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WOLVES RIDE

 

Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?

We kick off the season on Saturday afternoon, March 28th. We’ll gather at Nijkerk, where we’ll bravely set off on a Veluwe tour. We’ll pass the now-historic spot where the wolf was first spotted in recent years, farms frequented by the wolf, and forests where you might catch a glimpse. After returning to the starting point, we’ll share our experiences over drinks, followed by dinner together at large round tables.

And if you’re thinking, “But I don’t have any interest in that animal at all”… then sign up for a relaxing afternoon of touring on wide and narrow paths, through polders, forests, and heathland on the Veluwe. The starting point is in Nijkerk, where we’ll be welcome from 1:00 PM.

Unfortunately, parking isn’t available in front of the building; the best option is at the town hall (Oostkadijk) or along the quay along the canal (Westkadijk). From there, it’s a few minutes’ walk to the starting point. A map showing the route from these parking spots can be found in the announcement email.

Verder lezen WOLVES RIDE

DATES FOR YOUR GCCC DIARY

What are we going to do in 2026?

  • 28-03           Wolves Ride
  • 26-04           Asparagus Ride 
  • 29-05           Eurotour 2026 Burg-Haamstede 
  • 28-06           ‘Ut olde karrenspoor’
  • 26-07           Picnic ride
  • 30-08           Leiden Pride ride
  • 26-09           Huis Doorn ride
  • 23/25-10     Bad Bentheim Classics
  • 29-11           Ride TBD
  • 12-12           Winter in Brabant

What have we done so far in 2026?

  • 25-01           New Year’s
  • 21-02           AGM 2026

What events did we do in past years?

2025

  • January 26       New Year’s reception
  • March 29          AGM 2025
  • April 13             Groningen
  • May 18               Along the River Meije
  • June 28               GCCC at Gay Pride Saturday Zaan
  • June 29               Plane spotting
  • July 27                Picnic Ride
  • August 31           Leiden Pride
  • Sept. 28               Sea, Dunes and Castles
  • Oct. 26                 Bad Bentheim weekend
  • Nov. 29                ER-Classics Ride
  • Dec. 21                Christmas Crib Nativity scene ride

2024

  • January 21   New Year’s Drinks
  • March 16     AGM 2024
  • April 7          Steam on the Bulbs
  • May 26         Past Perfect
  • June 30         Much Ado in the Polder
  • July 28          Picnic Ride
  • August 25     Nijmegen area
  • Sept. 20/22   Old-timers in the Kempen (weekend)
  • Sept. 29        A guide through the purple rain (Soest)
  • Oct. 25/27     Bad Bentheim Classics 2024 (weekend)
  • Dec. 15:         Christmas Cruising

Verder lezen What events did we do in past years?

Online photo albums

The members’ area has the possibility to post links to your personal photo albums. This way you can simply share your photographs with your GCCC-friends. So, log in and place links to your photo collections. Or have a look at the many photo albums which go back to as far as 2003!

You still don’t have admission to the members’ area? Ask for that by sending an email to: info@gccc.nl

International contacts: Sister clubs and Eurotour

Right from the start the GCCC has had excellent connections with a number of foreign sister clubs. Good contacts with the French sister club Ledorga, the English GCCG (Gay Classic Car Group), the German club Queerlenker, and the Danish Gay Owned Vintage Cars (GOVC) with whom we have a lot of contact too. These contacts have led to a number of highly successful international events.

These started off in 1993 when an Easter Run was held round Brussels during Easter, followed a few weeks later by the first RIGAC (Rencontre Internationale des Gay Automobile Club) at Le Touquet on the Normandy coast of France. The year after that GCCC organised its first international gathering, with Maarssen as its base. Since then it has become a tradition for each club to take turns in organising such international events, which have become known as “Eurotour”. It was our turn in 2004, when, at Whitsun, we had a gathering of some 160 people in and around Antwerp.

  • In 2005 the British club organised one around Southampton, 2006 saw a weekend around Gladbeck and Essen and in 2007 it was our turn again around Emmeloord (in the land reclaimed from the sea), with the motto ”Dutch Lowlands & Highlights”.
  • From May 16-18, 2008 we were guests in the British Cotswolds, a special Eurotour organised by the GCCG.
  • In 2009 we helped Anders, Lars and Steffan from the Danish GOVC to organise the first Eurotour in Denmark on the Island of Fynen (May 29 – June 1, 2009).
  • In 2010 QueerLenker organised Eurotour, from May 21-24 in Neumünster, near habour city Kiel.
  • From June 10-13, 2011 the GCCC organised Eurotour in Belgium again, this time in Verviers.
  • In 2012  for the first time a Eurotour in Switzerland from Bern took place from May 25-28.
  • Eurotour 2013 from May 17-20, 2013 took place in Wiltshire, organised by our sisterclub GCCG in the UK.
  • In 2014 Denmark organised a Eurotour in Lolland and Falster.
  • Queerlenker organised the Eurotour in 2015 (May 22 – 25). It was situated in the Pfaltz, the region between Frankfurt and Alsace.
  • GCCC was host again in 2016 (May 13 – 16). This time it was the area between Leyden and The Hague, with a visit to the Louwman Museum and a round trip by boat through the Leyden canals.
  • June 2-5: Eurotour around Baden (CH)
  • May 18-21:Eurotour around Norwich (UK)
  • Denmark hosted again in 2019, held in Jutland.
  • Covid-19 has ensured that the next Eurotour only took place in 2022. The GCCC was up again and organized a successful weekend around Alkmaar from June 10 to 13, with a prison converted into a luxury hotel as the central location.
  • Our British sister club hosted again from 19 to 22 May 2023 in beautiful Yorkshire, a county also known as ‘God’s Own Country’.
  • Switzerland organised one in the Langenthal area in 2024.
  • Germany hosted another one in 2025 in the Bonn area.

What is GCCC Magazine?

 

Illustration: The 105th issue of our magazine

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

What is the aim of the GCCC?

Photo: Collected beauty among different classic (future) cars

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.

Who are the people of the GCCC?

GCCC members and their cars are all extremely diverse. A Citroën SM may be overtaken by an Mini Cooper, followed by, for example, a Citroën DS, Panhard PL17, Peugeot 404, Rolls-Royce Camargue, DAF 55, BMW E30, Alfa Romeo Spider, Ford Mustang, Mercedes-Benz 300, Volkswagen Kever, Morris Minor …..

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.

 

What is Gay Classic Car Club, GCCC?

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 300 in the course of the years, a growth caused mainly by word of mouth, but also because of articles in several (car)magazines and our internet site. The aim of the society is co-ordinating and stimulating the interest in historic, classical and special cars amongst homosexuals (m/f).

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. GCCC now has some 300 members (as of December 31st, 2019)