Over 250 vehicles to take part in annual Surrey hill climb event
The Shere Hill Climb event will see all sorts of cars and motor bikes, ranging from Lamborghinis, to tuk-tuks
The annual Shere hill climb event returns today, and it will display all kinds of vehicles, from the latest Lamborghini, to a Tuk-Tuk.
The event sees all kinds of cars and motor bikes attempting the hill climb course, whilst offering opportunities to learn about the vehicles.
It's the event's 12th year and allows people to see over 250 vehicles in action, and learn more them about them, all whilst raising money for local causes.
During the day, each of the vehicles will take on the hill climb course three times.
The event takes place up Staple Lane, by the junction with the A246 in the Surrey Hills near Guildford. The lane is a public road which, will be closed to all other traffic for the event.
The course runs from close to the junction of Staple Lane with the A246 to the summit of the hill.
The course ascends by 300 feet over a distance of nearly a mile with a series of challenging corners.
Martin Warner is the CEO of the event and told us about the insane variety the hill climb offers.
"The variety is from gloriously mundane 1960s Morris Oxfords right up to the latest Lamborghini. We have vintage Bentleys. Anything you've ever wanted to see, we've probably got one, and we've got a tuk-tuk at the other end of the scale.
Warner took pride in saying that he had been able to get the Brooklands car museum
"This year and a big coup for us this year is we've got the Napier Railton from Brooklands. I think I'm right in saying it's never been run on a road before. It had the lap record from Brooklands which it gained just before the war broke out."
Warner added that he had an 'open bonnet' culture at the event. This means that when participants aren't taking on the climb, they should make their vehicles accessible for spectators to learn more about them.
"I've got a culture going where everyone opens their bonnets when they're not going up the hill because they only get they get three runs in the day and the rest of the day they're just enjoying themselves.
So they open their bonnets, they open the car doors and they let children sit in them."
Warner says that the event has provided opportunity to raise money for local causes.
"We now raise £20,000 - £25,000 each time we run it and all the money goes to very local charities. We didn't intend it to be a charity event, still don't really, but we're only too glad to make the money"