2024 Rendezvous

[grantp]

Originally Posted by Lancsbreaker

On a completely different tack, I was quite cheered this afternoon, sitting in my car beside one of the legendary night rally roads (Lythe Fell, the road from Slaidburn to Bentham in the Trough of Bowland) watching the 60 or motor cars participating in the Flying Scotsman Vintage rally. Oldest car 100 years old and going strong, youngest vehicle 3 years older then me, having been built in 1947........ all being driven over testing roads with enthusiasm.

Splendid Richard.

Long may there be enough interested parties around for such events to continue.

I very much miss the rally events I visited back in the 00s.

The Robin Hood in Notts, for example.

And a couple of times in Wales at the wonderful Hafren complex.

The events for older cars somehow, if I knew about them, rarely matched my availability.

I look at the single location events and understand the economic attraction but, somehow, with the way they are set up and significant spectator restrictions, I find it challenging to enthuse about them if other activities are drawn to my attention.