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Coronavirus News

(How it affects the activities of RREC East Midlands Section)

Party to Celebrate VV Day (Victory against the Virus Day)

Nobody yet knows when the present restrictions on meeting people outside your immediate household will be lifted but your committee think that whenever that happens, it will be a cause for celebration, so we need to have a party. We are hoping that this will be sometime in the summer so that it can be an out of doors party.

The problem is, we don’t have a date, we don’t have a price and we don’t have a venue. We don’t know when the government will release the handbrake and allow us to do what they think is safe.

There is a definite parallel with the VE celebrations in that everyone wanted the 1939-45 war to be over and for the government to announce that we had won so the VE celebrations could begin. This time the war is against some horrible little bug and its trillions of mates throughout the world. This time the enemy will not sign a truce, it has to be a battle to the death. When we are in a position where the virus is under control, the government will not say “that’s it chaps, you are free to do whatever you want” it will probably say that “Limited social contact is now OK but we don’t want you to go on foreign holidays yet”. At that stage we can have our party. There may be several stages so we will have to choose the one that allows older people to socialise.

The deadline for the April newsletter is 28th February 2021 and things might change during coming months so the best thing is to keep up to date by regularly visiting the section website. There is no booking form within the newsletter but one will appear in the website and notifications we be sent out by email when we know a little more.

I am looking forward to driving my club car to this and other events as soon as possible and am sure that you are feeling the same. (Editor)

Event to be arranged by your committee (not decided who yet)

The following events were cancelled due to the restrictions imposed to control the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. It is hoped that most, if not all can be re-scheduled to 2021. Please visit this website regularly for the latest news.

Lunch - at Ye Olde Bell Hotel Barnby Moor

Postponed from 29th March 2020Ye Olde Bell Descrip 2022 re-scheduled for 21st March 2021

Details in January Newsletter or click on the photograph.

Lunch at Ruddington Grange Golf Club Nottingham

Postponed from April 19th 2020 and again from 15th November 2020

Will be re-scheduled for sometime in 2021

Details in April 2020 Newsletter or click on the photograph

RuddingtonDetails

Lunch at Longcliffe Golf Club, Nanpanton Loughbrough

Postponed from May 17th Longcliffe Detail2020 and again from 18th October 2020

Will be re-cheduled for sometime in 2021

Details in April 2020 Newsletter or click on the photograph

Escape to Ettington Park Hotel

Postponed from 31ST May 2020 (onwards) expected to take place in June 2021

Details in January Newsletter or or click on the photograph


Visit and Picnic Fairfield Lake & Smite Brook Railway, Pailton  

Postponed from 12th July 2020 We hope to run this in 2021

Details in April 2020 Newsletter or click on the photograph



First the Good News and then the bad

We did manage three events since the first lock-down in the early spring, The Great Escape tour of Derbyshire, the very successful Launde Abbey event and The Derbyshire Member’s Picnic. The bad news is that there were no more events during 2020 and the  chances of events prior to June 2021 are slim.

Morley Hayes informed us that they couldn’t accommodate us for our Christmas Lunch because of current regulations. Longcliffe Golf club, Ruddington Grange and Keddleston have have been cancelled. Lunch at Ye Olde Bell is still on, but doubtful.

We can only hope for better things during the summer of 2021 including the Spring Break at Ettington Park.The AGM at Morley Hayes (which was put back to 18th April 2021.) Is now cancelled and it has been decided by your committee that it be held as a ‘Zoom’ meeting so that you can attend the meeting on your computer, ‘phone or tablet. Please see the AGM page for full details.

Haslour House Event

Postponed from 19th July 2020 We hope to run this on 25th July 2021

Details in April Newsletter  or click on the photograph

Harrogate Weekend and North of England Rally

Postponed from 1st - 2nd August 2020 re-sheduled for 31st July - 1st August 2021

For details, click on the photograph


Haslour House Det



Fairfield Details Spring Break 2021 Details

AGM and Lunch at Morley HayesAGM Descrip 2022

Postponed frm 21st February. Re-scheduled for 18th April 2020 but now re-scheduled as a zoom meeting. Click on photograph