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Hi All Teams Yesterday I sent the Final Instructions to each of the Entrants. They tell you what to do for Saturday and Sunday. If you have not received them it may be because your email in the event data does not match your current email. Entrants, let me know if you have not received this. If you have changed your phone number / WhatsApp address recently and not informed Howard please do that before Wednesday. 4th Coast to Coast Run 25/26 June 2022 Final Instructions Read this carefully, Send it to your crew, print it and both bring it with you. Here are the Final Instructions for the Club Triumph Coast to Coast Run for 2022. 1 Changes from past Information There are some changes to what you were originally told. We will not be able to have our evening meal at Spooner’s Cafe at the F&WHR Harbour Station, instead we will have it at The Port Deli and Restaurant, which is nearby. Details are in the Road Book. 2 Before leaving Home Preparation You will need to have prepared your car, yourself and your crew. To get to the event start, drive the event and get home your team and car may need to cover nearly 1,000 miles. There are no specific areas of the car that need attention but it needs to be in good overall order and meet current UK safety regulations. This is an endurance event, so you will need to be as rested and relaxed as you can be at the start. It will help if you are confident you have all you will need before you leave home. You must bring the following with you: · Your programmed satnav / smartphone and/or marked up road atlas · The smart phone you registered with C2C WhatsApp group · Phone / SatNav power leads and chargers · A paper copy of the sign in sheet from the Road Book · The Coast 2 Coast 2022 Road Book containing the Timetable (paper or electronic copy). You should consider the following: · Loading your tool kit and usual spares for events · Breakdown / recovery insurance · If staying overnight, details of your booking · Any food and consumables you will need during the event. Covid-19 Precautions Covid-19 regulations have been suspended in Wales, so there is no legal requirement to take precautions. However there are particular circumstances in North Wales that make it advisable to be seen to take precautions. This area has been badly affected economically by Covid-19. That is why we have had to change restaurants. As a courtesy to local inhabitants , until you see otherwise, please wear masks to the restaurant and on Railway premises. Before you leave home make sure that you and your co-driver(s) have · No Covid-19 symptoms · Packed facemasks and sanitisers and have them accessible If any of your team have Covid symptoms take a test and if positive, substitute them if possible, if not, withdraw. A refund will be granted for late withdraw for this reason. 3 Timetable Saturday 25th June Parade of Cars and Trains 09:00 Entrants and crews selected for the Parade of Cars and Trains park cars as directed by John Bell outside the front of the F&WHR Harbour Station. Entrants go to the station’s cafe to sign on, sign MsUK Disclaimer, have Road Book signed, receive stickers and merchandise. Entrants don merchandise, position stickers on cars and manoeuvre cars to create formation of cars as directed by John Bell. Be ready to leave by 09:40. 09:45 Entrants and crews move off as directed by F&WHR staff and drive along the sea wall (aka Cob) to Minffordd Station. As you drive Cob you will be paced by a F&WHR train on the track beside the road. This will be videoed by the FWHR drone. Anyone is welcome to watch, but please do not bring your cars since there is very limited road space around the stations. Park in The Llyn Bach Car Park. Boston Lodge Tours and Driver for a £5 10:30 – 13:00 The first group will travel by train from the F&WHR Station to the works. 13:55 – 15:55 The second group will travel by train from the F&WHR Station to the works. Only those that registered on the CT website are eligible for these tours as capacity is limited. You will receive a safety briefing on arrival at The Boston Lodge Works. The tour will be conducted by Paul Lewin, The General Manager of the railway. It will last about 2 hours and finish in time to catch the return trains at 13:00 and 15:55 The opportunity to drive a steam engine will be subject to availability. The opportunity can only last about 5 minutes as there are 14 registered participants for each tour and it will run concurrently with the tour. Participants will have to leave the tour to take their turn. The turn will be sequenced by your entrant number. Exactly how this will work will be devised during the first tour. The F&WHR cannot accept payment for the experience, so will invite you to make a cash donation to the Loco Fund in the receptacle provided at the "Drive an engine" start point. You can return to Porthmadog by taking a bracing 1 mile walk back along the Cob. Signing in and Dinner 16.00 –18.30 The Port Deli Restaurant is exclusively reserved for Club Triumph for signing in and dining. The location is shown on the map on page 2 of The Road Book. Park your car in the Llyn Bach Car Park area reserved for The F&WHR. Any overspill from this area will have to pay in the main public area of the car park. As you arrive at the Port Deli Restaurant you will either see or be guided to the signing in area. Here you will register for the event, sign the MsUK disclaimer, have your Road Book signed, be given stickers and receive any T or Polo shirts you have purchased . Menus have been circulated in advance by WhatsApp so you can decide what you want before you arrive. 18.00 - 18:30 Final C2C Crew Briefing will have been issued to all teams via email and a WhatsApp message. If you have not received either advise Chris Shaw and he will ensure you are briefed. 18.45 All Teams returned to their cars in the Llyn Bach Car Park and ensured that they are ready for departure. 19.00 Teams will be started as advised by the Starting Officials. The Start The A470 and A487 are notorious black spots for serious accidents. To reduce bunching and overtaking during the first 40 miles we need to encourage our cars to spread out and to reduce overtaking as most accidents happen when this manoeuvre is being made. Some of you will want to start driving reasonably briskly from the start; some may be content to take it more steadily. May I ask you think about how you want to drive the first section of the event and select a place in the starting line up to reflect how you want to drive. Darren Sharp is the Traffic Marshal and will assist you. If overtaking is necessary please will the entrant being overtaken assist the overtaker to perform the manoeuvre safely. Sunday 26th July Halfway Halt 01:30 to 02:30 Mandatory 1 hour rest stop at Magor Services. Teams must have their route books signed at the stop. Either Howard Brissenden or myself will be in the restaurant area for this. Magor is 213 miles from the start. Fuel should be available but don’t think about the price! The Pilot Inn 08:00 onwards: Teams arrive at The Pilot Inn, Dungeness. Please park neatly as near the pub entrance as you can so that we can take some photos for Club Torque. Teams must have their route books signed at the finish. I should be near the entrance. Enjoy the well earned breakfast!

