It was an early start for me this Saturday as we had the long trip to the British Heritage Museum at Gaydon in Warwickshire. The alarm was set for 5.30am so I could collect RBRR co-driver Dave Maton at 08.30am in Enfield and then head up the M40 motorway to Banbury to meet Richard Warr.
Reg's cafe was our rendezvous too avoid the stupidly expensive prices at the museum. We arrived just after 8am and Richard arrived at 8.25am
We've met at this cafe several times before. The food is very good and the prices are very reasonable. It's about 2 minutes off of junction 11 at Banbury as well, so you don't lose too much time.
After a very good breakfast, we hit the M40 motorway again and took the 15 minute drive up to Gaydon. Once there we met fellow Team Spotlight member Dave Harvey and got our cars in position for a photoshoot. (And so we could use this picture for our 'Just Giving' website. )
After fratenising with old friends for an hour or so, the meeting started and we watched a couple of videos presented by a representative of the Huntingdon's disease charity. (This years chosen charity)
I have to admit that Dave Maton and I disappeared shortly after this as the next item on the agenda was going through the route and the route book. This will now be my seventh RBRR, so without meaning to be big headed, I'm pretty knowledgeable on the route.
After dropping Dave off, I got home about 3pm. The car had run well and covered the 244 miles round trip with no issues. To be honest, he main reason for us going to the drivers meet was to give the car a decent test before the RBRR, which it passed with flying colours!
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