Denmark - BRIDGET THE MIDGET

My multi-lingual prowess just oozes. Whilst Bridget drove effortlessly from Neumunster to Svendborg in Denmark I busied myself learning Danish and German. Well nearly. I learnt of Egeskov Castle (or Egeskov Slot, etc.) from Jan and Aakke in Niekerk. What grabbed my attention was the fact that they have a motor museum in the grounds. In fact they have no less than 10 museums including cars, motorcycles and aircraft. This is Denmark's answer to Beaulieu National Motor Museum. The castle itself has a number of interesting features including the fact that it has no large open fireplaces, but instead has a series of large cast iron wood-burners in each room. There is a large selection of medieval weapons and various native African weapons that one of the residents brought back from a visit there. The motor museum has no less than three MG's, being a 1600 MGA, a MGC and a 1935 MG Magna that is recorded to have raced at Brooklands...

Bridget was supposed to be ready in December 2012, then March 2013 and finally by the beginning of this week (17th June). However, the engine still wasn't running smoothly under load on the morning of the 19th June and that only left 36 hours. Dave Cook, at Kennington Motors, suggested I took her to a rolling road in a last ditch attempt to solve the problem, but where would I be able to get her in at such short notice. Enter R.J.Bradley and Son of Shipton-Under-Wychwood. Andrew, who runs the business, agreed to help if I could get her there for 2:00pm and using their superb facility, and their own expertise, they quickly diagnosed the problems and resolved them. By close of play Thursday, Bridget appeared to be running perfectly and all of her niggling electrical problems were cleared too. With just a 23 mile shakedown run we would leave Oxfordshire first thing Saturday morning, just 24 hours late. There were just two...

Castle, Schloss or Slot

A Goat On The Bonnet!