Here are the itinerary and maps for Il Giro!  They are large (~5MB) PDF files, but if you are able, please download them, print them out, and bring them with you:

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It's back for the third year! AONE members and Peterborough, NH residents John Percival and Guilherme Bonatto have teamed up again to put together another fabulous motor tour in the Monadnock region of southern New Hampshire. Last year, we had eighteen Alfas come along on the drive, up from a half dozen the year before! The participants all had a terrific time on a tour that included quiet back roads, a stop for lunch, a couple of Alfa photo ops, a little shopping, more back roads, some historic landmarks, country estates, the McDowell Dam, horse farms, and finally a stop for ice cream.

And this year Guilherme and John are planning an even better, expanded Giro! We’re talking more back-roads driving at the beginning of the day, and gathering at an Italian restaurant for lunch along the way! You have three options for meeting up with the rest of the gang:

1. If you live in Massachusetts, Connecticut, or Rhode Island, you can meet up with Dave & Vi Pratt at Papa Razzi Ristorante’s parking lot on Route 2 in Concord, MA at 9:30. Based on previous years’ trips up to Il Giro Del Monadnock via these back roads, they can testify that the route north is a pleasant one indeed. This group will meet up with Guilherme in Hollis, NH for the next leg. Papa Razzi’s is located on Route 2 westbound in Concord, MA (just before the Concord Rotary).

2. Or, if you live further north, you can meet up with Guilherme at Morin’s Garden Center in Hollis, NH at 10:30am. Guilherme has mapped out a terrific route that will take us though beautiful neighborhoods, up and down Federal Hill into Milford, then via Savage Road / Isaac Frye Highway for a top-notch view of the Monadnock chain, and finally descending a very twisty and narrow road into Peterborough. Morin’s Garden Center is located at the intersection of NH Route 111 and Depot Road (off of the intersection of Routes 111 and 111A).

3. Or meet us in the main gathering spot as in previous years, the parking area of Peterborough Plaza, at 11:30. From the east: Take NH Route 101 to Peterborough. Past the intersection with Route 123, Peterborough Plaza will be on your left, after the bridge. From the south: Take US Route 202 north past Jaffrey to Peterborough. Turn right at a traffic light onto 101 heading east. Peterborough Plaza will be on your right. From the west: Take Route 9 east, which becomes 101 east in Keene. Stay on 101 to Peterborough, straight through a set of lights (at intersection with 202 South). Peterborough Plaza will be on your right.

When we all arrive in Peterborough, our group will proceed to the Depot Square area of downtown Peterborough, a destination spot for the Monadnock region. Depot Square is framed by the confluence of two rivers in the center of Peterborough. It provides an attractive setting for the Sharon Art Gallery plus several fine restaurants and clothing boutiques. Our lunch destination will be R.A. Gatto’s, a great Italian Restaurant with excellent seafood options and reasonable lunchtime prices.

After lunch, we’ll head out on the afternoon portion of the tour, when we’ll discover what John and Guilherme have cooked up for the second half! Finally, around 4pm, we’ll arrive back in Depot Square, where we can walk to Ava Maria for chocolates or ice cream, and from there we can go our separate ways. Peterborough is participating in the 11th annual Open Studio Art Tour, Saturday and Sunday—50 artists and 44 locations.

In order to keep things under control, our tourmasters are limiting the event to the first 25 cars to sign up—first come, first served! Important: We must give R.A. Gatto’s a head count, so we will need you to register with Guilherme by the end of the day on Thursday, October 5th, with the exact number of reservations. To register, contact Guilherme at 603-924-7608 (home), 603-860-9705 (cell), or via email at bbonatto@verizon.net. If you call and get a message, please leave your name and number so that Guilherme can return your call to confirm your entry. Include your phone number, your plan about where you will join (1, 2, or 3 from above), and whether you are going to have lunch with us at Gatto’s. Do it now so you don’t end up on the waiting list!

So reserve Saturday, October 7th (rain date Sunday, the 8th; Gatto’s would be closed but there are a lot of other options for lunch in Peterborough) on your calendars and sign up pronto! See you there!

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