbourne Classic Car Show
      • 2018 May 12-13 2CV Racing, Brands Hatch
      • 2018 June 3rd The South Hants Vehicle Preservation Society annual classic vehicle and autojumble
      • 2018 23rd June – ​2cv racing Oulton Park
      • 2018 21-22 July 2CV Racing Donnington Park
      • 2018 17-18 August 2CV 24 hour Racing Snetterton
      • 2018 Sept 15/16 2cv de Jersey camping weekend - St.Martin, Jersey ​
      • 2018 Sept 21/23rd Pompey Puddleducks annual camp.
      • 2018 Oct 14th - Les Fils de Vitesse Apple Fair at Blackmoor & Birthday Party
    • Event History 2017 >
      • 2017 January 1st New Year's Day Barbeque ​Les Fils de Vitesse - Hayling Island Report
      • 2017 8th January Raid Tan Hil
      • 2017 Sunday 19th February Puddleducks Valentines Convoy
      • 2017 18th March 2017 2cv Racing meeting Oulton Park, Cheshire (Rounds 1 & 2)
      • 2017 23rd. April Drive it Day
      • 2017 April 29-30th 2cv Racing meeting Croft (Rounds 3, 4 & 5 (2hr)
      • 2017 11th June - Steam Museum Run
      • 2017 8th July ​ - Hovercraft Museum at Lee-on-the-Solent visit
      • 2017 9th July ​ - Puddleducks Lavender Farm Visit
      • 2017 26–30 July 2017 2CV WORLD MEETING Portugal - Report courtesy: Jef Jon Fox
      • 2017 July 29/30th 2CVPARTS.com Classic Championship Brands Hatch
      • 2017 19-20 August 24 hour Race - Snetterton
      • 2017 ​ September 15/17th Pompey Puddleducks Annual camp at Wicks Farm, West Wittering
      • 2017 8th October - Puddleducks Duck Race
      • 2017 8th October Fils de Vitesse Birthday & Blackmoor Apple Farm apple tasting day
    • Event History 2016 >
      • 2016 January 1st New Year's Day Barbeque ​Les Fils de Vitesse - Hayling Island Report courtesy of Peter Mitchell
      • 2016 January 3rd Raid Tan Hill Report courtesy of Cam Hans-Brooker
      • 2016 14 Feb - Pompey Puddleducks Valentine Convoy
      • 2016 13 March 2016 Broadland Ducks lunch and convoy
      • 2016 24 April - Drive it day - Report by Peter Mitchell
      • 2016 2-6 June - 2v UK National Meeting - Apuldram West Sussex - Report by Chris 2CV
      • 2016 Puddleduck's Camp Courtesy: Peter Mitchell​
      • 2016 A review of the 2CV Year 2016 courtesy: Jef Fox
    • Event History 2015 >
      • 2015 Jan 1st, New Years Day BBQ Hayling Island by Shelagh Lee & Peter Mitchell
      • 2015 Sunday February 15th. Pompey Puddleducks Valentine Convoy
      • 2015 11-12 April 2CV Racing - Brands Hatch
      • 2015 12 April Wye Knots convoy to The Big Pit in Blaenavon. Photos courtesy: Tony Stacey‎
      • 2015 Sunday 26th April Drive it Day courtesy - Sean Cullen
      • 2015 Sunday 7th June -The Bromley Pagent - Courtesy Paul Levine
      • 2015 3-5 July Registers Day courtesy: Jonathan Holmes
      • 2015 27 July - 21st 2CV International in Torun Poland. Courtesy: Jef Jon Fox
      • 2015 22-23 August Anglesey 2CV 24 Hour Race by James Walshe
      • 2015 4-6 September Pompey Puddleducks Camp
      • 2015 October 9-11th Spa 24hr 2CV Race
    • Event History 2014 >
      • 2014 Jan 1st, New Years Day BBQ Hayling Island by Peter & Gillian Mitchell and Tony White
      • 2014 5th Jan Raid Tan Hill - by Philip Dixon
      • 2014 11th Jan Raid Wanlockhead - by Colin Liddell
      • 2014 Jan 19th Raid Lamb and Fox - by Philip Dixon
      • 2014 16th Feb Valentine's day convoy by Peter Mitchell and Tony White
      • 2014 14-23rd Feb Team Hollis go to the Artcic Circle
