GWENT MG OWNERS CLUB

We met at the Crown pub. There were 5 cars that were going over the heads of the valleys road to Neath, the others were going along the M4 so we arranged to meet them there. Before we left it was pouring with rain, but the sun was breaking through and it looked if it could be a nice day. How wrong can you be? Showers all day, if you went for a walk you had to take your brolly and anything else you could grab to keep you dry.

This show is run by the Skewen car club and you could tell that they had put in a lot of work to make sure it was a good show. About 500 cars had booked in to attend but you could see only about 190 had turned up, because of the weather. The auto jumble and a bit of a car boot was going on. In the arena was a DJ and he was running competitions. Two of our members were invited to the VIP lounge to have snacks with the Mayor. When the rain came down we all huddled in the gazebo and you would be surprised how much room is in it and how quick it is to erect.

The cars were good with quite a few of sale even an Austin seven about 1935. I was surprised, as you don’t often see cars that old for sale. Seven more club cars joined us or should I say we joined them. We put up six tables in the dome but I think that was too many. Next time we will only have four and save some space for more people. You learn by trying.

On the way home along the A465 Haydn’s half shaft snapped and his wheel shot off and hit the barrier sparks everywhere and although he was only doing 55MPH the skid was 65mtrs long (Pictures). I think we were all shocked at what might have been. Thankfully nobody was hurt and the car can be fixed. Haydn is now joining the Robin Reliant club whilst singing three wheels on my wagon, now his only got three wheels maybe his insurance will go down by a ¼. This would never happen to an MG. The AA came and he got home about 21.30hrs.