<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Yes it totally counts. My car is not ready for the road so I took a photo in my garage. I encourage others who are in snow country and their cars are in hibernation, to take a photo in the garage. Did you take a photo yesterday? If so, send it to <a href="mailto:DriveYourTriumphDay@gmail.com" class="">DriveYourTriumphDay@gmail.com</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rye</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 11, 2025, at 9:24 AM, John Innis <<a href="mailto:jdinnis@gmail.com" class="">jdinnis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><p dir="ltr" class="">Sadly the weather was not cooperating. I did work on the car, does that count?</p>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 11:15 John Macartney <<a href="mailto:johnBMacartney@gmx.com" class="">johnBMacartney@gmx.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word" class=""><div class="m_-6329949805663901783WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">How many on this list made a special journey yesterday on Sir John Black’s birthday – aka Drive your Triumph Day? It would have been 130 years since his birth and 60 years since his death.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I confess that since I no longer own any Standard or Triumph car, I made my pilgrimage to his former home at Tachbrook Mallory, a village near to the City of Coventry and very close to the town of Leamington Spa in my newly acquired Kia Sportage hybrid which is a car that has greatly impressed me . Attached is a picture of the south-west face of Sir John’s former home but admittedly taken in the summer a few years ago when the weather was so much nicer than the cold, very wet and even more windy winter day in England, as yesterday proved to be.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The building is now and has been for a long time past, a *<b class="">very</b>* prestigious ‘boutique’ hotel and restaurant but you’ll be able to go inside it if you click on this link - <a href="https://www.hotelsone.com/royal-leamington-spa-hotels-gb/mallory-court-country-house-hotel-and-spa.html?utm_campaign=gb-United-Kingdom-Hotels-eu-en-uk&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=bing&utm_content=gb%20%7C%20royal-leamington-spa%20%7C%20528438%20%7C%20mallory-court-country-house-hotel-and-spa&uid=e9338a2e-7179-4ef1-8c7b-078209deda8f&as=b&aid=77790657007190&dsti=528438&dstt=8&nid=1&sl=9&msclkid=0ff76fd337ce11a6aba108784b4244cb&akw=77790879386964" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">Mallory Court Country House Hotel and Spa, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom - Lowest Rate Guaranteed!</a> In the event any lister should find themselves in the UK at a future date and decides to make a ‘pilgrimage’ and to sample the food and drink while there, may I just advise you to ensure your credit card is of the asbestos type because this is most definitely <b class=""><u class="">not</u></b> a ‘Mom and Pop’ establishment when it comes to paying for things. Many years ago (27 years to be precise) a close friend who was doing a taxi driving job took a client there and while waiting to take said client to another local destination, my friend chose to order one freshly grated cheese sandwich and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice while he waited for his client to shower and change. My friend then signed for those two items upon leaving (which cost was to his client’s account) and was horrified to be charged the princely sum of US$37 plus a 15% service charge for just one sandwich and a small glass of his drink!!!!!!!!!!!! Patronise this establishment by all means if you visit but prepare to eat spaghetti or any form of cheap pasta for the rest of your UK stay.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jonmac<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p></div></div>** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br class="">
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