Brian and I made our way to meet up at Denham for 9am. On arrival Vinnie, Sam and Danny were waiting for us and Roger arrived soon after. As we were not expecting anyone else this morning we jumped onto M25 towards Chertsey and then onto Brooklands. Brian took the lead and nobody got lost apart from Brian going full circle around the roundabout not far from Brooklands.
On arrival the marshals were a little bit confused and sent us to park at different locations depending on the age of our motorcycles. After parking up our first stop was the tea rooms. Whilst enjoying our hot drinks we met Laurie, Max and Gordon. That is when Gordon revealed that he was waiting for us at the lay-by near the garden Centre at Denham. This is the meeting point on very odd occasions when we ride towards Aylesbury. So please check before each ride-out with a member.
As we walked around the museum we saw Terry and Alison. Terry was not happy as his bike was playing up and he had misplaced his beloved small spanner which he had owned for nearly fourty years. Convinced someone had picked it up. He assured me that it was not in his tool kit because he had already looked inside. I proceeded to take everything out one by one and guess what? Yes, I had found one small beloved spanner right at the bottom of the bag. He was now one happy bunny once again and with that he let me take a photo of him for our website.
Even though we come here every year Brooklands feels different on every visit and still enjoy the experience. It is a very special and unique place as it was the first purpose built motor circuit constructed by Hugh Locke King in 1907. It was the birthplace of British motor sport and aviation. With many engineering and technological achievements through eight decades of the 20th century. The museum houses and maintains a wide range of motoring and aviation exhibits. These ranges from giant racing cars such as the 24 litre Napier Railton to a unique collection of Vickers / BAC built aircraft including Wellington , Viking , Varsity, Viscount, Vanguard VC10 One-Eleven and Concorde. The BAC factory at Brooklands had a major input into the design and manufacture of Concord.
Every year we come to this Ton-up- Day event at Brooklands. Brian and I never get tired of visiting this place as there are so many interesting things to do and see as well as meeting up friends and ride with mates to this event.
