Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Classic Morgans (pre-CX) So, have you driven your Morgan today?

Finally, after a stupidly long winter and then annoyingly unpredictable (but persistent) rain for the last couple of weeks, we finally had some proper Morgan weather in southern Ontario. I've had a few quick runs out to make sure the spring's servicing/fettling is not causing any untoward behaviour, but this long weekend (it was Victoria Day in Canada yesterday - nothing like celebrating the birthday of another country's long-dead monarch to cement the post-Colonial spirit of a nation...) I was at last able to go for a proper drive.

Leaving behind with the dog, the Mog was loaded with three offspring for a gentle outing through the countryside amongst the hundreds of cyclists who were out enjoying the weather. Once everything was warmed up and settled down, the kids were dropped back at home and I went for a little play. Not very many twisty roads hereabouts (long straights and right-angle corners are the order of the day) but a couple of years ago I did discover a glorious route up and over the Niagara Escarpment, which has a little switchback climb and a section that follows the wiggles of the contour lines for a while.

For all its long lay-up this winter, the car is running better than it has for the last three or four years. A couple of little niggles that have plagued it recently seem to have magically disappeared. The only sadness is that a sharp stone or piece of metal has been flung up by the rear tyre at some point and starred the paintwork on the rear wing. Time for some DaveW wheelarch protectors, methinks...