Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble

Those legs to the left there, that's me and the missus haha!

I decided again not to bring my camera and to look with my eyes, the 2000gt was a real un-expected treat. I kept missing the formula cars being started so gave up with that, loads of variety for the money. The only thing I will do next year differently is to bring a chair and sit by the side of the road and watch cars leave, 'tis a shame sometimes not to hear them in action.

I went a bit weak at the knees for the Datsun 240z's, especially the two tone one red on top silver below, I really don't know why having never been in one or know anyone that's owned one, I just like them. I kick myself to this day that I let one of Datman's pickups get away from me a few years back. Ahh well there's time left yet!

Oops, easy to fix. Sorry

I loved the event as you folks can tell.

I turned up at around 12:30. I was going to come earlier but I helped a fellow BMW E46 owner (read good mate/knowing he's got it good) fix something on his car. When I paid my £8 I was told to follow the marshalls. At no point did I have any instruction from them. In anything they looked bemused.

I parked my rather dirty M3 in the visitors part. It was strange seeing E46 M3s in the BMW show area ; the oldest example is still "only" 17 years old. But then again seeing a CSL was superb ; you don't see them everyday and the little touches do make all of the difference.

It's a very hard one to call on. I didn't like seeing the new Abarth 124s there yet hearing the sound of them converted me, and the the 335 that left had quite a YouTube crowd filming it. More than the 348 and even the 308 next to it!

As bstardchild said once with me thinking otherwise you have to think on your feet. At the Stratford Festival of Motoring that theory worked right to my benefit, more than I ever could have imagined. There was a bigger crowd around the car just after I pulled in as well!