We trekked down to Snetterton today for the Classic Team Lotus Festival, a family day out with the opportunity to view all Lotus F1 cars made, and for the first time, all displayed together.
To be honest we were'nt really interested in the family day out... :) we are keen Lotus enthusiasts, and we walked around the circuit looking out for the rarer models, the smells of melting rubber and racing fuel keeping an ear out for the occasional FVC or DFV being revved.
As a mass of Lotus fans descended on Snett, we walked through a sea of Elises, with some Elans, Plus Twos and Esprits thrown in. I grinned at the sight of the number of media photographers on site, all slinging one or two bodies with big zooms. I wondered, as some of them aimed and shot, what they were looking at, in their view finder, whether like me, they aspired to shoot images that captured the elegance, the lightness and handling of a Classic Lotus.
The unusual find of the day was this extremely rare Plus Two in estate version!
The day was very cold and we had to take frequent coffee/tea breaks to warm ourselves up! I think this photo I shot of my son Matt really sums the weather :) Brrr...
For me, the most interesting part of the day was the point at which the Historic cars were fired up for a parade. The most glorious cackle and roar filled the air and a grin returned to our faces :)
It was disappointing though, that the car we were closest to, gave the team a real hard time with firing up. The main mechanic spent loads of time adjusting the injection system to no avail, progressing to squirting raw fuel into the inlets, whilst I patiently looked into the viewfinder, hoping the engine would fire and light up the fuel! Unfortunately the only thing the engine did was backfire, spitting out fuel and smoke. Clive Chapman came out to see what was wrong and the apologetic mechanic could unfortunately do nothing much else to get the car going....
It was a really good day out, a nice Fathers' day out, spent with my dad, something I had not done for a while. Judging by the smile on his face as I said my goodbyes later, I think it was the best gift I could have given him today :)
Have a good week everybody!...
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