Basingstoke Festival of Transport

This weekend saw a must attend for us as the Basingstoke Festival of Transport is our local event. In recent years we have had a trade stand at the show but this year we weren’t sure if our day jobs were going to clash so we ended up attending as general members of the public. This also meant that we didn’t have to get up at the crack of dawn and go through the set up process. We met up with Gareth in his Cobra and drifted down to the show in the Isabella and ‘Stirling’. After lining up our cars with the other amazing vehicles on display we wandered into town for a hearty breakfast at Popins restaurant at the top of town. After downing a full English fry up we headed back to the War Memorial Park and settled down in our deckchairs. Although not displaying as a business our cars are well known and attracted a lot of attention as always and we had a brilliant day. In addition to all the vehicles on display there are a number of trade stands and decent food outlets. Obviously if you want something different the event is close to town centre with the added bonus of Festival Place shopping centre and the food court, with something for everyone. The Festival of Transport is a free event and it was estimated that close to 20,000 people attended which is absolutely brilliant. I would like to thank Gareth for joining us with his Cobra and letting lots of little people climb into his car, Sue and Emily for supporting us and of course the Rotary Club who once again excelled. I know that there is a shortage of volunteers but the guys running the event on Sunday did a great job. Cars were able to get in and out without too much delay and everything seemed to run as clockwork. Hopefully next year we will be back with a trade stand and we are planning to exhibit some decent vehicles.