05-03-2023, 08:58 PM
Yesterday two Austin Seven owners gallantly took part in the Falcon 75th Anniversary Trial. Sadly, we were in a French motor car with only two cylinders. The Seven which took part was the entry of Peter Thompson and Joanne Easter. They had come a very long way to the event. When asked they had mentioned a trailer, later in the conversation it emerged that the trailer was towed behind the Chummy with the camping equipment. These two gallant performers took bravery to a higher level! The trial started at Honeybourne and ended at Nailsworth, with a magnificent green road and ORPA mileage in and around the Cotswolds. The organisers kept saying that it was a one off, but if they repeat it some of us will take Sevens next time, and we will help promote the event more vigorously in the vintage world. And just in case any reader suspects Seven trialists of derangement, there was a bike entrant mounted on a Honda 90, he appeared to have survived. No Solexes though.