November/December 2009

As I sit down to write, Anne and I are having withdrawal symptoms after spending three weeks on the other side of the pond, in fact as you’ll read, you could say we are going “cold turkey”. Although a vacation, it wasn’t a trip entirely without some MG interest. First we flew to Heathrow where our old friends Dave & Julie Sharp were kind enough to pick us up and let us stay with them for a few days at their beautiful Gloucestershire home. Dave has a 1968 MGB and it was fun to drive with him through the narrow roads around where he lives. We stopped at the 17h century Cotswold pub, the Swan at Southrop where Dave took the picture you see here, and we promise that although very tempted, we did not go in to sample the ales.

Later in the week I got to see another old friend, Nic Houslip, who happens to own an RV8. I was looking forward to having the opportunity of driving his car so that I could compare this late iteration of a works MG V8 with my own MGB V8 conversion. Nic and his partner Jackie drove nearly 70 miles to see us, but unfortunately, the weather and distance didn’t allow them to bring the MG. For now, I’ll have to be content with just the picture of his car that you see here, but next time, maybe I’ll drive the real thing.

After negotiating what seemed like a million mini-roundabouts in England, we dropped off our rented Skoda Octavia and headed to Gatwick. From there we flew to Turkey where we, and just nine others, all friends or friends of friends, plus four crew, boarded a kind of ketch called a gulet, to sail (well it was truly mostly motoring) along the Asian coast of Turkey. There were no MGs to be seen but our transportation, shown here, was far more fun than we ever imagined. In a week we hit port only once and the shoreline twice when we swam to beachside bars (Hey, we weren’t driving this time!). So now you see why, back in chilly Detroit, we are suffering “cold turkey”

Rick Astley
Club President

Here is some of what you will find in the November/December issue of Can-Am Connection:

• Fall Colour Tour Oct. 10 - Top down weather all the way ...

• Fall Colour Tour Oct 17 - A real treat ... 
       ...Yes there were two colour tours this year and each was very well attended ! 

• Chili Cook-off challenge hot and spicy ...

• Long road to recovery for Tom Burke's ...

• Milford car show ...

Plus all our regular features including:

• Club calendar

• Event details

• On the Borderline

• Classified ads

• ...and more...

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