Chapter I · Section 01

The Itinerary

Four days. Ten venues. Roughly four hundred miles, most of it in cars that shouldn't manage it.

Mercedes Benz World to Ellastone

Wed 23 Sept
09.30
Weybridge, Surrey. Cars gather, plans finalised, coffee. Rarity judged here before we leave.
135 miles north
13.30
Donington Parktrack afternoon
Lap times, top speed and flags all scored here. Blyton Park is the backup — venue confirmed to follow.
30 miles
18.00
The Duncombe Armsdinner & beds
Ellastone, Staffordshire. Booked and paid. Rooms for all ten.

Curborough, C&M, the Castle

Thu 24 Sept
09.30
Curborough Sprint Coursehalf day, top loop
Sprint lap times scored. Pencilled with Chris Gwilliam — booking form due mid-August.
40 miles south
14.00
Caffeine & MachineThe Hill · lunch
Ettington, Warwickshire. Table booked for 2pm. Parking anywhere for photos.
30 miles
17.00
Wootton, Oxfordshire. Two more at the Duke of Marlborough, 20 minutes' walk into Woodstock.
19.30
Dinner at Killingworth
Three course à la carte, £65 a head. All ten together.

Cotswolds to Worthing

Fri 25 Sept
10.00
Slow morning
Coffee, a wander through Woodstock, whatever the night before allows.
20 miles
12.30
The Farmer's DogClarkson's pub
Asthall, near Burford. Bookings open Mon 1 Sept — reminder set for 8am sharp.
100 miles south
16.30
Worthingpartners arriving
Wash, change, drink. Airbnbs still to be allocated.
19.30
Ebb, Worthingblack tie · eighteen
Booked. Champagne on arrival, dinner from around 8pm.

Auction day

Sat 26 Sept
morn
Shoreham Car Auctionunder the hammer
Body work and interior graded here first, then the cars are sold. Sale price feeds the final tally.
after
Home
Or a long lunch, or a train.