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XJ40.com meeting in Beaulieu (New Forest, September 2014)

This is page 3 of the illustrated report on the xj40.com meeting in Beaulieu, September 2014

The holiday

The Packridge Estate is a fantastic Bed and Breakfast, between Romsey and the New Forest. We got a nice deal on the Ayrshire Suite there. And good talks on cars with the owner.

We had a great day with our old and new friends & XJ40 enthusiasts in Beaulieu. I did not even visit the Motor Museum and brought only a fast visit to the Palace House and the Abbey ruin. After this, we visited the New Forest, Beaulieu, Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst and did some serious walking. And of course we (mainly me!) enjoyed the typical English sweet and creamy lunch as much as possible! Oh, this is Sabine, you will recognise her. She even enjoyed herself with you, my fellow XJ40 enthusiasts, and your wives As Florian already stated recently, apparently this XJ40 folks are nice, nicer than average Jaguar owners.

The famous ponies were everywhere and they did not bother to stand more or less asleep exactly on the road. Here you see 4 horsepower plus 0.2 horsepower with the key of a 315 horsepower leaping cat (or should I say striding (dictionary) limousine as it is a Daimler, not a Jaguar ) in his pocket. By the way, of course you recognise the blue shirt, which I acquired by shouting in a very inpolite way that I travelled further than Peter. So Peter, that was not nice of me, I will hand it over to you next time we meet.

In Lyndhurst, of all places, a garage showed several Ferraris, Aston Martins and Maseratis. You see here someone thinking: "only eight!". (I don't know Ferraris but I guess it had only eight cylinders I could have seen it through the engine window but cannot remember, these cars don't interest me).

I will not bother you with the next two days: Winchester inclusive the cathedral and Salisbury, with a visit to the evensong of course, and to the vaultings and tower – unbelievable that they built a 123 m high central tower on four pillars that weren't designed to carry the 6,500 tons, which bent but stand upright even now.

Kind regards,
Rens Swart