..has already started on next year’s event.

If you know, you know…

The amount of money raised for Thames Valley Air Ambulance at this year’s event was £4458 and we were very pleased to hand the money over outside the famous Royal Oak pub in Yattendon on Friday 16th August.  It was a glorious day and we were able to showcase a couple of cars as well – a 1936 Rolls Royce belonging to Philip Bickford-Smith and Vic Mistry’s 1937 Vauxhall Roadster.

Just so you know who we are, from left to right:

Robert Morley  –  Logistics

Vic Mistry – Logistics

Philip Bickford-Smith – Entries

Lyn Mistry – Commercial

Mike Graham – TVAA volunteer

Lord Illiffe – Patron and Sponsor

Lizzie Harris – Organising Committee and Yattendon Estates

James Hole – Organising Committee and Yattendon Estates

So a very big Thank You to everyone who contributed to the day both in terms of donations, attendance, sponsorship and support.  We look forward to doing it all over again on Sunday 29th June 2025!

We’ll be announcing the amount we have all raised for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance on Friday 16th August so watch this space…

The date for 2025 is Sunday 29th June so please put this in your diary now!

More details to follow in due course but if you have any specific questions, please email commercial@ycvd.co.uk

Thank you for your continuing support

The field is quiet, the dust has settled, the banners and posters have been taken down and your organisers and volunteers have recovered from a 12 hour day when we all must have walked miles (8 miles to be exact!) so it only remains to update our social media and website and to say a big THANK YOU to everyone!

To all the display vehicle owners who came in their 100s, to all the visitors who did likewise, to the car clubs who keep this event in their calendars each year, to our stallholders and caterers, to our volunteer marshals both in the display field and those keeping the traffic flowing in the road, to those passing through who were patient in the queues behind various slow moving cars turning into the gate and to our generous sponsors who enable us to put this event on each year.

We work tremendously hard from January onwards in making this happen so it’s all worthwhile when we get such lovely comments about our event.

We’ll fully update the website ASAP and also let you know the date for next year soon – but it’s likely to be the same Sunday in June

We’re busy counting the money collected and we’ll let you know the amount raised for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance within the next week or so

So, here’s to next year!

The big day is almost upon us and as your organising committee will be in the display field for most of today and at sparrow’s fart tomorrow, just some tips and reminders to have an enjoyable event:

• the main display area and the public parking area are fields – they can be rutted and bumpy so please watch your step
• the weather forecast is good so please wear sunscreen and keep hydrated
• there will be moving vehicles all day, the speed limit is 5mph but please be aware of traffic
• there is one road through the village and there will be queues going into the display field and into the visitor parking – please be patient if you are waiting to get in or passing through Yattendon
• we have volunteer marshals in the road and in the field – they are there for your safety so please follow their instructions
• display vehicles should arrive from 8.30am onwards to the display gate between the church and the school.  Visitors should arrive from 11am and use the entrance on the eastern side (Reading side) of the village and follow the signs to the parking area.  It is a one way system and you should exit into the Frilsham end of the village through the farm units
• If you are coming with a car club, please check the map on the On The Day page of the website so you can see where you will be parked
• there is a walking route to the Renegade Brewery who are serving food until 4pm and showing the England game at 5pm.  There will be a display of Porsches parked outside the Brewery buildings
• there is a vintage style tearoom in the village hall as well as vintage and artisan stalls – it’s only 2 minutes walk from the display field and we will have Ferraris parked outside.
• Please support our local sponsors and the Thames Valley Air Ambulance
• Have a brilliant day!

Your organisers helped by Yattendon Estate staff have been prepping the field today (Friday) ready for THIS Sunday 30th June with more to do on Saturday.  A lot of work goes on behind the scenes – we don’t just rock up on the day and let people park themselves!

Then someone will be at the field at 6am on Sunday to let the PA system people in with caterers starting to arrive from 8.45am onwards, stalls from 8am and display cars from 8.30am.  We do have a lot of traffic going through the village and there can be queues and pinchpoints so please be patient whilst we get as many vehicles through the display gate as quickly as possible so apologies in advance for any holdups.

We have had confirmation from the BBMF that the flypast of the Lancaster is CANCELLED.  They had been working really hard to try and get the checking completed in time for this week’s events but have been unable to do so.  We’re sure you’re just as disappointed as we are but the recent tragic event have left no other alternative.  Let’s hope that the entire fleet is back in the air very soon.  Per Ardua Ad Astra

The organising committee are having their final meeting today to finalise as much as possible before the actual physical work begins.

Preparing the field will take 2 or 3 days and about 6 people plus some of the Yattendon Estate staff that Lord Illiffe kindly allows us to utilise along with their tractors, trimmers, rollers and the like.  Luckily the display field has recovered from the wet weather of the Fete car park and barring any downpours, all will be fine for Sunday 30th June.

See you then!

The most difficult part of organising an event now seems to be having enough volunteers to help run the show.  We are lucky that we have a wonderful group of people who give up their time to help marshal traffic, park display cars, give out programmes and take money and donations.

If you would like to help us out on the day, it’s great fun and you don’t have to work the whole day as we can allocate you a couple of hours so you have the rest of the day free to enjoy the event.

And if you come along on the day as a visitor, please remember that each person you see in a hi viz vest is contributing to your enjoyment so please follow their instructions, be patient if you are in a queue and most of all, be kind!