Phil Homer, reports:
The 2023 version of the Standard Register Rally took place last weekend in and around Cirencester in Gloucestershire.
See the line-up in this video.
Standards up to 1931 and their owners gathered at the Royal Agricultural University on Friday. The event is designed to exercise the cars over country roads.
A first roadrun was to Chavenage House, near Tetbury, where the visitors were treated to a guided tour of this 16th Century Cotswold property. This splendid house has featured in scenes from "Poldark", "House of Elliot", "Larkrise to Candleford" and "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" to name just a few.
Saturday saw the Cars set off on another Cotswold Tour, this taking in the beautiful Arts and Crafts Manor at Rodmarton, where another tour of the House and Gardens was laid on.
You can see the cars in their spectacular setting including drone footage. This was followed by lunch at the Oaksey Golf Course
On Saturday evening the participants gathered in the Bathurst Suite at the University for a gala Dinner and Prizegiving.
Sunday morning there was an informal Roadrun to the Bollingbroke Arms, for coffee, where farewells were exchanged and all the cars dispersed to their various homes around the country.
My thanks are to Matt Cannon for his Drone Photography and to Len Barr as the organiser for arranging the whole brilliant event.
Even the weather was (relatively} kind to us
Here are the cars pictured at some of the locations
The cars lined up outside the Royal Agricultural University.
Grant Pilcher brought along his 1913 Model Rhyl.
Phil and Lynda's 1921 Model SLO.
Model V4, Model V3 Kenilworth and Model S Rhyl.
Model S Rhyl belonging to Bob James.
Falmouth driven by Harry Groom and Matt Cannon's Big 9.
Len Barr's SLO, Paul Newsome's SLO4 Charlecote and Peter Brown's Model SLO4 4 -seater Warwick.
Robert Browett with Model V3 Kenilworth.
Roger Dealtry's new acquisition is this Big 9.
Paul Newsome with daughter Edwina in the Charlecote and Paddy in the TR4.
The lineup at Oaksey Golf Club.
The lineup at the Bollingbroke Arms.
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