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I happened to see the signposts for the London-Brighton veteran car run up on the side of the road when I was coming back from London last week, so on Sunday I got up and went to see the cars pass. I wasn't early enough to get all the way up to Hyde Park this time, but I managed to establish myself by the side of the road just short of the turn-off to Croydon, where I spotted a couple of mechanics with tins of motor oil and toolboxes who looked as if they were something to do with the race :-) ( Read more... )

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I spent most of today up in London; got up before dawn to make it to Hyde Park in time to see the start of the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, a plan slightly sabotaged by the fact that the Victoria Line turned out to be closed for the weekend! But I got there in time to see most of the cars leaving the gates and setting off around Hyde Park Corner. Two or three turned the wrong way and had to be set right by spectators, which did leave me wondering how many cars simply get lost along the way...
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( And later on this afternoon I went to the Barbican to see their screening of the silent film "Underworld" )

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Entries tagged with london-brighton-run

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