Well, I had to get up at stupid o'clock to meet Dave (Red Lyon owner) at 8.30am for my MOT, he very kindly had managed to squeeze me in to his rather hectic testing station schedule... Poor Dave had been working from 5.30am!!! He ushered me in and got to work.... some time later, I was a very happy little boy with a pass certificate in my grubby hands.
Fast forward 4hrs and a number of Costa coffees later I turned up at the pub, where a few seconds later, Richard Smith turned up in his very nice blue motor...
closely followed by... another Richard Smith, in his very nice blue motor....... even more disconcerting was the fact that they looked like a thin version of the Mitchell brothers! :blushing:
This is the XFR Jag, which pushes out a measly 523bhp, and even more impressively is like a James Bond car when you fire it up with all sorts of wizardry going on!
A couple of drinks later and a few more had turned up. Alas I had received a couple of messages from people saying that they couldn't make it for one reason or another, but the fact that it was raining all morning was probably the deciding factor for most people.
However there was representation from a few different clubs with a number of different marques on display and it was really great to see some old friends and meet some new ones. It just reminds why I am a member of car forums, and reminded me how important it is to have as many meets as possible.
So here are some pics out back of the pub:
The Zed representation.... +1 hairdressers zed replacement :winkiss:
Note Daves.... sensible RX7 in the background...
Grant Mitchells lovely very nearly standard car I just wish i had got a picture of the interior as it is absolutely mint, with what i think was a very dark blue leather and stunning muted grey blue alcantera. Very understated, very very nice! :bow:
Well, I had to get up at stupid o'clock to meet Dave (Red Lyon owner) at 8.30am for my MOT, he very kindly had managed to squeeze me in to his rather hectic testing station schedule... Poor Dave had been working from 5.30am!!! He ushered me in and got to work.... some time later, I was a very happy little boy with a pass certificate in my grubby hands.
Fast forward 4hrs and a number of Costa coffees later I turned up at the pub, where a few seconds later, Richard Smith turned up in his very nice blue motor...
closely followed by... another Richard Smith, in his very nice blue motor....... even more disconcerting was the fact that they looked like a thin version of the Mitchell brothers! :blushing:
This is the XFR Jag, which pushes out a measly 523bhp, and even more impressively is like a James Bond car when you fire it up with all sorts of wizardry going on!
A couple of drinks later and a few more had turned up. Alas I had received a couple of messages from people saying that they couldn't make it for one reason or another, but the fact that it was raining all morning was probably the deciding factor for most people.
However there was representation from a few different clubs with a number of different marques on display and it was really great to see some old friends and meet some new ones. It just reminds why I am a member of car forums, and reminded me how important it is to have as many meets as possible.
So here are some pics out back of the pub:
The Zed representation.... +1 hairdressers zed replacement :winkiss:
Note Daves.... sensible RX7 in the background...
Grant Mitchells lovely very nearly standard car I just wish i had got a picture of the interior as it is absolutely mint, with what i think was a very dark blue leather and stunning muted grey blue alcantera. Very understated, very very nice! :bow: