Eastern Cape Region

Breakfast Run to Grass Roof

By Fabian Cairns and Nikiforos Georgiou

lovely run was arranged by the AClub for a breakfast outing to Grass Roof, which was not too long a drive but a lovely trip nonetheless.

Fortunately, P.E. mornings are always fresh, but it soon enough turned into a rather warm day. We had a good turn-out with a nice range of our pointed star beauties for the meander through to Grass Roof.

After a bit of a wait for our meals to be served, we headed off to Hannes Scheeper’s house to have a look at a few of the special ladies in his garages.

These include his 190D Ponton bakkie, 350SL and 230CE as well as his 111 Coupé. We then headed up to the house for some more chatter over tea and cake, which ended up with a beer or two.

Thanks again to Hannes and Jenny Scheepers for the invite and the drinks, we thoroughly enjoyed our time together. ■

Eastern Cape Region AGM & Christmas lunch

By Fabian Cairns and Nikiforos Georgiou

Given the testing year turned out to be, it 2022 was decided that we should have our AGM and Christmas lunch over the same period, and to make a bit of an outing of it, so we settled on Saturday.

Kenton on Sea was the chosen destination because it’s a fairly central spot for the Eastern Cape chapter and, as it was a Saturday, all of us would have sufficient time to head there without disturbing the sparrows with early morning starts.

My drive was going well until my car’s throttle cable disconnected itself. With a little bush mechanic tactics (and a helping hand from Niki and Miguel) we had it sorted and back on the road, but it made for a tight arrival time at Kenton.

With the weather turning to some welcome rain, there wasn’t much chance to get the cars lined up for a photo (Ed: excuse accepted) so we headed into the venue a bit earlier; and they weren’t ready to receive us yet. They were, however, very accommodating and everyone (including young future members) could already make themselves comfortable at the restaurant.

All voting members headed off to one of the hotel rooms next door where we ran the AGM. Being my first one was a little nerve wracking but all went smoothly in the end with Niki and myself (Fabian) being nominated again for 2023.

After the AGM, we went back to the House Kitchen to join the others and sat down to a great meal with Erald kindly saying Grace.

Service was a little slow but it was festive and gave us time to hand out the gifts and to have a good chin wagging session.

With no-one being in a hurry (as most of us were spending the evening in and around Kenton) a great afternoon was had.

We wrapped up late afternoon and all headed off while it was still light.

A big thanks to everyone who attended from near and far, it was an excellent turn-out with close to 40 people. ■