#1 Lazy Sunday Afternoon
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 6:41 pm
Summer's here, at least in Wiltshire, and today was a good one.
Off to a local event this morning, the Vintage and Nostalgia Show. Never heard of it? It is a bit small and local at the moment and only four years old, but its getting bigger each year. Loads of old vehicles of many stripes from slammed and distressed Yankie pickups and a pink Caddie, to specials build on Riley 1 1/2 or Austin Seven chassis. And three Es, mine in its freshly polished carmen red, a green s3 2+2 and a white 3.8 roadster that looked like it was a barn find. Or very well used. Everyone was dressed up in period (mostly 40s and 50s casual or 'gent in the country').
Long and short of it, mine was voted best in the show. I'll make the most of this as the old bag of nails doesn't usually feature in the running for prizes. Prizes were sponsored by a local brewery, so I have a few bottles of fine ale to quaff in the afternoon sunshine.
Off to a local event this morning, the Vintage and Nostalgia Show. Never heard of it? It is a bit small and local at the moment and only four years old, but its getting bigger each year. Loads of old vehicles of many stripes from slammed and distressed Yankie pickups and a pink Caddie, to specials build on Riley 1 1/2 or Austin Seven chassis. And three Es, mine in its freshly polished carmen red, a green s3 2+2 and a white 3.8 roadster that looked like it was a barn find. Or very well used. Everyone was dressed up in period (mostly 40s and 50s casual or 'gent in the country').
Long and short of it, mine was voted best in the show. I'll make the most of this as the old bag of nails doesn't usually feature in the running for prizes. Prizes were sponsored by a local brewery, so I have a few bottles of fine ale to quaff in the afternoon sunshine.
