Simply Porsche is an annual event held at Beaulieu motor museum (they do several of these for other marques over the year) and its the biggest single-make car show I've ever been to - something like 1,600 Porsches were there.
On a glorious, sunny day, I met up with about 15 others, at the Hogs Back cafe:
A slightly chaotic convoy followed for the hour long run down to Beaulieu, as we all tried to keep together. So many Porsches, that we had to queue for 20 minutesto get in, snaking round a dusty car park:
If you wanted to buy a Porsche, this was the place to come to see all the possible variations and colours:
The museum is also great, with some superb exhibits:
...and several of the Top Gear vehicles:
A wonderful day out in the hot sun, enjoyable chats with the Porksters group and an awesome drive home - I've found a 20 minute section of twisty, country roads which are mostly empty and has recently been re-surfaced. While 'enjoying' this route home, a McLaren F1 and Noble (M600?) flew past in the opposite direction - excellent.
To be honest, I would have preferred a more generic car show; 1600 cars which are most well known for not having changed design much in the last 60 years does not make for the most varied of exhibits. I actually spent more time in the museum...but it was still a great day out.
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