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Featured Article
Suffolk Discovery tour
Robert Magee reports on the Backwater tour which took place from 14–18 July 2024
We set off for Hintlesham Hall on a fine Sunday morning, expectations high for a wonderful four-day trip in our E-type – good company and an England European Cup final. The 200-mile road trip from Worcestershire did not disappoint; we avoided motorways, enjoying the A and B roads and the waves we received in the towns and villages we passed through, decorated with their St George’s Cross flags. Hintlesham Hall also did not disappoint, a country house set in a lovely Suffolk valley, showing off its early Georgian facade around its Elizabethan bones. Such houses do, of course, have their idiosyncrasies, such as no electricity in parts of the hotel for the first evening, which caused some consternation – not least how could we all watch the big game?
We arrived and parked in our reserved Backwater Tours area, alongside a good range of Jaguars comprising five E-types (S1 and S2 roadsters and coupés) and four XKs (140 and 150 FHC and DHCs). We were welcomed by our old friend Paul Trill, who was host on behalf of Backwater Tours. After a tour overview and explanation of tulip maps from Paul, we had an early dinner (brought forward so we could all endure the football) and the hotel staff showed initiative and innovation to overcome the electrical challenges by...
Editorial
Sarah recently passed on an intriguing message we had received, and which ran as follows: ‘I write with an unusual enquiry. As a company, LaVision provides systems for making aerodynamic measurement maps around vehicles. We are currently making measurements in the unique Catesby Tunnel [an old railway tunnel in Northamptonshire today used for straight-line vehicle testing] and there could be an opportunity to have a classic car drive through the tunnel to have aerodynamic measurements made using our state-of-the-art system.
With the history of the E-type, and its pioneering aerodynamic design, we felt that this would make for an incredible story with some amazing pictures!’ I was indeed intrigued and have arranged to take 9600 HP to the Catesby Tunnel in mid-September. I will report back.
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E News
New face at Pendine
Tiggy Atkinson has joined James Mitchell’s team at Pendine as the new Operations Manager. Atkinson has worked in the motoring world since 2010, firstly in PR and marketing, then as one of the original founding team members of Bicester Heritage – the Oxfordshire site where Pendine is based. She later joined HERO-ERA as Director of Memberships, before heading up its estates division, managing a property portfolio. Her contribution to the industry was recognised in 2023 when she won the Personal Endeavour award at the Royal Automobile Club’s Historic Awards. See pendine.com