      • 2014 27th April Pompey Puddleducks 'Drive-it' Day
      • 2014 24/25th May La Vie en Bleu
      • 2014 28 May - June 1st French National Saint Dizier - Report and Photos by Binky Paxton
      • 2014 28 May - June 1st French National Saint Dizier - Report and Video by Jef Jon Fox
      • 2014 July 4-6 Registers' Day Courtesy Yenda Smejkal
      • 2014 July 26 Miggs and Andy married today at Bosham Church, West Sussex.
      • 2014 August 30/31 National 2CV Meeting - Anglesey + 2cv 24 hour race by Philip Dixon
      • 2014 September 5-7 Pompey Puddleducks Annual Camp at West Wittering. by Chris 2CV
      • 2014 October 11th-12th Spa 2CV 24 hour Race
      • 2014 December 7th: 2CV Ecosse Christmas Lunch and Scenic Run
      • 2014 December 27th, Raid Imber by Chris
    • Event History 2013 >
      • 2013 1st Jan Hayling Island - courtesy Bill Harwood
      • 2013 7 Feb Retrombile, Paris
      • 2013 8th Feb, Cork, Ireland
      • 2013 17 Feb Valentines convoy Hovercraft Museum Lee on Solent by Bill Harwood
      • 2013 21 April Amberley Museum by Bill Harwood
      • 2013 18th May Pete Sparrow's 2CV BMW at Mallory Park
      • 2013 June 1-2 La Vie en Bleu - Prescott speed hill climb
      • 2013 27 June 2CV Camp Auffay
      • 2013 04 Aug Classic Car Show, Royal Windsor Farm Shop, Old Windsor, Berks by Bill Harwood
      • 2013 Aug 15 Auffay car meeting
      • 2013 18 Aug Cranleigh Classic Car Show by Bill Harwood
      • 2013 Aug 24-25 - Auzouville Camp
      • 2013 25 Aug 2CVGB National 2013, Princethorpe Warwickshire by Bill Harwood
      • 2013 Aug 31 Sept 1st - Snetterton 2CV 24hr Race
      • 2013 1st Sept Dieppe Retro
      • 2013 07 Sept Puddleducks Camp Wick Farm West Wittering Sussex & Bosham Harbour by Peter Mitchell & Bill Harwood
      • 2013 Oct 19th 2CV 24hr Race at Spa Francorchamps
      • 2013 Dec 28 Raid Imber - by Elaine Pink & Chris 2CV
    • Event History 2012 >
      • 2012 8 Jan Raid Tan Hill
      • 2012 1-5 Feb Retromobile, Paris
      • 2012 4 March Isneauville Cars
      • 2012 18 March, 15 April Auffay Cars
      • 2012 28-29 April Dieppe, Motos
      • 2012 11-13 May Historic G Prix
      • 2012 12 May Rhode Run
      • 2012 16-20 May French National
      • 2012 May 20th - Auffay Cars
      • 2012 June 1st-10th Raid 5 Capitals
      • 2012 June 8-9 Forges les Eaux 2CV Camp
      • 2012 15-16 Jun Yvelines Camp
      • 2012 23-24 June Auffay 2CV Club Camp
      • 2012 28 Jun-1 July Kentish Hoppers camp
      • 2012 July 7-8th Le Mans Classic 24 hr Race
      • 2012 28th July Journey to the edge
      • 2012 17-19 Aug Auzouville Camp
      • 2012 Sept Mulhouse
      • 2012 Sept, Dieppe Kites
      • 2012 24 Oct Spa 24hrs
    • Event History 2011 >
      • 2011 Jan 1 Hayling Island BBQ
      • 2011 Jan 8 Raid Sportsman's Arms
      • 2011 Jan 9 UK Raid Tan Hill
      • 2011 Feb 2-6 Retromobile Paris
      • 2011 May 15 FR Monthly Auffay Club Meeting
      • 2011 May 29 UK London to Brighton run
      • 2011 June 25- 26 FR 14th Auffay Camp
      • 2011 July 8- 22 FR Ami Tour de France
      • 2011 July 24 FR 1911 race re-run Le Touquet
      • 2011 July 26 FR Salbris, International
      • 2011 Aug 10 FR Haute Somme Railway Museum
      • 2011 Aug 20- 21 FR 3rd Citro'Zouville
      • 2011 Aug 25- 29 UK 2CV National Meeting
      • 2011 Sept 3-4 Dieppe Retro
      • 2011 Sept 9- 11 Pompey Camp
      • 2011 Sept 18 Auffay Car Meeting
