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bertie
Joined: 18 Oct 2009 Posts: 73 Location: Coventry, West Midlands.
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:39 pm Post subject: Another day out... Ford 103E Popular |
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After dropping my son and girlfriend at Heathrow at half past silly this morning, and consequently going back to bed when getting back I thought the day was going to be written off. On waking, the sun was out and rain had cleared away so what better to fire up Bertie and have a drive round! I had a little spare time the other day to tidy up the rear number plate bulb holder and mounting ...
...it`s got rid of the nasty red of the bulb cover and scuffy black of the mounting. I digress, Leo needed no persuading so Me, Judy (Angiebaby) and Leo set off. Our first port of call was Crackley Woods near Kenilworth, the remains of an ancient forest, a particular favourite of Leo`s and a lovely drive out...
We were lucky as the parking was easy today...
...we pulled in to find somewhere else to go...
...and ended up in Kenilworth where of all road names, we came across this ( forgive the indulgence! )...
...and here is Bertie in his road !
As I said, forgive the indulgence! But as usual time won, and we had a hot tired Leo on board so we went back to drop him off - I was grateful the Pop`s turning circle is extremely good as I nicked the last parking space...
...and went from the house to his garage where he`s awaiting his next outing ! Finally, I mentioned in the last post that I was going to go to Meriden to the local sidevalve owners club meet at The Queens Head there, but torrential rain put paid to that . But, I`ve now entered in to The Coventry Run in september (formerly The Shakespeare Run) which includes a run out through Leamington, Warwick and Stratford...lets hope the weather is better! Thanks for reading, catch you soon.. |
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22446 Location: UK
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Roger-hatchy
Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Posts: 2135 Location: Tiptree, Essex
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:51 am Post subject: |
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Wonder how many of the tin boxes your parked near will be able to say the same when there that age.
And to have a Road named after you
Great
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:10 am Post subject: |
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Car's looking great. Nice pics.
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon |
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ianm
Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 161 Location: Warwick Qld Australia
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:10 am Post subject: |
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Ah, Bertie takes my mind back , my Sunday school teacher used to take me to church in a Bertie. She used to make the trip from Brisbane to Mitchell twice a year to see her relations who owned a property out there all dirt roads in those days (still dirt from St George to Mitchell) If you have Google Earth have a look it was quite a trip, black soil & red sand.
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