Goodwood Revival ‘22

This weekend saw the return of  the Goodwood Revival and our annual pilgrimage to Sussex. We usually attend on Sunday and this year followed the same format. Sadly we only took one of our cars down this year but our old Isabella still managed to get plenty of attention. This is often a little embarrassing taking into account some of the amazing cars that fill the car parks. We made our way down from Basingstoke and chose the scenic route rather than driving on the main roads. This is always nicer as we slowly wind our way through the countryside. The weather was with us but I didn’t put the roof down for fear of blowing Belinda’s nicely styled hair off. Ben followed us down with Shan and Lia donning their hippy outfits and we all arrived around mid morning dressed up and ready to go. Although there is lots to see from the off it is a long day so we often don’t rush. We should probably get a weekend ticket at some point but more than a day away often puts us behind. As always there were so many fantastic cars, planes and displays and when you walk around the site you realise how massive this event is. I often hear people saying it’s too expensive but until you actually go you can’t get an idea of what is on offer. For us it’s a great way of re-familiarising ourselves with the great looking cars that inspire our little business and gives us a chance to catch up with friends and like minded people. Great to meet some of the people Belinda has been speaking to online and always nice to see Mark, Alan and the team from Total Head Turners with their amazing display of vehicles for sale. This year that included an array of Cobras, a GT40 and what is now a rare Lamborghini Contach. Unfortunately we never managed to meet up with Richard and Jayne from Tudor Wheels but I’m sure we will see them soon. In addition to covering as much as we could we obviously enjoyed watching plenty of the racing from various vantage points around the circuit. It really is quite spectacular seeing some of the cars thundering around and sliding through the corners, much more exciting than the general motorsport currently on TV. Credit to all the drivers, professional or otherwise.

All in all we had a lovely day and took loads of photos.

If you haven’t ever visited this event it is worth looking at, we are already looking at dates for next year. I’m sure this must be the biggest gathering of classic cars in the world. I know I haven’t covered even a small amount of what goes on over the weekend but the Goodwood website has plenty of videos and images.