This weekend we had the privilege of being invited to The British Car Show ‘pop up’ event at Marshall BMW in Hook. This event organised by Andy Entwhistle is one of the pre cursers to the main event later on this Summer which is shaping up to be brilliant.

We weren’t really sure what to expect but anything being supported by TV personality Tim Shaw from Car SOS. Sam Hard from Hard Up Garage fame and Shahzad aka Browncarguy it had to be worth a look. Hook is only ten minutes from home so we headed up the A30 nice and early and to our surprise when we arrived our two cars were given pride of place at the front of the dealership along with really nice classics and of course the latest offerings from BMW. We were also joined by Dan and his good lady in their recently completed 507 which is currently finished in red gel coat. In addition to the car displays there were plenty of things for little people to do and a free BBQ which was kept very busy all day. I think at one point there was a dash to the local Tesco to top up on supplies. Visitors to the show were given full access to the dealership facilities and it was quite nice to see that it was well supported with a constant stream of people throughout the day. There were no strict rules to follow so cars came and went without issues all looked after by the British Motor Show team.

We spent a decent amount of time talking to Tim, Sam and Shahzad and I have to say they were really nice guys. Sam is full of energy and is very passionate about what he does and fun to be around. Shahzad is very knowledgable and produced a great YouTube video of the event. Tim was great and he worked so hard making a point of talking to everyone and allowing plenty of selfies to be taken. Nothing was too much for him and he didn’t stop all day. You can probably see from the photos he is also very tall (or perhaps we are small). Great to meet these amazing guys and I hope we can catch up with them in the near future.

We really enjoyed the day and our thanks go out to Andy and all those who made this such a success.