THE CLASSIC y

The Magazine of the MG Y-Type Register Volume 7 No61 ebluary 198~

EDITORIAL

At one of our local meetings at the Greyhound a couple of months beforp istrnas it was sugeested tha t we organise a Christmas meal for local

members and their wivesgirlfriends lf1e chose Wednesd ay December 14th as the day and all who attended enjoyed the occasion very ~uch and had a superb ~eal (the Haydock Grill at the Greyhound is a carvery so this suft~d your editor very much - unlimited food ) Such was t he success of this tir8t experimental venture that we thoueht that next Christmas we wouJd advertise the occasion in this magazine and give you all a chance The food and the company were superb (that includes all you Morris Oxford owners who attended~

Now I wish to make mention of two important events coming up this year The M~G~ Regency Run will take place between Lond on and Brighton on Sunday 20th May and the event will be started by Mrs Jean Cook (Cecil Kimbers daughter) Y ~es a re eligible to enter and entry fees of pound 2 per car should be sent with an sae to ~

~ Your cheques should be made payable to MG Regency RUn ~ Account

Nextthe Motorine Milestones Paep-an t is to be promoted by Marshall (Cambridee) Ltd to celebrate their 75 years I involvement in motoring The show will be middot~ d at the East of England Show ground Peterborough on 29th and 30th Septe~ber and its most excitinr feature will be hopefullythe exhibition of at least one car of every type produced by every marque which has e one on to become part of British Leyland Do you wish to enter your car Entries do not have to be concours I have entry forms if anyone wanta one~

Aga in we are privileged by kind permission of The Autocar to be able to feature this month another of Michael Browns evocative articles on Y motoring Ah Nostal gia

And now~~ Credit Liverpool Echo

7th February 198~

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REGIS TllR NEWS Recent Discoveries

ChRSflis NOt Year Type Engine No Resin NOt Owner I ~ Narne

Y 5288 1950 YA Y 719 1951 YA YB 1()60 1953 YB

Total cars on the Register as Marle up as follows

New Own ers

599 600

BKinghorn MIsley

602 DGordon 603 RABurr 604 TQua1ntance 606 608

MHFry T Col eman

609 VPFuller 610 DJ bull Wi lliams 614 CLang 615 BJHuckstepp 616 JS Barnes

617 MHingley

YA 513 Unknown

XPAGf SC15071 J GfJorton XPAGSC217059 PPJ 945 D Ita ah bourne XPAG SC217942 LBY 840 D Washbourn~~

at 20th YB 233 (m a inly

January 1984 1T 171 YRC

saloons) 67

993 3 CompositesSpecial 6

Ns L W Austrlt=llia

Tyne amp WearD ScotlandE alirornia9 USA Hants

Victoria AusI Surrey KentB ~

Cornwal~ Nottingham

Kent Tyne amp W~ar

WKidl anns

621 RKerfoot-()e-ns ClwydL 622 YAcfield Victoria Australia 627~ NCWPratten South Wirral 6 28 J G ~Morton Tyne amp Wear 629 GCFigg Essex 630 11) FHill Isle at Man

Address Changesbull

494 MJAdams Oxfordshire 498 R ANeil l Bucks 139 FltLtMJ Rushmere N~Yorks 122 NGrose Victoria Au +----------11a 473 MajLMHowardUSMCbullbull Arizon a U8A 431 JSRBridges

ESussexT 264 G O Wallis

CARS FOR SALE

725 YE 0414 1952 YE XPAGTD2B55127 BRG with beige interior UHK 111

This is t he car which was pr epared for and raced by Dick Jacob~ ~ It won the ERDe un der 1500cc class at Silverstone three year s runnine (1 95 253 and 154 ) It i s in g ood order wi th many new parts All the underside has b~en treated aeainst rust and painted Waxoyl has b~ en sprayed into all box section s in cluding the d oors The 1n-ter ior is in reasonabl e ord er with some tidying rpquired on the sides of thp front seats~ The headlining is in good order and new carpets have been fitted The body is f inished in Austin-Marris-MG British Racing Green and was professionally resprayed in 1978 It will be MOTtd

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REGIS TllR NEWS Recent Discoveries

ChRSflis NOt Year Type Engine No Resin NOt Owner I ~ Narne

Y 5288 1950 YA Y 719 1951 YA YB 1()60 1953 YB

Total cars on the Register as Marle up as follows

New Own ers

599 600

BKinghorn MIsley

602 DGordon 603 RABurr 604 TQua1ntance 606 608

MHFry T Col eman

609 VPFuller 610 DJ bull Wi lliams 614 CLang 615 BJHuckstepp 616 JS Barnes

617 MHingley

YA 513 Unknown

XPAGf SC15071 J GfJorton XPAGSC217059 PPJ 945 D Ita ah bourne XPAG SC217942 LBY 840 D Washbourn~~

at 20th YB 233 (m a inly

January 1984 1T 171 YRC

saloons) 67

993 3 CompositesSpecial 6

Ns L W Austrlt=llia

Tyne amp WearD ScotlandE alirornia9 USA Hants

Victoria AusI Surrey KentB ~

Cornwal~ Nottingham

Kent Tyne amp W~ar

WKidl anns

621 RKerfoot-()e-ns ClwydL 622 YAcfield Victoria Australia 627~ NCWPratten South Wirral 6 28 J G ~Morton Tyne amp Wear 629 GCFigg Essex 630 11) FHill Isle at Man

Address Changesbull

494 MJAdams Oxfordshire 498 R ANeil l Bucks 139 FltLtMJ Rushmere N~Yorks 122 NGrose Victoria Au +----------11a 473 MajLMHowardUSMCbullbull Arizon a U8A 431 JSRBridges

ESussexT 264 G O Wallis

CARS FOR SALE

725 YE 0414 1952 YE XPAGTD2B55127 BRG with beige interior UHK 111

This is t he car which was pr epared for and raced by Dick Jacob~ ~ It won the ERDe un der 1500cc class at Silverstone three year s runnine (1 95 253 and 154 ) It i s in g ood order wi th many new parts All the underside has b~en treated aeainst rust and painted Waxoyl has b~ en sprayed into all box section s in cluding the d oors The 1n-ter ior is in reasonabl e ord er with some tidying rpquired on the sides of thp front seats~ The headlining is in good order and new carpets have been fitted The body is f inished in Austin-Marris-MG British Racing Green and was professionally resprayed in 1978 It will be MOTtd

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189

992

in the near future Offers around amp1 5OO to MrJSRhridg ESussex

Y1 5O5 1948 YA XPAGC11257 tvt 7437 1Now approaching the end of a rebuiLd which has ine-l uded engincbrakesrrnost parts rechromed reu iring d oors and wings lead fill edwhere required New cfutch and suspension rebuild Xngine lsrunning and all wok done except doorsrwlngsrrirnning boardsand boot lid to be ers undC1r000 to Mr-G

