Little did I know when I drafted my post about Studley that this was likely to be the first and last road trip of the year. At that time, our diary was full of car events and road trips. However, the best laid plans of mice and men and all that and here we are 7 weeks into lockdown and no end in sight while the country, and indeed the world, tries to eradicate Covid 19 disease.
One by one, our events have been crossed out of the diary:
5th April NSRA Drive Out around Northamptonshire
18th April MK Classic Tour which included a lap of Millbrook proving ground
25th April Sally and Jason Woolner's 10th anniversary party in Yaxley
1st May Pre 49 weekend to Derbyshire (rescheduled for next year)
Others have been postponed even though we are not there yet including
NSRA Fun Run
Holmfirth Motor Festival
and of course all the Santa Pod fixtures, which we had planned to miss this anyway but weren't expecting 30000 other people to join us too! Other things we had planned, like the Changing of the Guard have gone too. We are left with the Supernats in August and Isle of Man in September but we won't be too disappointed if they don't go ahead. We have written the year off and are making the most of it at home. Dave has been doing some work on his van, I have sorned the Beetle and the Astra just gets a weekly trip out to the supermarket.
The Phaeton has had two trips out from the shed though- one on my birthday when Dave washed and polished it to chauffeur me down the garden for my 60th birthday meal, which was a lot of fun and then on VE Day, 8th May to commemorate the 75th anniversary, it was parked in our front garden where we enjoyed a nice afternoon tea and received a number of appreciative comments from people walking by.
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