Breakfast Meeting and Drive Out Sunday 19th April 2015

This was the first organised event we took part in with the Model A since we got it back into the UK.  We set out early with Paul and Zoe getting blown about in the back seat and were one of the first to arrive and so managed to grab a prime parking spot at the Sharnbrook Hotel. We had a quite a gathering - us in the Model A, our friends, the Stapletons with the 100E, the '32 and Ricky's new acquisition a Vauxhall Victor plus Dave's sister Shirley in her Audi R8 and husband Paul Sharman in his Chevy pick up.

After a hearty and delicious breakfast about 100 cars from Lamborghini's to Fiat 500s and many marques in between set off with the Google maps we'd been allocated on a 40 mile drive around the countryside via Kimbolton and then along the B665 through Bedford and finishing up at the Shuttleworth collection in Old Warden.

                                                     

Zoe had grabbed shot gun in Shirley's R8 and despite the cold and threat of rain they drove with the top down, Zoe goggle-eyed at the car's acceleration. At least they had heating unlike us. Paul and Abi squeezed into Lee's 100E, Russ and Vicky in their '32, while Ricky had the challenge of handling his Victor with Brady as passenger. It was certainly a baptism of fire for him. (It broke down briefly and is definitely not built for comfort!) Paul Sharman was the only sensible one, warm and snug in his pick up. It was a cracking drive and attracted quite a bit of attention along the way including from a man who'd brought his breakfast to the side of the road to watch us all go by!

Once at Shuttleworth, we just had a cup of tea in the Cafe as we'd all seen the collection of old planes before. The ride back was interesting as we came across a couple of steam engines, as you do, and after crawling through Bedford we finished up with a drink at Oakley Sports and Social Club.

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