Thunderbird Times
Newsletter of
the Mighty
March 2008 Newsletter
Sunday,
9 March – Pioneer Run –
MISCELLANEOUS
A warm
welcome to new member Rod Daniels who I’m sure you have noticed has a very immaculate 61 Bonneville.
Rod was saying his wife also rides, so Rod, if you can get her to
come along and join us either on the back of your Bonnie or on her own bike
we’d love to meet her. It’s going to be a very busy year with lots of great
events and runs so the Club look forward to Rod and hopefully his wife joining
us on our forthcoming trips and rides out.
YEAR
OF THE BONNEVILLE
E-mail from Malcolm:
It’s the 50th Anniversary of the
Bonneville next year and the TOMCC
have requested photographs for their
next year’s Club Calendar. Photos
must be digital, 5MP and over please and must have a Bonnie appearing
somewhere in the photo. If
interested and you think you may have something to fit the bill, e-mail Laurence
Mee on lm@tomcc.org.
Tuesday,
1 April – Bob’s Legendary Quiz Night –8.30pm Start - Cash Prize – Entry £2 per person - large
attendance please – remember to put this event on your Calendar so you don’t forget, get your teams together and support Bob for
this fun evening. Have sent Invitation
Flyers to the BSA Club and
BUYING OUR HOLIDAY HOME IN FRANCE – Mike Smith
For the last
six years we have been visiting the Vive la France Exhibition at
Knowing our budget
and seeing photos of the development we decided on a one bedroom property. The complex
would have an indoor and outdoor pool, a small club house with a children's
play area and an outdoor stage for evening entertainment. Two week’s later I flew to
I picked up
the hire car and left
The following
morning I set off to an arranged meeting with the Property Agent in Colombiers who showed me the plot. With my limited French and his limited English we
managed to understand each other, looked at the plan and located where
the house was going to be built. It all sounded good and found it was only 20
minutes drive from the nearest seaside resort of Valras Plage and set off to the
airport. On arrival at the airport – shock,
horror, “WHERE ON EARTH DO YOU PARK A
HIRE CAR”? This would be my third mistake and knowledge of the
French language would have been useful!
I ended up in
a Pay and Display park and
spotted a sign pointing
towards Hertz but there was a barrier across the
way.
Having sat there for a while trying to work
it out and having tried my credit card to no avail, buzzed the operator and listened to a tirade in
French. Much to my relief a very
patient French lady came to my assistance.
At last I
parked up and rushed to the Returns Desk, gave in my keys and made
my way through the Check-in to the Departure Lounge.
I then realised I HAD LEFT MY CREDIT CAR ON THE DASH OF THE
HIRE CAR!!! I panicked, went back to security, ran to the
desk and asked if I could have the keys. He
said “I think the car has been taken away to be cleaned”!! Fortunately, it had not. I grabbed
my card and went through all the rigmarole again but was soon to be all
forgotten.
In June we
received the letter we were waiting
for, we
could pick up the keys
but when we arrived at the house we had no electricity. This in no
way was going to spoil this happy occasion so we went out and bought a torch, candles, sheets and towels, went out for something to eat and went to bed by candlelight.
We have discovered that our little home is a good centre to explore the South of
We celebrated New Year in our little French house. The weather was about 17-19 degrees with plenty of sunshine and
ate out on the patio, something we could
not do back home in stormy and rainy
Mike in front of his holiday home
Our holiday home
is near Colombiers
on the Canal du Midi.
Editor’s Comments
Thanks Mike – a very pretty property and I’m sure this
report will inspire Club Members who are toying with the idea of buying a
property abroad.
FROM
Read about Debbie and Terry’s journey on how they became Landlords of the Princess
of Wales in your April Newsletter.
SENIORS
GIVING BIRTH
With all the new technology regarding fertility
recently a 72 year old woman gave
birth.
When she was discharged from the hospital and
went home her relatives came to visit.
“May
we see the new baby?” one asked.
“No, not
yet”
said the 72 year old mother “I’ll make some coffee”.
Thirty minutes went by and they were getting agitated
“May
we see the new baby now?”
“No,
not yet” said the mother
“Well, when can we see the baby?” they asked
“When he cries” she told them
“Why do we have
to wait until he CRIES?” they asked
“BECAUSE I FORGOT WHERE I PUT HIM, OKaaaayyyy?”!!!!
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, 1 April 2008 Bob’s Quiz Night - 8pm - Cash Prize – start getting your teams together now
- no need to book just turn up, have fun and
support Bob.
Make sure
you have a full tank of petrol.
Make sure
you have a full tank of petrol.
Remember to look at the Notice Board for extra news and trips.
Save your old stamps for Mog.
Last but not least – keep your
Editor busy
June F
WE MEET AT:
Princess of
98 Morden Road Runs leave the pub at
020 8542 0573 Please
ensure you have a full tank of petrol
CLUB CONTACTS:
Chairman Mog Pharoah 020
8947 7727 (day)
Treasurer Malcolm Orpin 020 8640 2608
Secretary Doddie
Membership Secretary
Dave Kent Ditto
Show Secretary John Flower 020
942 9976
Social Secretary Bob Simmonds 020 8669 0921
Runs Leader Brian Peters 01737
551762
Regalia Robin Maynard 020
8224 7421
TT Editor June Flower jjflower@hotmail.co.uk
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