Toys for Boys

Like most of these big 'festival' meetings, there is a big tented-pavilion area here, with displays and retail stalls. In the biggest of these here there is an area the size of a squash court set aside for a huge 6-lane slot car track, (big Scalextric), but this isn't for kids to play on ... Oh, no, this is a big deal! The entrants are split up into grids of like cars, they have 3 pages in the Programme (same as us!). It would appear that they all take it quite seriously, and they have certainly invested in a lot of kit ... I spent about two and a half minutes watching a great race between a Blue and Yellow Brabham driven by Man in Dodgy Leather Sleeveless Fishing Jacket, and a Lotus driven by Moustachioed Man in full Classic Team Lotus regalia. The former spun off in the end, and had this been your front room, his car would have been buried well under the sofa!