MX-5 Drive your 5 Day

Area Discussion Solent
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Hi Everyone,

As it is a double Anniversary Year - “30 Years of the Owners Club and 35 Years of the MX-5 Production,” the 15th September has been declared "Drive your 5 Day" so a visit to the Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford has been arranged for Solent and neighbouring areas to attend.

Information on how to book your discounted tickets have been provided by Haynes Motor Museum, as follows;

To book your tickets we have detailed a link and your personal discount code below, please forward this email to each member of your group. Online bookings must only be made by individuals. As the Museum is a charity, we are able to claim gift aid, by booking online and selecting gift aid (if applicable) your admission will become an annual pass at no additional cost.

To book tickets, Follow this link : Haynes Motor Museum

Discount code: - PM Mal (Malski21) for the code

General terms and conditions of group bookings

This link and code will expire by 15th September 2024, if minimum numbers are not reached (15 people), you will incur the minimum fee outstanding, or tickets will not be valid. The outstanding fee will be invoiced and must be paid on the last working weekday prior to the date of your booking either by BACS payment or we can take card payments over the phone. Payments cannot be taken on the day of your booking.

Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable to another person.

Should a member of the group not be able to attend on the date, their ticket can still be redeemed which will activate the annual pass – please call reception on 01963 440804 on the day of your booking to redeem the annual pass.

Please do not send this link outside of your group.

Start Point: We will rendevous at Rownhams Services M27 Westbound in our usual meeting place, adjacent to the approach road to the car park entrance.

Rendevous Time: 09:00

Departure Time: 09:30 PROMPT!

Drive Time: 1 hour 30 mins approx

Arrival Time at Destination: 11:00 in time for coffee :grinning:

For info, our route will take us past Hilliers Garden Centre at Three Legged Cross, where we will drive in to hook up with Wessex Group, who will join us for the drive up to Shaftsbury and we will transit via the fabulous “Zig-Zag Hill” before heading into Sparkford and the Haynes Museum.

Map details complete with directions, are given at the following link for you all to print off; https://maps.app.goo.gl/L4nt9w7LUJJQwydr8

Solent Attendees List

  1. Mal & Serena Rowland
  2. Mark Green (Essoman)
  3. Benjamin (Blue_Ben) - driving direct to Haynes
  4. Howard & Julie Lawrence
  5. Martin & Wendy
  6. Roy Newman & Mrs Newman
  7. Roger & Lynn Mead
  8. Terry & Val Simpson (MK Area) & friends of Mark Green
  9. Mike Parr - driving straight to Haynes
  10. Kevin - West Sussex (59Five)
  11. Ralph Colmar - driving direct to Haynes
  12. Alex Barton - driving direct to Haynes
  13. Caroline & Nick Greest
  14. Elaine & Rob Rust
  15. Jacob & Abi

Wessex Attendees List

  1. Sue & Bill Chorley (Wesex AC) - Mk3 True Red
  2. Gill and Vic Jelley (Wessex)
  3. Jane and Jeff Morley (Wessex)
  4. Ian Chapman (Wessex)
  5. Phil 7 Sue Holloway (Wessex)
  6. Stuart & Pat Couper (Wessex) - Driving direct to Haynes
  7. Matt Horsley (Wessex) - Driving Straight to Haynes
  8. Peter & Christine Steel (Wessex ) - will be present if they get back from the US in time!

Best Regards

Team Solent

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Oh No ! I’m working that day. Unless I can get a friend to take Terry
Di x

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Hi Mal I’m up for this, it sounds like a great day and only£15 a ticket with discount. As your so far away i will make my own way there from Wiltshire

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Bargain with discount thank you @Malski21 looking forward to it!

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Hi Ben and Mark,

Glad you can join us for this one :+1:

Regards

Mal

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Hi Everyone,

For info, an Attendees List for Solent Area, has been added to Post#1 and will be updated, as and when more people join this event :wink:

Best Regards

Mal

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Hi Mal
All booked for this one, look a great day
BR
Howard & Julie

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Fan-dabi-dosi, I will add you and Julie to the list👍

Best Regards

Mal

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Thanks for the heads up love any excuse to got to Haynes International, hope North Thames members are included, will not be sure if I am coming from North Thames or Great Western until closer on the day so please do not wait for me, I will see you there one way or the other.

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Hi I’ve just booked, Kevin West Sussex, not been there for 20 years.

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Hi Mal,
Have booked my ticket. Assuming you leave the services at 09.30 I’ll wait at the Weyhill Services on the A303, (which you may wish to consider as a comfort stop as much better than Sutton Scotney) and join you as you drive by…
Best wishes
Roger

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Hi Mal can you also add Terry & Val Simpson my neighbours and member’s from the Milton Keynes and Chilterns area for the Haynes visit who are going in convoy with us.
Cheers

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I have just caught up with some admin and added the members from the most recent posts on this thread, to the list in Post #1 :wink:

Regards

Mal

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Say hi to them for us. We know them from the TR Register and they were with us on the stand at Malvern :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Hi Mal
Ticket booked. As Rownhams is a huge detour for me, I’ll try to catch you on the A303 or meet you there
Cheers
Mike

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Hi Everyone, please be advised that our route to Haynes has been tweaked slightly, so Wessex Group can hook up with us and we can all drive via the famous “Zig-Zag Hill” to Sparkford😃

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You forgot me though

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Now sorted :wink:

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Update Ralph Colmar and Alex Barton will be driving down from Bristol, see you at Haynes with two cars.

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I have duly added you both to the list👍

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