At shows, not in the workshop

This time of year is always busy for me, not least because our local Triumph Club organise a long-running annual show, Mac’s Bridge, which has between 300 and 400 classic cars on display with a similar number of visitors’ cars. I have been on the organising committee for the past six years, so whilst the requirements are familiar, it still absorbs many hours, including five solid days’ input leading up to the show.

This year, on the weekend prior to our show, a few of us drove to another classic car show in Toowoomba, an inland city about 130km west of Brisbane, which involves me in a 200km drive each way. In Australia most major