Well that was a bit of a blur but what fun!
These are the few photos I took over the weekend - there'll be lots more added in the Events section of the website when we've recovered.
Due to an accident near York, causing us to detour through the city centre, we missed the chance to drive through Hutton-le-Hole and over Blakey Ridge, and instead we drove straight to the Tees Newport Bridge.
We stayed for a couple of hours and were joined by Steve, Jeremy, Jack and Chris. Several more cars arrived just after we'd left...
We had a meeting (in a pub) with Mark from South Shields Town Hall to go over 'final arrangements'
After a very nice fish and chip supper with Chris, Jack, Paul and Theresa we retired early so as to be ready for the fun to begin the next morning.
We weren't first to arrive at the town hall, with Jeremy and Steve and David, with the Armstrong Siddeley limo, already in situ outside the front steps.
Over the next 2 hours everyone arrived and lots of photos and chatting happened. Some running up and down steps may also have taken place
We were then treated to a tour - led by Faye, the Mayor - of the wonderful building and saw all the places the shots from the advert were taken. Jeremy and I then gave talks about the launch of the R8 and the filming of the advert, both of which we think we've filmed and if so, we'll upload them to the club's YouTube channel when we've worked out how to get them from the phones used
Then it was time for the buffet, which was more than we all could eat!
More chatting followed, along with even more smiling and finally we had to let the staff, who'd looked after us so well all day, go home.
Thanks to everyone involved in making this such an enjoyable weekend - it was so much fun we might have to think about TG@40