Hello all entrants, I have just sent you the email below. For email addresses I have used the current copy of Entrant Information. If you have not received the June update by email there is a mismatch between your data in Entrant Information and your actual email address. You will need to align them! "Hello all Coast 2 Coast Entrants There are now only about 3 weeks to go until the 2022 Coast 2 Coast Run. I hope your preparations are going well. This mail is to update you about what has happened since the last update in April and to let you know what to expect leading up to the event. Entries As I am writing on the 3rd June there are 49 entries. All the reserves that wished to enter have been able to take the place of entrants that have needed to withdraw. If you know anyone that would like to enter but is not aware that there is the possibility of getting an entry please get them to mail me. Merchandising and Activities The shop has now closed for merchandising and F&WHR activities as I have to place the orders. Location of the pre-event meal and signing on Unfortunately The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway restaurant, Spooner’s Cafe, will not be able to offer us the facilities originally planned. Covid has had a deep impact in this area of Wales and has disrupted their lives and local economy seriously as a result of the remoteness of the region. They are not able to recruit sufficient replacement staff to provide full service at the restaurant. Fortunately the nearby Port Deli and Restaurant is able to accommodate us. Signing on and the pre-event meal will be held here. Details will be in the Road Book and the Final Instructions. Parade of Triumphs for F&WHR video John Bell will provide detailed instructions by email by the 8th June to those who are taking part in the parade. The cars will move off at 09:45 when the first Ffestiniog line train departs Porthmadog Harbour Station. Participants need to park their cars outside the station by 09:00 in preparation for further instructions and a prompt departure. Other entrants are welcome to watch, but please do not bring your cars to the station. Park in the F&WHR reserved section of the Llyn Bach Car Park. Road Book Howard Brissenden has prepared a detailed road book describing the Event Timetable, the suggested route, its timings and points of interest on the way. The official suggested route will be provided as .gpx files for use with Garmin and Tomtom satnavs. It will also be made supplied as Google Routes links which can be uploaded onto smart phones. Please note that due to the limitations on the free version of Google Routes, the C2C route has to be split into a number of sections to ensure that it reasonably accurately follows the satnav routes. For those teams wanting to use traditional paper maps, the Google Routes can be used to view and transfer the route to your road atlas. An email will be sent out on the 10th June which will have the following attachments:- A link to download the C2C 2022 Road Book (every team must bring a paper copy of the sign in sheet) Garmin .gpx route files Notes on loading .gpx files onto Garmin SatNavs (pdf file) Google Routes links (pdf file) WhatsApp Group We have established a WhatsApp group for the organisers to broadcast event information & provide a separate emergency contact point. If you want your co-driver added please contact Howard with your team name & entry number plus the co-driver’s mobile number. Additional co-drivers will not be added after 20th June. If you have any last minute change to your WhatsApp phone number(s), please advise Howard as soon as possible. Entrant, Crew and Car Information While most entrants have completed their information, thank you, there are still a few that have not. If you have not completed your information or it is not up to date please would you do that as soon as you are able. I need to finalise the information by Friday 17th June. Covid Restrictions that have applied generally to Wales were relaxed by The Welsh Government on 30th May. I am not aware of any additional regulations that apply to Porthmadog specifically. However The Welsh Government continues to recommend people take simple steps to protect their health – including wearing face coverings in health settings. However, as mentioned above, Porthmadog has been particularly sensitive to the impact of Covid. With this in mind and wanting to present Club Triumph as a sensitive and responsible organisation, I ask you the following please: If you or your crew have any Covid symptoms please test yourself and if positive please withdraw from the event. A refund of entry fee will be made for this reason. Please bring masks and sanitiser with you and use appropriately e.g. if the Port Deli asks for masks to be worn. The situation in Wales is reviewed every 3 weeks. This means that there will be another review a few days before the event. This will be after I have distributed the Final Instructions. I will make a “Covid” Post on the Forum on 22nd June to state my understanding. Please will you keep up to date with this and https://gov.wales/announcements/search?field_policy_areas%5B980%5D=980 What to expect Before the event there will be more communications from John Bell, Howard Brissenden and myself. Those from John and Howard have been described and the time to expect them has been stated above. I will provide Final Instructions on the 19th June and The Briefing on 23th June. The briefing will be written by email and speech by WhatsApp. I hope you will have a safe and enjoyable Coast 2 Coast Run. Chris"