      • 2011 Sept 18 Neufchatel Car Display
      • 2011 Oct 8 Duck Race
      • 2011 Oct 14-16 26th 24 Hr 2cv Spa
      • 2011 Dec 27 2CV Raid Imber - The Revenge
    • Event History 2010 >
      • 2010 Jan 22-31 FR Retromobile Paris
      • 2010 Jan 23 UK Raid Sportsmans Arms & Hellfire Pass
      • 2010 Feb 24 UK Raid Tan Hill
      • 2010 March 6 SAS run – Bygones, Brunel & Bristol Blue Glass
      • 2010 Mar 30 NL Bart Boele's 2cv
      • 2010 April 24 UK Ballad of the Beacons
      • 2010 May 12-16 FR French National - Suisse Normande.
      • 2010 June 18- 20 UK Castle Howard Camp
      • 2010 June 26/7 UK Kent 2CV Camp
      • 2010 July 2-4 UK Registers Day
      • 2010 Aug 26- 30 UK National Winchester courtesy Dennis Jinks
      • 2010 Sept 4-5 FR Dieppe Retro
      • 2010 Oct 8 UK Graham Majin's 2CV sold to Pennsylvanian
      • 2010 Oct 16- 17 BE 24hr 2CV race at Spa
    • Event History 2009 >
      • 2009 Feb 6-15 FR Retromobile Paris
      • 2009 Feb 28 UK Swansea Old Ducks St David's Day at Castell Coch
      • 2009 April 5 UK Frank Barnard rolls his 2CV at Silverstone
      • 2009 April 25- 26 FR Fete de la Vapeur - Baie Somme
      • 2009 May 2-3 FR Sympatic Deuch - Forge les Eaux
      • 2009 May 20- 24 FR 17 Nationale des 2CV Clubs de France - Lit et Mixe
      • 2009 May 23- 24 UK La Vie en Bleu. At Prescott Hill Climb near Cheltenham
      • 2009 June 21 UK Top of the Wold Camp - Photo report by Janet John
      • 2009 June 26- 28 FR 2CV Auffay Club Cassis camp
      • 2009 July 4-5 FR Caux retro at Allouville-Bellefosse
      • 2009 July 10- 13 FR Arras, 75th Anniversary of the Traction Avant
      • 2009 July 11- 12 FR 4eme rencontre 2CV et Derives Les Bicytrons Picards
      • 2009 July 22 US Electric 2cv GREEN GRASS 2 re-found in Wyoming.
      • 2009 Aug 2 FR Bonapart sold by Norrie Walker to Herve Ledeux
      • 2009 Aug 4 - 11 UK Velo-Solex Cornwall Tour 2009
      • 2009 Aug 14-16 FR Eurocitro 2009 Circuit Bugatti (Le Sarte)
      • 2009 Aug 22- 23 FR 1er CITRO ZOUVILLE Rassemblement 2cv
      • 2009 Aug 27- 31 UK UK National 2CV Meeting St Ives Cambridgeshire
      • 2009 Sep 5-6 FR Dieppe Retro
      • 2009 Sept 11- 13 UK Pompey Puddleducks 2009 Camp
      • 2009 Oct 16-18 BE 24hr 2CV race at Spa
      • 2009 Nov 1-30 BE Touareg Trail. Richard Hollis & Eleanor Chubb's 2CV
    • Event History 2008 >
      • 2008 Jan 1 UK Fils de Vitesse Barbeque at Hayling Island
      • 2008 Feb 8-17 FR Retromobile Paris
      • 2008 Feb 16 UK Swindon Assn of Snails Sparkford Motor Museum
      • 2008 Feb 16 - 17 UK The Footman James 29th Bristol Classic Car Show
      • 2008 Feb 17 UK Valentine's convoy
      • 2008 March 16 UK Swansea Old Ducks - Visit to the Big Pit National Coal Museum
      • 2008 Mar 29 FR ETRETAT - défilé, thème : l'Appel du Printemps
      • 2008 May 24 - 25 UK La vie en Bleu - Report by Julian & Janet John
      • 2008 May 28 UK Capt. Sam White reports on his '76 2CV Van trip to Afghanistan
      • 2008 May 29 - June 1 NL Waggel at Beekse Bergen Safari Park
      • 2008 June 28 - 29 FR 2CV Auffay Club Cassis camp
      • 2008 July 1st UK Bonapart Retirement!
      • 2008 Aug 30-31 FR Dieppe Retro Auto & Alpine Celebrations
      • 2008 Sept 27 UK Swansea Old Ducks La Mer (Barry Lighthouse)
      • 2008 Oct 10-12 BE 24hr 2CV race at Spa ( now 24H24' ).
      • 2008 Nov 15th to 30 FR Exposition 2CV 60 ans; Espace Claude Bernard, Cite des Sciences, Paris
