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I’ll defo try to come. Going to GBS on Saturday morning so will need to earn some brownie points to be out two days in a row!! I’ll confirm nearer the time. edit - quick chat with Clare and all fine for me to come so it’s a YES depending on the weather. 😁😁😁

CANCELLED Meet at The Great British Car Journey, Ambergate at 10am for breakfast before heading off into the Peak District for a run out. This is weather dependent and although it forecasts nice at the moment, please check on here later just in case it changes. Hoping @Steve Bosworth is recovering well and Vicki can bring you in the tin top to show us the scar. Who is coming? CANCELLED

I thought my experiences regarding the late Philip Young and the late Hywel 'the mac' Thomas a founder member of Port Talbot Motor Club may be of interest to you. I serviced for Keith Billows and Hywel Thomas in a group four Escort on the 1980 Himalayan rally. The car normally had a BDA engine but because of the lower grade petrol in India a two litre Pinto engine was installed for the event. Hywel made notes about the special stages traveling in a taxi two weeks before the start. Another UK competitor was Philip Young driving a Morris Minor previously owned by the Archbishop of Canterbury. One day the rally paused in a strictly Muslim town where women were modestly dressed. I accompanied Philip's girlfriend to do some food shopping. She asked me why some men were staring at her. I pretended not to know why but the reason was obvious. She was vert good looking and wasn't wearing a bra so her nipples were pushing prominently through her tee shirt and her breasts bounced with every step. I think she was unselfconscious about her boobs. Soon afterwards Keith and Hywel retired due to an engine problem. I wanted to carry on and completed the route in the service van of some hard drinking Australian competitors. Members of the opposition political party were opposed to the event and attacked cars smashing windscreens at several points along the route. The cars went into a sports stadium with police guard for protection where improvised mesh windscreens were made. Some of the Indian competitors were in antiquated Hindustan Ambassador cars based on UK 1950's Morris Oxfords. It was a high profile event and the awards were presented at a hotel in Delhi by the prime minister Mrs Gandhi. As she gave Philip Young his 15th place award he kissed her on the face and she looked horrified. The rally was won by the famous Shakhar Mehta and Lofty Drews in an Opel Ascona 400. Mal

We will be there. Which car we are in will depend on the weather!!

Yes count us in deffo depending on the weather lol

Spot on Ian, I do like seeing other folks pics especially a good road trip ones. The Alps pictures just gets me in the mood, even although I said after 3 years in a row I'd give it a miss in 2025. Might need to rethink that 😆

Bump; anyone else? I normally confirm numbers with the restaurant early the week of the meal… So far, we’re provisionally nine?

Daughter was flicking through my pics last night. She asked me if all Westies get their own colour coded bins?