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I’ve sent the reservation email a request and I’ll call tomorrow. Many thanks for the heads up 👍🏻

I see the X4 is out now!

Slight change of tack here, still got science in it though. If you ever watched the original series in the 90's and into the 00's, you will recognise a fair few of the same crew, Mr Robinson occasionally shows up for opening titles in some videos, but isn't in the main ones generally anymore. Time Team is now YouTube only these days.

@Steve Bosworth do not despair! you will need to ring/email reservations and book direct with hotel (ie not through booking.com) club has 20 reserved rooms up until one calendar month before which is next Thursday 23rd May, after which any left are released back for general public. Do you want me to email Emma at reservations and give her a heads up?

Well looks like I had booked the north one! As I didn’t realise there was 2! managed to cancel my booking but looks like there are no rooms left for scotch corner. So could be then end of our trip before it starts.

Great!😩

now sold

They are now sold Pete

Major frustration, tow car has a turbo oil leak and I'm not prepared to risk an engine blow up so am staying at home.

And Chris Emmerson is hoping to make the run out and if not he will meet us for lunch. 😁

@Jakejmagee is planning on coming!!

@ianaliyou need to buy this guy a new calendar!!! WINTER league 🥶 Father Christmas is on his 3rd summer holiday , the Easter bunny now has grand kids , what’s this guy taking 🤪

Busy elsewhere, have a great run all.

@AndrewBClarkeI've just created a Facebook event for you 👍 https://www.facebook.com/share/VZWJLaSsexstzytx/

Sadly I can't make this one, I'm at the rolling road Saturday morning with Iain due to his recent engine swap

Yeah that's probably not a way to get a pay upgrade... Even today the DS still looks like a space ship, I don't think the SM really ever caught peoples imagination as the DS had once done though?.

Yes, If I were to do anything to it , the brakes would be the area, fortunately the system from either the GT6 or Vitesse are a straight swap albeit with an upright and stub axle upgrade. Been here before 30 years ago with a Spitfire.

My boss at the time (1974) had a DS Estate top of the range with swivelling headlights. He's now a KC in the £multi million salary class as a corporate tax barrister. I have travel sickness and declined to be driven in it as vomiting in one's boss's personal car is not a guaranteed route to promotion!

I have no memories of the Jowett - far too young, I do just about recall the DS which was sold in 1970 upon my fathers death, mum got a Beetle instead - and I do remember that.

Couldn't agree more there, I do hope the Gov withdraw that legislation.

I love the Jowett! My sister's husband (my BiL) had a Bradford van and it, like many of its kin, broke its crankshaft. He also had a Brough Superior which does still exist in a motorcycle museum in Norfolk somewhere. I had two Capri 2.8i on my employer - a 1983 and a 1985. I could have bought either from the company but they had each recorded >78,000 miles by that time and I had really had my fill of them by then too. I know, I know, worth a packet now etc...

We've a Capri that has been in my wife's family since new (1984). We've had an external restoration done as otherwise it was going to fall to pieces. So yes we've lost some of the originality but at least we still have the car and should continue to do so for years to come. The other thing for us, was that my mother-in-law (serial Capri owner) got to enjoy the car again in her final years, she couldn't drive it, but loved being taken out in it. Internally we have kept it fairly untouched, there's even stuff like some ancient sweet wrappers and a (IIRC) Blockbuster Video membership card in the ashtrays. The car has been "MOT exempt" since April this year. It's still had an MOT - absolute no-brainer. Why would we want to risk the safety of the entire family by pretending that old cars don't decay?

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I think that it looks great just the way it is. I'd just do maintenance to keep it running (and stopping) well, and sort any bad rust spots. I'm actually jealous looking at it. David

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