It rained, it poured, it stopped, the sun shone, it rained a bit more then the sun came out again and stopped awhile.

Thanks to the Alfa Romeo Owners Club for hosting another superb day at the beautiful Chatsworth House in Derbyshire – luckily for me and Mrs. B only a 30 minute drive away.

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Lots and lots of Alfas taking over the area immediately in front of the house – with just one interloper in a Mercedes C-Class who became lost trying to leave Chatsworth and found himself driving though the biggest Alfa car park in Britain. I particularly liked the advice given to him from one of the many excellent marshalls: “Just keep heading towards the lake and then park it in the lake . . . ”

Missed the Montreal and the 8C; was disappointed that there was no Giulia there – come on Mangoletsi, make an effort!

Mrs. B arriving at Chatsworth
Mrs. B arriving at Chatsworth

All in all it was well worth the visting – the GT got some admiring looks and it was good to meet up with my brother, his partner and her son who arrived in my brother’s Brera.

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Little Bro, Ann and Sam

Hope you enjoy the pics!

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By Steve Berry

Freelance motoring writer and member of the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers with a love of cars, motorbikes and running. I lied about the love of motorbikes. They scare me to death - although I would like to own a Ducati 996 in red which I would just look at but never ride. No, not ever.

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