WHAT THE HELL IS THAT NOISE.....?
AROUND EIGHT 96 2 STROKES, SCREAMING FIAT ABARTH'S,MINI COOPER 970S,AUSTIN A35/40 AND A SOLITARY FORD ANGLIA PULLED UP TO THE START LINE,AFTER A CONSERVATIVE WARM-UP LAP.....
NOT BEING QUITE OLD ENOUGH TO EXPERIENCE THE RACING BACK IN THE 1960'S,I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT,NOR SHALL I EVER FORGET IT....!!!
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS,I HAVE 'PLANNED' TO DO IN LIFE ? INEVITABLY,THESE 'THINGS' HAVE BEGUN TO ELUDE ME,AS LIFE PROGRESSES,IN IT'S RAMSHACKLE WAY...OF UPSETTING YOUR DREAM'S AND ASPIRATIONS
BUT 700 MILES INTO THE TRIP,IN A TIRED OLD 1987 CITROEN MOTORHOME,WE HAD COVERED COAST TO COAST..........AND THE OLD FRENCH FARTBOX,HAD ACTUALLY MADE IT TO 'MANTORP',WHICH I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD DO....? AND THE SUN WAS SHINING...
WE HAD SEEN SOME INCREDIBLE SIGHT'S ON THE JOURNEY SO FAR,HAD MUCH LAUGHTER,BUT NOWT PREPARED ME FOR THE HIGHLY PITCHED SWARM OF MICRO-MACHINERY,AS IT HURLED INTO THE FIRST LEFT-HANDER.....
AFTER ALL,THIS WAS SAAB'S FORTE,TO PROMOTE THE 'ODD' LITTLE CAR'S.....
I HAVE TO ADMIT,I HAD A LITTLE LUMP IN MY THROAT
I HAVE ONLY EVER SEEN PHOTOGRAPH'S........THIS WAS FOR REAL