In between work on the FHC Sprint engine upgrade August was a busy month for the DHC as well. The car had its birthday on 1st August having been first registered on 1st August 1981.
On 3rd August we took it to the Cotswold Steam and Vintage Extravaganza at South Cerney. This is a huge three day show with a huge range of vehicles including steam traction engines, lorries, busses and classic cars. As a participant we get a free ticket so its well worth attending. It was a nice day but with a few heavy showers which kept us all on our toes. At least the DHC looks more shiny wet!
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| Showers at Cotswold Steam |
Next day we were off in the DHC again to take part in the Valleys and Villages Classic Tour. This was based at Royal Wootton Bassett and took us on a nice route all around the Marlborough Downs and past several of the ancient White Horses and a lunch stop on the green in the centre of Hungerford.
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| Passing just below the White Horse at Uffington |
It was an excellent route organised by Devizes and District Motor Club who have been well known as proper rally club for many years.
A couple of weeks later we were out again on the Cotswold Classic Run again based at Grittleton House near Castle Coombe. This is a much more gentle run aimed at less serious crews and with many older cars. The route took us to a lot of the usual Cotswolds places before returning to Grittleton for a cooked meal. This year they had a Peaky Blinders theme so a lot of folk dressed up in 1930s outfits to look the part, some even carrying fake Tommy guns!
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| Cars at the start of Cotswold Classic Run |
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| Some older cars at the start of Cotswold Classic Run |
It was a nice day out and the weather was really kind to us again so the roof stayed down all day. An excellent day out in the TR7 DHC.
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