SATURDAY:
Saturday morning I joined up with Mick Gaughran in his Middlebridge
Scimitar at 5.45am at Corley Services ready for our 3 hour drive down to
Powderham.
When we arrived we were met with heavy rain showers and strong
wind. On display were my 1969 Scimitar GTE SE5, John and
Wendy Parker's 1972 Scimitar GTE SE5a, Bryan and Sandra Newbury's 1978
Scimitar GTE/C SE6a (Avon Convertible Conversion), Tony Creed and Lesley
Greenham's 1979 Scimitar GTE SE6a, Dennis and Janet Nichols 1981
Scimitar GTC, Collin and Liz Gates 1988 Scimitar SS1 1600 and Mick
Gaughran's 1989 Middlebridge Scimitar GTE. |
SUNDAY:
Sadly, after heavy rain throughout the night, the organisers of
the event decided to cancel the show for safety reasons as the ground
was becoming very slippy and muddy in places. A couple of hours after
the announcement we were greeted with a bit of sunshine between
showers. We were then joined by John Williams who brought his 1966
Scimitar GT. While some packed up and went home, we made the most
of the sunshine and managed to get some nice pictures of the cars in
front of the railway, in time for the steam train the go past. |