I haven’t driven a seriously fast car for the best part of 6-7 years. So caught up with some Melbourne friends on an Aston Martin drive day at the Millbrook Proving Ground. Just amazing. The venue allowed us to do speed runs, banked high speed testing, skid pan, handling circuit and an amazing alpine route which simulates… alpine roads. Andy Burgess, great instructor, ridiculously fast on the alpine circuit. Drove a Vantage S for most of the day and a few high-speed runs in a Virage. Also saw some amazing cars. Two McLaren MP12 being tested, and a very rare One-77 at Aston’s workshop. Here’s the fleet:
And here’s the Aston facility at Millbrook:
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Driving Aston Martins
Wychwood Forest Fair
A fine thing to do on our first weekend in Oxford. Went to the Wychwood Forest Fair with Sir Hugo Brunner.
Egg marketing
We bought these two types of eggs at Sainsbury from a company called Clarence Court. Great marketing, but we couldn’t taste the difference when scrambled:
Off to the countryside
We’ve been on a lot of trains in the past month but the First Great Western train to Oxford didn’t have door handles. Here’s how you open the door:
and the car parks are different here:
London town
We did a double decker bus tour today on a cold grey summer’s day. It’s a great way to see the city:
But we soon got hungry. We went to Goodman – a steak house in Mayfair. Nick and I met the head chef John Cadieux in Jun 2010. The place was great then and it didn’t disappoint today. This is one of the best steak houses in the world.
