10th June LDC BBQ at the Arrow Mill Hotel, Nr Alcester.

11-13th June. Club Lotus Lakes invasion, Abbey House Hotel 01704 566216.

June 15th. Talk by Jim Endruweit on Lotus Racing in the 60's& 70's at Rob Fords Avon meet, Compass Inn, Tormarton, M4/J18. For more info on Robs famous speaker nights 01761 453351.

June 19th Another Seven Sprint again up the A5, this time at MIRA Test Ground.

June 20th. Lotus Drivers Club 'Touring Assembly' in the gorgeous (Stratford-on-Shakespeare) South Midlands area. SAE to to 18 Glosters Green, Kineton, Warks CV35 0LT.

June 29th Sevens attack Oulton Park for a Blast. (Fully booked).

June 26/27 Two day HSCC race meet at Snetterton. Cars of the 60's & 70's.

July 3/4 Harewood Hillclimbing with the Seven Club. Go4it!

July 4th  7Club Hants Drive 'n' BBQ or the Swiss Meeting. Wasit to be?

July 10 7Club Sprint at Loton, Shrewsbury.

July 12th to 20th The Seven Club go to France (Le Sept).

Classic Team Lotus Celebrate 50 years of  Team Lotus at the Factory and Test Track at Hethel, Norfolk on July 18th. 20 F1 Lotus Grand Prix Cars will be live on the track and the event is expected to attract thousands of Lotus-owning enthusiasts. For up to date info contact www.classicteamlotus.co.uk the word is that a few local groups in the home counties will be heading that way too. You too?

The Historic Sports Car Club have their 'SuperPrix' meeting at Brands Hatch that same weekend too (17th-18th) with a BIG programme of great cars including the vast Formula Junior grids and Supersport and Group C  racers. From Can-Am Lolas, Jag XJR'S, Porsche 956 single seaters (10 F5000's!) to Anglias all on the GP circuit..

July31/1 August BIG SE7EN CLUB Leukaemia Charity Event at the Blue Light Show Yorkshire. norman at dmservices.co.uk

Lotus Drivers Club Sprint  1st August at the Lotus Test Track at Hethel, Norfolk. A lorra Lotus will be there. Contact the LDC.

Aug 11 th. Big gathering of Sevens At Silverstone. L7Club Track Day.

Lotus At Shelsey Walsh. May be with not so many visitors as Hethel but a BIG event anyway will be a Mega Lotus Social at the The Paul Matty Lotus Hill Climb Championship Meeting 14/15th August. A large marquee, static and live demos with Classic and Famous Lotus cars of the past (ex-Mansell 87B, 16, F1 18, plus others) and a grand meeting of ex Lotus Mechanics, food and the Championship's collection of terrific Lotii doing their stuff, will be part of the show at this gorgeous venue in the unspoilt West Midlands. Visit The Paul Matty Sportcars website for more information AND pre-book (ONLY!) tickets on www.paulmattysportscars.co.uk for this - what promises to be - a really interesting social gathering with some action thrown in.

Curborough again hosts the Seven Club Sprint 28/29 Aug.

Aug 29-30th. Oulton Park hosts the HSCC doing their dicing stuff - BIG North of England car clubs meet centre circuit area. Picnics, crashes you know, that sort of thing.

27-30 August Club Lotus first visit to Llangollen, Nth Wales with run- out to Chirck Castle and Dinners etc at the Chain Bridge Hotel. Avisonspiers at aol.com for info.

Sept 4/5 Sees Club Lotus second visit to Llangollen, this time staying at the Wild Pheasant Hotel and attending the Ballooon Fest. Again, Avisonspiers at aol.com for info.

Seven Club Aintree Sprint Sept 4th. and Wiscombe Hillclimb meet on the 11th.

If you fancy driving the atmospheric Grand Prix Circuit at Silverstone for 15minutes at the grand slam sum of £25 (per single session) then hold your breath past the chrome, glitz, glamour and shine of what is the 'Ultimate Car Club Track Event' Trax 2004 at Silverstone on 5th September. There is also a 'Renowned 0-60 Sprint' (£7). The blurb says it's full of  the Loudest, Fastest, Modified cars in the country, so please, someone take a decent Colin Chapman derivative and show them what a real car is and what it can do...info half price entry and track booking www.traxshows.co.uk or ring 01452 317777.

10/11/12 Sept Club Lotus are again on the move this time to the Giants Causeway area of Ireland. £85 buys you Dinners & B+B for the weekend. Info on 028 2073 1210.

The Lotus Drivers Club are-a-barbequeing and attending in force the big Classic Car Concour d'Elegance and Vintage race and (Ferrari F1) demo event at Donington Park on the 11th and 12th of Sept. www.see-red.uk.com for more info.

Don't forget, Sept 19th we are hosting through the country lanes of Hertfordshire the 7Club Rumble. Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex are in on this so it should be a hoot of a route if we join the dots up. NOT! STOP PRESS! we are not now involved in the 'BIG BLAT' and the route is confined ( they aint small counties...) to Norfolk & Suffolk. Some gorgeous runs roun' those parts boyee. Have fun.

Grown - up Fun at one of the best Adrenaline Collection Point in the world - The LOTUS SEVEN CLUB BRANDS HATCH (GP)TRACK DAY Sept 20.

Caterham Festival at Brands on Oct 8-10 has a 7Club Dinner. BIIIIG SEVEN EVENT. They also have a Mallory Park track day on Oct 21.

That's it for the time being - if you have details of anything other people should know about let me know please and I'll pass it on. 

Dick Dixon Herts Area.

LDC EVENT CALENDAR>

Sun 23 May	PAUL MATTY LOTUS HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP	Loton Park Shrewsbury
28 May – 6 June	INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW	National Exhibition Centre Solihull
Sat 29 May	CLUB LOTUS SPEED TRACK DAY	Castle Combe
Sun/Mon 30/31 May	RAGLEY HALL CLASSIC CAR SHOW A very popular social event in great surroundings. This year we are holding a Concours to select the car to represent LDC at the AON Concours at the V.S.C.C. Historic Racing Festival 11/12 Sept www.ragleyhall.com LDC Stand & Display (entries by 1 May please 01789 778507)	Ragley Hall Alcester
Tues 1 June	MIDLANDS MONTHLY CAR MEET from 7.00 pm	Old Royal Oak Hockley Heath
Sat/Sun 5/6 June	SILVERSTONE HISTORIC FESTIVAL PAUL MATTY LOTUS HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP