South Central Third All Italian Car Breakfast Meet of 2023 will be held Saturday the 5th August

[solaris9988]

The Third All Italian Car Breakfast Meet of 2023 will be held Saturday the 5th August.
As with the previous meets, it will be at The Departure Lounge Café, GU34 4BH, just outside Alton in northern Hampshire.

Hopefully the weather wull be as good as the June meeting! So hopefully se you there at the Departure Lounge café, There is a large solid field on which the owner lets us park so as to be able to display our cars all together and out of the main public car park.

The meet starts at 0930-1000hrs, which is when the café opens, and is not a formal event so no booking is necessary, and entry is free, so just come along if you fancy it.

It is open to any Italian car of any age, and we have had classics and supercars through to modern Alfas and Fiats and everything in between. Attendees have come from across the southern counties and as far afield as London, Kent, and Dorset, with many clubs supporting the event.

The format is simple, we park up, chat to other owners and look at the cars on show, and have some breakfast if you want to. People usually drift away after lunch. We have had close to 200 cars at some of last years' events, so there is plenty to see, and always lots of Alfas.

It would be great to see you there!!

 

[s130]

Sadly no longer live in Hampshire and am 200+ miles away in North Wales.

HOWEVER I fully support and endorse this meet having attended myself.

As with all *FREE* meets / events weather, turnout etc. can vary but if only a small numbers of cars turn up you will still have an enjoyable meet.

If nothing else you will be driving through lovely Hampshire country side so all will not be lost.

Go and enjoy!

 

[worcestersource]

I’m keen, not too far away and on a day I’m likely to be free! Should see you in Alton.

Steve

 

[worcestersource]

Festival Italia is something else? Just making sure I don’t need to book for Alton.

 

[Barchetta Bloke 440]

Festival Italia is something else? Just making sure I don’t need to book for Alton.

Alton is just turn up ,it's a cafe on the side of the road with a big field for parking . Which brings me onto tomorrow ,I will come along but not if the weather is as forecast ,could be a deluge .

See you tomorrow ,or not .

 

[worcestersource]

I did some cosmetic work on the Uno yesterday and want to show it off. Will be there!

 

[Noah500]

I would be there - I'm only in Basingstoke - but the current weather, and 80-90% likelihood of (more) rain means my 500 and I will be keeping dry and snug at home

 

[worcestersource]

It was quite wet for a while but nice to meet some folk. There was a fantastic Panda 1000 FIRE and two Fiat Ideas!

 

[Barchetta Bloke 440]

I didn't go ,that would have made 2 Panda 1000s , I couldn't motivate myself to drive for an hour in such murky miserable conditions to potentially just get more miserable in a wet field , much like it was in April .
I will try and make the last one this year in October ,the weather will probably be better than August .
Weather today is already 100% better than yesterday's .

 

[worcestersource]

It was wet but the brekkie and company made up for it. Seems Fiat peeps are rather friendly.

The drive for me was a hoot in the little Uno.

 

[s130]

It was wet but the brekkie and company made up for it. Seems Fiat peeps are rather friendly.

The drive for me was a hoot in the little Uno.

I did say:

"If nothing else you will be driving through lovely Hampshire country side so all will not be lost."

The country roads around Alton are a very good drive be that in a car or on a motorbike.

My Uno SX loved working the roads "legally". Often small cars really hit the mark on these types of roads.