Wee run out!
On Monday 18th March we took Bloo' a wee run out to Williams Automobiles. It was a fairly average looking day weather-wise so I supposed that the hood would stay up in place for at least part of the journey. As it turned out I was quite correct.
The run down was uneventful if you don't count the rain and snow, but arriving down into the sunshine of Totteroak Courtyard I was pleased to see many variants of the Morgan Marque sitting ready for the wandering eye. In particular was a stunning Plus 8 which was actually the very first I'd seen at such close quarters. A spectacular car by any standards, but among such other wonderful contraptions it looked quite the centrepiece. Strange it was then that my eye was drawn to the lovely little black Classic with steel wheels and chrome hubs sitting modestly in the background. Sometimes the simplicity of a Morgan says so much.
The Three Wheelers will always draw me and I wonder if, at some future point, I will grab one for a few years. I love my Plus 4 and hope to have many years more adventures with it - but an M3W looks so unique that, as I said, it draws me in every time! Henry and the folks down there have a super selection just now and I was able to contrast M3Ws in different colours.
There have been a few changes at the Courtyard since my last visit to pick up Bloo' and the guys took the time to show us around the place and the race car. That was a great experience and, while they were attending to Bloo' we got treated like friends. Brilliant!
If all of this sounds like a normal trip to the dealership - then I would say that for us, there is no normality in it. Our wee run to Williams was a round trip of 939 miles including a ferry crossing and some 'weather.' We loved every minute of it. Some of our forum Dudes travel a lot further - but for you folks who are fortunate enough to have dealerships at hand and can scoot over on a whim, I feel you are very fortunate. For us and Bloo' it was a great three days and, even with the 'weather,' a pleasurable event.
We stayed in Tetbury on the first night and Saltburn-by-the-sea on the second. Both accommodations were complimentary on Bloo' and as always, people seem to smile when they see the car - but the best comment was on the ferry when the guy in the people carrier in front came to tell me that his eight yr old son had told him 'Daddy that's a Morgan!' Northern Ireland kids aren't seeing these cars very often. Brilliant!
