HMC blue VDP progress

[HMC]

33 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Looks a similar colour!

[lesapandre]

Ferry looks quiet Mr Franks. Saturday nights are a good time to cross.

What an adventure!

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

Ferry looks quiet Mr Franks. Saturday nights are a good time to cross.

What an adventure!

Everyone gone, HMC FTP? 🤣

[HMC]

Gatecrashing an event 

 

 

[N Dentressangle]

Adding a touch of class, I'd say

[HMC]

Arrivé a le Maison

 

 

 

 

[junkyarddog]

The boys look to be having fun,the girls less so!😆

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

Arrivé a le Maison

 

 

 

 

That looks fantastic. 👌 🇲🇫🇬🇧

Wherever you are there should be a fantastic bread and cake shop nearby for tomorrow 😋 Get there early they sell out quickly.

[HMC]

Local supermarket- very french stock

 

 

[flat4alfa]

I’d be dyane to get to that barbecue 

Trouver agréable !

[flat4alfa]

5 hours ago, HMC said:

Ah, oui

les Citroen 16cv ‘Six Grande’ ?

[HMC]

A child friendly museum about the discovery, production of and varieties of tobacco products. Laid back, unapologetic and very French.

 

[HMC]

Oyster tasting

And lies (in french ) about my age

plus happy birthday (in advance) to @eddyramrod

[N Dentressangle]

Nice food in ordinary restaurants. And oysters.

I need to go to France again soon.

[HMC]

Morliax by evening

[lesapandre]

3 hours ago, HMC said:

A child friendly museum about the discovery, production of and varieties of tobacco products. Laid back, unapologetic and very French.

 

"Can I be a smoker when I grow up?"

[My dad used to give me cigarettes age 10 😂]

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

Oyster tasting

And lies (in french ) about my age

plus happy birthday (in advance) to @eddyramrod

Gigantic wine glass there - probably holds half a bottle - as in "have you had much to drink - na only a couple of glasses" 🥂

And Happy Birthday 🎂 @eddyramrod too 🎉

[wuvvum]

5 hours ago, HMC said:

Oyster tasting

 

Your lad's doing better than me - oysters are just about the one thing I simply cannot eat.

[N Dentressangle]

13 hours ago, HMC said:

Morliax by evening

Well it's kind of like Tavistock

[lesapandre]

4 hours ago, N Dentressangle said:

Well it's kind of like Tavistock

More relaxed in Morliax 😂

[loserone]

Joyeux anniversaire!

Are you staying at the same place as last time? That looked awesome.

[HMC]

5 hours ago, loserone said:

Joyeux anniversaire!

Are you staying at the same place as last time? That looked awesome.

Thanks! It was, although this time we stayed in a nearby town.

We set off back with wine in the trunk and a brittany flag flapping around at the back

Great little trip, kids enjoyed it and the Austin was solid and reliable, just as it was designed to be at launch in 1921.

 

 

[bangernomics]

Wow amazing little whistle stop tour, did you manage le petit train?

[Hawkeyethenoo]

What a great use of a historic vehicle, well played folks. 👍

[High Jetter]

That is epic shiting. Hope the kids don't get pissed on the way back 🍷

[wuvvum]

I was going to say isn't the Austin a bit cramped with six of you plus luggage on a journey that length, but then I suppose Morlaix to Roscoff and then Plymouth to Tavistock isn't really that long of a drive.

[brownnova]

Incredible to see a pre-war car used as it really was designed to be! Great work! 

[HMC]

Culture shock with going shopping in the quattroporte today. Period criticisms of the single clutch f1 shift feel misplaced, from the reference point of spending a few days dancing with my feet to deal with a crash ‘box, with 1/10th of the power, admittedly.

By comparison ive just boarded a rocket ship; both equally enjoyable in their own way.

[lesapandre]

Be like HMC! (only slightly later). These two early 1930's gems are currently on the Bay of Eee.

Austin - 

Morris rival - 

Both requre a modicum of tinkering and repair but both appear a very good base it looks for a viable road car.

The Austin needs more work - however it has a bigger 1.7 litre six under its elegant bonnet - so will make a good driving car. Its also pre-streamlining when Austin moved away from a chrome radiator so retains a fantastic early 'traditional' appearance like HMC's car.

And here is Sir Herbert himself - painted  circa 1908 - I'm sure he'd approve.

[lesapandre]