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It was a last minute decision. Dare we flog all the way up to Avoncroft just to get absolutely soaked through by the torrential rain that was forcast? When we got up and looked out the window early on Sunday morning I couldn’t see anything, there was a blanket of fog. “Well that may mean good weather then” thought I. So off we went and by the time we had reached Gaydon, the fog had gone and the sun was streaming down. However, another 30 minutes or so later,  we pulled into the car park at the Avoncroft Museum, and the heavens opened.

Still at least we had bought brollies and hats! As we made our way in to the show field we could see that the judging had already begun in earnest. We looked for friendly faces (ignoring the unfriendly ones…..no I won’t go there) First we met Fernand. He had his lovely Austin estate in the field complete with press cuttings book. The car has been earning it’s keep by being hired out for some” Fawlty Towers” promotions and the like and  even carried Prunella Scales (Sibyl Fawlty) to a grand opening of a hotel in Torquay (supposedly the home of Fawlty Towers).

My husband, Nobby, made himself very useful, in very kindly taking pictures of all the cars in the field for me. There were lots of familiar cars and also a few I hadn’t seen before. I had chats with old friends, Mercedes, Tony Cole, Chris, Robbie, Steve Beard (busy judging) and Nick Laidlaw (who had very kindly helped me with repairs to my own car a few years back) I don’t get to shows and stuff much anymore so it was really lovely seeing them all again.

While the judging and talks were on we all went for a walk around the museum. There was some interesting stuff on show but old buildings aren’t really my cup of tea. As the rain didn’t really let up all day, we called it a day early on. The pictures are below see if you can spot yours.