    • Event History 2007 >
      • 2007 Jan 1 UK Barbeque Hayling Island
      • 2007 Jan 13 UK Raid Sportsman's Arms
      • 2007 Jan 20 UK Puddleducks Skittles evening
      • 2007 Feb 16-25 FR Retromobile Paris
      • 2007 March 3 UK Cobweb Spin
      • 2007 March 3 UK SODS Ducks race
      • 2007 April 9th UK Andover Car Show
      • 2007 May 6th UK London to Brighton
      • 2007 May 10 - 13 NL Waggel at Beekse Bergen Safari Park
      • 2007 June 23-24 FR 2CV Auffay Club Cassis
      • 2007 Sept 1-2 FR Citroen Weekend in Dieppe
    • Event History 2006 >
      • 2006 Jan 1st UK New Year's Day Barbeque Hayling Island
      • 2006 Jan 8th UK Raid Tan Hill
      • 2006 Feb 10-19 FR Retromobile Paris 2006
      • 2006 Feb 19th UK Pompey Puddleducks Valentine's Convoy
      • 2006 March 18-19 UK London Classic Car Show Alexandra Palace
      • 2006 Mar 19th UK Visit to the last surviving steam driven Brickworks in the country
      • 2006 April 8 UK Swindon Assn of Snails - A to Z of Wiltshire Tour
      • 2006 Apr 16-17 UK Classic Car Show at the Solent Hovercraft Museum
      • 2006 May 11-14 NL Waggel Meeting
      • 2006 May 25-28 FR French National - Salbris, (Loir et Cher)
      • 2006 May 27-28 FR 2CV Cross: St Cyr en Val (Loiret)
      • 2006 June 3-4 FR 60 years of the Velosolex, Beauvais
      • 2006 June 24- 25 FR Club Cassis Camp at Auffay
      • 2006 July 15-16 UK Citroen Car Club Annual Rally
      • 2006 July 18-30 UK British Motor Show (Docklands)
      • 2006 Aug 10-13 UK The Kentish Hoppers Camp - and visit to Silly CVs
      • 2006 Aug 18-20 FRE URO-Citro Le Mans Circuit France
      • 2006 Aug 24-28 UK 2CVGB UK National Meeting Nr Buxton, Derbyshire.
      • 2006 October Spa 24hr 2cv race
    • Event History 2005 >
      • 2005 New Year's Day
      • 2005 Raid - Box Hill
      • 2005 Retromobile 2005
      • 2005 Valentine's Run
      • 2005 London Classic Car Show
      • 2005 Bursledon Brick works
      • 2005 Gosport Car Show
      • 2005 French National
      • 2005 John Rooney - Convoy
      • 2005 London-Brighton
      • 2005 Register's Weekend
      • 2005 World Meeting- Kelso
      • 2005 Romsey Car Pageant
      • 2005 Wittering Camp
      • 2005 Kentish Hoppers Camp
      • 2005 Hat & Gadget Camp, September
      • 2005 DS 50th in Paris
      • 2005 Spa 2cv 24hr Race
      • 2005 2CV4x4 Yorkshire
    • Event History 2004 >
      • 2004 New Year's Day
      • 2004 Skiing Championship
      • 2004 Raid Laponie, Finland
      • 2004 Retromobile Paris
      • 2004 Valentines Day Convoy
      • 2004 Hellfire Caves Kite Day
      • 2004 Kew Steam Museum
      • 2004 London to Brighton
      • 2004 Waggel Meeting
      • 2004 French National
      • 2004 Tractions 70th Dunkirk
      • 2004 French Ticklers Camp
      • 2004 Club Cassis Camp - Auffay
      • 2004 Bromley Car Pageant
      • 2004 Registers Day
      • 2004 2CV or Not 2CV
      • 2004 British International - Wales
      • 2004 Wittering Camp
      • 2004 CVC Meeting, Holland
      • 2004 Van Meeting - Holland
      • 2004 Spa 24hr Endurance
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      • 2003 New Year's Day
      • 2003 Valentines Convoy
      • 2003 Classic Car Show
      • 2003 London to Brighton
      • 2003 French National
      • 2003 Strawberry Camp
      • 2003 World Meeting - Italy
      • 2003 Hollycombe Steam
