Thursday 17 August 2017

A blast from the past

Sixteen years ago when we came to France we came with two cars, a Volvo estate and a Honda Prelude.
Very soon we decided to give away these cars as we felt we needed left hand drive immatriculated in France cars.
For me it was a wrench giving away my sporty prelude, it had more vroom than any of our Mercedes.
I remember when I bought it and we lived in Bolton ( before we moved to Henley) and I used to drive often up to book auctions in Carlisle on the motorway. One time driving at speed I was overtaken just overhead by a plane, fast flying from Kinloss, the air force base there. I raised my fist in salute, as I drove along singing. My own business, my own car, a job i loved.
Imagine my suprise years later when Malc picking up some  chairs for refugees in the Tarn saw my car in a garage scrap yard.
He had to restrain me from dashing off to buy it back.
I wonder if it still goes?
Happy days
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