Breaking News!!!

The South Shore Beach and Waterfront Tour is ON for this Saturday!

Sorry for such short notice, but it was either this or wait until next month. The weather has been wonderful lately and I am just now able to put the seventh annual South Shore Beach & Waterfront Tour together, so hopefully many of you can join us. If not, hope to see you on the 11th at Paul Glynn's.

We will be gathering on Saturday, May 4th, between 9:30 and 10:00 AM in the large parking lot at Hingham Harbor on Route 3A. just past the bandstand. Just like last year, turn in at the traffic light, as it will be easier when we leave. While waiting for all of the Alfas to arrive, we’ll partake in the Hingham beach and waterfront scene, where I will have coffee, edible goodies, good conversation and bench racing at the ready.

When we start the caravan promptly at 10:30 AM, we will proceed from the Hingham beaches and waterfront to both Nantasket and Hull beaches (crowds are minimal at this time of year, we hope), thence to Cohasset’s "gold coast," Cohasset Harbor, and Back Harbor, motoring on to Minot Beach and the historic Minot lighthouse. There will be maps with stopping points along the way in case we get separated, because it has been a bit tricky keeping all the cars together at times in the past.

A "Historic Twist" will be a drive by several historic sites including the "Old Ship Meeting House" in Hingham, circa 1681, the oldest continually operating church in the U.S. and the "Lawson Tower" in Scituate, a wooden water tower designed after tower designs in Germany in the early 1900s and claimed to be the "most beautiful water tower" in the world.

We will then proceed to the historic Scituate lighthouse and Scituate Harbor. From there it’s on to lunch on the deck of the Mill Wharf Restaurant, on the water overlooking Scituate Harbor, complete with sailboats and fishing trawlers. There, we’ll have a leisurely lunch and great conversation. The Mill Wharf has everything from burgers to seafood, is right on the water, is reasonably priced and casual — everyone enjoys this venue each year! After lunch, we will retrace our path somewhat and work our way back to Hingham harbor where we started. Those who need to leave earlier can take a shorter route back to the expressway.

Okay, that’s all you really need to know, but check back prior to the tour, as well as your email inboxes as the date gets closer, for any changes or updates.

Tops down, RPMs up, and let’s go enjoy our cars along the waterfront!

 — Tom Lesko

Directions (see button above): From the north or south, take Route 3 to Exit 14, the "Hingham/Rockland" exit. If you are coming from the north, go left from the off-ramp; if coming from the south, go right from the off-ramp. This puts you onto Route 228 north — follow it for 4.5 miles. Just after Arnold Road on the right, Route 228 takes a hard right; instead, get into the left lane and bear left onto Central Street. Follow Central about a mile to North Street (Square Cafe on the right). Take a right and follow North Street until it ends at a stop light (about 1/2 mile). Go left at the light, and after about 200 yards you will see the white bandstand on the harbor/bathing beach on the right. Go past it and turn in at the traffic light.

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