Capel Village, Surrey, 18th August 2012

This is the second year that we have visited the Capel show which is held on the Village Green and Cricket Pitch. Capel village is just south of Dorking on the road to Worthing.

Bookings are requested for cars to be dispalyed as there is a catalogue issued on entry listing all of the vehicles on show.

Each car is photographed in the welcome arch for posting on the village website picture gallery http://www.capelcarshow.com/zenphoto/

The show also includes the village show with many stalls, silver band and a display of local produce.

The Shows Main Sponsor - Mole Valley Motors stand

A Wrapped Car from the Olympics Closing Ceremony 

Our Parking Spot on the end of the row.

Sunday August 19th Ley Hill, Bucks. Classic Car Show

Ley Hill is a small village just to the east of Chesham in Buckinghamshire. Each year for the last five years a Classic Car Show has been held on the Village Green around the edge of the Cricket Pitch.

Ley Hill is a free to enter show with bucket collections to aid the village community funds.
I actually prefer going to this type of village green mixed marque car show to the Morgan Only Club Events.

Each year the attendance gets bigger and bigger such that this year when we arrived at 12.30pm there was no shaded car parking available and we had taken 'digby' our dog with us.

The nearest we could get to the trees was to park in front of the Cricket Screen with the Morgan poking out into the access strip.

We were able to pitch our Umberella Tent straddling the frame of the screen allowing Digby to be in the shade on what was a very hot day.

Here are a selection of the cars on show at Ley Hill.

The Bentley Drivers Club Meeting at Silverstone on 11the August

Our annual day of Motor Racing has become the Bentley Drivers Day at the Silverstone Short Circuit in Buckinghamshire.

The Green Goddess in place for the day.

It is a fabulous day beginning in the Morning with Practice Heats to gain Grid positions for the Afternoon Races.

This is always followed by a cavalcade of Bentleys driven by their owners who get to do a few laps of the track and show off these wonderful machines. After all it is their day.

This year there were nine races including one for Morgan Cars only competing in the Technics Trophy series.

The Morgan Car Parking area on the outer circuit at Copse Corner is always packed with supporters. Two of the New Three Wheelers were in evidence in the car park but sadly there were none racing this year.

The Paddock & Pits are open for the public to wander around in safety where some wonderful examples of vintage racing cars may be found waiting for their races.

At the end of the Morgan Races owners and Drivers gather at the Technics Gazebo for prose giving and a buffet of refreshing drinks and nibbles before the cars are loaded into their trailers ready to head for home.

This year many of the Top Morgan Drivers were missing from the pack but that did not diminish the quality and excitement of the races.

Occasionally, the 'odd owner' sneaks in and parks in the Paddock. 

This Beaten up Flat Rad was seen passing through Beaconsfield a week before this event.

Pages from Miscellany Magazine about All Morgans' Day at Waddesdon Manor 24th June.