Day out at Stratford Car Festival

We are off to Stratford-Upon-Avon today as there is a car festival being held there where they close the main streets and all the cars park up in the town so you can look around them and then they have a cavalcade around the streets.  Our friends Steve and Ian will be there with their two Morgan cars so we will meet up with them which will be nice.

The two Morgans

We went by train to Stratford which was a two hour journey but we didn’t mind as it is a day out and we were meeting up with our friends.   Steve and Ian were parked up in High Street so we went and found them.  There was lots of cars, some really old, some new, super cars and old cars, really good and there was crowds of people.

It was really nice to see Steve and Ian and catch up.  Their two cars were gleaming and caught the attention of a lot of people especially the three wheeler, which is such a fun car.  The thing that surprised us was how people not just children (whose parents didn’t stop them) but adults as well seemed to think that it was okay to touch the cars and even attempt to climb in them and when Steve asked them not to they gave him such a look.  I wouldn’t dream of doing such as thing but I suppose that is the society of today!!

Off we go!

At lunch time they held the cavalcade around the streets which Steve and Ian were taking part in, Steve drove the four wheel Morgan and Ian was in the three wheeler and they kindly said I could ride with Ian.  Well, we dressed up for the part in hats and goggles and I looked like Biggles and we set off, it was a slow procession but such fun and Ian pleased the crowds by revving the engine at every opportunity!  There was hundreds of people lining the streets, waving, cheering and taking photos and in some places they were three deep, we felt like we had won the FA cup or something and everyone was out on the streets to see us, I don’t think I have ever had my photo taken so many times, it was great.  The Sheriff followed us all the way around so we were on our best behaviour!!

In the cavalcade

Kev took our photo as we set off and he kept appearing from behind lamp posts and people all around the route, we had our very own paparazzi chasing us!!

A lovely VW

We eventually got back to where we started and Steve and Ian parked up the cars again for a while then they set off home.  When they left, all the crowds gathered around to watch them go and we waved them off.

The Sheriff was in town!

We then had a walk around, there was a market down on the waterfront so we had a look around there and then had a coffee sat by the river.  We then walked back to the station and got the train back to Worcester.

It was a really good day and it was great to see Steve and Ian and I did so enjoy riding in the three wheeler in the cavalcade, so thanks again to them for letting me, it was a lot of fun .

Steve and Ian setting off home