Calendar
| YEAR 2025 | |
| November 2025 | |
| Sun 16th | East Anglia: Last of the Summer Wine lunch The Last of the Summer Wine lunch is being held this year on Sunday, 16 November at The Horse and Groom, Cornish Hall End (near Finchingfield, CM7 4HF) - horseandgroomessex.co.uk We will assemble from 12:00 and sit down for lunch promptly at 12:30. The menu is attached. Please select from the 2 or 3 course menus and e-mail the names of participants and their choices to stephendhorne@gmail.com before 7th November. Payments to be made on the day - no need to pay in advance. We very much look forward to seeing you and celebrating another great year of Alvis motoring. |
| Sat 22nd | All Sections: Annual General Meeting by remote videoconference Any member who wishes to attend remotely should notify Richard Long, IT Officer by email: itofficer@alvisoc.org and an invitation will be sent in due course. |
| December 2025 | |
| Thu 11th | South West: Christmas Buffet at Fistral Bay Hotel, Newquay Join Cornwall Members and friends for out festive meet up… 12 for 12.30 hrs, the buffet is £25 pp. Please send £10.pp Deposit to reserve your place. We met here before planned by our Apsley, it is on the far West side of Newquay. Approach by Gannel road A392, then L Pentire Road, then R Esplanade Road. R Moor ‘Penmoor’ St Clement, TRURO TR1 1SZ (01872) 272929 |
| YEAR 2026 | |
| January 2026 | |
| Wed 7th | Northern: The Yorkshire Noggin Christmas Dinner at the Tickled Trout, Bilton in Ainsty, Wetherby, YO26 7NN. As usual there will be a limited number of bedrooms available at the concessionary price of £110 per room B&B. If you wish to book one of these please ring Ian on 01423 359006 and ask for the Alvis rate. Menu details are available from David and Anne Salter. Cost: 2 courses £28.95, 3 Courses £32.95. Menu choices will be needed by 15 December 2025. Contact davidandannesalter@tiscali.co.uk (01423 870350) |
| February 2026 | |
| Sun 1st | East Anglia: Post-Christmas lunch. This event will be held at The Gardeners Arms, Tostock, IP30 9PA. 12 noon for 12.30pm sit down. Tostock is one mile North of the A14 at Junction 47, midway between Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. The roast lunch (with vegetarian option) will be £25 per person for main course and dessert. Numbers are limited so please book with Brian Aket (Aket@btinternet.com) as soon as possible |
| Sat 14th | South West: Valentines Winter Lunch All AOC members are warmly invited to join us for our Valentines Winter Lunch at The Carpenters Arms at Stanton Wick, North Somerset BS39 4BX. We are returning by popular request to this lovely country pub located in the beautiful Chew Valley. We have been allocated our own area in The Log Room where we can enjoy excellent food including a number of vegetarian options. This is a most popular pub so there could be a limit to numbers so please commit as soon as possible. Arrive after 12, serving at 1pm. For further information or confirmation of attendance please contact Don Gray 07850 601038 email dongray.15@btinternet.com |
| March 2026 | |
| Sat 21st | Wales: Spring Lunch The Welsh Section welcomes all AOC Members to their Spring luncheon gathering, to meet at 12 noon onwards for a return visit to Tintern, near Chepstow. We are returning to last year’s successful venue, the Anchor Inn, Chapel Hill, Tintern, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 6TE. This Inn is beside the A466, 5 miles to the north of Chepstow, alongside the River Wye. We have provisionally reserved spaces in their Garden Room with a beautiful outlook over Tintern Abbey for Alvis friends. The Anchor Inn Car Park is on your left as you approach the Pub. We are being allocated a designated Alvis area. Tintern Abbey is an historic site with a modern and fascinating Visitor Centre. We need to advise the Anchor Inn, so please inform us as soon as possible if you would like to join us. Please contact Ann and Hugh Bradnum by telephone: 029 2075 7494 or by e-mail at: hbradnum@btinternet.com |
| May 2026 | |
| Wed 13th - Fri 15th | East Anglia: Spring Break Based again at The Angel Wangford (NR34 8RL) - please ring to reserve 01502 578494 (all the rooms have been allocated to the Alvis Club). Please note that there is a limited number of rooms at this small hotel. Room costs at the Angel are between £100 and £130 b&b depending on the room, evening meals are extra. The rooms are reserved under the name of Peter Barratt (Alvis Club) IMPORTANT please let Peter know when you have booked (eastangliaalvis@gmail.com). There is additional accommodation nearby, these can be located either on airbnb.com or booking.com), letting Malcolm Kindell (malcolmkindell@gmail.com) know that you have booked into additional accommodation. Join us for the break or come for a day. The draft programme: Wednesday 13th May Meet for 11.00 “brunch” at Farm Cafe, Main Rd, Marlesford, Woodbridge, IP13 0AG, then tour of Sizewell Power Station at 1.00 pm, the tour is limited to 12 people, involves walking 1.7 miles and lasts up to 4 hours. You must inform Peter Barratt (eastangliaalvis@gmail.com) that you intend coming by 8th March 2026 to enable Sizewell security checks to be completed, providing your full name, date of birth, nationality and registered address. On the day you need to bring photo id such as driving license or passport. Thursday 14th May visit to a stately home more details of this item to follow. Friday 15th May walk along Dunwich Cliffs and then fish and chips at the famous beach café. Additionally, there will be an opportunity to perhaps hear bitterns booming one morning. |
| May 2026 | |
| Sat 16th-Sun 17th | South West: South West Alvis Day SWAD will be at Buckfastleigh in Devon just west of Exeter. The gathering itself will be adjacent to the Buckfastleigh South Devon steam railway station on the Sunday. There will be a drive out over Dartmoor on the Saturday. The chosen hotel is the Northgate House Hotel adjacent to and owned by Buckfast Abbey. More details and a form will be provided in due course but in the meantime anyone wishing to book in at this early stage should mention the Alvis car club weekend to obtain a 10% discount on normal prices. |
| June 2026 | |
| Fri 19th—Mon 22nd | All Sections: International Alvis Weekend 2026 Join us between Leamington Spa and Kenilworth for IAW26, celebrating 75 years of AOC, with the possibility of displaying your car inside Kenilworth Castle! Put the dates in your diary now. More details to follow - bookings will open on 01 October 2025 |
| Mon 22nd—Fri 26th | All Sections: IAW Follow-on Tour Drive down through Warwickshire and the North Cotswolds to our base to the north of Cirencester, in the central Cotswolds, where you can spend three or four nights. This will give you plenty of time to explore many of the delights of the area, from pretty villages and delightful countryside, to Roman remains and splendid country houses. Again, put the dates in your diary now. More details to follow – bookings will open on 01 October 2025 |