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Milton Keynes

Today I drove down to Milton Keynes to visit Jonathan & Dillon. We went to the Flying Fox Inn at Woburn for a light lunch and did some shopping in central MK.

In and around the Black Country

I spent the weekend with Louise & Vernon. On Saturday morning Louise & I went to Solihull whilst Vernon played golf. In the evening we had a lovely meal at Prezzo in Bromsgrove.

On Sunday we went to the Black Country Living Museum, 1 mile north of Dudley town centre.

Over fifty historic buildings from all around the Black Country have been moved and authentically rebuilt at the open air museum, to create a tribute to the traditional skills and enterprise of the people that once lived in the heart of industrial Britain. Covering 26 acres of former industrial land, the museum transports visitors back in time from the modern exhibition halls to the canal-side village, where costumed demonstrators and working craftsmen bring the buildings to life with their local knowledge and practical skills.

Whilst not cheap, I can recommend Hobbs’ fish & chip shop! This 1930′s shop in the museum village sells traditionally cooked cod, roe and chips; reputed to be the best in the midlands, using beef dripping for frying.

Forge Motorsport Action Day

Yesterday I went to the 2011 Forge Motorsport Summer Performance Car Action Day at the Castle Combe Circuit near Chippenham, Wiltshire.

The Drift Team were just starting when I arrived, taking the corners at high speed and at right angles to the tarmac, no doubt made more tricky by the fact that the track was wet from the rain.

During the afternoon the rain stopped and the sun came out. There were loads of performance cars to look at from the hundreds of car clubs that attended, and plenty of track action to see from the banking around the circuit.