      • 2003 British International
      • 2003 4th Van International
      • 2003 SPA 24hr endurance race
    • Event History 2002 >
      • 2002 New Year's Day
      • 2002 Jan Madhatters Meeting
      • 2002 Vive la France
      • 2002 Water Margin
      • 2002 Southern Clubs meeting
      • 2002 Valentine Day Convoy
      • 2002 Gosport Car Day
      • 2002 Utrecht Citroenmobile
      • 2002 French National
      • 2002 London to Brighton
      • 2002 Hampshire Living History
      • 2002 French Ticklers Camp
      • 2002 Registers Day
      • 2002 Festival of Speed
      • 2002 Southern Clubs Camp
      • 2002 Raid Mosquito
      • 2002 Madhatters Sept meet
      • 2002 2CVGB International
      • 2002 Off-Piste Jousting
      • 2002 Citroen v Ford
      • 2002 West Wittering or bust!
      • 2002 Crofton Beam Engine
      • 2002 Paris Car Show
      • 2002 Duck Race
      • 2002 Box Hill Treasure
    • Event History 2001 >
      • 2001 Jan 1 - Hayling Island
      • 2001 2CV Curry Lunch January
      • 2001 Vive La France!
      • 2001 Madhatters February
      • 2001 Puddle Ducks Valentine's Convoy
      • 2001 Milestones living Museum
      • 2001 Chislehurst Caves
      • 2001 Gosport- Easter
      • 2001 Aircooled Day - Brooklands
      • 2001 London - Brighton
      • 2001 French National
      • 2001 Madhatters May
      • 2001 Father's day - Singleton
      • 2001 Madhatters Meeting 12 June
      • 2001 2CVGB Southern Clubs 50th
      • 2001 Registers' Day
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      • 2000 Olympia - Vive la France
      • 2000 27 Feb Southern Clubs Chinese meal
      • 2000 5th March Wessex Skittles
      • 2000 26th March Hobby Horse Grand National
      • 2000 9th April Brooklands
      • 2000 April Madhatters Meeting
      • 2000 May 28th London - Brighton
      • 2000 8th French National - Sault, Provence
      • 2000 June 18th Hollycombe Steam Fair
      • 2000 August Madhatters Meeting
      • 2000 14th August Canal Trip
      • 2000 15th October Apple Tasting
    • Event History 1999 >
      • 1999 Madhatters Feb 99
      • 1999 Mystery Trip
      • 1999 May, Wessex Raid
      • 1999 Fr National: Le Mans
      • 1999 London to Brighton
      • 1999 Calais Trip
      • 1999 Registers Day
      • 1999 Sept 10-12 Southern Clubs Birthday Camp
      • 1999 Duck Race
      • 1999 Fils de Vitesses Birthday
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      • 1998, 15 Feb Puddleducks - Valentine's Sunday Convoy
      • 1998, 15 March - Barry's Day
      • 1998, 3 May London - Brighton Run
      • 1998 May, Surrey Madhatters Club
      • 1998 Paris
      • 1998 Le Mans 6-7 June
      • 1998 New Forest Camp
      • 1998 24/5 July, 2CV 50th Birthday Camp, Walton on Thames
      • 1998 7th October, 2CV's Real Birthday Dinner
      • 1998 Sunday 11th October Duck Race
      • 1998 Fils de Vitesse 10th Birthday - 12 October
      • 1998 Blackmoor Farm Apple Tasting - 11 October
      • 1998 Dec 27 Surrey Madhatters Christmas Common Ramble
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      • 1997 23 Aug Uttoxeter International Meeting
      • 1997 Sept 13-14 Headley, Hampshire
      • 1997 21 Sept - Ascot Classic Car Show
      • 1997 27 Sept - Victoria Day Surbiton
      • 1997 11 Nov Club Surrey Madhatters Club Meeting
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Raid 5 Capitals June 1st-10th

