TIGERS
INTERNATIONAL
 
SEPTEMBER 24-27
 
SOUTH ENGLAND TOUR
 

The idea of the Tour is simply to enjoy a few days with your Tiger touring the beautiful countryside of South England in company with a bunch of like minded Tiger nuts. The tour runs across seven counties - Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Kent, may be more, and travels along some of the prettiest and most interesting routes that can be navigated. What better way to visit some fascinating motoring heritage sites and a few ancient and not so ancient English marvels Then to be able to relax in the evenings for dinner at a couple of very pleasant hotel restaurants, or something simpler if you wish, and swap tall stories about your Sunbeam Tiger experiences over a couple of pints of excellent real ale'!!

The general view of members I have talked to is to offer the Tour on a "point to point" basis. This avoids the need to keep 'the authorities' informed and lets participants take their time between locations and stop at places of intereest on the way. We will though provide directions and suggested stops along the route.

The prices of the hotels are shown for double rooms (2 people & bed & breakfast). Reservations will be made in the participants name(s) and everyone is asked to 'pay as you go'. I am trying to find economy hotel and B&B guest houses. If that suits you better just let me know on the -Entry form . More info will be posted later in July.

 
Monday 23rd September
18.00. For anybody returning from Le Mans to Portsmouth wishing to stay in New Forest area or anyone wanting to join up on Monday evening, the overnight stop offerred is:The Balmer Lawn Hotel - Lyndhurst Road, Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO42 7ZB (£80 per room)
 
Tuesday 24th September
08.30. Registration: All participants to assemble with their Tigers or moderns for an earlyish full English breakfast at The Flear du Lys, Boldre village. Possibly the oldest pub in the New Forest and certainly one whose owner is a seroius classic car enthusiast. Boldre village is 2m NE of Lymington off A337 (£TBA).
10.00. Visit to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu which is said to be one of the finest automotive museums in the world featuring many veteran, vintage and classic vehicles. (£8.50pp) This is also our lunch venue. IF WE CAN MUSTER 20 TIGERS WE SHALL BE INVITED TO STAGE AN EXHIBITION IN THE MAIN ARENA RIGHT BESIDE THE MAIN MUSEUM BUILDING!
15.00 Depart for Sherborne wending our way westwards into Dorset taking in Roman roads and possibly a Treasure Hunt on the way - details to follow - to Dorset said to be the "fairest county in all England". Arriving early evening at the historic town of Sherborne with its great Abbey, old world charm of the town centre and castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594.
18.00 Hotel and evening stop at The Grange Hotel & Restaurant - Oborne, Nr Sherborne. 3m East on A30 (from £85 per room) or The Old Vicarage Hotel - Milborne Port, Sherborne Road. 3.5m East on A30 (£70 per room)
20.00 Dinner at The Grange Restaurant . Alternative arrangements are possible.
 
Wednesday 25th September
09.30 Visit to Haynes Motor Museum at Sparkford to see probably one of the largest collections of popular classics in England, including a Tiger! (£5pp) - Lunch there or on route to Kingston Lacy
12.00 Depart for Kingston Lacy. Detours along the way to e.g. Cerne Abbas - the famous chalk giant: 1500 years old and 180ft high. Back over Bulbarrow Hill before threading through the picturesque Delcombe Valley past Milton Abbey and Milton Abbas. Heading south through Milborne St Andrew and Affpuddle we then follow the River Frome through pretty Moreton, where T.E Lawrence (of Arabia) is buried. Then onto Kingston Lacy our main visit of the afternoon.
15.00 Visit to Kingston Lacy. This is one of the jewels in in the National Trust's crown. The 17th Century house standing in a 250 acre park contains one of the finest art collections in the country. (£5 pp). Later drive by Fovant Badges with its colossal medals carved in to the chalk. Then see Stonehenge in the evening sunlight. This great and ancient circle of standing stones must be one of the wonders of the world, as old as many of the Egyptian pyramids they say!
18.00 Hotel & evening stop between Amesbury and Marlborough to be advised
 
Thursday 26th September
08.30 Depart for run through Oxfordshire, route subject to previous night stop - info to follow
10.00 Visit to BMW Williams Racing and Grand Prix Exhibition at Grove (£TBA)
12.00 Depart for Surrey and Brooklands and lunch on route
14.30 Visit Brooklands Motor Museum. Brooklands is unique. The world's first purpose-built motor circuit constructed in 1907 and birthplace of British motorsport and avaition. (£7pp)
17.30 Hotel & evening stop The Ramada Thatchers Hotel, East Horsley (£90 per room) or Manor House Hotel, West Horsley (£85 per room). Something cheaper to follow,
18.00 Depart for STOC Chairman's home and later to the "Barley Mow" pub at West Horsley, to show the Tigers and have a BBQ, and just possibly a sixties group playing in the barn/garden (£7 pp)
 
Friday 27th September (details to follow)
09.00 Depart for Kent, the 'Garden of England'. Route to follow.
11.00 Visit Chartwell the home of Sir Winston Churchill (£TBA)
13,00 Depart for lunch on route to Hever Castle
14.30 Visit Hever Castle. Later depart for Brands Hatch
18.00 Hotel and evening stop at The Thistle Brands Hatch (£70)
 
Saturday 28th September
09.00 Drive into the Circuit to join the STOC National Rally line up in Upper Paddock (£free)
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TIGERS INTERNATIONAL 2002