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utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Of course it counts, you drove a screwdrive=
r! Take a picture. <div><br><div><br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOf=
Signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">=E2=80=9CObstacles are all you see when you take=
your eyes off the goal=E2=80=9D H. Ford</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On =
Feb 11, 2025, at 12:10=E2=80=AFPM, John Innis <jdinnis@gmail.com> wrot=
e:<br><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<p dir=3D"ltr">Sadly the weather w=
as not cooperating. I did work on the car, does that count?</p>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D=
"gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 11:15 John Macartney <<a href=3D"mailt=
o:johnBMacartney@gmx.com">johnBMacartney@gmx.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><bl=
ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #c=
cc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang=3D"EN-GB" link=3D"#467886" vlink=3D"#96=
607D" style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><div class=3D"m_-6329949805663901783Wor=
dSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">How many on this list made a special journ=
ey yesterday on Sir John Black=E2=80=99s birthday =E2=80=93 aka Drive your T=
riumph Day? It would have been 130 years since his birth and 60 years since h=
is death.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p=
class=3D"MsoNormal">I confess that since I no longer own any Standard or Tr=
iumph car, I made my pilgrimage to his former home at Tachbrook Mallory, a v=
illage near to the City of Coventry and very close to the town of Leamington=
Spa in my newly acquired Kia Sportage hybrid which is a car that has greatl=
y impressed me . Attached is a picture of the south-west face of Sir John=E2=
=80=99s former home but admittedly taken in the summer a few years ago when t=
he weather was so much nicer than the cold, very wet and even more windy win=
ter day in England, as yesterday proved to be.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"=
MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">The building is no=
w and has been for a long time past, a *<b>very</b>* prestigious =E2=80=98bo=
utique=E2=80=99 hotel and restaurant but you=E2=80=99ll be able to go inside=
it if you click on this link - <a href=3D"https://www.hotelsone.com/royal-l=
eamington-spa-hotels-gb/mallory-court-country-house-hotel-and-spa.html?utm_c=
ampaign=3Dgb-United-Kingdom-Hotels-eu-en-uk&utm_medium=3Dcpc&utm_sou=
rce=3Dbing&utm_content=3Dgb%20%7C%20royal-leamington-spa%20%7C%20528438%=
20%7C%20mallory-court-country-house-hotel-and-spa&uid=3De9338a2e-7179-4e=
f1-8c7b-078209deda8f&as=3Db&aid=3D77790657007190&dsti=3D528438&a=
mp;dstt=3D8&nid=3D1&sl=3D9&msclkid=3D0ff76fd337ce11a6aba108784b4=
244cb&akw=3D77790879386964" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">Mallory=
Court Country House Hotel and Spa, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom - L=
owest Rate Guaranteed!</a> In the event any lister should find themselves in=
the UK at a future date and decides to make a =E2=80=98pilgrimage=E2=80=99 a=
nd to sample the food and drink while there, may I just advise you to ensure=
your credit card is of the asbestos type because this is most definitely <b=
><u>not</u></b> a =E2=80=98Mom and Pop=E2=80=99 establishment when it comes t=
o paying for things. Many years ago (27 years to be precise) a close friend w=
ho was doing a taxi driving job took a client there and while waiting to tak=
e said client to another local destination, my friend chose to order one fre=
shly grated cheese sandwich and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice whi=
le he waited for his client to shower and change. My friend then signed for t=
hose two items upon leaving (which cost was to his client=E2=80=99s account)=
and was horrified to be charged the princely sum of US$37 plus a 15% servic=
e charge for just one sandwich and a small glass of his drink!!!!!!!!!!!! Pa=
tronise this establishment by all means if you visit but prepare to eat spag=
hetti or any form of cheap pasta for the rest of your UK stay.<u></u><u></u>=
</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Jo=
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