1955 yB Green rTaxed a Ver condition Offers overt25OO considered Iel Suffolk) r

ARIS FR SA]8

Radiator grllfe and motlf S25 ono TeI

PAGSC engine complete wlth all externals except manifoldtrrl1y r ed Of ssae for ful specification tot

_ l 1e1 tr5ron t seat ashtray relacement A batch has been produced by the usa ofmodern resinsbeing made singfy by hand A resin knob whlch has beenplated is a)so supplied the ]mob will require flxing to the ashtrayft should be noted that the hoLder that takes the ashtray cannot besupplied The high eost of the ori6Jinal mould and the tjnre taken toproduce each jtem reffects the cost involved The price of t13 eachincludes packaging and po 6e insurance to any stlnatlonCon ta ct Mr CRi)ridland Ingine pAGlSCl14574 and gearbox The engine is dismantledthe bore isalmost unworn and has acquired a f ilrn of rust through standing Apnears tobe standard bore or +02O the crankshaft has just been reground andeomes with a bill for the regrind The engine requires a new camshaftand camshaft bearings as the o1d ones appearf worn One pistoncon-rodassernbly is rnissing and there is no sump Comes complete with eyliJiderhead and rocker gear The gearbox is complete and seerns in reasonablenditi ine and gearbox Contact MrD-lu11en

- Other spares for salePetrol flJf er pipe and chrome cap (clip broken)Distributor (worn )YA Wheels (r5) (witn tubes and worrr tyres )Wind scre enRear side windows (x2 )Speedometer (no cl ock )Amrnetertrre1 gaugeOil gaugeWindscneen wiper motor[rnamoYarious interior amp exterior door handlesBa ttery box 1idSteering wheelChoke cables (x2)Rtr95 Control box (no outer cover)Trafficator ng switch (seized but pos-ltibr repa irabl e ) t1Postage and packing is extra on all the above sDareso

euro1t1t15O ea ch4E

O25O each-amptteuro1allop ea cht1t1euro1 ea chLI

r1EMBERS TIPS etc

Mr amp MrsSJKey Would like to know the towinF capacity o~ a Y If you can helpplease wri~e to

Vince Fuller Recommended The South London Radiator CoLtda rear of 10-14 Bromley RoadBeckenhamKent~Tel 01-650-8986 amp 01-658-5954 A supplier of radiator core the original size and three rows Send them your old one and they brazesolder the existing and original bits onto the new core~ the co pper top tan~ and hase etc The core could be svrayed black if required All this for approx pound60 or thereabouts If ordered th~y take about three weeks from receipt of the old rAdiator They do an excellent job The radiators are not re-cons~they are made up especially to oroer

David Mullen YA Clutch 7tl diameter Shaft 58 diametfr n C1utch 8 11 diameter Shaft til diameter

YA Flywheel ring gear 93 teeth Start~r pinion ~ 11 YB Flywheel ring gear 120 teeth starter pinion 9

Alex Taylor Steering column slip ring repairs Old contact brerlk __ pointsfiled offcan be s-oldered on the brass wi-persinside the steering column and this seems to work tineG

PSALM n647 From the book of restorations - By the prophet David

My car filleth up with petr~l But it runneth not Neither doth it start Thy electrics with WD40 I have- treated And gifts of plugs and pOints have I given thee I have lifted up mine eyes to the sump Whenceforth comes all they power And my cheeks with oil thou has annointed My carburettor loode th over And thou has washed my feet with petrol How mighty is thy starting handle t For my battery hath been brought back from the dead And my engine doth run again Verily I shall put no other make before thee Yea though I giveth up my gold and silver Yet shall I put my trust in MG

David Mullen

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The following letters were unearthed by David Jo1UlVm from the corres)ondenee columns of The Autocar I am indebted to MrHutton of tThe Autocar t [or permission to reproduce these here~ The letterR are from the following issues of that magazine 62879 - 1950 63661 - 28951 63827 - 71251 64618 - 261 252

- GRE~NmiddotMANTlIP-Fnhu Tribu~c (g t 11 l02879 - I lto eltlemdy gtlI tirC1 0middot( of a 11middotlitre 1 G uloou inte bst Novtnl er [ rImiddot WIth Jlltrrest Ihe aOlel b) Michlel n~middotn (Aug1 II 1ar t ay how lItueh I liflte w lh 0 1 he ~JJ Bu t I hullt1 hk to middotor[ n 01 I Ilrtht n h 01 UIgtPIlaquoiaton t h ~ ~rllt 1 li tt ( r

SIlce toking hlivery mv Imiddot th hlt h L( I Irve hJ h 11 oue to middot I~ h e Irimiddotmiddot It V tty hlul in LOooo mlk middotthoUI the fa l~It t 1lt ( n(uhl middot It hu ~middot~t to hw tho hud un I Ud I h$ 1$ uut )I t IN II 1ItCrv inee thrle ur rw middotsigns of rt4uirng de-cdlaquo middot -101 a l1Id erYort for high r lliCithOy tOjne I Ih If PC

I Igte c h-ckcoJ mOO cutfull and found Illat r have x-t-u Sdlnl II [lt trn I con~ullI~I I H I p g kr 11 cnntlitinns lDcIlttlnl( Wlllfnllnl( u 11 LIl~ mO1In)( h 1ltkmiddot ork wilen ~hUIIVI1Il )n 1 ) ~ I crlli~ilf at S~middothu m h lh n~umgtlinn

1 Imiddot drmiddotmiddottIi ~ ti r oll y 11~t r II ) bull r _ 1111middot

In bull 1 i 1 ( IJ ( r ~ i l bull1 II bullbull bullbull bull II on d middottgt 1 iLl ( Ih bull I I [ 11 bull ) bullbull bull ro Imiddot t middot I bullbull ~ I ie r -r tho I 1

r 1i l middot Iu I~middot gtl 1 1 I ~r Ijr In 1 Ih I Clur ~ r I ~ IIIt IIllKh II liS rnIIIUl n Ip ~ 1 Inmiddot r II ~ 1 I) I 1 bullbullmiddotmiddotX n1 r ~1 hM i ~ ~ 11 middoth I V middot II ~ II ~ U ~ u I1 1 It) II) bull ~ l (uIII1ltamp1I I ~ n Iin

h ~middot I ~h()uhl loc inIN 1 III tt n IUlic lo w Lh I~ ~wn r Igt 1~ ~h bullld ~l t ~ 1 IJI(middot I rgi~j IIU1ulltf l n~I 11 he taJ lhu ~t I hUll In t lor tl i~)tt(e (H Il

hil i w~ uIIthle CoO (II him Iha ht l~ 1 11 a 1( 11~ I S ~ XIHn ~ t~ ag A 1_ W SOUlh

Sh~ l ry Jrs lnN

FRtJITS OF IANIAltJS Predicament 01 On Who middotSUlLcU amprid WVQ 163661-1 UD I rqulu ~u 01 TJu AILWC whkh is DOl-ClUly ealuly awaited Durio the WI fw~h ~ months there-have bcm many innnlriDamp wuriDe artic1= bc middoth ac home and abr~ 10 apptazimatdy middot75 per CetLt of rese articles the C1IDcta had been bUly and ~ycd the- l~Ii e MG ~Or Qne week lhtre were rugtQ lt-lia-e saloons)Q the S2L1e articlr As one wbo bas bad thiJ model on Older lor leally fh e yean I find Th Awoe i=casinely proyolUos to 3d

fuy I I~icst thai until I Wann vou of th ddiTu) of troy drcam car aIJ czmens be bJJll1ed Uld no Xl nOOn o~ modeb bowd be made by your $laB Eo s O Xrun

~__ Truro Cornwampll The owner olUie H-liu~ IIIcnli(ll~ roaun( Sor but

De pbotoenPIu u lean scrYC to rcmIIld hopcf bu1~n of b=f the car bey duirc looks lilrc -ED)

EXILES 1 Ii-I MG At)r(ud (6)8Z11-A$ m Pt Klishman cmfOI3f1J~ mtioacd abroaJ and a fl-gubr reJer I nne found grCZl plCllgture in reldin the 10UI-inlf tudes pll1icu~v [y hose wh~fe t U1UU M G llloon hI1 hee t left in fO middot blL noc ehe piCIUfO

Ipl rt hlJlll my l1 tlt in on being ~imi lu- Unce 1 own an irlnd 1 (IgtIOmiddottone II~en the choice of LDglish lanulOpe hl~ )loXhc ~ Iwn in m~ thrnn from time co time bCCJultoC I 1 m

jillt Irntin unill chr ~p rinll of 19~ wh(1l 1 Ill)$dl ltI It dowo lOme of CboK Lmc-s

The MG is cquilly auepI Oil the miles an milu of n)(~ n ill bigbwlYs of ttW cOIUUry a~ well at the 1(oUh L I ClIII put SO miles aloay 11 Ihe bour fOI houcs 00 coY llI ilh poundaueue tbm in my pteviow ner ican CJC It u an JorJhlc Ca~ Town SA WQLtAM H Eu lOt

-INTERIM ASSESSMENT- I~I DhOptJl5nJ ue-Hepoundfntiresdnc (64618)-May I congratula te Michael Brown on his anicle dnaibrnl his apctirncu ith the It-li rre Rilq1

Yow Road Tesu 01 Uious can arc ucdkat io their N1IY but a IllOle iDcima te descriPtion ot 11 modd given by aD ownct is most inlCfCuieg to Othu OW1)Cf1 1Iod polential buycr

Could Michael Brown bt pcTSWide-d to write timilar article abow his rmow cu theJJ clirre~M G~PI9on me proud ownCJ of ooe of these a fniid iliCiUyenay pleasant w drive

be engine and I UI iliariC$ arr Cllfandy acccss ibl r l1ld they cmbod) mosl oIllc refinemCfl il dC1ircd b y keen (DOtonsu The lailill system i a joy to usc l1d hy plad llg qc bodu ef vClI)d IJIld~Qtb tht ink f~ [ can nisc he car riampht up for euy HrY1CU1[1 uodunC1lth

Thu iJ one ildll minnyen bO-verhich I lhiok should be fitted as tLlnoJard to J U can Tba is a ~Ior blind and I uudc one co Ie Illy at quile cuily and cbcaply 1 obmiDcd aD oI~ bowchold type of roJkr blitld from a junk shop and this )Wrably CJt down Iril fined b IDcIoDi o( IWO bndels io troD af the ndiatOr blod Thee bllDd is caorroHcd by I length of floible piCtUre wire passed Oltt the bcadct Iank aud lhmuah the bullrbelld 10 finish ie bull ring which CHI bt booked iu du~ posi(ions under the ~ttle For shon cuca 1 fiod tbe blind cao be IcIt fuUy clOlcd V1d the engine wums up qukJU

Polkcaone Kelt F R CoPE fA similu articl~ 011 tbe H-ti 4e MG appeared iII the August

1950 ~SUC coolcd Green-Mantied-poundD)

ea~bl)1 SeeretarrRegle1nrBdltor J OnaOh Bngland

Magae Pr1DUDg UJ raquo1UQll - Prolltltpr1rtt Ltd U5 Edlt10e - be Jen1lJ Pn_OaklalldCal1tomla

Sllaquore1J SSCl1JtlU7 J Br1er

Uttl ttrd StatetJ Cbapt~r-for- Sxoeeek Dand iUl1er

llIe alusic Y 1s lubliobed by S1cycol FuDli~tloDe the Jeanl iree-e-

rbe ecntMt of the art1 Itiea- and the technical adTic~ apTleuUtg ill this ma~Ute- represelt the viewa ot the reapeeU1e cofttllbutora and not neceasarUy those- o the tditor or the publishere- The GYm ealJlot be beld respolUJiblll tor allY l oss or damage resulttng troll the 1IIlellelltat10l1 ~ ~ adlee appeOlLxing in thls llIag1s1ne

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r1EMBERS TIPS etc

Mr amp MrsSJKey Would like to know the towinF capacity o~ a Y If you can helpplease wri~e to

Vince Fuller Recommended The South London Radiator CoLtda rear of 10-14 Bromley RoadBeckenhamKent~Tel 01-650-8986 amp 01-658-5954 A supplier of radiator core the original size and three rows Send them your old one and they brazesolder the existing and original bits onto the new core~ the co pper top tan~ and hase etc The core could be svrayed black if required All this for approx pound60 or thereabouts If ordered th~y take about three weeks from receipt of the old rAdiator They do an excellent job The radiators are not re-cons~they are made up especially to oroer

David Mullen YA Clutch 7tl diameter Shaft 58 diametfr n C1utch 8 11 diameter Shaft til diameter

YA Flywheel ring gear 93 teeth Start~r pinion ~ 11 YB Flywheel ring gear 120 teeth starter pinion 9

Alex Taylor Steering column slip ring repairs Old contact brerlk __ pointsfiled offcan be s-oldered on the brass wi-persinside the steering column and this seems to work tineG

PSALM n647 From the book of restorations - By the prophet David

My car filleth up with petr~l But it runneth not Neither doth it start Thy electrics with WD40 I have- treated And gifts of plugs and pOints have I given thee I have lifted up mine eyes to the sump Whenceforth comes all they power And my cheeks with oil thou has annointed My carburettor loode th over And thou has washed my feet with petrol How mighty is thy starting handle t For my battery hath been brought back from the dead And my engine doth run again Verily I shall put no other make before thee Yea though I giveth up my gold and silver Yet shall I put my trust in MG

