Hi,
Firstly, Fairford is most certainly East of Wales! Go West from Wales and
you get wet - I grew up
there! Secondly, I now live quite near Fairford, Swindon in fact, which is less
than 20 miles away.
As regards places to visit, you'll be pretty well placed to visit many good
museums, and as regards
parts suppliers, John Kippings wonderful shop is only about 1.5 hours away by
car (Aldermans Green, in
Coventry). While in Coventry, the Museum of British Road Transport is well
worth a visit, if only to see
the Herald which was cut in half as a display piece for the 1959 motor show! It
is in fact the earliest
known surviving Herald (if you can call half a car a survivor!).
There is a wonderful little museum at Bourton-on-the-Water, a small
picturesque town around half an
hour from Fairford. The museum is tiny, but contains several gorgeous Rileys
(amongst others), including a
Brooklands 9.
I also think the British Motor Heritage Museum at Gaydon in Warwickshire is
well worth a visit. They
have on display a reasonable number of Triumphs, including the last Spitfire
and Dolomite Sprint (the
Museum of British Road Transport in Coventry coincidentally has the first
Dolomite Sprint!).
These are the obvious places of interest I can think of which are on your
doorstep, I'm sure I'll think
of others after I've sent this! If you're in Fairford on the first Thursday of
the month (July I guess),
you'd receive a warm welcome at the TSSC club meeting in Swindon,
Regards,
Bill.
NA Campiglia wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I will be leaving for England on Sunday for about 1 month.
> Are there any British motoring places I should check out while Im there?
>Supply houses, museums, ect...
> I will be in the Fairford area west of Wales and North of London about 2
>hours.
>
> Thanks
>
> NA Campiglia III
> Abilene, TX
> http://camalott.com/~spitdrvr
> '67 MkIII, '74 1500, '76 1500
> Triumphs and Homebrew, what else could you want?
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