Lake District trip & a couple of surprises

[Novasport]

Just got back from a lovely relaxing short break in the Lake Disrict. Stopped in a fantastic place which was recommended by a member on another forum.
I can highly recommend it if anyone wants a short break, great breakfasts aswell:thumb:

http://www.the-angelinn.com/

Anyways, absolutely slung it down Monday Morning, so much so I hit a rather large puddle which disconnected both of my leccy folding mirrors and folded them back lol. Because of the rain we went to the Lakeland Motor Museum which wasnt too bad, there was a nice Mk1 Mexico in there, a Rover SD1 Vitesse(One for Royston) and a lovely 33k mile Manta GTE Exclusive that looked as if it was a local car.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/NovaSport/IMG00002-20110523-1213.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/NovaSport/IMG00003-20110523-1217.jpg

Oh, and arguably the best thing to do to a Corsa, chop it in half lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/NovaSport/IMG00004-20110523-1217.jpg

So, the surprises.....

Saw a Bugatti Veyron driving through the Centre of Keswick, reg W1 GSX or something like. Made his miliions from hair pieces possibly!?! The Veyron was smaller than I expected and was very quiet.

Went out on a boat trip on Windermere and heard a rumble in the distance.
The RAF's finest decided to put on a little display through the valley with a couple of what I think were Eurofighters. Absolutely fantastic to watch and one was upside down I think at one point. They were very low!
Jap tourists nearly fell of the front of the boat trying to get pics lol
About 30 mins later we got a second show, nice end to the holiday.

This is the second holiday I have had a flypast. Was in Sandbanks a couple of years ago and we went out on a family friends boat. Had a bit of a show from the Red Arrows!

On the way home, also saw a nice Lotus Carlton coming into Bowness

Anyways, enough of my ramblings. Back to real life.

[Derick-Sport]

E74 SEC is originally from hargreaves vauxhall in kendal where i live :) they have pictures of it on the wall in the showroom

[Novasport]

Whats the story with it?

[mk1nova_rich]

Sounds a nice trip :) Manta GT/E is gorgeous...no pics of the Mk1???! :(

[Novasport]

No, sorry.

[paul james]

Love the Manta, why on earth did they stop making cars like that

[mowgli]

cos a car made from a mid seventies vauxhall cavalier shell was going to eventually fall prey to regulations...

[mowgli]

ps. looking at the corsa reminds me of bazils nova project... don't know why....

[Southie]

Love the Manta, remember my dad having a B reg one when they first arrived at the dealership he worked at, he preferred the Cav CD he was running at the time though. :roll:

http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo352/boggyb68/vauxhall-cavalier-mk2-cd.jpg

[AndyGTE95]

haha you bet me to it , i was down at the lake district myself about 2-3 weeks ago ,and me an my dad had a walk around that museum

i took some pics of the corsa and the manta and was going to post them up but i forgot.

and i can pesonaly say that manta was mint . but did you seethe clocks in the corsa ,the only read 11 miles lol

i also enjoyed the up stairs part with the bikes ,asi restore and collect 80s old skool bmx's there was a raleigh chopper a raleigh grifter and a mongoose supergoose which i loved along withseveral sinclair c5 's

its a great day out for anyone who lives down those parts:thumb:

[Derick-Sport]

Whats the story with it?


Dont know to much mate, its just something i remember seeing at the museum and then in the dealership as i was getting parts for the corsa bus.