David Mullen

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The following letters were unearthed by David Jo1UlVm from the corres)ondenee columns of The Autocar I am indebted to MrHutton of tThe Autocar t [or permission to reproduce these here~ The letterR are from the following issues of that magazine 62879 - 1950 63661 - 28951 63827 - 71251 64618 - 261 252

- GRE~NmiddotMANTlIP-Fnhu Tribu~c (g t 11 l02879 - I lto eltlemdy gtlI tirC1 0middot( of a 11middotlitre 1 G uloou inte bst Novtnl er [ rImiddot WIth Jlltrrest Ihe aOlel b) Michlel n~middotn (Aug1 II 1ar t ay how lItueh I liflte w lh 0 1 he ~JJ Bu t I hullt1 hk to middotor[ n 01 I Ilrtht n h 01 UIgtPIlaquoiaton t h ~ ~rllt 1 li tt ( r

SIlce toking hlivery mv Imiddot th hlt h L( I Irve hJ h 11 oue to middot I~ h e Irimiddotmiddot It V tty hlul in LOooo mlk middotthoUI the fa l~It t 1lt ( n(uhl middot It hu ~middot~t to hw tho hud un I Ud I h$ 1$ uut )I t IN II 1ItCrv inee thrle ur rw middotsigns of rt4uirng de-cdlaquo middot -101 a l1Id erYort for high r lliCithOy tOjne I Ih If PC

I Igte c h-ckcoJ mOO cutfull and found Illat r have x-t-u Sdlnl II [lt trn I con~ullI~I I H I p g kr 11 cnntlitinns lDcIlttlnl( Wlllfnllnl( u 11 LIl~ mO1In)( h 1ltkmiddot ork wilen ~hUIIVI1Il )n 1 ) ~ I crlli~ilf at S~middothu m h lh n~umgtlinn

1 Imiddot drmiddotmiddottIi ~ ti r oll y 11~t r II ) bull r _ 1111middot

In bull 1 i 1 ( IJ ( r ~ i l bull1 II bullbull bullbull bull II on d middottgt 1 iLl ( Ih bull I I [ 11 bull ) bullbull bull ro Imiddot t middot I bullbull ~ I ie r -r tho I 1

r 1i l middot Iu I~middot gtl 1 1 I ~r Ijr In 1 Ih I Clur ~ r I ~ IIIt IIllKh II liS rnIIIUl n Ip ~ 1 Inmiddot r II ~ 1 I) I 1 bullbullmiddotmiddotX n1 r ~1 hM i ~ ~ 11 middoth I V middot II ~ II ~ U ~ u I1 1 It) II) bull ~ l (uIII1ltamp1I I ~ n Iin

h ~middot I ~h()uhl loc inIN 1 III tt n IUlic lo w Lh I~ ~wn r Igt 1~ ~h bullld ~l t ~ 1 IJI(middot I rgi~j IIU1ulltf l n~I 11 he taJ lhu ~t I hUll In t lor tl i~)tt(e (H Il

hil i w~ uIIthle CoO (II him Iha ht l~ 1 11 a 1( 11~ I S ~ XIHn ~ t~ ag A 1_ W SOUlh

Sh~ l ry Jrs lnN

FRtJITS OF IANIAltJS Predicament 01 On Who middotSUlLcU amprid WVQ 163661-1 UD I rqulu ~u 01 TJu AILWC whkh is DOl-ClUly ealuly awaited Durio the WI fw~h ~ months there-have bcm many innnlriDamp wuriDe artic1= bc middoth ac home and abr~ 10 apptazimatdy middot75 per CetLt of rese articles the C1IDcta had been bUly and ~ycd the- l~Ii e MG ~Or Qne week lhtre were rugtQ lt-lia-e saloons)Q the S2L1e articlr As one wbo bas bad thiJ model on Older lor leally fh e yean I find Th Awoe i=casinely proyolUos to 3d

fuy I I~icst thai until I Wann vou of th ddiTu) of troy drcam car aIJ czmens be bJJll1ed Uld no Xl nOOn o~ modeb bowd be made by your $laB Eo s O Xrun

~__ Truro Cornwampll The owner olUie H-liu~ IIIcnli(ll~ roaun( Sor but

De pbotoenPIu u lean scrYC to rcmIIld hopcf bu1~n of b=f the car bey duirc looks lilrc -ED)

EXILES 1 Ii-I MG At)r(ud (6)8Z11-A$ m Pt Klishman cmfOI3f1J~ mtioacd abroaJ and a fl-gubr reJer I nne found grCZl plCllgture in reldin the 10UI-inlf tudes pll1icu~v [y hose wh~fe t U1UU M G llloon hI1 hee t left in fO middot blL noc ehe piCIUfO

Ipl rt hlJlll my l1 tlt in on being ~imi lu- Unce 1 own an irlnd 1 (IgtIOmiddottone II~en the choice of LDglish lanulOpe hl~ )loXhc ~ Iwn in m~ thrnn from time co time bCCJultoC I 1 m

jillt Irntin unill chr ~p rinll of 19~ wh(1l 1 Ill)$dl ltI It dowo lOme of CboK Lmc-s

The MG is cquilly auepI Oil the miles an milu of n)(~ n ill bigbwlYs of ttW cOIUUry a~ well at the 1(oUh L I ClIII put SO miles aloay 11 Ihe bour fOI houcs 00 coY llI ilh poundaueue tbm in my pteviow ner ican CJC It u an JorJhlc Ca~ Town SA WQLtAM H Eu lOt

-INTERIM ASSESSMENT- I~I DhOptJl5nJ ue-Hepoundfntiresdnc (64618)-May I congratula te Michael Brown on his anicle dnaibrnl his apctirncu ith the It-li rre Rilq1

Yow Road Tesu 01 Uious can arc ucdkat io their N1IY but a IllOle iDcima te descriPtion ot 11 modd given by aD ownct is most inlCfCuieg to Othu OW1)Cf1 1Iod polential buycr

Could Michael Brown bt pcTSWide-d to write timilar article abow his rmow cu theJJ clirre~M G~PI9on me proud ownCJ of ooe of these a fniid iliCiUyenay pleasant w drive

be engine and I UI iliariC$ arr Cllfandy acccss ibl r l1ld they cmbod) mosl oIllc refinemCfl il dC1ircd b y keen (DOtonsu The lailill system i a joy to usc l1d hy plad llg qc bodu ef vClI)d IJIld~Qtb tht ink f~ [ can nisc he car riampht up for euy HrY1CU1[1 uodunC1lth

