motoring
Island Life - April/May 2011
Brian and Tina Stone
Brian Wilson
Nigel and Jill Offer
Steve Ward
Cars leaving Godshill
Neil Gibbs
Stephanie Gibbs
Phil and Lin Allman
Trevor Bonner-Williams
original owner lived only a couple of
We are officially a section of the Austin
their 2011 excursion taking them across
hundred yards down the road from us.
7 Owners Club of London, but that’s
the Solent to Hayling Island.
I am not quite sure how many miles she
purely for registration and insurance
Members of Isle of Wight Austins
has on the clock because she has had
purposes. But anyone who has a car
are also big supporters of the Lord
two clocks, but I have driven her all
that is badged ‘Austin’ is more than
Mountbatten Hospice, with one
around Europe.”
welcome to join us. We have no
member having made an artificial
committee and no bureaucracy, which
Austin radiator which is usually on
we think helps make us successful.”
display at events, and is used to collect
He continued: “Owners have the
option to meet every Sunday from
10.0am at the car park in Godshill, and
Several members are mainland drivers
funds for the charity.
usually about a dozen of us turn up
who own caravans on the Island, and
depending on the weather and other
Austin groups also visit here, with
their donation in, and we manage to
commitments.
a bi-annual get-together attracting
raise several hundred pounds a year for
“If the weather is good we usually go
“People can just lift the top and pop
drivers from all over Britain and even
the hospice, and a lot of members also
for a ride out just to exercise the cars.
Jersey. Isle of Wight Austins also have
go on the Hospice Round the Island
And once a month we have a formal
their annual trip off the Island. They
Run,” Viv added.
meeting at Arreton Community Hall.
have visited France in the past, but tend
But we are not actually a club as such.
to stay closer to home these days with
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