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On The Road Again – Update

14th February 201015th March 2020 By roychinnorNo Comments

Starting shortly after Easter Bridget and I will be touring the UK, delivering talks about our world travel adventure. Entitled ‘An Evening with Miss Bridget’ the talk lasts about two hours with a comfort break halfway through. The itinerary currently is as follows: Abingdon - 9th April Loughborough - 14th April Bedford - 16th April Godstone - 19th April Norwich - 20th April Lincolnshire - 22nd April Yorkshire - 24th April West Auckland - 28th April Scottish Borders - 30th April Caledonian - 9th May North West - 11th May Bromsgrove - 12th May Abingdon - 14th May There may be additional venues added before the start and updates will be displayed here. The tour is being promoted by the MGCC, but is open to anyone wishing to attend. E-mail roy.locock@btinternet.com for further details. Preparing Bridget for the tour is now a priority. She needs a new windscreen, the twin SU’s need rebuilding, replacement mirrors and window winders are required and the interior needs renovating. I have...

Dirty Boot!

31st December 200914th March 2020 By roychinnorNo Comments

The Canadian Classic MG Club held it's annual awards night during December and honoured Bridget with the 'Dirty Boot'! This was in recognition of the amazing amount of spare parts, cleaning materials, tool kits, axle stands and the all important trolley jack that emerged from Bridget's boot before entering the slalom event in Vancouver during August. In the best possible tradition 'Bridget was unforunately unable to be at the ceremony' and so Peter Tilbury accepted the award from the previous winner, Afton Cayford, on the night. Needless to say Bridget is very proud of this latest accolade whilst I am still waiting for the New Years Honours list to be announced!!...

Even Dreams Must End

18th October 200914th March 2020 By roychinnorNo Comments

Friday 16th October is a date that will stay with me for a long time. It marked the final day for this adventure as Bridget and I arrived at Kimber House in Abingdon. An apt destination, as the current headquarters of the MG Car Club, and a tribute to all the car club members around the world that have been so helpful during our trip. We were welcomed by the lady Mayor of Abingdon marking the long relationship between the town and the MG marque. For those that are not MG owners, Abingdon was the location of the factory that produced these marvellous cars and would have been where Bridget started out in life. As well as my family and friends, Julian White, the General Manager of MGCC led a posse of local members and officials many of whom had brought their MG’s. Television and the press were well represented. So we have completed the final leg of this journey and ponder what...

Trouble With Props!

5th October 200914th March 2020 By roychinnorNo Comments

Always something! The container ship has had a problem with her propellors (can't blame Lucas for this one) and had to go into dry dock to have things rectified. Subsequently the final 180 miles drive will be delayed until next week. I have selected to finish at Abingdon and the MGCC has kindly agreed that we may use Kimber House as the official finishing line. A full report on the day will appear here around the 19th October 2009....

Goodbye Canada

24th September 200914th March 2020 By roychinnorNo Comments

We had left Ottawa just after 9:00 am and found highway 20 east easily. The drive was uneventful except for the usual waving, horn tooting fans. We completed the near 200 miles in three hours arriving in time for lunch. Bridget was still running well. It was immediately apparent to anyone that has travelled anywhere in Canada that the city of Quebec is different. Regular readers will have already deduced that I am not really a city person and as we approached the end of this journey my patience with city ways was diminishing. Quebec changed all that and I quickly realised what I had been missing for much of the second half of this adventure; history! One of the few figures I learnt about in school, and remembered, was General James Wolfe and he is one of several characters I had always felt akin to in that he attempted tasks that others felt were unlikely to succeed just because they were...