Hi All There is now just one month before the event and I need to get the entry information and merchandising purchases finalised. Purchase of T- and Polo shirts will have to be stopped from Sunday 29th as I need to place the order with the suppliers on the following Monday. We need to get the WhatsApp group finalised soon and I also need to have crew information and it is a MsUK requirement that we have next of kin information. Please will you make sure that your information is up to date by Sunday and that you have made your merchandise purchases. Thanks very much, Chris

Hi All Final plans and actions for holding the event are being carried out and I'll be sending out an update early next month, followed by Final Instructions and The Briefing shortly before the event. There has been a fantastic response to the event with 50 entries and 9 Reserves within 9 hours of the event opening. Understandably there have been withdrawals and 8 entries have withdrawn and 5 of the reserves have said that they cannot enter. We currently have 49 entries confirmed and the last reserve has been invited to enter. There may well yet be 1 or 2 entrants that need to withdraw, but there will be no reserves to take their place. We would like to start at least 50 entries and could start a few more if there were demand. So, if you would have liked to enter the Coast 2 Coast but felt that with the entry full and with so many reserves you would not get to enter, there is now the opportunity to place yourself on the Reserve List and there is a good possibility that you can take part. There is still time to prepare a car!! Chris

Hi All I have just posted an update on the event's progress. There may be questions that you would like to ask from this or other from other cause. Just post them here and a Team Member will answer them for you. Cheers, Chris

