Out and about.

Today I went out and about.Nothing exciting you may say.........But I took a few photos to share with you..........how kind :broon: :beer:
MY first part of my run took me to a place called seighford......a few miles west of Stafford.......(Staffordshire)


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Where I passed this hall......seighford hall.16th century manor.Given to Richard eld by queen elizebeth 1st as a reward for being paymaster to royal forces in ulster..My journey then past the ww2 airfield now used for gliders and fun rides in lambos......closed today.........thru eccleshall to a village called swynnerton pictured below.


above and below-cattle in a tranquil setting.








I think the germans were very interested in bombing this area in ww2 (iswynnerton was important to the war effort)





above-lord staffords house





swynnerton is the home of lord Stafford and during the war women made the bombs and bullets in a factory for the armed forces..these women are known as the rose girls....swynnertonhas a army training base and chinooks often pass overhead,low enough to see the rivets....nice country area with lots of rabbits,pheasents.badgers.foxes, buzzards and deer....The deer are often seen sometimes leaping over hedges into the roads in herds of ten or more....and no it doesn't have to be night time to see them...........On again to a town called stone famous for joules ales and its a canal town.....stone once had 2 breweries john joules and bents brewery.The breweries set up in this location,because of the quality of the water beneath stone.




stone is in the valley of the river trent






above is aston marina its on the outskirts of stone town........with plenty of narrow boat moorings.....on thru the town I stopped at one of the boat yards...

This boat yard like aston marina is on the trent and Mersey canal.The boat yard has a old dry dock and a pump out facility..There are plenty of canal bridges in this area,which bare the scars from the ropes from days gone by when. boats were pulled by horses...After driving on to market drayton for breakfast...(market drayton=home of gingerbread)......The driving bug had well and truly took hold........drove to rocester near uttoxeter home town of lord bamford and is jcb factories...........Bamfords have made some nice water features around there factory..................


lord bamfords father started making homemade trailers and selling them at uttoxeter market........now the business is known worldwide






hope you liked the pics. :hgf:

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Liking the pics :broon:

But..... Hardtop Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :spank:

Andy the tyre man wrote: Liking the pics :broon:

But..... Hardtop Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :spank:

:spank: yes the hardtop was a bug bear...so to speak.......by the time I was at swynnerton the sun was warming up,,,,, trouble with these tops is they are difficult to get off when your on yer own without scratching something..........so opted to leave it on.............The tops coming off tomorrow and will be stored for a while :spank: promise.....

I really love these photos. :yesnod: Its interesting to see a beautiful car in photogenic settings. :clap:

Hi. Nice pictures , and a nice shiny TF. Perfect

Today was my final out and about this year has the tf is going on a sorn after tomorrow

dismal wheather but we went out to buxton.......not many pictures as the fog got thicker..first time ive had my foglights on..
stopped at the pavillion gardens

then drove out of buxton

through cheddleton ,past the music shop where the owner likes to display old relics...a triumph and a reliant





and then on to stone and aston marina

on arriving home i tucked away the tf and took a final mileage record for the year

ah well untill next year :wave:

Mmmm think we need to get a local run organised for next year Bluestreak!
Know Glen is in Rocester near to the JCB factory, I am in Alton as in Towers, anyone in the Uttoxeter area up for a run out in six months time?
How about the Uttoxeter and district MGF n TF appreciation society's inaugural run anyone?

Sundance

mgtfbluestreak wrote: Today was my final out and about this year has the tf is going on a sorn after tomorrow

dismal wheather but we went out to buxton.......not many pictures as the fog got thicker..first time ive had my foglights on..
stopped at the pavillion gardens

then drove out of buxton

through cheddleton ,past the music shop where the owner likes to display old relics...a triumph and a reliant

and then on to stone and aston marina

on arriving home i tucked away the tf and took a final mileage record for the year

ah well untill next year :wave:

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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''should have popped in for a cuppa !

SundanceUK wrote: Mmmm think we need to get a local run organised for next year Bluestreak!
Know Glen is in Rocester near to the JCB factory, I am in Alton as in Towers, anyone in the Uttoxeter area up for a run out in six months time?
How about the Uttoxeter and district MGF n TF appreciation society's inaugural run anyone?

Sundance

sounds good, May would be fine once ive got mine serviced by the Derby based mg chaps in the spring

glennrover1960 wrote: ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''should have popped in for a cuppa !

you didnt give us the sign the kettle had boiled :coat: :coat: