Hi,
I thought I'd update you on Doug and mine's visit to the Goodwood Revival last weekend.
Unfortunately, Doug's other commitments meant that he could only stay for the Revival, so it was a bit of a flying visit as he had to be back home for Tuesday.
I picked Doug up from the airport at 7:00am on Thursday and we drove the short distance to my home for breakfast before loading the cars up for the 150 mile drive to Goodwood. My wife was taking all the luggage and equipment down in our Range Rover, before going on to spend the weekend with her parents, which meant the Cobra was pretty empty.
A flat battery on the Range Rover due to a cool box being left turned on meant that we were a little late getting away, but we eventually arrived at Goodwood at around 5:00pm, just as a pair of Spitfires were going through their display over the race course.
The roads were pretty busy on the way down, but we were able to stretch teh Cobra's legs on a few occasions and once we got off the motorways, the roads through the country were and villages were very scenic, with plenty of other "classics" heading in the same direction.
We pitched up on the campsite next to a couple of guys with a beautiful 1928 4½ litre "Blower" Bentley in British Racing Green. At the time, we thought it was a bit of a rarity, but it became a bit of an "in" joke as there were at least a dozen more of them in the "Classic" car park over the weekend.
Friday was warm and sunny and after getting breakfast in the NAAFI marquee, we had a great day watching the practices and qualifying for the various races on Saturday and Sunday.
We met up with some other members of The 289 Register for dinner on the Friday evening and Doug was keen to sample some British fish & chips. The plan was to drive into nearby Chichester and find a chip shop, but instead, I managed to blag a table at the Goodwood House Hotel restaurant, which apparently, had been booked up for at least 6 months prior to the event. As it turned out, fish & chips were on the menu, so we all had that, although Doug wasn't too keen on mushy peas.
I'll let Doug pick it up from here if he wishes. If he doesn't, I'll come back and tell you about the racing.
Paul
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