I have just emailed all entrants the following update on progress about the event. If you are an entrant and have not received it please contact me by email or PM. Hello all Coast 2 Coast 2022 Entrants It is a while now since the excitement of the event’s initial announcement and you will not have heard anything from me since. The team has been working hard and we are completing everything that needs doing to make the event a success. This mail is to update you on what has been done and to ask you to do some things in preparation for the event. Entry List The Entry List for the event sold out in 8 ½ hours, so there are a full 50 entrants. There is a healthy spread of seasoned campaigners and first time entrants. There have also been 12 potential entrants on The Reserve List. Since opening the entry two of the entrants and two of the reserves have had to drop out, so currently we have 50 entrants and 8 reserves. MsUK Permit In order to be able to run the event we need to have a Motorsport UK Permit for a Touring Assembly. This shows that we have been through the proper procedure to get the event cleared with all relevant UK motoring and legal authorities. This is more than just red tape as MsUK have a positive input into the event. Indeed without their flexibility and co-operation we would not have been able to run last year. We have obtained a Permit and its number is 125981. I am obligated to tell you that but it may be handy information so please make a note of it. Road Book Howard Brissenden has been preparing a Road Book to cover the essential instructions for the event and the route. He will give you the route and the Road Book by email in early June. The route will be in the form of .gpx files for use with Garmin and Tomtom satnavs. You will need to know how to upload these files to your satnav and as we run the event you will need to know how to delete waypoints after we pass them in case there is a change of route due to an obstructed road. It will be useful to install the speed camera warning database for your model of satnav and Garmin users may also find that their smartphone link is also worthwhile. Additionally the route will be available as Google Routes. This can be used with smartphones and pads. It can also be used to transfer the route to a road atlas before the event. WhatsApp Group Howard has set up a WhatsApp group which will use the mobile phone numbers and team names you have given in your entry form. If you do not want your number added to this list for any reason or have an alternative number you want to use, please contact Howard as soon as possible by email ( howard.brissenden@gmail.com ) or via the CT Forum Private Message Service. If you are unfamiliar with WhatsApp, it is a free and secure app that can be installed on any reasonably recent Android or Iphone from their App stores. It provides fast and easy to use text/photo/phone/video chat service. You will be able to contact Howard directly via his WhatsApp address throughout the event and the organizing team will be sending out updates via the group that we have set up. He will also set up a smaller group for the organising team and if anyone contacts him in an emergency during the event they can then be added to this group so we can provide them with the maximum support. If you have any questions please email Howard or post them on the forum. Logistics If you have not got your overnight accommodation booked, The Premier Inn under construction in Porthmadog will not be completed until 16th September. Travelodge is reported to have some availability. Caernarfon and Bangor are not far away and have more hotels than Porthmadog. Car Parade Video The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway would like to make a video of a parade of our cars running next to one of their trains along the Cob to Minffordd Station with their drone. CT will also be able to share this footage. There is room for 9 cars at the station. It would be normal to ask for volunteers for this, but because of wanting as many different types of Triumph as possible and the complications of the Boston Lodge visits we will be “inviting” entrants to take part in this parade. John Bell is organising this. John is a CT member and TR6 owner. He is also a long standing member of The FWHR’. He knows both organisations very well. He will contact selected entrants about this in May and give you the full details of what he would like you to do. The cars, entrants and crew will assemble at the FWHR Harbour Station at 09:00 on Saturday June 25th and sign into the C2C event and receive event Vinyls. Cars will be photographed at the station and will leave the station in conjunction with the 09:45 train. Participants in this parade will not be able to take part in the morning visit to Boston Lodge works as there will not be time to complete the video and get back to catch the train to Boston Lodge. Updating Your Entry Information Very few entrants have provided all the required information for the event. This is needed to help us run the event and to satisfy MsUK permit requirements. Please would you check your information and update it during the remainder of this month. Thank you very much. It will be a big help. Q & A I have set up a Q & A thread in the Forum under Events > C2C > C2C 22 Q&A. If anyone has any questions I will get them answered for you in this thread. Best wishes, Chris

I don't have any details, but it is along the lines you are mentioning. Roger, that is why clubs like ours need to band together, as that way we are stronger. The FBHVC represent all member car clubs and have a voice that can be heard by politicians. CT is a member of the FBHVC. Some of the money spent supporting their scheme goes to supporting their lobbying.

