Late notice

[PaulHere]

Final reminder of two events for those last minute Porsche related presents and an idea for some retail therapy.

Sunday 7th December from 10:30 to 15:00
PCGB, Cornbury House Open Day for coffee, Mince Pies and a chance to snap up some goodies for Christmas. If you take Route 1 (see directions below) it would be an ideal opportunity to stop at Bicester Retail Village for some bargains.

Thursday 11th December from 18.30 to 22:00
The Porsche Centre, Hatfield are holding their Christmas indoor market.

I hope to see some of you at Bicester Retail Village from about 11:00 on Sunday and at Cornbury House after lunch. Or at Porsche Centre, Hatfield during Thursday evening.

Regards,
Martin Nelson (Region 21 RO)

Directions to Porsche Centre, Hatfield
The Porsche Centre, Hatfield is just off the A414 about a three-minute drive from J4 of A1(M). At very large roundabout on the exit (from either direction) of A1(M) junction 4 follow signs for the A414. At next roundabout turn right in to Great North Road. Porsche Centre showroom is about 100 yards down on the left.


Directions to PCGB, Cornbury House,
Cotswold Business Village, London Road,
Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos., GL56 0JQ.

Route 1 (Trunk & scenic roads)
Take A41 west to Bicester.
At main roundabout (where A41 and M40 are to the left) TURN RIGHT towards Bicester Retail Village.
At next roundabout go straight on for about 150 yards and then
turn left on to B4030
Follow B4030 until it feeds in to A44
Feed right on to A44
About 14 miles along A44 (just East of Moreton-in-Marsh) TURN LEFT in to Cotswold Business Village

Route 2 (Trunk roads)
Take A41 west to Bicester.
At main roundabout TURN LEFT, staying on A41 towards M40
Go straight on DOWN A34 at M40 J9 roundabout.
Just over 6 miles down A34 turn right on to A44
About 30 miles along A44 (just East of Moreton-in-Marsh) TURN LEFT in to Cotswold Business Village

Route 3 (Motorway & trunk roads)
Take M40 west to Oxford.
At J8 on M40 follow signs for A40 round the north side of Oxford.
Turn right on to A44
About 30 miles along A44 (just East of Moreton-in-Marsh) TURN LEFT in to Cotswold Business Village

 

[PaulHere]

Thanks for the info Peter, not sure why Martin Nelson put those times but I'm sure there is a logic to it somewhere []

Yep, the R21 dinner was great []

You probably have read this from his e-mailout but just in case - here's Martin!

Here is a summary of R21's Christmas Dinner for those of you that could not make it or actually got there but can only remember the night as a blur of fun.

On arrival everyone received a randomly selected "Last Person Standing" card, their name-tag and a party hat. The most popular hats were the gold or silver tiaras and the gangster hats. Les McParland looked the part in his police hat and Angela Byrne set a dash in her black and white outfit with matching gangster hat.

At each dinner place setting there was a lovely china Porsche mug with the compliments of Porsche Centre, Hatfield. There were also party poppers and blowers to help increase the noise level. Tracy, Katie and Louise did a superb job of selling raffle tickets in order to raise an acceptable tip for the servers.

Dinner and wines were served without problems. The fine food and jovial conversation helped propel the evening towards our "Last Person Standing" game just before coffee. Everyone stood up and when their card was randomly pulled from the bag they sat down. Tension build as the numbers standing reduced and the prizes were...
£5 to Dave Smith for being first to sit down.
£20 to Carole Poynton for being 2nd from last to sit down.
£30 to Martin Nelson for being last to sit down.
£50 to Dave Campion for being last person standing.

During coffee the raffle was held. There were so many prizes thanks to the generosity of Perry Rob (PCH), Jonas Zambakides (JZM), PCGB, Jo & Robin Walker, Dave & Kate Smith, Ashley Miller and Martin Nelson. As a result there were too many winners to name here so I will only mention Peter Branch as he had the biggest smile picking up the 1:18 scale model of the Porsche 935 race car in JZM livery donated by Jonas.

Near the end of the evening Jo & Robin said some kind words of thanks and presented Carol and I with flowers and champagne.

Many thanks to all that helped make this a great night,
Martin