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Posted July 27, 2004

 

BMAPEI 4th  annual Baie Verte winefest and meal at the Schnitzel Haus
Sunday August 8th


Meeting places:

PEI cars: at Gateway Village, the first parking lot on the right as you
enter the village at 12.30. N.B and N.S cars who wish to meet us en route: the on ramp to the Trans Canada of Route 955 (exit 47), the nearest one to the Bridge at 1 pm (Murray Corner?)
 

We plan to arrive at the Winegarden Estate winery about 1.15.  The
winery is located on Route 970 (Tidnish Road) and is well sign posted from
both the Trans Canada and Route 66 in Nova Scotia.

The Winegarden winery is a family operation run by Frau and Herr
Ziegler, plus daughter etc. For this open house as in the previous four, they
have invited other micro-wineries, so that there will be lots of choice
for the tasting.  The process the last three years has been you purchased 5
tickets and a large shot glass for $5. That  entitles you to 5 samplings.
There will be music, a brass band and other entertainers, lots of
food and is an enjoyable way to spend part of the afternoon.  Last year they
had over 1,000 people so this is a popular event and not to be missed. 
Don't eat too much as at 3.30 we will leave the winery for a meal at the
Schnitzel Haus in Aulac.  The comment by a participant from last year
was, we had an absolutely wonderful meal - absolutely excellent but way
too much (hard to believe but I left something on my plate!)'. After the meal the event comes to an end and we all head home in our
respective directions.


If you wish to participate in the event please let me know and how
many people you will be bringing so we can book appropriate tables in the
restaurant.

Contact: Bill Glen (902-675-4315); wglen@auracom.com
 

Posted June19st, 2004

 

I couldn't imagine a better day than yesterday for our "Run to the East" event. Thanks to Richard and Cherie for organizing it and leading us through the maze of Island roads. Very interesting route!

 

A great turnout starting with Jim and Nancy Supler,Bill and Elizabeth Glenn, Alan & Gabe Bentley, Ken & Marilyn Roper, Keith & Rita Richardson, Richard & Cherie Veniot, Chris and Karen Slater, Bob & Sandy Bentley for breakfast at Smitty's. We were joined by Chris Spenceley and Dan Tweel in their respective cars as breakfast wound down and we headed east. The steep cost of entry to the National Park changed our route somewhat but eventually we arrived at Rosignal Winery for a tour and tasting. Along the route we picked up Kevin and Dale Atkinson in their 78 MGB and at Rosignol's Gord Mac Donald joined us in his Midget Our numbers were swelling. Falling a bit behind schedule due to the fabulous time at Rosignal's we headed towards Montague and took our outside tables at the Windows on the Water cafe. A memorable meal, great company and we parted for home around 3:30 PM.

 

I don't believe that we had a British car problem or incident (save for one white MGB that had a persistent miss at low speed but even that performed better as the day went on)

 

 

Once again thanks to everyone for turning out. On the car side, it was one Rolls Royce, one Jaguar, 5 MGB's,three Midget's, one Tr 3, and one Tr 6.

Cheers

Bob

Posted June1st, 2004

As a way to kick off the summer car season and celebrate British Car week, BMAPEI will hold the first touring event of the season on Sunday, June 13th. Please mark your calendars for this date!!

We have re scheduled our Sunday driving tour to Sunday June 13.  Dust off those cars , start your engines and let's be seen on Island highways and by ways. Once again let us know if you are attending by Thursday June 10.Here is Richard's exciting itinerary for the day!

9:00                Breakfast at Smitty's (optional)

10:30              Leave Smitty's parking lot

10:30 - 12:00   Travel to White Sands (Rosignol Winery) by way of Brackley/Dalvay, Mt Stewart, then by Rt 22, Rt 210, Rt 325, and Rt 4 (a real scenic route!)

12:00 - 1:00     Visit Rosignol Winery, leg stretch. They are opening at 12:00 just for us.

1:00 - 1:30       Travel to Montague by way of Rt 4 & Rt 315 

1:30 - 3:00       Lunch at Windows on the Water Cafe in Montague

3:00                Leave for home by way of Rt 4, Rt 3 and Rt 1

 

Please notify Bob Bentley (964-3294 or rtbentle@isn.net) or Richard Veinot (566-3686 or rveinot@islandtelecom.com) as soon as you can if you plan to attend. It will help greatly in the planning of this first event of the season.

Posted May 22, 2004 

To ensure a successful British Car Days Across the Bridge 2004 please consider offering your services:

We want you to commit a bit of time. It could be as little as an hour! 

Possible areas can be:
1. Setup of the car show:    Bob Bentley/ Robb Steeves
2.Wash and shine area       Lions club
3.Registration desk            Chris Spenceley
4.Regalia sales area           Dan Tweel
5.European Common Market    ??
6. Managing the People's choice process    ??
7. Preparing comment sheets and doing interviews    ??
8. Judging        Barry Clark
9. Valve cover racing        ??
10.Kids activities            ??
11. Being prepared to help out with vehicle breakdowns    ??

Some of these jobs have people assigned to head them up so if you volunteer in those areas you will be working with these people. Other areas as noted have yet to have people assigned so if you want to take responsibility to manage and area that would be great. If you can help out in one of these areas let me know

 

cheers

Bob

Posted May 19, 2004 

To:          BMAPEI Members

 
From:      BMAPEI Executive
 
Subject : British Car Week and Tour
 
Date:      May 10, 2004
 
 
All BMAPEI Members, indeed all British car enthusiasts whether or not they are BMAPEI Members, should be aware that May 22 to 30 is British Car week. Everyone that has a British Car, or has an interest in British cars, should do something special to celebrate this week. If you are not familiar with British Car week, check out the following website. This is but one site, there are others devoted to this topic.
 

Posted May 07, 2004 

We had a very successful electrical tech session on Saturday. Despite the urge to stay outdoors in the very hot weather! Here Peter Norton is seen practicing newly learned skills as he attempts to trace down a what was first thought to be an electrical leakage problem. It was later determined to be a charging problem stemming from his control box.

 

Thanks to everyone who turned out and to Peter Noakes, Richard Veniot for organizing and to Cliff Murray for the instruction.

Cheers

Bob

Posted April20, 2004            

The Electrical Soul of the British Car
Saturday, May 1, 2004
 
Members:
 

As promised earlier in the winter, BMAPEI is proud to announce a premier technical event on issues electrical for all owners of British cars.  Thanks go to the Club "Technical Guy", Peter Noakes, for negotiating this offering by Holland College. This session will be one of a kind and will be available this one time only! Don't wait to catch it next time around as that may be a long time in the future.

See you there!

 

Posted March 4, 2004

British Car Days Across the Bridge 2004 - 6th

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