I understand from FBHVC representatives that there have been a number of laws passed in Germany that have restricted the use and modification of classic cars. They sight Germany's direction as one that they wish to prevent the UK taking.

I have been so busy recently with the C2C and writing aforementioned article that I have not see this thread in the Forum. Thank you all who have contributed to this thread. The impact of classic vehicle usage globally on the environment is negligible. However we try to save the planet will not make any noticeable difference. Therefore our problem is not saving the Earth, but saving the club. There is a major risk that legislation will curb the use of our vehicles almost to the point of not being able to use them (see Germany) and misinformed members of the public will make life very uncomfortable for our members when using their Triumphs. It is the perception of politicians and the public is the problem we need to address as a club. By supporting The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC) through Tree-V we are funding the campaign to limit government action on restricting the use of our cars. No other scheme does this. The FBHVC is an organisation established with the prime objective of protecting the future of our hobby through political and industrial lobbying to secure sympathetic legislation and continued fuel supplies. Club Triumph is a member of this organisation. Planting trees is a statement of responsibility and acknowledgement of the global problem and the sticker shown by Darren is a physical sign of our commitment. The FBHVC will issue to subscribers advice on self protection from aggressive members of the public and CT will keep members up to date with best practice. The Committee believes this course of action is is currently the best way to address this issue. Over time the scheme and the club will evolve to protect the club and its members.

Hi All All the places for the Coast 2 Coast 2022 have now been filled. A Reserve List has been started. There will inevitably be some entrants who will not be able to make it to the start, so if you are interested but have not already entered put your name on the reserve list. Chris

We are sorting out a Reserve List as soon as we can. Chris

Hi again All Entry is now open and indeed Bruce has successfully entered. All members of the club have been sent an email informing them that entry is open. I appologise again for the delay, I was not expecting natural causes to intervene. Thank you to Clive, Craig and Howard for their efforts to get us this far. I hope all participants enjoy the event safely Chris

Hi All Craig's lost his internet due to the storm just as we were on the verge of launching. He seems to be back in action now, but could loose connectivity again. Chris

Craig is working on it, but I can't contact him.

There has been a glitch. We are not quite ready yet.

Hi All I am delighted to announce that entry to the C2C22 is now open. I apologise for the delay in opening the event. Club Triumph will be unveiling our approach to Carbon Neutralisation in the March edition of Club Torque. This scheme has had to be developed ahead of the C2C22 in order to include it in the C2C22. I am the Lead Organiser for both activities and have consequently been a bit busy. To enter either go to the Club Shop and you'll find the Coast 2 Coast Store, or go to Events >> C2C22 >> How to Enter. That will take you to the Shop. I hope you will find it has been worth the wait. Chris

Hi All Thank you for your patience. The website is currently being trialed and we have a few things to fix. I just have to get some final mods over to the IT team for final tweaking. The plan is to open entry at the week end. When I have had feedback on the final mods I'll give a time for entry opening. In the past there have always been more places than entrants, so unless there has been a big change, I expect there to be enough places. Cheers, Chris

Hi Bruce We have got the Committee stuff sorted. It was to do with the to be announced in the next issue of Club Torque The Club approach to Carbon Balancing our emissions. This will be applied to the C2C22. I have sent the information for the website to Clive and Craig to prepare to open entry so I expect that we can open entry during next week. Keep a look out on the website. Howard, I have some bad news for you. The Regulations clearly state: "Vehicles: The event is open to any model of Standard or Triumph motor vehicle or special based upon a Standard or Triumph motor vehicle. The vehicle need not be owned by the main entrant." To go round corners like that and to emit those noises: 1. Your car was clearly made by Scalextric 2. It probably had a Honda engine. Therefore you will be excluded from the classification of finishers as your car did not comply with Regulations. There is no appeal process. .....great video almost like watching a special stage rally.

