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The "Wednesday Wander" is a private invitation-only event that had
been organised for the past few years by Bryan Goodman and Tim Harding, both
members of the VCC, VSCC, and of the Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society. This was a
non-competitive event specifically for period 'Vintage Cars'. The event
involved meeting at a starting point, being given a 'Tulip Roadbook' navigation
instructions, and subsequently navigating the route, and eventually meeting for
a communal lunch at the finish. Regretfully Bryan was forced to withdraw
from organisational duties two years ago due to ill health so the event was run
by Tim Harding with the assistance of Tony Oakes of the SVVS. Unfortunately Tim died
unexpectedly and very soon after Bryan died also, so the event this year
was organised by Tony Oakes with help of some regular participants, many of whom
are SVVS Members.
The meeting point was 'The Pilot's Hub' Cafe at Redhill Aerodrome where we were
given special dispensation to park air-side on the airfield grass just opposite
the Cafe. The Cafe forms the front part of Hangar 9 and faces the
airfield. Hangar 9 itself contains a number of interesting aircraft and
has some museum-ey bits which are well worth the walk to the rather distant loo
!
After a nice coffee overlooking the parked vintage cars and overhead
helicopters, Tony Oakes handed out the Tulip Book and told us to get going.
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The Wednesday Wander is a gentle meander along the less used lanes of the
local area and tries to avoid main roads. The Tulip navigation system used comes
from the Tulip Rally which originated in Holland in 1949. The Arrow diagrams
show when coming to a junction as where you should be going. In this case the
'going' was to Smallfield, Effingham, Worth, Ardingly etc, and ending up
eventually a couple of hours later at the Red Barn in Tandridge Lane, Blindley
Heath. Here the cars were displayed in an impressive lineup in the large car-park
and a buffet lunch was organised in the 'olde barn'. A lovely day out blessed
with just perfect weather!
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