What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[Steve kay]

What some of us did on Thursday was the Five Hills Tour, ascending five historic hillclimbs. Two Chummys took part, three other Seven owners coming in other members of their fleet, or in one case, a person whose name I have been bribed not to mention, in none of the cars of his fleet. Secret enough, Peter? As previously illustrated a full recce was done in my Ruby, on the day I drove a 19.6 Crossley, in which approximately ten per cent of the number of gear changes needed in a Seven are required, or maybe only five per cent. Rear wheel brakes on a machine that size are fine when the road surface is dry, there were slightly worrying moments in the heavy rain.  Ray and Barbara Moses in BS9623 and Jenny and Malcolm Lyon in FL7165 are going vigorously round a hairpin above Drybrook. The Frazer Nashes were going sideways, the three wheeler Morgans had several wheels pointing in a variety of directions, but all completed the day.