CHEPSTOW Rotary Club staged the 14th Wye Classic Car Run on Saturday 29th April raising £1,500 for charity.

Some 56 cars took place, ranging from a 1923 Crossley with a canvas canopy roof to a Hillman Imp, Swallow Doretti, a couple of Citroen DS, MG’s and two splendid Jaguar E-Types.

Every year a different route is identified taking drivers through some of the wonderful scenery in the area. This year competitors left from the Chepstow Garden Centre marshalling area where many fuelled up with a bacon sandwich beforehand. At two minute intervals they received the chequered flag and drove away into the sunshine. 

This year the route went through the lanes westwards to Llandegfedd Reservoir with its waterside cafe where many stopped for coffee while enjoying the view. 

The route headed through Abergavenny and Herefordshire into Ross-on-Wye.

The final leg took drivers past Monmouth and over the top through Trellech after which they dropped down into the Wye Valley.

Tintern is where they finished, marshalled by Rotarians in high visibility jackets at the Anchor Inn.

All the teams completed the 100-mile 2017 Wye Run and received their finishers certificates that included a photograph of the car starting the run.

Some £1,500 was raised for charity.  Prizes were awarded by Rotary President Mac McCarty for ‘The President’s Choice’, an elderly Austin 7, ‘The Oldest Car’, was the 1923 Crossley, ‘The Youngest New Entry’ was a red Hillman Imp and the ‘Best Presented Car’ was an A35 owned by Roger Evans. ‘The President’s Wife’s Choice’ was a Morris Minor Traveller.

The Rotary Club is organising an Autumn Wye Run on Sunday 17th September. This will be a much shorter event and finish at the Bloodwise Big Welsh Car Show at Chepstow Racecourse.

Anyone interested in joining or supporting Rotary or seeking more information should visit www.chepstowrotary.org.uk