Thu iJ one ildll minnyen bO-verhich I lhiok should be fitted as tLlnoJard to J U can Tba is a ~Ior blind and I uudc one co Ie Illy at quile cuily and cbcaply 1 obmiDcd aD oI~ bowchold type of roJkr blitld from a junk shop and this )Wrably CJt down Iril fined b IDcIoDi o( IWO bndels io troD af the ndiatOr blod Thee bllDd is caorroHcd by I length of floible piCtUre wire passed Oltt the bcadct Iank aud lhmuah the bullrbelld 10 finish ie bull ring which CHI bt booked iu du~ posi(ions under the ~ttle For shon cuca 1 fiod tbe blind cao be IcIt fuUy clOlcd V1d the engine wums up qukJU

Polkcaone Kelt F R CoPE fA similu articl~ 011 tbe H-ti 4e MG appeared iII the August

1950 ~SUC coolcd Green-Mantied-poundD)

ea~bl)1 SeeretarrRegle1nrBdltor J OnaOh Bngland

Magae Pr1DUDg UJ raquo1UQll - Prolltltpr1rtt Ltd U5 Edlt10e - be Jen1lJ Pn_OaklalldCal1tomla

Sllaquore1J SSCl1JtlU7 J Br1er

Uttl ttrd StatetJ Cbapt~r-for- Sxoeeek Dand iUl1er

llIe alusic Y 1s lubliobed by S1cycol FuDli~tloDe the Jeanl iree-e-

rbe ecntMt of the art1 Itiea- and the technical adTic~ apTleuUtg ill this ma~Ute- represelt the viewa ot the reapeeU1e cofttllbutora and not neceasarUy those- o the tditor or the publishere- The GYm ealJlot be beld respolUJiblll tor allY l oss or damage resulttng troll the 1IIlellelltat10l1 ~ ~ adlee appeOlLxing in thls llIag1s1ne

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The following letters were unearthed by David Jo1UlVm from the corres)ondenee columns of The Autocar I am indebted to MrHutton of tThe Autocar t [or permission to reproduce these here~ The letterR are from the following issues of that magazine 62879 - 1950 63661 - 28951 63827 - 71251 64618 - 261 252

- GRE~NmiddotMANTlIP-Fnhu Tribu~c (g t 11 l02879 - I lto eltlemdy gtlI tirC1 0middot( of a 11middotlitre 1 G uloou inte bst Novtnl er [ rImiddot WIth Jlltrrest Ihe aOlel b) Michlel n~middotn (Aug1 II 1ar t ay how lItueh I liflte w lh 0 1 he ~JJ Bu t I hullt1 hk to middotor[ n 01 I Ilrtht n h 01 UIgtPIlaquoiaton t h ~ ~rllt 1 li tt ( r

SIlce toking hlivery mv Imiddot th hlt h L( I Irve hJ h 11 oue to middot I~ h e Irimiddotmiddot It V tty hlul in LOooo mlk middotthoUI the fa l~It t 1lt ( n(uhl middot It hu ~middot~t to hw tho hud un I Ud I h$ 1$ uut )I t IN II 1ItCrv inee thrle ur rw middotsigns of rt4uirng de-cdlaquo middot -101 a l1Id erYort for high r lliCithOy tOjne I Ih If PC

I Igte c h-ckcoJ mOO cutfull and found Illat r have x-t-u Sdlnl II [lt trn I con~ullI~I I H I p g kr 11 cnntlitinns lDcIlttlnl( Wlllfnllnl( u 11 LIl~ mO1In)( h 1ltkmiddot ork wilen ~hUIIVI1Il )n 1 ) ~ I crlli~ilf at S~middothu m h lh n~umgtlinn

1 Imiddot drmiddotmiddottIi ~ ti r oll y 11~t r II ) bull r _ 1111middot

In bull 1 i 1 ( IJ ( r ~ i l bull1 II bullbull bullbull bull II on d middottgt 1 iLl ( Ih bull I I [ 11 bull ) bullbull bull ro Imiddot t middot I bullbull ~ I ie r -r tho I 1

r 1i l middot Iu I~middot gtl 1 1 I ~r Ijr In 1 Ih I Clur ~ r I ~ IIIt IIllKh II liS rnIIIUl n Ip ~ 1 Inmiddot r II ~ 1 I) I 1 bullbullmiddotmiddotX n1 r ~1 hM i ~ ~ 11 middoth I V middot II ~ II ~ U ~ u I1 1 It) II) bull ~ l (uIII1ltamp1I I ~ n Iin

h ~middot I ~h()uhl loc inIN 1 III tt n IUlic lo w Lh I~ ~wn r Igt 1~ ~h bullld ~l t ~ 1 IJI(middot I rgi~j IIU1ulltf l n~I 11 he taJ lhu ~t I hUll In t lor tl i~)tt(e (H Il

hil i w~ uIIthle CoO (II him Iha ht l~ 1 11 a 1( 11~ I S ~ XIHn ~ t~ ag A 1_ W SOUlh

Sh~ l ry Jrs lnN

FRtJITS OF IANIAltJS Predicament 01 On Who middotSUlLcU amprid WVQ 163661-1 UD I rqulu ~u 01 TJu AILWC whkh is DOl-ClUly ealuly awaited Durio the WI fw~h ~ months there-have bcm many innnlriDamp wuriDe artic1= bc middoth ac home and abr~ 10 apptazimatdy middot75 per CetLt of rese articles the C1IDcta had been bUly and ~ycd the- l~Ii e MG ~Or Qne week lhtre were rugtQ lt-lia-e saloons)Q the S2L1e articlr As one wbo bas bad thiJ model on Older lor leally fh e yean I find Th Awoe i=casinely proyolUos to 3d

fuy I I~icst thai until I Wann vou of th ddiTu) of troy drcam car aIJ czmens be bJJll1ed Uld no Xl nOOn o~ modeb bowd be made by your $laB Eo s O Xrun

~__ Truro Cornwampll The owner olUie H-liu~ IIIcnli(ll~ roaun( Sor but

De pbotoenPIu u lean scrYC to rcmIIld hopcf bu1~n of b=f the car bey duirc looks lilrc -ED)

EXILES 1 Ii-I MG At)r(ud (6)8Z11-A$ m Pt Klishman cmfOI3f1J~ mtioacd abroaJ and a fl-gubr reJer I nne found grCZl plCllgture in reldin the 10UI-inlf tudes pll1icu~v [y hose wh~fe t U1UU M G llloon hI1 hee t left in fO middot blL noc ehe piCIUfO

Ipl rt hlJlll my l1 tlt in on being ~imi lu- Unce 1 own an irlnd 1 (IgtIOmiddottone II~en the choice of LDglish lanulOpe hl~ )loXhc ~ Iwn in m~ thrnn from time co time bCCJultoC I 1 m

jillt Irntin unill chr ~p rinll of 19~ wh(1l 1 Ill)$dl ltI It dowo lOme of CboK Lmc-s

