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According to Wikipedia, in the last quarter of the 17th century, Count Willem Adriaan van Nassau, an illegitimate descendant of Prince Maurice of Orange, acquired the property and built Slot Zeist in the Dutch Classicist style. Murals by Daniel Marot are still largely intact. Slot Zeist is surrounded by an English landscape park. 81 people have registered to take part. Signing up is no longer possible. The ride will take us along a large number of estates and country houses, and even some proper castles can be seen. Nature forms a part of this ride too, because we will drive through the second largest wooded area in the Netherlands, the so-called Utrechtse Heuvelrug. Places like Austerlitz, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Langbroek, Werkhoven, Leersum, Doorn and Maarn will be visited. As you will see, a very varied ride! Where do we start? Start and finish are at Slot Zeist. You can park your car in the car park of Slot Zeist in Zinzendorflaan. Take care to observe where parking is not allowed! That isthe case, for instance, along the magnificent drive to Slot Zeist, the Nassau Odijklaan! You are expected at Slot Zeist between 12:00 and 12:30 uur for coffee and pastry. The ride will start at 13:00 uur. At the end of the afternoon we will return there for the concluding drink. Gourmands can then stay on for a delicious 2-course meal. This time we don’t have a choice of menu but we let ourselves be surprised by the chef’s creative ideas. It is possible, however, to cater for vegetarian of other dietary wishes. What are the costs? Taking part in this regal ride, including coffee and pastry at the start will cost € 4.50 for members and € 9.00 for guests. Dinner will cost € 25.00 per person. Can I take the dog? Unfortunately, Slot Zeist does not allow dogs inside. May 20: Nature ride in the province of Utrecht (org. Ruud and Sander) June 15, 16, 17: 20 years GCCC Jubilee Weekend (org. GCCC board) July 15: Picnic Ride near The Hague (org. Ernst and Piet) August 19: Ride around Hellegat (org. Chris and Richard) September 9: Friesland Ride, near Oranjewoud (org. Huub and Alfons) October 21: Autumn Ride around Duiven (org. Aldrin and Erik) November 18: Ride with visit to car museum (org. Paul and Marchel) December 16: Let’s Go Wilde; Slides show presentation on Oscar Wilde + ride (org. Jan, Marchel and Paul) February 25: Annual General Meeting at Volkswagen Museum Wijk en Aalburg March 25: Ride in the former barren grounds around Ermelo April 22: Ride through the area around Edam Pictures of Eurotour 2011 Roadbook The colourful ‘roadbook’, which contained the routes, was exceptionally well made by Hans. Even in spite of the fact that some parts turned out somewhat unclear due to an unexpected cycle race, it was easy to pick up the route again thanks to this roadbook. This showed its quality! March 13th : Start new season with ride in the Achterhoek area April 3rd: Spring ride in the area around ’s-Hertogenbosch May 29th: Alkmaar turns pink June 10-13th : GCCC presents Eurotour 2011, in the Belgian Ardennes around Verviers July 3rd: Northern ride a day after Pink Saturday Groningen August 14th: Summer ride with picnic in Delft and Leidschendam September 18th: Fryslân ride at Lemmer and Gaasterland October 16th: Autumn ride around Schoonhoven November 20th: Ride in the North of the province Overijssel with British high afternoon tea December 28th: Christmas Crib ride starting at Putte on the Dutch-Belgian border The GCCC is a unique collection of people. It is the members within the GCCC that make the atmosphere, one that proves to be extremely good. There is a large core of people who turn up at almost every event which results in an enormous enthusiasm. On purpose we do not set limits to the age of the car. We think it more important for people to feel at home within the GCCC. An interest in classic cars is essential. The Gay Classic Car Club aims at offering its members the possibility to meet each other almost every month. Most events offer the possibility to be actively engaged with an old car, but sometimes it is more enjoyable to watch all that collected beauty leaning back in a chair on a terrace with a beer in one’s hand. Members without an old car have ample opportunities to join other members in their cars. Three to four times a year the GCCC Magazine appears in the Dutch language. This is our club magazine in which can be found reports of past events, announcements of new gatherings, members’ stories about their adventures with their cars and small ads. Apart from that, newsletters are sent to keep everybody up to date. As you can see we have an internet site and for members we have a newsgroup. Contact by email: magazine@gccc.nl The address to write to is: or you can send an email to: info@gccc.nl
On Sunday May 20, 2012 you can take out your classic car again for a laugh and a chat with your GCCC-friends. Our members Ruud and Sander have devised a lovely ride through chic surroundings in the heart of the Netherlands. Starting point is Slot Zeist.
Dates for your diary!
VERVIERS – GCCC and the core team of the Eurotour 2011 organizers, can look back on a very successful international Whitsun weekend! With over 90 classic cars and 182 participants, this was the largest GCCC event so far. The very luxurious Van der Valk Hotel at Verviers in de Walloon Ardennes formed the base.
February 20th: Annual general meeting GCCC
The GCCC, Gay Classic Car Club (Benelux) was founded on 17 May, 1992, when, during the first event, over 45 people became members. The idea of such a club had come from the US. Its membership has risen to over 230 in the course of the years, a growth caused mainly by word of mouth, but also because of articles in several (car)magazines. The aim of the society is co-ordinating and stimulating the interest in historic, classical and special cars amongst homosexuals (m/f).
GCCC members and their cars are all extremely diverse. A 1929 Bugatti may be overtaken by an Austin A30, followed by, for example, a Citroën DS, Renault Caravelle, MG A or B, Panhard Dyna, Peugeot, Rolls-Royce, Alfa Spider, Chevrolet Corvette, Opel Rekord, DAF …..
Photo: Collected beauty among different classic (future) cars
If you want to become a member please write to the secretary. The contribution is € 25.00 for members and € 15.00 extra for partner-members.
GCCC-Benelux
Postbus 129
4645 ZJ Putte
The Netherlands