I took Nils to the Gransden Airshow, he loved the planes, especially those with really bassy engines from the second world war era. He was considerably less impressed with turbine whir of the Vampire. Of the cars, I think he was most taken by the Bond Bugs, reaching over to try to climb in one.
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Neil Hopcroft
A digital misfit
Paralymic Equestrian event
We got some tickets for the Equestrian event at Greenwich Park. Once we had got through the queue (my instinct to allow an extra hour for travel hiccups proved itself) we got some nice seats in the stadium. It wasn’t as busy in the stands as I had expected from the queue outside. As a non-horsey person (truth be told they scare me a little), I couldn’t have distinguished any of the 16 competitors we saw from able-bodied riders.
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Clare Priory
We took a walk down to Clare Priory, which is now some ruins and an old church in the grounds of a retreat centre. There is a little gate at the bottom of a windy path with a sign that says “NO ADMITTANCE, except to ruins and church”.
Nils-eye view of the show
Nils wanted to take a picture but couldn’t work out why the touchscreen on my camera wasn’t working (mostly because it is not a touchscreen)…so I did the actual pushing of the button, but this is how the show looked to him.
Maserati at Hedingham Castle car show
Maserati have come a long way since they couldn’t fit the whole engine under the bonnet.
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Alfa Romeo Montreal at Hedingham Castle car show
The sign for the Italian car club said “Alphfa Romeo”.
British cars at Hedingham Castle Car show
I think the Alvis was my sons favorite car of the show – he kept coming back to it trying to work out how it worked. There was something out-of-place about the child seat in the Rover, we are so used to seeing children put in the backs of cars because of the warnings about airbags, however when you’ve not got rear seatbelts that is the only place for them.
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Pony cars at the Hedingham Castle car show
I’ve always had a soft spot for Mustangs, although they lost their way for a bit they’ve found themselves again now – while I was drooling over the Roushcharged convertible, Nils was rather taken by the yellow machine in the next bay.
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American Muscle Cars at Hedingham Castle
As always, I was drawn the the muscle cars, the Ranchero in particular is a nice balance between practical and powerful.
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Ford Anglia sleeper
I’m pretty sure this wasn’t a factory fitted engine for the Ford Anglia?
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