....an SAS trip to remember!!

A report by Steve & Helly Doel, with M Alfonse
Calne, Wiltshire


We’ve done some pretty imaginative events with the Swindon Association of Snails, but ‘Raid 5 Capitals’ during the first 10 days of June 2012 was our most ambitious yet.

“So, how did it come about?” we were often asked during the event. Well, there was probably a bit of alcohol involved one night followed by one of those ‘what I’d really like to do with a 2CV’ moments. What we were looking for was a road trip that balanced plenty of miles with a rest day every other day somewhere interesting and including some truly exceptional roads. What follows is a brief piece telling what we got up to, the lovely people we met and how we had so much fun from our little cars.

Many of you know us, but we are ‘Steve & Helly’ and we travel along with our lovely yellow & blue Club DDG 643Y called Alfonse. Steve has run 2CVs pretty much all his driving life


Friday 1st June 2012 
You can do all the planning in the world, but eventually the time comes when you simply have to start a road trip. That time came for us early today, when we said goodbye to our little house & 2 cats then headed a mile up the road to our rendezvous point at the Divine Cafe where our good friend & owner Mark had opened up early ready to get us on our way. With some trepidation we pulled in, delighted to see all our cars there already waiting for us. Oh, how good when a plan comes together! Our group consisted of: Jim & Marg (Lyneham, red Special), John & Carol (Chippenham, blue Dyane), Ian & Jenny (Hereford, red & white Dolly), Kev & Marie (West Brom, yellow Dyane).
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Breakfasted, we hit the road, settling into a nice relaxed cruise with all cars keeping together along the A4 and onto our first capital – London. Now, here we cheated just a teeny bit as time didn’t allow for a visit into central London, so we headed to that Mecca for motoring enthusiasts The Ace Cafe where we arrived just in time for lunch.

After lunch we headed north up the M1 for our first overnight stop at East Midlands Airport. Here we set the scene for how the group was going to gel together – a sniff of alcohol and soon the stories were flowing.......



Saturday 2nd June 2012 
This was the day I’d been least looking forward too – just short of 300 miles heading North on a summer Saturday with all the other leisure traffic. With Jim & Marg leading we skirted Nottingham and headed through Sherwood Forest before joining the M1 for the boring part. The motorway was choked solid and we lost plenty of time by having the traffic grind to a halt every few miles for absolutely no reason.

During the afternoon things got so much better though when we joined the A68, a road I was really looking forward to driving. I’d gone North through the Cheviot Hills on the A68 before, but I’d forgotten just quite how stunning the scenery was despite the weather turning a bit rough. We reached a high at Carter Bar by stopping at the Scottish border and celebrating our second country in two days.
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Carrying further on, we reached our overnight stop just South of Edinburgh, tired, but not exhausted by any means – what wonderful little cars we have!
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Sunday 3rd June 2012 
We spent a lovely day at leisure in Edinburgh ‘the Auld Reekie’, seeing the best of it from a sightseeing bus. Roadworks, mainly down to the flawed tramways network, caused absolute chaos to all motorists and the city centre was pretty much gridlocked to the extent that our hour long bus tour took nearly two.
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Monday 4th June 2012 
I’d been looking forward to today’s drive too as it took us from Edinburgh down towards Glasgow (keeping off the motorway was best) and then down to Ayr. South from Ayr we followed the coast in glorious sunshine with the roof rolled back and the views across the Irish Sea were magnificent.
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Arriving at Cairnryan I was please to see the ferry to Belfast was a decent sized one (I must rate amongst the world’s worst seafarers!), we were soon onboard and heading towards our third country & capital city.

