Sunday 23rd July. - A nice trip out.

 Depending on the weather Gavin and I had decided to go to a breakfast meet at the East Anglian train museum at Chappel in Essex. Well the weather was looking ok'ish, so we took a chance. 

Peter Silk text me early to see if I was up to anything, so he ended up coming along with us as well. It was a good drive up there, but we made sure to turn off at Kelvedon and cut through to avoid the dreaded A12 closure at Marks Tey. 

We arrived and took our places in the line up before heading for the cafeteria for a coffee and a bacon sandwich. There weren't many cars there, (Probably due to the threatened rain) but there was still a good selection. 

The museum, although small is really good and is in keeping of how it would have been all those years ago. There's also some vintage trains there as well that you can sit in and have your breakfast. It also has its original ticket office, waiting room and WH Smith book stall. 

It was a very good morning and I also got to meet fellow Cortina Mk1 owner John Wade and see his lovely Cortina GT. He's a nice bloke is John and he gave us some tickets for another show in Colchester in early August. (Let's hope the A12 isn't shut that weekend!)

Around 12pm we made a move as it looked like the heavens were about to open. We had another clear drive home and Peter and I had a lovely cup of tea at mine before he headed home. All in all, a very enjoyable morning.