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thames valley section
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Visit to The Goodwood Breakfast Club Sunday April 1st 2007 |
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Getting out of bed at 5:45 on a Sunday
morning, might not be for everybody but this is what a small group
of us did in order to visit Goodwood motor circuit's
Breakfast Club.
This occurs on the first Sunday of every month and each one is
themed - this first one of the year being Forza Italia. We met
up with a group of friends just outside Winchester at 7:15 and
headed down to the Goodwood estate via some stunning driving roads
in a convoy consisting of James Wheeler's race prepared 1600 GT
Junior, Peter Mullineux's 155 Twinspark, Durran and Gordon Heslop's
Maserati 430, Howard and Tonia Twine's 145 Cloverleaf, Paul Owen's
2000 GTV and my SZ.
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The roads were deserted and the drive
alone was worth getting up so early for. We arrived at
Goodwood before 8:30, but we weren't the first to arrive and before
long Italian cars and bikes were pouring in.
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There were plenty of Alfa's to see,
including the new Spider which I had not seen before.
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In addition to the Alfa's there was lots
of other machinery to look at. Some exotic and some not so
exotic but (for me at least) equally as interesting. Here's
the exotic stuff:
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And here's some of the less exotic, but still
fascinating, cars
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It really was a wonderful way to spend a Sunday
morning and I highly recommend it. It was also good to meet up
with Bill Smith again from the Sussex section and thanks to Simon
Novis for helping Paul out.
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| This one is definitely on the to-do list for next year! |
