Thur 7 Sep - Goodwood

Thursday 7 September 2023 and we're off to the Goodwood Revival in West Sussex, about a two and a half hour drive south from Ilmer.  Dad and Dick drove down together and I went with Dick's friend Tim in this beauty...

And a bit of pre-revival googling...

The Goodwood Revival is a three-day festival held each September at Goodwood Circuit since 1998 for the types of racing cars and motorcycles that would have competed during the circuit's original period—1948–1966.

Races over the three days include:

• Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy (2016–present; formerly known as the Kinrara Trophy), a 1-hour race for GT cars that raced until 1963.

• Richmond & Gordon Trophies a 25 minute race for 2.5 litre Grand Prix cars from 1954 to 1960.

• St Mary’s Trophy, a Pro-am event made up of two 25 minute races decided on aggregate.

• Whitsun Trophy a 20 minute race for prototypes up until 1966.

• Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy Celebration, a one hour race for pro/ams for cars up until 1964 which raced in the RAC TT when it was held at Goodwood.

• Glover Trophy, a 20 minute race for 1.5 litre Grand Prix cars from 1961 to 1965.

• Goodwood Trophy, a 20 minute race for Grand Prix & Voiturette cars from 1930–1951.

• A pedal car race for youngsters called the Settrington Cup, featuring Austin J40 pedal cars.

Our accommodation was in nearby West Dean College of Arts, Design, Craft and Conservation.  The building was spectacular, as were some of the art works on display.  The accommodation however was for students, so consisted of a teensy room with just a bed - which didn't matter at all 'cos we were barely there 😏

The college was beautiful and set on acres of ground.

Inside were exhibits of some of the artwork...

The initial view on approach...

After dropping our bags off it was off to lunch..

And a brief visit to the Goodword Circuit so that Dick could register his ERA in the Goodwood Trophy race, which gave a sneak peak of what was to come...

And then it was off to the grounds near Goodwood house for the driver's briefing, a spot of plane watching, a bit of cricket and...

 my personal favourite - Pimm's & lemonade 😀😀

And excitement plus!!!  Look who I spotted - Rowan Atkinson!  Yep - he's a regular racer - I so wanted to go up and say hi, but apparently he isn't into that, so just lurked around spying on him instead - much better 😝