Today summed up the friendship we met absolutely everywhere along our journey – other motorists & pedestrians alike stopped us to take photos, chat and find out just exactly what we were up to with our ‘strange little cars’! A really good example of this was at a teeny town on the road down to Ayr little bigger than a village, we’d called in for a late breakfast and quite by chance met a chap who was the Chairman of the Scottish Riley car club – even better, in his shed at home he had a grey/grey Charleston just waiting for a new lease of life.

A smooth crossing over, we arrived in Belfast. Northern Ireland was a new territory for me and I guess I knew little about it other than ‘The Troubles’. What I did know about Belfast however, was the connection to Titanic, and as a huge Titanic enthusiast (yes, I know I’ve told you I hate sailing!) and so I’d booked us into a hotel within a stone’s throw of where the tragic liner was built. Imagine my delight on opening the curtains in our hotel room and looking directly out at the twin giant yellow cranes (Samson & Goliath) under which the great ship was constructed.

The success of our Irish leg was down to one chap, the lovely Roger. Early on in our planning, I was relieved to get an email from Roger completely out of the blue offering assistance in both Northern & Southern Ireland. “I’ll set up some things” said Roger. Well, Roger certainly did! The first thing Roger did was to meet us at the ferry terminal, convoy us through the city and deliver us to our hotel. Later in the evening Roger took us out to meet the NITS group and we had a lovely time chatting about 2CV ownership ‘overseas!’



Tuesday 5th June 2012 
The best way to see a new city in my opinion is by taking a sightseeing bus. What a city of two parts though – we started off seeing the ‘touristy’ side of Belfast with the City, the Titanic Quarter celebrating the building of the great liner before heading out to see Stormont, home of the Northern Irish government. From there we came down to earth with a bit of a bump by visiting both sides of ‘The Troubles’ in the form of the Falls Rd & Shankhill Rd areas – flags flying, memorials on street corners and those huge murals reminding us what happened there. That was a morning of reality for us all, but we all left truly feeling what a fabulous city Belfast is. If you haven’t visited, put it on your ‘must do’ list.

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For the afternoon, Roger and his friends had organised a special trip for us, although the weather was getting very wet and Alfonse was starting to leak! Off we set heading North up the absolutely beautiful Antrim coast and stopping at the famous Giant’s Causeway. What a super place!

Early evening we headed back into Belfast having done 100 miles touring the coastline to the North, and making a vow to return here next year for a proper tour. A huge ‘thank you’ to the members of the NITS who put themselves out so much for us on this day.


Wednesday 6th June 2012 
Being a Titanic enthusiast, I simply couldn’t leave Belfast without physically touching bits of the Harland & Wolf shipyard where the great liner was built and the new Titanic exhibition was great.

After lunch, just as the weather took a turn for the worse, we headed South out of Belfast on our way to Dublin, our 4th Capital & Country. Roger led, but couldn’t believe his car could drive so slowly – we ‘convoy cruise’ about 50ish on this tour but Roger is far more comfortable a wedge faster! At least Rog now understands how I get such a fantastic fuel consumption!


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At home, Helly & I live in ‘Stone Age’ Wiltshire right on the doorstep of Avebury and not far from Stonehenge, so ancient history is important to us. For that reason we broke our journey South at Newgrange, a massive burial chamber some 5000 years old and beautifully preserved. Well worth a visit, even in absolutely torrential rain! Arriving in Dublin we met up with another well known Irish Citroen character, the lovely Frank, who kindly took us all out for the evening along the coast. Beautiful food, a drop of Guinness and many funny stories later, I discovered that our friend Roger was the cause of some heartache in my life last year! The story involves Ebay, and a beautiful one owner, very low mileage Citroen Visa in beige – I had been the winning bidder throughout the period until literally the last couple of seconds, in fact I was so confident of winning I’d arranged insurance & transport! Well, I lost out at the very last second, and the winner was sat there at the same table as me! No hard feelings Roger, you’re now a good friend!


