Wiscombe VSCC meeting 2010
This year's Vintage Sports Car Club meeting was cold - so cold the batteries in my camera expired, one set after another. I tried warming them in my pockets and this helped a bit but eventually they all cried enough. If you scampered up and down from finish line to paddock - like I did - you could forget the cold but for the marshals and the guys on the gate who had to stay put, it was perishing. The machinery, though, was as diverse and fascinating as ever. I went to both the Saturday and Sunday events and camped in my van (VT No.44) with an Arctic-spec sleeping bag. The picture above shows Terry McGrath in his 1100cc 1928 Amilcar CGS special and several well wrapped up starting officials. On the Saturday there were the Formula 3 500cc racers from the fifties and although I can't usually work up much enthusiasm for single seaters, I really like these little things. They are so cute you could wear them as a badge. Number 64 is a Norton powered Martin and is a great example of a...