Saturday 1st - Sunday 2nd June
The first Bedford Festival of Motoring took place along the Embankment at the same time as the International Kite Festival in Russell Park. We originally planned to take the Hot Rod but when the details came out we discovered we would have to pay £12 to display our car while the public didn't pay anything to look at it. So we walked into town instead and were glad we left the car at home. At paying car shows most people treat the cars with respect but at a public event it's a free for all. People seem to think it's OK to lean on, climb over , touch and even get in your car. One poor chap with a lovely Corvette reckoned he's got half of Bedford's DNA on his car! There were about 200 cars altogether, some older classic cars but mostly modern classics and special modern cars.
Wednesday 5th June
Dave took the Phaeton over to Earl's Barton but found the numbers are much depleted especially for older classic cars. I think it has become a victim of it's own success and because the owner isn't actually into the car scene has not appreciated that a brand new BMW is not something people want to look at and it would have worked better had they segregated parking of old and new cars.
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