Don That run, it would be to Lowestoft, would not be sanctioned by the MSA or MsUK as it is now know because of its Top Gear origins and the number members of the public doing it. That run became the inspiration for the Coast 2 Coast Run, now shortly about to open its entry for the 4th running on 25th/26th June. Cheers, Chris

Hi All, The Committee has some important business to discuss at the next Committee Meeting on Monday 31st January that affects the C2C22. This means that Clive, Craig and I cannot start to finalise the C2C22 website until after this date, so Club Triumph will not be able to open the entry on 1st February as planned. I am very sorry about this, but I do not anticipate that it will reduce anyone's opportunity to gain an entry or anyone's enjoyment of the event. I am not in a position to say when entry will be opened for the moment, but assure potential entrants no time will be wasted when we have the information and decisions we need. Until then please be patient.....it's coming and it will be worth the wait!

Hello All I am sorry that I am late in posting the announcement from Club Torque. I have been caught out and thought that it would be published next week. I am working to open the entry on 1st February, but there is a complicating factor that may delay opening the entry by a few days. I will announce the opening of the entry on a separate thread. The Coast 2 Coast Run 2022 The C2C Run is an event designed to be a challenging driving experience of about 400 miles, lasting about 12 hours driving time. It is a different type of event to the RBRR and the 10CR, but takes the best features from both to seek out some of the best driving roads that can be found in the UK. It is primarily about enjoyable driving. Planning is not difficult and plotting the route can be done in advance. Due to the nature of the roads used, navigating requires attention. There is also a social element through activities and meals held before and after the event. Due to the location of the roads upon which the event is held in National Parks and uplands, the start and finish can located some distance from the main population centres. We try to minimise the inconvenience but the event is a fairly high effort, high enjoyment challenge. It can be looked at as an event in four parts: getting to the start, the social event, the run and getting home. It offers entering crews an opportunity to visit parts of the country that are not usually driven during other Club Triumph events. The Coast 2 Coast 2022 Club Triumph is proud to announce the 2022 Coast 2 Coast Run. The 2022 event will be held during the night of Saturday and Sunday 25th and 26th of June. It is intended that entry will open on 1st February. Entry and merchandising will be available solely through the Club Triumph Shop on the Website. Vehicle entrants must be club members, but they need not own the vehicle entered. Crew members need not be Club Triumph members. Club Triumph Regulations apply and can be viewed on the Website. Current MSUK and national Covid-19 requirements will be rigorously enforced. Please note that although a MSUK Permit will be applied for, entrants do not need an MSUK RS Clubman or other competition licence. A thread will be opened on the Forum to provide the latest information to keep potential entrants up to date. The provisional route of the event is to start at the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways Harbour Station, Porthmadog, to drive through the Snowdonia National Park and the Welsh Coast Road to Cardigan, then through The Black Hills and the Brecon Beacons to a mandatory rest stop immediately before crossing the Severn Bridge. After which the route continues through Cheddar Gorge and across Salisbury Plain, along the Weald to a well earned breakfast at The Pilot Inn, Dungeness. This is a distance of approximately 460 miles. Entrants need to be aware that access to Porthmadog is restricted due to the mountainous terrain. Saturday is the hotel changeover day so traffic in and out of Porthmadog is heavy and long delays are expected. Further, hotel accommodation is very limited, although a new Premiere Inn will be open by 25th June. Getting there will require some planning and in view of the event’s social activity, described below, it is worth getting there, or near there, on Friday or even before. If you are going to book accommodation, book as soon as you have entered the event otherwise you may be disappointed. The Starting point will be at The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways Harbour Station, Porthmadog, LL49 9NF. The dinner will be in the Spooner’s Cafe on the Station from 16:30. Parking for entrants will be in The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways reserved section of the Llyn Bach Car Park, which is close to the