A visit to Sammy Miller's Museum
On my way back from the Goodwood Revival I thought I'd drop in on Sammy Miller's museum at New Milton. I'd been to the old one (at Old Milton?) years ago and thought I'd be there half a day. In the end I was there all day and could've stayed longer. There's so much to see. This Moto Guzzi is just one of the treats in store at Sammy Miller's Museum It was as I was examining this lovely Guzzi - even before entering the museum proper - that a chap in a blue coat asked me to lend him a hand in the workshop. Of course, I knew it was Sammy. Even if I hadn't, he'd been racing bikes at Goodwood a couple of days earlier in leathers with his name across the shoulders. I think he was working on the recently re-discovered works Ariel and just wanted me to rest it on some axle stands while he lifted it, so I naturally obliged. I could also see he was busy so didn't try to distract him with idle banter. That's the way I am when I wanna get on but as ...