The troops finally gathered and we left just before 1pm after cars were fetched from garages, and the convoy departed.
We arrived to a nice quiet carpark at the fair, and parked up the various cars along the back of the field.
The Clements and Moon Classics - Capri by special invitation, everyone seemed surprised it was now officially for sale
I also managed to drag along a support vehicle for the 2-3 mile drive, my parents have not seen the SC since it was in a million pieces in the garage, and they didn't seem all that impressed at that point. They certainly were a lot more interested in the cars now we have almost finished the project, and joined us for the early part of the day at the fair.
First ride was rather familiar, anyone seen a car like this before?
No shortage of classic cars at this event, there were Lotuses:
And an Alfa Romeo (Chris clearly not all that impressed, some remark was made at the quality of the paint job!)
We then moved on to the test of strength, where it was proven once again that I am clearly superhuman (or at least worked out the trick at the stand) and won myself a very inappropriate dolphin.
Jack holding the inappropriate dolphin as Clements Senior looks on
We then moved on to possibly the scariest ride on Earth. I am not kidding, I have been on most of the big rollercoasters in this country, done the biggest rides in Orlando, Florida, and this thing takes the biscuit. Utterly, without a moment of respite, terrifying. Fun, but incredibly scary, probably partly due to the number of very old parts I have seen snap under a small amount of force, and the sheer speed, being flicked up in the air, spun around, and generally trying quite hard not to crush Amy in the seat beside me. All this on an ancient steam-powered hub which almost stalled as it tried to get the wheel turning!
We moved on from the scariest ride on Earth to the slot machines, lots of fun, and various machines chucking out free winnings without paying was a bonus. Needless to say we left with a lot of spare pennies, and left our tokens with some even younger folk to enjoy. Keith suggested I have a look at the "Marital Prediction" machine, but I chickened out of that one, he managed to get an X-ray which seemed to be remarkably accurate.
We then went to see The Wall of Death - quite something. These guys were just bonkers. Three different riders took everything from a modern bike to a fairly ancient bike which was apparently the first bike ever used in a wall of death ride in the UK. Hopefully we will get the video uploaded to Youtube or somewhere and can link to it, not something you see often these days and a remarkable feat.
Next we moved on to the dodgems. This is where it all got a bit out of hand.
No major injuries, luckily we weren't driving, I think this was part of some routine maintenance during the day - if only we could roll our cars over so easily to get at the underside
Quick photo opp next to the Carters trailers before we left for pub lunch.
Nice lunch, if a little disjointed, at the Marchmont Arms, where lots of discussion ensued about the next event we'll be at, plans for the Rhubarb Rally, how to get more young people into the Jowett Car Club, projects for the next 12 months, and some other stuff. Oh, and foodie stuff.
Final quick photo before we left to get the cars packed away, and a relaxing afternoon in front of the telly before Top Gear, which is starting now
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