The following Saturday was good and busy too, but again all day on my own, so a dry mouth and full bladder was the order of the day. I met lots of interesting people who stopped for a chat as well as a small purchase. I enjoyed the experience very much, and it felt good to be doing something to help the British Legion. Next year I hope there will be a few more volunteers that will come along and lend a hand, remember the more bodies we have selling, better the chances of raising more funds for the RBL and hopefully my bladder won’t have to take too much of a strain. If you do fancy coming along to help, please let me know, more vehicles would be welcome too. Its all for a very worthy cause.

The whole experience was very interesting, with lots and lots of very interesting vehicles (of course) and other artifacts, such as the V1 and V2 rockets. I would more than recommend a day out here for any MV owner, it was very good. (in fact I’m going to try and get a day trip organised out for our area some time soon!).

On my way home the following day, I stopped off at Bletchley Park, the home of the wartime code breakers, this too was a very fascinating and interesting visit which I would recommend to all. In addition to all of the code breaking equipment there is also a private collection of lots of Winston Churchill memorabilia, from models and paintings to original letters from the great man himself. 

Finally I was surprised to find a whole hut dedicated to Ian Fleming the author of the James Bond books (and ultimately films too of course), I discovered that he was based here during the war. All in all a very good and rewarding weekend which was well worth the effort.

Simon Roberts