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A classic car gathering, not limited to Alvis cars, was held on Saturday 20th July at Castledore near Fowey on the south coast of Cornwall. This was followed by a short drive down to the local pub on the Fowey estuary for a very nice buffet lunch.

Summer has at last arrived, so AOC members who chose to attend the South West Alvis Weekend based at the beautiful Stourhead Estate in West Wiltshire, were clearly in for a fun time. On the main day Sunday, thirty eight cars formed a wonderful display around the pre- ordained grassed area.

The IAW 2024 started on a glorious Friday and continued through a glorious weekend finishing on Sunday afternoon. There was a slight hiatus due to the overnight rain on the Saturday into Sunday, but the weather did us proud.

The South West Section, in an attempt to make their invariably pretty boring AGM more interesting and hopefully more enjoyable decided to ‘test the water’ by including this year’s AGM as an integral part of a social event. The event chosen was our now annual Spring Picnic held at Long Park Farm in Kingsbridge.

Alvis Salamander Mark 6 Crash Tender at the RAF Museum, Hendon

The funeral of Derek Troule took place on Friday 3rd May 2024. Derek was a very active member of the AOC and South East Section, having held various positions on the SE committee and being a stalwart Alvis owner and driver. He is sadly missed.

The Midlanads Drive it Day started off from the Howard Arms, Wilmington. Meticulously planned, mapped and tested by Mike and Lucy Davies, the 40 mile Cotswold cruise round trip retuned with enjoyable tales of map misreads and sightings of each other in odd directions, to settle down to lunch, back in the pub.

Keen to raise a lot of cash for the nominated ChildLine charity and to involve as many of our members as possible, the South West Section decided this year to have two Drive it Day runs. One began in the far South West of our region starting at the Penhale cafe at Dobwalls near Liskeard. Our second run was in South Somerset, it started and ended at the beautiful home of one of our local members, at Buckland St Mary. The day raised £305 for ChildLine.

The mid south east section joined forces with the Jensen Owner Club and had a leisurely drive to Borde Hill Gardens, just out side Haywards Heath, on a sunny, chilly Drive It Day Sunday.

South East section had its AGM at the Heritage Skills Academy workshop based in Brooklands on the 7th April. It turned out to be a lovely day with a few of us turning up in our Alvises.