The MG is cquilly auepI Oil the miles an milu of n)(~ n ill bigbwlYs of ttW cOIUUry a~ well at the 1(oUh L I ClIII put SO miles aloay 11 Ihe bour fOI houcs 00 coY llI ilh poundaueue tbm in my pteviow ner ican CJC It u an JorJhlc Ca~ Town SA WQLtAM H Eu lOt

-INTERIM ASSESSMENT- I~I DhOptJl5nJ ue-Hepoundfntiresdnc (64618)-May I congratula te Michael Brown on his anicle dnaibrnl his apctirncu ith the It-li rre Rilq1

Yow Road Tesu 01 Uious can arc ucdkat io their N1IY but a IllOle iDcima te descriPtion ot 11 modd given by aD ownct is most inlCfCuieg to Othu OW1)Cf1 1Iod polential buycr

Could Michael Brown bt pcTSWide-d to write timilar article abow his rmow cu theJJ clirre~M G~PI9on me proud ownCJ of ooe of these a fniid iliCiUyenay pleasant w drive

be engine and I UI iliariC$ arr Cllfandy acccss ibl r l1ld they cmbod) mosl oIllc refinemCfl il dC1ircd b y keen (DOtonsu The lailill system i a joy to usc l1d hy plad llg qc bodu ef vClI)d IJIld~Qtb tht ink f~ [ can nisc he car riampht up for euy HrY1CU1[1 uodunC1lth

Thu iJ one ildll minnyen bO-verhich I lhiok should be fitted as tLlnoJard to J U can Tba is a ~Ior blind and I uudc one co Ie Illy at quile cuily and cbcaply 1 obmiDcd aD oI~ bowchold type of roJkr blitld from a junk shop and this )Wrably CJt down Iril fined b IDcIoDi o( IWO bndels io troD af the ndiatOr blod Thee bllDd is caorroHcd by I length of floible piCtUre wire passed Oltt the bcadct Iank aud lhmuah the bullrbelld 10 finish ie bull ring which CHI bt booked iu du~ posi(ions under the ~ttle For shon cuca 1 fiod tbe blind cao be IcIt fuUy clOlcd V1d the engine wums up qukJU

Polkcaone Kelt F R CoPE fA similu articl~ 011 tbe H-ti 4e MG appeared iII the August

1950 ~SUC coolcd Green-Mantied-poundD)

ea~bl)1 SeeretarrRegle1nrBdltor J OnaOh Bngland

Magae Pr1DUDg UJ raquo1UQll - Prolltltpr1rtt Ltd U5 Edlt10e - be Jen1lJ Pn_OaklalldCal1tomla

Sllaquore1J SSCl1JtlU7 J Br1er

Uttl ttrd StatetJ Cbapt~r-for- Sxoeeek Dand iUl1er

llIe alusic Y 1s lubliobed by S1cycol FuDli~tloDe the Jeanl iree-e-

rbe ecntMt of the art1 Itiea- and the technical adTic~ apTleuUtg ill this ma~Ute- represelt the viewa ot the reapeeU1e cofttllbutora and not neceasarUy those- o the tditor or the publishere- The GYm ealJlot be beld respolUJiblll tor allY l oss or damage resulttng troll the 1IIlellelltat10l1 ~ ~ adlee appeOlLxing in thls llIag1s1ne

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Weekend and a Quarter -

OUT OF TOWN

TWO It-UTRE MG MAKE AN EXMOOR VOYAGE

y Mithatl Brown

lOl l

r bad benl obvious frn- a tong time that lIlT hOSf had limilat tulCS tO my own We Md both beca to sea in tbI past-and Iiled it we both had a great affection

for the EnglUb coUDUsidr we bolb awnaJ ll-tim NlG5 (and liked them tOO) wd we both aacmptcd to COQvey to Others w writing somclhing ul the ploasw-es we cqxricnod behind tbc _hed The urnc Ioupbips in tbU conucc-cion nay be f~ lO older radcn and it is suffici~ to sa that ir wu to loaphips Devon nltme dIal me U middot toot w Ie the purpose of exploring the by-wa of Oevoo and Sornenn from the Culmc Valley nordllll2lCU 00 Evnoor aJtI the Btinol Ounncl

Our host owing to his lOOK ears of SoCIYice as a dator in the Navy Wa3 (Of the ocosion promolted to commodnre of tbe CODVOY Dis pr(SC1U sborcgoiog pncrio luvinamp abo cnUIlcd bUu [J lICquire ~ ccruin knowledge 01 lhc navigarion ol lOme ol the tcsscr- llnoWQ Devon lanes which it wu tboughl might prove wcful during our weekends His taStes feluhcd in a route lhar no motorist could fail to enjoy Ccnain1y we ~fe bow)d [0 Ctl illY it coodiUooat u we wc~ by (hc graciow hoopiuucy of an Eogwh country home and 001 evcc one dJy of 3l0lr t continuo rLia was bte to fIW lJut coioymcn~ for Ibe [(lY le had bccn OJllCiogly pL1oned to give a kiCk to the driving UJd tbu kid u (ortunucly inokpcndcne of welma The convoy set OUt 0 0 time rwo greeD can m oog compktcly in the tuods of the commodore the navigatll~ ~viog a day elf

TbU route then 1llU1l be taken tor _w it ia--ooc of naUy narrow but quite dSJ lanes plaquolvidcd you are OOt aft1id of rcvening and of stiff gr3dicou occuionilly occcssi-(1ltinS lirst iCU Ils a mOSUlc of their dancta noce on the mute is as difticulr as Period Hill wbicb Wu iDdudcd io the lOW Shaw such a route to bull Ii MG aod you can ~ hear it rub in hands together show it to two 01 them 100 they Want to elbow cacb omn- out of tint ptace Bw evCQ with tbeir ourow ovcralJ width (4h 11io) they mw( anay put in the lanes the a)(IUn()dore heads the colwnn perforce

The stutlng poim (Willand) has 11 pcciJ mtacstlcw ncu

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to it it spot _named VerlIecr OQhe map Vcrbcct i 1~middot 1 middot oU1ly DO EogIi$h DUDe althouampb tbc ptcnolid oW VUZl try bouse that it desaibes is u EogIisb U Q CUl be II IS oCtoOlllC ~y bad (rom the rood DQf the old rilbgc un poucues JacobcaD panelling ~ a Geo~ poundrunL ulc trccs waUot gatdcn and stabl~ complete the tndillUruJ pictUre

