My congratulations go to the professional organisers and all those others who helped make many of the individual events appear to run so smoothly. I know at first hand that running a multi-day multi-activity international event, it is virtually impossible to please all the people all the time and that one has to take a holistic view of the whole event.
And this event was a Morgan sorry, triumph and I really hope that every international visitor enjoyed this unique event that, in reality, is unlikely to be repeated.
I am sure that in hindsight there will be many comments about how individual events or venues could have been better (it's called the Call-girl Principle) but I chose to attend 3 major events, thoroughly enjoyed each of them and wish I could have attended more.
Imho all of the pictures will testify to the success and can be looked at fondly in our declining years - but I will just share a few overheard comments......
Not the exact words of the 4 seater driver who parked 3 down from me at Cheltenham and proceeded to trash all Aero8 drivers to his passengers.....
There is more to Steve Simmons et al non attendance than meets the eye. How come there were all those little jewellery stalls and not Morgan related ones?.....
Jae Alexander asked his audience to turn and put their arm around the one they loved. A guy sitting close by called out he couldn't as his car was in the carpark.....
Saw a lady from America, holding a Swedish flag and sitting in one of the German cars being photographed by some Australians.....no I didn't ask!...
3200 Morgan cars in the same place at the same time (Mathew Parkin)....
And I think that sums it up - a unique event. The Centenary Celebrations are, like Morgan cars,
Driven at Heart.
And I for one will look back with pleasure and say...I was there.
