Days Out

The rain had a day off on Sunday and gave me just enough time to pop down to the Oval Owners meet and then checked out a few new locations for some photos on the way home. Was lovely once the sun came out! not sure how many more days …

My first trip down to Hatton in the Escort for the AVO National day and I was wishing for the air con of the Focus daily! The Mex was also asked to fill a gap in the Rallye Sport Escorts stand so I was surrounded by some top Mk2 RS’s! …

The local Oval Owners Classic meet saw more Fiestas turn out than Escorts for a change! Top car was this 1.3 Supersport fitted with all the optional extras, quarter opening windows, headlight wipers with the massive washer bottle and sunroof. The XR2 was a close second and nice to see …

Ju also managed to get out on Sunday with the AVO Owners for their Drive It Day. All looking amazing in the sun!

With the sun shining I had the chance to show the Escort for the first time this year at the Oval Owners meet at Autobrite HQ. For something different this year a number of cars were invited inside the showroom and PRU was one of them! Car of the day …

A day out to cheer on a friend in a Non Ford!! Luckily there were also some nice Fords!! Pierre decided to use this event as a bit of a shakedown for his newley build 205 While there were plenty of Escorts my car of the day was this Repsol …

I joined the Oval Owners Club for a trip to Mallory Park for Ford Fest, but we hadn’t counted on the weather! Thanks to Will Brewster for this photo as at this point I was hiding in the car! You can see the rivers of water running down the road! …

Well the rain held off just long enough to have a trip down to Mallory Park for the 2024 RS Owners Club National Day. With a move down the M1 to Mallory Park the RS Owners Club continues the trend on Show cars and track action! Lots of nice cars …

The Sun Gods were shining on Sunday when I joined the South Staffs RS Owners and the Oval Owners for a trip to Brown Edge! Plenty of Fords of all types made the trip and the show was packed. Some lovely concours contenders, the very tidy early P reg Mexico …

Quick the rain has stopped let get our for an hour! so we popped to the Easter Motor Show & Autojumble at Weston park. Being a little more south there was a quite a few cars I have not seen before, A very nice Mk1 Lotus Cortina. And a different …