{"id":4932,"date":"2025-11-23T21:32:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/?p=4932"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:32:21","slug":"nacelle-report-dec-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/?p=4932","title":{"rendered":"Nacelle Report &#8211; Dec 25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Below is the report published in the December 2025 issue of Nacelle, which covered Branch activities in October 202<\/em>5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom the dew-soaked hedge creeps a crawly caterpillar and breeze blows leaves of a musty-coloured yellow, yes, yes, yes\u2026\u201d. (Credit to Ray Davies) &nbsp;Autumn is well and truly here.&nbsp; However, we\u2019re a hardy bunch (well some of us are) at Berkshire and weekly ride-outs continue apace, so why not join us and blow some cobwebs out of those hard to reach places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Berks-Dec-25-Thruxton-700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Berks-Dec-25-Thruxton-700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Berks-Dec-25-Thruxton-700-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A cold autumn day&#8217;s ride to Britain&#8217;s fastest race-track for a dozen members<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Early in October we\u00a0rode to the Rawles Motorsport open-day in Upper Froyle.\u00a0 High quality restorers of Austin \u201cBig\u201d Healeys, fantastic cars with accompanying prices of full resto\u2019s (>\u00a3100K).\u00a0 Mr Wobbly led us on an enjoyable bucolic route to the middle of Hampshire, although some may say it was a bit of a peregrination\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Berks-Dec-25-Rawles-700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Berks-Dec-25-Rawles-700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Berks-Dec-25-Rawles-700-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ride-out to Rawles Motorsport, unbelievably, some members were even on Triumphs!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you didn\u2019t miss Mick Bennett\u2019s engrossing presentation on riding Route 66.\u00a0 Although the tour took place over 2 decades ago, his photographic odyssey and description of issues that the group overcame, in their 4,000+ mile trip, remain relevant today and hopefully inspired attendees to be more adventurous.\u00a0 The old adage that the difference between our nations\u00a0is that Americans think a hundred years a long time and British think a hundred miles a long way, springs to mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Berks-Dec-25-Xmas-700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Berks-Dec-25-Xmas-700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Berks-Dec-25-Xmas-700-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christmas buffet 2024, seats go fast, so get there early this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever you do, keep the evening of the 18th December free so that you can join us at the BCSA for our annual Christmas Buffet, gratis naturally.&nbsp; There will be a raffle with fantastic prizes, as you\u2019ve all come to expect.&nbsp; We hope to see you there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ride fast and safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bibendum\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is the report published in the December 2025 issue of Nacelle, which covered Branch activities in October 2025 \u201cFrom the dew-soaked hedge creeps a crawly caterpillar and breeze blows leaves of a musty-coloured yellow, yes, yes, yes\u2026\u201d. (Credit to Ray Davies) &nbsp;Autumn is well and truly here.&nbsp; However, we\u2019re a hardy bunch (well some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/?p=4932\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nacelle Report &#8211; Dec 25&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nacelle-reports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4932"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4937,"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions\/4937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}