Went for a run this
morning on the Traveller, partly to check it was running OK as I'm
intending using it for work this week, and partly to go to a car show
in the nearby town of Lochwinnoch. It was a bright if slightly chilly
morning, but it's the first this week that hasn't been misty until
midday!
The show was held in
the carpark of the Castle Semple Visitors Centre, a popular local
venue on the banks of a loch, so was fairly busy. Good selection of
cars, there were a few bikes there but they belonged to visitors
rather than exhibitors. Here's a selection of some of my favourites:
I
think this is an Austin A30, rather than the later A35.
Not
the original engine in this Ford Anglia!
Never
seen 'hotrods' like this at a show before
Ford
Escort 'Mexico' – a really cool car when I was a teenager.
What
a beauty – a 1962 Mini
I
don't think this is a genuine Police car! *
Watersports
are popular at the Centre with sailing clubs, etc using Castle Semple
Loch. Saw these wheelchair users canoeing – ideal sport as it only
requires upper body strength.
There's
also friendly ducks and swans that come up to you hoping for some
bread.
Despite
being on a Skorpion, I didn't have the rarest bike there! Hesketh
V1000
There's more photos
on Flickr.
* Some countries
like Sweden and Turkey call their police forces 'Polis', but it's
also the pronunciation in the local vernacular!