As the date of the Great Bloxam Steam Fair grew ever
close it was 'all eyes on the weather forecast' - nobody wanted a repeat of
last year's mud bath (It's the same weekend as Glastonbury) !!!. It rained on
Friday night but by the time things got under way on Saturday a strong wind got
up and dried things out 'hang on tight to that kite Barry'. It was out youngest
member's (Sam 20months) first proper taste of camping and he proved to be a
petrol head in the making - a true chip off the old block.
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| Sam, Lou &
Pete in Harriet's 1950 Willys Overland Jeepster |
Our next outing
was to Woodcote near Reading - Alf's favourite show (Real Ale tent). Heavy rain
on the Friday evening threatened disaster and sent Barry & Jenny back home
for a change of shoes, but the organisers 'managed' the showground very well
and the show went off as planned. Unfortunately John and Vic had the misfortune
to break down just as they left the gates and had to be recovered home - all
fixed now though - a faulty distributor cap again! (Deja vu Gaydon).
The end of July and we have a trip out to
show the cars at Brooklands Museum. We meet up on the A3 in warm sunshine,
joined for the first time by Jeremy in his shiny red Sprite and we arrive in
convoy - the 'girlies' looked a treat and attracted a lot of attention - as
usual.
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| The Girlies' at
Brooklands |
A trawl through
the autojumble turned up some treasure to be refurbed and sold in aid of the
Barry Green Metal Bonnet |
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Fund and everyone found something to interest them. We
were surprised at how many different events are held there throughout the year
and we may well return - we were told of a rally and lunch that may take place
on New Year's Day so we'll keep an eye on the web site for more
info.
We have a weekend off now and
then it's Classic Wroughton for the first weekend in August followed by the
Club Barbie at Alf and Lynn's - it's all go!
Well, we had the Barbie' and braved the weather
for as long as possible The gazebo sheltered us from most of the wind, but we
ran for cover when the rain started dripping through the roof - good here isn't
it?
Wroughton was probably the most
disorganised show we have visited in a long time. The first challenge was to
find the camping area - it took Alf and Lyn nearly half an hour and were on the
verge of going home again when they found someone who could show them the way -
and it didn't get any better. However two of our members found fame if not
fortune. Alf was invited to take part in the filming of a television programme
to be shown on ITV in the autumn while John (and his car) was photographed for
Classic Car Mart magazine.
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| Alf the film star
- please queue for autographs! |
The last event
on our Summer Calendar was the annual visit to Hampshire Pageant of Motoring at
Broadlands in Romsey. We travelled there in the rain (nothing new there) but
the sun came out shortly after we arrived. It was good to see Scottish Dave
(recently renamed Kiwi Dave) who was back in 'Blighty' on holiday and we had a
good day with lots of interesting people to talk to.
Club Nights have been well attended throughout the
summer. Colin & Jude visited us from the Surrey section and it was great
talking to them and hearing about the different events they had attended. Last
month Lee, the proud new owner of a white Frogeye, joined us. He spoke to Alf
at the Woodcote show about possibly buying a 'Frog' and it was good to see that
he had found one to his liking. We planned a visit to the Home Counties August
meeting, sadly Terry & Harriet couldn't go because of other commitments and
John & Vic fell by the wayside when their dynamo packed up en-route to the
rendezvous point. However four of us managed to get there without mishap, we
were made most welcome by Mark and the rest of the group and hopefully we will
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