13th June 2015  The heavies are coming!  We are delighted to announce that Ashdown Camp will be bringing a convoy of World War Two military vehicles to add to the wartime atmosphere of Pre-War Prescott this year, including five rare and unusual ‘heavies’.  I can’t wait to see this one on the start line!  Ashdown Camp is a large and very interesting replica World War Two military camp near Evesham.  There are more military displays being organized for the day and we are inviting (but NOT requiring) entrants and spectators to come along in military uniforms, mufti, pre-war racing or mechanics overalls, or any twenties/thirties outfits to add to the atmosphere of the day – and particularly the Battle of Britain Victory Party in the evening.  (Our three year old granddaughter Sophia is flying from Seattle with us this year and already has her evacuee outfit, complete with name tag and gas mask box!)  The Clubhouse will be decked out on Friday in readiness for the Saturday evening and right now, we are ordering bunting and other decorations and displays to set the atmosphere for the evening and the Hawker Hurricane display.

10th June 2015  A reminder that we will be holding our traditional Friday evening reception at The Shutters in Gotherington the night before Pre-War Prescott.  We’re expecting a big turnout this year, so the landlord has been forewarned – as we wouldn’t want to run out of ale!   The Shutters is a couple of miles along the lane from Prescott, so is popular with those camping in the Prescott Orchard on Friday night.  So if your plans call for you to arrive in the area on Friday, do pop in at any time during the evening to get the weekend rolling.  At the other end of the weekend, we will be holding our Farewell on Sunday evening at The Pheasant at Toddington, who have been similarly forewarned!

4th June 2015  Please check out this very important News Update relating to our Hawker Hurricane display on Saturday evening that was released this evening.

29th May 2015  50 days to go to Pre-War Prescott today!  This is our advert that will appear in the July issue of The Automobile which will be published in a couple of weeks.

20th April 2015  Accommodation!  It is getting tight!  So if you need accommodation for the weekend, this list may help!

18th April 2015  Yesterday morning I called Stanway House and spoke to Lord Wemyss who generously offered to open up his estate to us again this year for the conclusion of the Sunday rally and tour.  Stanway is normally only open to the public two days in the week. There will be cream teas, results, awards and a private viewing of the spectacular 300 foot gravity fountain for us.  And we will be able to park our cars in front of the house for photos. There could not be a more magical location to conclude the weekend!

14th April 2015  More tremendous news!  Elizabeth Halls will be bringing her Singer Le Mans CHU 944 to Pre-War Prescott again this year – as part of her ‘Where They Served’ airfield tour in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund and in memory of her night fighter father who owned and cherished an identical Le Mans during the war.  Last year, I think we gathered six Le Mans to support Elizabeth who is now about to commence her commemorative tour of all 59 airfields up and down the country that her father landed at during the war.  The actual Tiger Moth in which her father learned to fly will be displaying for us during the lunch break.  It was scheduled to join us last year, but the Biblical tempest kept it tightly in its hangar – we have booked sunny skies for this year!

We therefore we cordially invite all Singer owners to join Elizabeth at Prescott, and of course we will park you all together in the Paddock once more.  Elizabeth’s ‘Where They Served’ tour website may be found at www.wheretheyserved.com.

Today we received eight more entries and passed the 200 mark for booked climbs – so we’re half way to being fully booked.  If YOU have not booked yet, NOW is the time to do so if you want to blast up the hill!

11th April 2015  Tremendous news!  We have secured Hawker Hurricane R4118 for our Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary Victory Party in the evening of Pre-War Prescott!   With 49 combat sorties, five enemy aircraft destroyed, and being itself shot down in the Battle of Britain, Hurricane R4118 is regarded as the most historic British aircraft to survive in flying condition from the Second World War.  Even more significantly, this aircraft is very rarely seen, having flown just fifty hours since its meticulous restoration was completed in 2007, and it is currently being offered for sale in the USA , so 2015 may very well be the last opportunity to see it in the UK.  The aircraft will be giving a full aerobatic display over the Clubhouse as the sun goes down.  Do NOT miss this tremendous party and very possibly one of the last chances to see this British icon in the skies over England!  Victory Party tickets may be pre-ordered here.  (If you have already entered Pre-War Prescott and wish to add Party tickets to your entry, please use the entry form again, and we will add your party tickets to your entry.)

See and hear R4118 here.  Pump up the volume!  Per Ardua Ad Astra!

9th April 2015  Pre-War Prescott is 100 days today!  This week we received no less than eight entries from Dutch MMM MG owners who will be ‘raiding’ Pre-War Prescott this year in force.  They will all be at the evening Battle of Britain Victory Party on Saturday evening and entering the Sunday rally to make a weekend of it.  With other entries coming in from Holland, Germany, Spain, New Zealand and the USA, our overseas visitors will certainly add an international flavor to the weekend’s proceedings!

A quick word about catering over the weekend.  We will be holding our informal Reception at the Shutters Inn, Gotherington (about two miles from Prescott hill) on Friday evening where meals will be available.  The Prescott Clubhouse will be open for breakfast from 9 a.m. on Saturday and will be open all day serving full English breakfasts and lot of other nice things such as coffee, cakes, lunch and afternoon teas.  The Clubhouse will also serve Continental breakfasts for our European guests and we can also cater for vegetarian or any other special dietary needs provided we are advised in advance. This will be in addition to the snack and drinks kiosk in the Paddock.  And then there is the sumptuous Battle of Britain BBQ at the Clubhouse in the evening, not to mention our traditional bacon butties and hot drinks on Sunday morning in the Paddock for the Sunday rallyists, followed by a pub lunch, then cream teas on Sunday afternoon and a farewell pub run and dinner on Sunday evening at the Pheasant at Toddington, so nobody will go hungry or thirsty over the weekend!

We are delighted to announce that Paul Harvey is planning to display his pre-war Tiger Moth G-AFWI overhead on Saturday for us.  If you recall, he was scheduled to join us last year, but the deluge sunk that plan, so he’s going to try again this year, after hearing that we have booked MUCH better weather!

We will be holding our Battle of Britain Victory Party and BBQ at the Prescott Clubhouse on the hill to mark the 75th Anniversary this year of that heroic struggle, and Mike Dowley and his band will be entertaining us once again.  To that end we are encouraging (but NOT requiring) entrants on Saturday to come along in wartime period dress, or perhaps uniforms – to add to the atmosphere.  Jayne and I will be bringing our first granddaughter, Sophia Rose aged 3, over from Seattle with us.  She should be easy to spot as she already has her evacuee outfit complete with name label and gas mask box!

So, with just over three months until the Pre-War Prescott weekend, entries are arriving daily, among which are a wonderful variety of vintage band pre-war cars.  To date, we have just over 70 entries already including Alvis, Austin, Bentley, BSA, Ford, GN, Hillman, Lagonda, MG, Morris, Singer, Sunbeam, Triumph and Wolseley.  This year we are seeing another very strong MMM entry (13 so far) as well as a strong Alvis and Austin 7 entry.  A special invitation has been sent out to Bristol Austin 7 Club members to join us as they mark their 50th Anniversary.

We already have over 150 climbs booked for Saturday, and since the available climbs were virtually all taken before last year’s event, it would be prudent to get your advance entry in without delay in order to reserve your climbs.  Every entry receives one free climb, and you can pre-book up to four more with your entry.  Simply use the ‘Online Entry Form’ tab above where you can either enter and pay online, or you can download, complete and post your paper entry with your cheque.  Unlike last year, the online entry system seems to be working well, while Colin Lee has been receiving a steady flow of paper entries in the post.