Thursday 7th June 2012 
Our full day in Dublin dawned wet, very wet in fact – and what better way to see the City than from an open top bus! Well, it was a no-brainer really and we were soon tucked up in the dry at the Guinness Brewery where we spent a happy afternoon learning about the manufacturing process and sampling some of the product. Overnight the weather was pretty bad and I didn’t get much sleep worrying about our ferry crossing to Holyhead the following day.


Friday 8th June 2012 
Up bright and early for our crossing to Wales, which went surprisingly well (although 12 hrs later a storm developed that did terrible damage to the Welsh coast) and at lunchtime we came ashore into Wales, our 5th & final Country. Here we met up with Mike & Sarah Beattie who were to travel with us on this final leg and we were soon crossing Anglesey and heading for a photo stop at a railway station with a very long name – Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. The village has, as you now realise, the longest place name in Europe. From there, we crossed into North Wales properly over Thomas Telford’s Menai Suspension bridge of 1826 and headed to Caernarvon to look at the Castle and get a little lunch. By now the storm had hit, blowing a gale and really lashing down with rain to the extent that we were warned against using the Llanberis Pass as it was dangerous.

On we went via a safer route to Bala for our overnight stop, this being in a peaceful retreat right on the edge of Lake Bala. Just a shame it was raining so hard!

We’d planned to meet fellow 2Cvers Ian & Rachel Seabrook that evening but they were substantially delayed by the weather and indeed only just made it home late that night by many diversions and careful use of their 4x4

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Saturday 9th June 2012
The day dawned very wet indeed and tv reports were all about torrential rain & flooding around North Wales leading to damaged property and people being airlifted to safety. This we didn’t need to hear, and a careful study of the map was taken to re-route us over safer ground.

We were waiting for our friend Simon Childs to join us for the run South, but heard from him that he was stuck in floodwater near Aberystwith and awaiting rescue.

Our new route took us down through Brecon over some very wet roads, but steadily improving weather to the extent that after our late lunch break we were able to have our roofs back and enjoy the first proper sunshine since Edinburgh

The journey was long & slow, but immensely picturesque and by late afternoon we arrived in the final of our 5 Capitals, Cardiff, where we were met by our good friends Janet & Julian, Lyle & Linda and Chris & Ron. That evening we headed off to enjoy the buzzing nightlife that is Cardiff Bay


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Sunday 10th June 2012 
And so to our final day – the end of our road trip and the end of our little adventure, but first we needed to do an Open Top bus tour of Cardiff! The weather was pretty good so we were able to ride upstairs and enjoy this interesting city before setting off East on our final leg.

We crossed into England via the newer of the two Severn Bridges and by late afternoon ended up exactly where it had all started 10 days earlier, at the Divine Cafe in Calne

So, what of our road trip? Well, nothing broke, every car made it safely back, the only times we had to get the toolbox out were to change a brake light bulb on one car and to adjust a clutch on another. Our car, M Alfonse, knocked up 1321 miles, was 100% faultless (if a little leaky!!), consumed a negligible amount of oil, averaged 56.2 mpg overall and provided us with more smiles per mile than you could ever imagine.

If you ever fancy a long road trip, but don’t have the confidence, take our advice and simply do it!

Best bits? So many really – but I have to make a special mention of: Roads (A68 through the Cheviot Hills, the coast road from Ayr heading South, the high road across the Brecon Beacons), Places (Belfast, Newgrange in the torrential rain, Mid Wales), People (absolutely everyone, not just those taking part but also the many people we bumped into along the way). Would I do it again? You bet!


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So where next? Definitely back to Northern Ireland next year, and for 2014 I was already planning ‘Raid D Day’, another ambitious trip involving some detailed exploration of the Normandy Beaches.

Steve & Helly Doel, with M Alfonse
Calne, Wiltshire

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