You can see concorde at Brooklands, but interior closed until August 2006
We are "friends" of Brooklands Motor Museum (see http://www.brooklandsmuseum.co.uk/), so really should go at least 3 times a year to get value for money....well we finally managed to get there this weekend so just got to go back another two times later in the year :-)
The main driving force behind our trip (pardon the pun) was the "MG Extreame" Rally car rides. As we have been there several times in the past, it is nice to have some event going on to ensure you see something different.
There have been quite a few changes and additions since our last trip, in particular I didn't realise they had finished re-assembling Concorde so although you can't go into the plane until August (interior being refitted) to actually be able to get close enough to "kick the wheels" is worth the visit by itself. As it turned out, the Rally car rides were £30 for a ride lasting about 4 minutes, so decided not to bother so just as well there was other things for us to see !
The planes are definitely worth seeing, with the knowledgeable volunteers there to add interest to your experience of sitting in the pilot seat. The Sultan of Oman's VC10 is defiantly the highlight for me, well until Concorde is open anyway......
Car wise, it is difficult to pick a favourite, but the 1930's Bentley Blower sticks in my mind right now.
After going round the planes and looking at the cars, we had a nice lunch sitting by the hill climb. Lynn wanted to go into the shop, but managed to resist the temptation to buy anything, but we did have to buy an ice cream! We then climbed up the hill climb track, it isn't very far but the 1 in 4 section at the top is a real lung burster, especially in the blazing sun ! (or maybe we are just not that fit?) The top of the hill provides lovely views all around and the bridge over the track is essential to see, as it is only from here that you really get a feeling for how scary the banked track really would have been for the drivers, especially in our case the MG rally car was running along the top of the bank whilst we were there
MG Rally car running on the banking at Brooklands. Just a bit expensive in my view!
We needed to leave relatively early to get home for the England match (already said my piece about that in my previous post!) so we "only" stayed about 4 hours... it's a great day out and we will definitely be going back when Concorde is open later in the summer and also maybe when they have their Morgan day in October, so should get our value for our membership this year :-)
Lots to see and do at Brooklands
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