Bur tbe 1WDe RiampJu bad-13lb aorury or 5O-thc - Dutcb Ill supPOSed to have laadcd 10 ~ neigbbourhood P1ymotltb and made lbcir way tOonnis LJndoQ Orlr l

twO sensible fdlows dropped out on the vqy dccid in6 JI DevoQ wu good cnougb for them and csubtished uA famu[cadsu Verbcc It ~ to be ODe 01 the ocigintl builclinp of the village 01 WilLaDd lloog with Ibe c bunh Tbc third was bumcd dowo some yean 19o

We wae away to Tiveruu whidl OIl casual acquainonoe mighr be ~cd as a pkasanr oounuy [own wilO I chuckle ova Lhe eoonnous knile-aodfott sign 00 a WJP in the main stttct 11w WOUld tie I pity [Of TiutoO ~ ~e rutPruing oorneu Pop through Ul atch iD JO

oniillary f~e and a 14lh-ltcoruxy alley mly n 3td yu Peep through a ceruio ucb aM the rewud will be OW Bhmdells tbc ~ buildiDp of the famous sdlaot wumly grey bcyODd the grtal ~wns Ulal Devoo nin rrultCt easy of gtOWth Tread softly up the chWCbyu-d path ~ and san ilic-lOlIth wall richly ClC9cd with aobtans of trade and indusuy nwrial moab being prcUlXnUUflL (hQC ue the highligbn of bull worbday picrurc

To he oonh-wtSl be land tUcs toonrltU Esmltxw zraJ trom tbc cnain road we struck off irno the 1aoes aWing fc MoUaod [cuWd app~ wby the canmodorc bad 1uc-J Wiodlonc berm in ptaa 01 the mhO UDdigni6ed chop thae is ~ OIl tbc MG rOl tnoR 01 tbe CI)fDen uc blind U DCXl io lint we cDjoyul il 6e1d dly 01 ~ bOQ baviog oaly to Itoc-p the tail of tbt leadittamp MG lSI aiampbL UoJ roosequcnce me tOIoCbIy the boocysucJd~rz fcnu tnCJI$SO and lush IIf1ISICa al thc Devon hcdgcro~ be admind (the boneysuckk oouId be smelt clrifriOl Ln the Winda- 00 tbc warm wet -=suro air) 1bc Bin ~

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Jroos AUGUST 31 1951 1033

d~ punctuated by lile scick-snick cl the gtaT ilYCl ItJr u8Hr in usc Up down aDd round and JUddcnlymiddot ~WSJ Motbnd aam W2l4 IDI1 tbatch IWrurtiuaa and

)ooorhy Pakiw nmb1cn ampamplow agamn Ibc gC) d ~

MolNld has claims to (lImC fur West Molbnd manor lotUlcrly the selt ol the famous ~on family oJ Coor-

J ID the church there is double heartfil~ Ihich ~ bull the recrptaclc for the beam of ~ of lhc CountWfgt ~bis wife the familys ~s being ~cd Oil the stone

if tbh wac DOl sulticicnl COUDly inflwno MolWld ~ on the RiC Yeo bull iXvol1 name if (Va th~ was

I tOIl- North 0( the vilIae rises Anstey Common and up ~ SlCeP hill past Ccombc Gale- the cornmodon cat wcp1 up [0 the mcm

The Moon bull-Above about liXlOtt in Dcvllll the charactcr ~ me IODe

cnsnges abruptly Bradtc fiKbu thE bcathtt (or pride 01 rbce in me loU and grey Itone cropI OUI oJ the purple and srCUL The Kcotlc Iwnmi~ an a gnIl sweep of colaw COQth$I~ with the smalJ-squanrl chcqucrboud parurn at t-4arnxd land Iowa down au a fine day you CAD scc r Cornwall from up on Anstcy Moor IDd you JDighl aSDo lcdge your debt to a ccnain Froudc li1)IOCk who iid much to make this moor aocssible He is rorornnuor-Ilcd iu a singuilrly mstduJ W6J by a grall nalUrll boulder (JUt in Lbe heather on which his natnI and dncs ol birth and death have been carved

From umacumix Giltc (I207Ct) the road foUows the bas-bad of he moor lowanb DuJv~ plungiog down Iller reaching five CrV$S Wap into a stC(p ~ through which flows Duws Brook the 00rampr ol Oc-9oo IJld Somcr-$Ct At a crossina poUu-G1ade 8ridge-wc hmcbcrl coo-tcDlplaring bull rccp ~ on the odler ade ~ after II short warmiDg-up the MGs leaped up CIQ lD the Ennoor-plaTeau This wu ODe or the climb CIQ which first geu ~ needed MomeuariJy-and relativ~ C1C dropa dDWD again middotat Withrpocyen aod again Il poundford but the hcighls arc dominan wnil you Mvc OOaKdCOOSCDd Moon and are Icirtina Dunkcry HiD 00 the rictn

Here the chanctcruOc ampmoor coombe IC1Ina intrudes amp3 the road zig-up dowu through the tt=s toWards Ootu-sham The bradtal pro1O 10amp suppreuift d the lhen twf than might be apcctcd lhr )ttcam splashes along poundrow boulder to boulder in the nIlcy You lDUSl Coni thia urcam 11 Oauu-un and during a period ~ heavy rain a -

lbe --G Ue-rap dowu tAn7lb tlw bba-oQ thlouch the tiUmyard mo- io this pi~

~najSRfN is ad~ lacr the padbcne bridGe (Wet Horna Watcl to the left r1 the lCIampd should oot be misscd And then ruddcaly you ue 0Ul on boliday rouu A39 sod within CI mile r1 Porkrl viIJaae- Shall we climb Por-locki astrd the rommpdoce My CU bu DOC yet d~ i1 IDd I wmI bull ~ with my pnviow CDC

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CommeroOlamp1eO in a ~Iy tuIe-fuI ay-tbe bouIda B ~y

Itt hieb Iees ~ a IPClnQI iJ to Fl olik Haocod (186S-19D)_

NciIbrr baa aWx and it woold be I pit) to IXlIllr to me Wen Country md DOl[ to climb PorJod We trickJcd througb ~ viJltampe lhroogcd with can aod 9WCt hoLiday-

WEEKEND AND A QUARTER

maka-s aow drying off a little in the p31c wuhine that hd It lasf pcepaJ through the low cloud

Too m~ 0( Us I chitlk tend [0 usurne thu everyone knoW Porlock and climbs it I1Jccc~fully but the local glrISC propncror CU put lLlI right on that as also could the scene that afternoon Two cars wuc stopped in uoublc 0 0 we hill wd it 33 a Uju]1 curing ho licb ys Wa tched by spectator at the tWO bairpins low down I would DO miui~ miu the climb VoIhich is decidedly stiff md is bound [0 call (or first gear 0rI the I~ powerful car1 as wellu a sbaIp haul round on the firs t hairpin U ill doubt take me toll rood (u hundreds do) U in doubt as to a sItilful change down into bonom gear take proper D()OCC ot he sign d Ull reub Bouom gCU aow but nuke mrc that your speed bas dropped sufficient fOl sucouful ctglgctncIU U bliddy

bull coMdcnt splaquod into the firu hairpin La second SOT u hlp revs and make a smart change intO booom gear u soon as the nvs bavc fallen an the bairPin which they will quickly do Neva miod me disappoinanent OQ the r~ 01 the spcctalOIS 33 the ~cr goo in The plcarurcs yaun I

