The show started for us on the Saturday morning, we went to help the Jaguar club set out the field. The weather was promising, yes it promised to rain all weekend and it did.  

Meeting at Forge Lane on the Sunday morning at 8.00 the idea was to all go in together, but there were spaces between cars as some of us turned up late. This year the Gwent MG Owners club had a new spot but we had already decided not to have a BBQ because it annoyed too many clubs last year and we had no time to organise one for this year.

The rain held off for a while which gave us a time to put up the gazebo. Walking around the show was hard as the mud was thick and there was a fear of slipping over. More rain followed but it got better in the afternoon. Some members even wiped their cars off, but they never stayed dry for long. Children still used the bouncy castles rides and other amusements that were at the show.

The auction went well and some of the cars were sold - a Jag an Escort and a few more - all proceeds to leukaemia research that’s the auctioneers cut that is. We were with the Cardiff MG Club, the Bridgend MG club, and another MG club; I think that is too many MGs in one area but it was broken up because of the number of Triumphs, Fords and others we have in our club. We were asked many questions while we were sitting there. One club asked about our gazebo, such things as how long it takes to put up, how small it goes away and what weight it was, also questions about the club and the cars it was good to be able to answer a few of them.

4.00pm soon came and as this is the last show of the year it was sad to say farewell to everybody, but there is a chip run to Barry and a BBQ at Tintern  railway station soon (25th September, meet at the venue at midday).