Essex & Surrounding Counties Christmas drive & lunch, Sunday 14 December 2025

For good food and good company while we put the world to rights, meanwhile our car stays in the car park.
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Route for tomorrow - same as last Christmas :xmas-wink:

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Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow :D
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Great. See you tomorrow :thumleft:
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Perhaps it's obvious because we didn't pre-order or confirm, but the Pearce Contingent will sadly not be joining this tomorrow, because I forgot we were out partying tonight and staying over in a hotel...

Hopefully be able to make next event!
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Thanks Sean Yes, I was aware and took your names off the list.

Wishing you and your family a great Christmas and we'll see you in the New Year sometime :thumleft:
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We’ve arrived but it doesn’t look like the pub is open, so gone in search of toilets and coffee.


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Thank you to Steve for organising this lunch with his local pub :thumleft:

Gwyn and I had a lovely time with everyone who came along today. The drive was a bit slower than usual, but enjoyable with part blue sky and occasional appearance of the large, bright, yellow thing above us 😀

Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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It was lovely to see everyone, and I got to be a passenger Princess again. Image

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A big thank you to Steve for organising another enjoyable Christmas Dinner and Drive. Also, thank you to your helper.... Christmas elf... Malcolm. :xmasnuts:

I have SORN my RX8 until the new year. I didn't realise how much I missed driving it. Languishing at the back of the convoy in the wife's Honda Civic, hearing those ahead tickle their throttles and knowing that would have brought me a lot of pleasure too! Of course, I didn't dare drive Debbie's Honda like I drive my 8. For fear of getting one of these uncomfortable stares! You know what I'm talking about guys? [-X :roll:
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