Sorry, I just need to hog the post for a moment, squeak a lot, and tell you that we bought, squeak, the MX5. I just need to know now how to get the thing around Blyton, novice with a capital N here.
It's a good job Barnsley was on the way to Lincoln ( it could be, but not if you live in Chesterfield!). Enough of this, back to the original topic, we met Martyn and Sue for a 'light lunch' light? there was nothing light about it was there Glen?
After a laugh and a catch up we went to Andrew's house, where it was time to show our cars to Alex and Connor, and eat cake. I thought that I would eat one of everything and two of my favourite, which was the little chocolate buns with a white chocolate button on top, delicious and thank you to Clare for baking them.
Andrew took me for a run in his V8, I have never been in one before, oh the noise is so exciting, so when he offered me a drive the temptation was too much. Andrew is 6ft odd tall, his Westfield has a lowered floor and obviously a V8 bonnet. I pulled the seat forward and Andrew warned me that it doesn't locate very well, at a junction I shot backwards and finished the journey dancing the pedals with my tiptoes, it was hilarious, I enjoyed it immensely and thank you for your generosity, Andrew.
Next, a 5 litre Mustang arrived, he used to own a Cobra, but it was not family friendly, so he has swapped to the Mustang. He was keen for a run out in a Westfield so he jumped in with me, Andrew grabbed a youngster and off we went. Wow, Zetec versus V8, we should have filmed it, and I thought Lincoln just had straight roads. I can confirm that my brakes are working well and the accelerator pedal goes right to the floor, it's a good job Mr Mustang is not faint hearted, oh and don't mention it to Glen.
It was soon time to head for home and Andrew suggested a different route to the straight, flat one we came in on, Martyn agreed, so off we went. Wow, I have changed my opinion of Lincolnshire, it was very curly. The signs are a bit hit and miss though, some tight bends do not have chevrons on them, and a few switch straight back the other way, we had a whale of a time. It all finished off with a nice relaxing drive on the straight local roads in the dark, with the birds tweeting, on this still and pleasant evening.
Thanks everyone for your contribution and lets hope we bought a bit of light into Alex and Connor's life.