What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[David Stepney]

Having had an accident with the modern last week, and the Landrover in a thousand pieces having it’s gearbox and rear axle sorted, the Seven has, once again, been pressed into service as the daily driver. Added to these complications is the fact that one of the dogs has come into season and requires being kept in purdah. In consequence, I was unable to go on the first half of the 1924 Trial re-enactment as originally intended.

However, today, whilst out shopping at about lunchtime (a poor substitute), I thought I would take a wander up Bwlch-y-Groes to see if any of the Trial participants had got that far. I was well rewarded, meeting a couple of Morgan’s, and MGs, a Jowett special and Howard’s Brooklands Austin 7 special just setting off for Bala. Having spent about 15 or 20 minutes chatting to a friend of Steve Kay who introduced himself as Malcolm, and his wife, I joined the merry throng at the “White Lion” in Bala. It was good to meet such a band of interesting enthusiasts and especially Steve and Howard. It is so nice to be able to put names to faces of the people who, though long correspondence within these annals, on feels one knows well.

A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon.