A French rally on the 15th of August

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Dorchester
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A French rally on the 15th of August

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A very good day spent among lots of British expats (80% of the attendees at least): a rally going from Roquecor, Tarn & Garonne to Thezac, Lot & Garonne, around 60 km of lovely twisty country roads.
Continental breakfast with gorgeous croissants tea or coffee at 9.30, then everybody was given his road-book, and sheets with 10 questions & 10 spots to identify.
A very fine wine tasting at half way in a charming vineyard with a stunning landscape dominating hundreds of vine rows, under an old oak tree.
In the end a tasty lunch with a nice Dutch couple as counterparts.
Four equal winners with 19/20: two Brits & two French crews, the entente cordiale!
Guess who was one of the awarded French teams... ;)
I let you admire the top cars: Riley RMB 2.5 1949, Ford Mustang GT 350, TVR, a rare Lancia Appia cabriolet, Jaguar cabriolet, Lotus Europe, Mazda MX-5, Chevrolet Corvette Z51, MGB, (three Citroën 2CV among which 2 RHD) and our modest Rover 214 cabby.
And the prize: a bottle of fine white wine we'd tasted some time earlier: chenin grape, like along the Loire valley.
A Rover on the podium! :D

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Last edited by Dorchester on Fri Aug 19, 2022 2:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Rover 214i cabriolet v16 1994 BRG & lightstone leather
Rover 25 1.4 Saws Tuning remapped 2002 platinum silver
Rover 75 V6 2.5 1999 Atlantic blue & sandstone beige leather
Rover P5B coupe 1968 Arden green & buckskin leather
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Re: A French rally on the 15th of August

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Now that is a proper car rally ! :cool
I like Twin Cams.... and Single Cams...and now Turbos
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Re: A French rally on the 15th of August

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I should have written: an Anglo-European rally... :)
Rover 214i cabriolet v16 1994 BRG & lightstone leather
Rover 25 1.4 Saws Tuning remapped 2002 platinum silver
Rover 75 V6 2.5 1999 Atlantic blue & sandstone beige leather
Rover P5B coupe 1968 Arden green & buckskin leather
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