This and That in May 2018

After spending £2000 on getting the Beetle back on the road the car passed its MOT on May 17th and I proceeded to have a lot of fun driving it around. I won't lie, it isn't an easy car to drive but I enjoyed it.

Pilgrim School 

 

Dave and a few other A602's members took their cars for a return trip to Pilgrim School for the little ones to have a look around and they got pretty excited about it. Top Gear presenter Rory Reid was there but showed absolutely no interest in the cars so he's obviously a TV presenter but not a petrol head. 

A602's chairman Grant Pinney with Rory Reid

                                                                                   

The electrification works on the Midland Mainline railway which runs near our house were due to commence in May and were expected to be very noisy with piling and what not. We decided to take ourselves away from it and went in the Astra to Wells-next-the-Sea. It was too cold to go in the Hot Rod. We stayed at the Quay B and B for a night which was very nice and enjoyed walking around the town and to the beach. (We were to discover later that this was just the start of two years worth of noise so obviously we couldn't run away every night they planned to work. Luckily we have been able to sleep through it- goodness know how!)

Main Event Spring Bank Holiday 25th - 28th May

Another mixed bag weather wise but at least we got this race meeting finished! Paul qualified in Number 7 spot from 42 and faced five rounds of tough racing to reach the final losing to his nemesis Keith Herbert. He also debuted in Super Pro ET smashing the dragster's PB with an 8.94 @147 mph qualifying 21st out of 48 and faced a round one exit with an extremely rare red light. Zoe and I missed the first few rounds as we were at the Sharnbrook hotel with SPeedz. After the weekend the dragster was suffering and need some TLC before the next meeting.