A Day Out

Having determined to go out today, I can tell you that we actually made it!!! Whoo-hoo!

We decided to go to the British Motor Museum at Gaydon. There, not only would we enjoy looking at the cars, but we knew that there’d be plenty of seats to sit on and a lovely café in which we could take some refreshments.

We set off about 11.15 and arrived half an hour later. The guys on reception were really helpful and explained where to go and what to see. We thoroughly enjoyed the first exhibition we went round, exclaiming at this car or that, reminding ourselves that we had owned such or such an one, or our parents had, or our friends had. Great fun.

I particularly liked the very old cars that still looked like the carriages they had been dreamt up out of, with lots of wood and leather upholstery. We had especial fun clambering all over one of the ‘charabangs’ and imagining we were among a party of people whooping it up, travelling in the countryside.

The ‘Judge Dredd’ vehicle thrilled us as we rounded a corner and I immediately sent a photo of it across for the grandsons to have a look at. I am sure they’d love to see it in the ‘flesh’!

After a spot of lunch in the café, we toddled over to the Jaguar exhibition. I left John to look round that while I went upstairs to see if there was a Triumph Toledo on display (don’t ask!) but no such thing. The volunteer on duty suggested I might find one at the Coventry Transport Museum, so we might go there next….. who knows? Now that we’ve found our way to the front door, we might find our way out of it again one day.

Take care everyone. God bless.