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Certainly not me! The more travel stained the better.
Drove Nero up the hill this morning with Twin Straps in the passenger seat. Spun the tyres off the line and then kangaroo hopped.....the car wasn't warmed up! Hoping the locals didn't notice!
Some interesting cars are beginning to arrive...and it's hotting up to be a great weekend. Looking forward to meeting up with Mario and family and cheering on our local hero!

Spike Milligan's cure for sickness.....

Sit under a tree!

I have never had a rough Biscay crossing in several trips. Mibd you I have not had seasickness in rough weather yet either. Had some rough trips across the Irish Sea and also mid Atlantic gales. I remember a Force9 on the QE2... Great fun! Outer decks closed, bow camera showing us hitting the large swell/waves, plenty of room in the bars and restaurant as not many people about.
On Cunard ships they used to recommend ginger as a preventive nibble and had a big bowl of it in the restaurants on board.
Back to theead....
Looks like an awesome trip by the "Fab 4".
Now....how xan I get Brownie points stored up?

Well.....the reason for this trip....meeting up with our heroic driver Mario and his sons this evening for scrutineering. Seems I'm the sacrificial lamb....down in the programme as co-driver. Not sure if it's Stride....Strude....Strode....or what!
I'd better not show myself up by casually climbing into the wrong side of the car!

Good luck for tomorrow John

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Have fun tomorrow, very jealous it will be great.

You will be fine...but I'll bet you'd rather be driving......

Captains log, Saturday! Yesterday was something of a quiet day, a little swim in the hotel pool and a wander around the motor museum. Lunch in a lovely local restaurant where the owner managed to convince us that the roast goat was the thing to have.. Luckily I held my ground and had fish but the other Moggers munched their way through huge portions of Billy. Something that Jays later regretted and necessitated a lie down to aid recovery before Mario pitched up in the evening.

I say a quiet day, but by early evening it seemed to develop into a mad frenzy of activity , not for us as we simply watched on sipping beer but a small army of people were setting up and preparing for the event, even when it was approaching midnight there were men up ladders with head torches. Health and Safety hasn't yet found its way to Caramulo.

Some nice cars arrived with some nice passengers and gradually the hotel car park was full with Lotus, Porsche, Jaguars, Ferrari and of course our Morgans!

It was rather odd that scrutineering started at 10.30 in the evening and as we chatted with Mario it was easy in Jays temporary absence (due to goats revenge) for us to nominate him as navigator. When we told him there was only the slightest flicker of fear in his eyes. Owning a Morgan seems to build inner strength or careless abandon, I'm not sure which.

So breakfast shortly and then out to support our intrepid Wild Mog Racers! Don't worry lots of pics to come.

Good luck Jay! Have fun - looks like the Wild Moggers have made you the sacrificial goat!

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