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Goodwood Breakfast Club

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Last Sunday I successfully infiltrated Goodwood racecourse. I'd always thought it was far too posh for the likes of me but was in the area last weekend and was persuaded otherwise by local relatives. I'm glad the talked me into it. We registered on line and got a very nice message from Lord Marmalade himself saying how pleased he would be to see us. After that welcome it would have been churlish not to have gone. The theme for that day's Breakfast Club was Everything but the car so what did we turn up in but my trusty old van (VT No.44). It still felt subversive to be there because there were so many smarter vehicles but Citroen C15Ds of this vintage are getting rarer. It didn't look so out of place as you might think parked against a Mimi pickup, even if said Mini pickup was immaculate and probably the result of an expensive restoration. A few cars had slipped in under the net but most of the exhibits were motorcycles with the occasional trike and a few commercial veh...