A morning walk on the seafront - Wheels Festival 2023

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The weather has taken a turn for the worse this weekend with a good few showers. They've been welcome though, it has been humid and they've freshened things up a little.

It was a lovely weekend last week and a great opportunity to go for a walk along the seafront and visit the local Wheels Festival. As a petrol head and lover of taking photos, it scratched two itches as the same time, the youngest also got to test out her new scooter.

There was a real mixture of things to see. Classics, performance, modified and also a wall of death, monster truck rides and stunt shows. A fantastic free event.

In no particular order!

This funky little Rover. I'm not sure whether its a Rover Metro or Rover 100 but as you can see it's a little shorter than normal!

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I'm a fan of Jaguars and would love to drive any one of the supercharged derivatives. There were a bunch of XK R models (R denoting it's supercharged) for me to drool over.

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I think this is a Corvette Stingray from the 1960s and to be honest, one of my favourite cars on show,

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Also one of my favourites as I'd love to build one of these! It's a DAX Cobra built from a kit. The bonnet hides a 6300 cc V8 engine. Not the kind of car to drive in anything other than perfect conditions.

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I love old Fords! My mum had Mk2 Escort when I was a nipper. I can just about remember remember my dad having a MK4 Cortina and Sierra too.

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Another car that's a little shorter than intended when on the design board! A cool VW camper ... that's now a little too small for camping.

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This green Escort Mexico was something a little special. Like the orange one about I imagine this would have an eyewatering price tag if if found itself for sale.

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Is it a Ford? Is it a Lotus? A 1966 Lotus Cortina, again it'll be worth a small fortune!

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Somebody else likes their Jaguars! Made me chuckle that this one had a baby seat in the back.

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Another DAX kit, 5736cc V8. I love the Coupe styling.

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Randomly grabbed a shot of the old Naval Hospital.

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As somebody who's terrified of heights, I'll not be doing this any time soon!

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Being the first weekend of the month, the local lifeboat crew were out on exercises.

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My youngest daughter loves America style trucks so this was her pic of the bunch.

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Lots to see, I love the old vs the new.

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The Winter Gardens are looking so run down these days. Thankfully there's a plan to bring them back to life.

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I thought my youngest would have fancied a trip on the monster truck but she thought it looked "terribly dangerous". I'd have loved a bash!

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I've never gone on Monster truck before and I don't think I can ever do so...
It will be so scary and I am also scared of heights just like you

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Even though I'm not that into cars I can appreciate them. Some people do spend a lot of time and money on their customs. I saw a local hotrod out today. I know the 'petrolheads' don't like EVs, but they will have their toys for a long while yet.

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I would have loved a go on the monster truck!

Looks like a lovely day. We have a much smaller classic cars event in a local town, but we have vintage trams and buses, too 😍.

Fabulous shot of the Naval Hospital.