Met up with the Porksters again for a short drive from Denbies to the Milk Churn, a nice little cafe out in the sticks. Weirdly, they didn't do eggs, so I had to have just a plain bacon roll...and it was very expensive - I'll probably forget but may give that place a miss from now on.
One of our number decided to bring 'one of their other cars':
Yes, a Ferrari 812 - that's a nice 'other' car! Sounded awesome as well...
Vic also joined us for the first time and we discussed the Alps trip. After the Milk Churn, Vic and I had a nice run to the Torque Motors Cafe. He's not bothered about the Le Mans Classic so we're not doing that - just direct from Calais to the Alps. My son has invited 3 of his mates from work, so now there are 6 of us! They want to go to the Nurburgring, so I've planned routes up there and booked 7 nights of hotels already (organised, hey?). I must admit, the roads up through Germany look great on StreetView, so very excited. My son's friends are all young and I wouldn't be surprised if they drop out nearer the time, so I'm not counting on them - I'm just happy to have 1 fellow traveller.
This weekend, Vic and I decided to do a longer trip out to Compton Abbas airfield. The Porksters went to the Owl for a Porsche meet but I've done that a couple of times - it's a bit dull and only 20 minutes down the road.
My son joined us and we had a nice, 2 hour run down to the airfield, which was supposed to be hosting a vintage aircraft fly-in. A few did turn up but it wasn't quite Gatwick.
The whole airfield is now owned by Guy Ritchie and has had a complete re-vamp since I last went there years ago - but more cafe weirdness; this large, very modern cafe had 3 items on the breakfast menu, one of which was jam and toast! Fortunately, one was an egg and bacon roll but no full English, or omelette etc? Very strange...
After 2 uncontrolled slides on roundabouts (my son insists he wasn't trying but I'm not sure...), he has ordered some new rear tyres - the current budget tyres are almost bald. On the way back, we got separated and he ended up stuck on the M3 for an hour after an accident. Luckily for me, I hate the M3 so I came off much earlier. I had an enjoyable run back - my new exhaust sounds better on every trip. At 6.5k revs in 2nd gear, it sounds like a V12 - beautiful!!