station. The event will start at 19:00. For more details see: https://www.festrail.co.uk/ There will be a mandatory stop at Magor Motorway Services Eastbound, NP26 3YL, on the M4. Most of the caterers will be closed, but WH Smiths will have Starbucks vending machines and sandwiches available. For more details see: https://www.roadchef.com/locations/magor The finish will be at The Pilot Inn, Dungeness, Kent, TN29 9NJ at around 08:00. Breakfast will be available from this time. For your route home afterwards the M20 is not too far away. For more details see: https://thepilotdungeness.co.uk/ The route will be available as .gpx files for use on Garmin and Tomtom satnavs and these files will be available as Google routes for use on smart phones. From the .gpx files you will be able to transfer the route to a road atlas. Entry will be limited to 50 cars. A reserve list will be maintained if the numbers exceed this. It is intended that the carbon emissions created by this event will be offset through the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs’ Carbon Balancing Scheme (FBHVC). At the time of writing (Early December 2021) this scheme has not been launched and full details are not known, but it should be operational in early 2022. Updates about the scheme will be posted on the C2C 2022 thread on the Forum as they become available. Planned participation in this scheme means that the price of the Coast 2 Coast 2022 cannot be finalised as I write. The price will cover entry into the event, a contribution to the FBHVC Carbon Balancing scheme, car stickers and a finisher’s souvenir. Merchandise, if purchased, will be additional. Food consumed at the restaurants is at the entrant’s expense (main courses will typically be around £10-£12). Fuel, car preparation, any tolls, fines etc., getting to and from the event are also at the entrant’s expense. The Social Activity By Mike Buck - Photo by Mike Buck., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2931882 For this year’s additional social activity C2C 2022 entrants have been privileged to be offered a guided tour of the Ffestiniog Railway’s Boston Lodge Locomotive Works. The Ffestiniog Railway is the world’s oldest independent railway company, being established in 1836. It has World Heritage status. These works have just secured £4M funding to conserve and redevelop what is the oldest steam locomotive factory and operating works in the world, having manufactured steam locomotives in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The General Manager, Paul Lewin, will conduct two “money can’t buy” two hour tours of the works. These tours will take place from 10:30 to 12:30 and from 13:00 to 15:00. They will be informative and amusing. He will explain to you how steam locomotives are operated, maintained, rebuilt and built from new. You can learn how steam locomotives work and Paul Lewin will answer your questions. If you are interested in steam engines this is just too good to miss, you won’t get another opportunity like it! In addition you can be a driver for a fiver. If demand is sufficient, an engine will be in steam and event entrants can be “instructed” in driving a steam engine within the confines of the works. These events will need to be booked as purchases through the Club Triumph Shop on the Club Triumph Website. Free for the tours, £5.00 to drive the locomotive. There are many other interesting activities and sites to visit in the Porthadog area and if you have the time it is worth organising a mini-break in the area. There are runs on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways, there is Portmerion, home to The Prisoner TV series starring Patrick Mcgoohan and Snowdon National Park. For those who like aircraft it may be possible to see NATO airforces training nearby in the famous Mach Loop, where after a bit of a clamber you can look down on aircraft flying at 500 feet and 500mph through the Corris Uchaf (A487 between Dolgellau and Machynlleth). For more information see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNmNVEJQsVU&t=747s Club Triumph looks forward to seeing you in Porthmadog.

Hi Guys We have already tried to fit one of these and they do not fit. The main jet is too big and the large gasket is the wrong shape. Cheers, Chris

Hi Guys Thanks very much for this. I have sent the link to Roy who is doing the repair and asked him to have a look. I'll post an update when he repliesl Cheers, Chris

Does any one have 2* Carburetor rebuild kits suitable for a 1983 Acclaim. If so please post here. Thanks very much. Chris

Hi Mark That is the date that is in the provisional CT calendar and is the one that I am using to talk with the providers of the start and finish locations. However is can only be set in stone when the CT calendar is finalised. I will advise when that is. Cheers, Chris