Well, the East of England Show is over - show number two! A good weekend, and great to catch up with Chris Perkins who owns Goddess RXP 558. After meeting up on Saturday morning, we travelled in convoy down to Peterborough, arriving slightly late after I had to work on the ignition system yet again! The show was touch and go given the torrential rain on Friday but the show went on, unlike many others recently.
Rough running was the issue with 326, the plugs were badly sooted again. A cursory clean failed to solve the problem so removal of the leads to clean the terminals was in order. One lead fell apart when I touched it, then the HT lead exploded when I removed it! That might be a problem. Having searched the road for the bits, and rebuilt it all, it fired perfectly, so new leads and a coil are in order!
Saturday saw small numbers of people to be honest, kept away by the rain and these straightened economic times perhaps. That said, the afternoon was hot enough for my head to burn whilst sitting listening to one of the live bands! After evening meal and a few beers with the Royal Navy recruiting team in the Elgoods beer tent, I settled for a night out of the rain on the surprisingly comfortable bench seat at the back of the cab.
Sunday started wetter but cleared up during my bacon butty; crowds seemed bigger with the collected fire engines attracting interest. Sadly, again it was too wet for any action in the parade ring. Then it was a mini convoy back home, with enough time to clean the mud off the tyres and to remove all the locker contents to give the lockers and hoses an airing in the afternoon sunshine.
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