Dear Fellow Classic Car Enthusiasts,

The last CCL Sunday Social on the 30^th August was a sparkling show. No fewer than 20 classic cars (and their owners of course!) attended, including 4 VW Microbuses, 2 early Beetles, a 1600 VW notchback, a VW Variant Estate, a ‘new’ old tiny Daihatsu pick-up, a Mini, an Alfa Romeo Giulia, a Daimler, a Porsche 928, Custom Coupes, assorted BMW’s, a Land Rover, a lovely black & white Mercedes - and the list goes on. Just have a look at a sampling of the cars below!

Mike Griffiths immortalised this day by taking a quality video & the edited & finished video will be available for viewing at our next event on the 27^th September 09 & I understand that souvenir copies will also be available on the 27^th, at nominal cost.

I was away overseas on business last month, so missed this memorable event, so I’m really looking forwards to seeing the video for myself & seeing what I missed out on!

But I won’t be missing out on our next event, which happens very soon on Sunday 27^th September & I hope you won’t be missing out either. Please view the full size version of the image above for full details.

Not only are we having our usual monthly Classic Cars of Lanna Sunday Social, but for this month, member David Hardcastle has been kind enough to donate his time (and no doubt his wife Khun Noy’s time too J) to organise a Mini-Run for us all, out to Huay Tung Tao Lake, which will be followed by an optional lunch-stop at a nearby restaurant. A big thanks go to David & Noy for organising this for us all.

For the benefit of any latecomers or just for your navigational interest, David describes the route we will be taking as follows:

We’ll assemble at Ninety-Four Coffee at Nim City Daily (adjacent to Central Airport Plaza) at 10.00am, as usual. At 10.30am sharp we will leave in convoy, U-turning under the fly-over, passing Nyom Panich Toyota on our left and heading towards the moat.

At the moat we will take the first U-turn so we can drive steadily around the inside of the moat, along the whole of the south, east and north sides. It won’t be easy to keep together, but if we are patient, go more slowly than the average traffic and keep left, we should achieve a cohesive presence!

At the end of the northern side we’ll turn left and south for 200m before taking the first U-turn so we pass Ram Hospital on our left. Then we turn left onto Huay Kaew Rd and go all the way along, past the Amari Rincome Hotel, to the cross roads with Irrigation Canal Road. Here we turn right and follow this dual-carriageway road almost to its northern end before turning left sign-posted Huay Tung Tao Lake.

At the top of the single carriageway hill, please have 20b per adult ready in each car to purchase the required tickets at the booth. Twenty meters later, stop at the 2nd booth for the man to tear the tickets in half. No-one has ever been able to explain this system, other than its provision of jobs for wives of soldiers (the Lake is on Army land and closes at dusk, as does the Army).

At the T junction just before the lake we will turn right and gently circumnavigate the lake in a clockwise direction, which achieves the best views. Beware of racing motorcycles and drivers coming the other way, admiring the views.

After almost one complete lap we will park informally, and lunch can be taken at one of the many lakeside sala restaurants. Paddling and swimming are optional at no extra cost.

I think you’ll all agree that this sounds like a great fun family day out, so lock away Sunday 27^th September and we’ll all look forwards to catching up soon.

Don’t forget – Meet at 10am, with a planned departure time of 10:30, from Ninety-Four Coffee at Nim City Daily. SEE YOU ALL THERE!

Yours in classic motoring,

Ian Garritt