So IIVC climbed Portock and fac the record an MG that

could pr0b3bl) do with dccarboni2ariOD needed fir-n gcu over thelaquo sections It is a 1008 cliDrtgt-decc-ptively loog_ but be toU road with iu cuier Fdient is longer It it ilia much mote scenic fot Portod Bay a ampCJl[Je curve oudined io the white of Bristal Channel mkcs ames ioto view scvetal timt1l from varying hdghts TbU road wings to and fro under trees p~ through the tollgate aDd fetchcs up in the vilUge ~~ poundrom which we lOOk the route of no ~ (at ~I by iIoDotbcr road) to Porlock Weir a quilllhiogle havcD do -n on tbe bezch where a few yachu nuzzle each ather and there cao be no thxouamph ~

WQCtbf lies just beyond the Weir and bere ~ had the aquisite apezience of being shown Worthy Manor by io preSOt occupier who had kindly wviled 1nJi) Wtc tea with him It would be un13it to dilate an the M1nOr3 chatms bccluse it is strictly privale but it it a period gem the hilmiddot tory of which goo back to the 12th ccnllU) and it has betn mOH cudully preserved by Lady Lovelace There is much ori~1 timber a priests hole and a glorious garden down to the 1e3- where camelliu rhododendrons and aios grow thAt the frost would cut J owa farther elst its prc-scnt 0f(U

pam m~kes the old house liye with hi enthwiasm (oc it

coninul (

With the evening cunc the toft Dcvoo rlin Jg3in- thl ram to which the Devan gr=ery it oqocd atui as 5uch ixncr able to be borne with equanimUy We cut fro m AJ S ova- the hiU through Woonon Coucmq to Tim~f5comN on AJ and ~oag tha t ~ding main t03o dis1JinK to tbe vaDcyof the River Ele wtth ill that tha t implies in -cc nc rI we went bst home

_ But we tu~ not finisb~ with bOOlC~ of ~lury The 5undlY roonung broke with brilliult sunshine and flecy dOUltb Uld die haUl bdorc it Qlas DCCCSSlIry to nelJ Lon ~aW3fds agUn ~ be welr span Alter turning right m CulJornpooa mam 3trcct which i alO AJamp we climbed to[O tb7 taces again towards Bunerh~ j gh anJ up the hIll on which stmds HiD~oo Hou~ From thj s hi~ vantagemiddotpoint one cm look nonh--cl t wltd T HuU)n lad be ~wudcd by field md [armltcld o~ and hllkrst 1pread ie 3 pattcnl thai is DO( quite Deyon tlQ( q ui te Sncr set which is u it should be aear lht bocrlcc

Our host aod ~tess now adopted that cuaspirllrorial ~ chal says ~ but wit We wue quire CQ[Jtot to do so ~or the ~ wtdet the sua poured their gold l)j greltn UltO me alItlOspbcre It mile OC rwo beyond BultC tk igl following the road through the valley pm Gnat )Qrckd Pasm we suddenfy came out OIl to AJ DCU Bidlci~ crossed lhc ancitnt StOne bridge over the EJe (CadeJcigh r--BruIampc) puked and uroUd back to ~ the view

Enc1lsh Fr It is as Enamplish u mC1DOCU tea 1be riyer runs quie lly

and lIDOOlblJ bctwecn banks of b1ossom and ItICcn grass On tbe left bank (the right as y(IU observe it from the I n ~) Bowen 00 grw ue wiJd-gc1d of ogw1rt ltId St Jhnmiddot1 WQtt grecn of watcr-illC3dow QD tbe opposite side is the gaidy 01 bte SIlJllmdgJadioli pclargoniwns and phlor off- iCt by cJosemown ouf You may lunch on iliis bank l[

a Ulatched COI12gC by tbc rivenide along the village SacI and m the goIdfisb pcld you might rttnglloizc Doru and R~ dut ~ mocbcr WXJ

However this is DOl the pilu d4 ~ laquo this p Ul nl Oevoo Over the bridge- is lI sharp tcft-haod rum the f a d runuin3 aloog OIl be baok 01 the river uodc-r Ihe rf C- middot (I what the aup calls Bicklciih Coun witb leu ml i u~ (e for it is Biclddgh Castle Not much Ippe2n to h H bmiddotcon publhbed ~boul Bick1cigh Casdc but it is ul mclcnt ~h l k plimta)ingly restOred to a beaut that li rudy Surpltl Md

How (ar ooe sbould go and peer ilt such fesidencc3 IS I moot polnt but Bktlcigb Caulc is quite incmtibk and lhe aworz C30 but fcd flaucred at your tnbutc 11lc English ~ ue when they choosc tel be ~ cnfumcn in 51001 uld rul anis in a pnka aad h~ is proof 01 iL Drive IOfd park gcDJ1y and pal tribuu Then ClO$S the ro~d

For the n3torarioo did not stop at the castk Opposite it stOOd Il cwle byre IIp to 1929 when tbe true purpo$C of the ancicm 1lOllC building IftS axe ~ fulfilled for ir was runy Il Suoa chapeL Hue a similat rcstonrioo bas bccn curied out but Jae it bu becn imbued with 5OmcthifIg spiritual aod the reru1t ia in some peculiar way vuy mov- ing The unplc and tiny chapel It4n the imaginaLioQ Pot where twO oz three are gatbelaquod together in My rume then am t in the midst ol Ihctn In thil aocicnr place of worship the wocda frCIID St Manhcw ace lay apt

Olmide a sitnilar 0lCC hal been lavished OQ he chapels aetting foc the south door gllO co IQ a garden walled ill none The ontrC is a lawn bile a rwo--fect border mused in Bowen sbdzcn Wldu rbe wan The top 01 the wall bu been thmhcd with uaiDcreasiogJy ~ ~

fbis chen is thc KCIU hidinJ in lhiI pan d Devon It lhould be allowed its sanctity ~nractinamp only those who really wish to ~ it out aod arc re2dy to pay due regard to du propcr fodings of iu owner

The rramp of sigbbccn on the Suon tUgs would be urn-legious the soft IlCPS of the two or ~ Lbe lDOmenr of mediution and the willing ~ledgroalt fi the POWCt of amtianiry remain riabt ~ plopc1 bull