Couldn't resist shooting my 2000 on the plot prior to the start of set up on the (overcast and wet) Friday morning.
Driving test activities shot (with permission) from the roof of Gaydon on the Saturday.
After the huge amount of work and grief put into this event, having cars in four of the five launch colours out the front of Gaydon suddenly made me realise why it's all worth it. L to R - Paul Smith's City Grey 149FLK, Alan Francis's Copperleaf, my Rover White car, and Chris Wilson's Wedgie.
Sadly no chance of the missing fifth colour - Willow Green - I had written to every known owner beforehand to try and get one of them there - I estimate there could be as little as one car in the strange green/yellow left on the road in the UK.
Shame about the camper in the background!
Inside the museum Brian Humphries had arranged a little access to T4, the mother of all P6's (or at least, the oldest the breed).
The long awaited Sunday event was a complete monster. I never got out onto the main field at all, but did manage to fulfill a dream by getting 15 pre-1967 2000's lined up, including the four oldest cars on the road (both FLK's, Brenda's gold 2000 and Alan Francis's Copperleaf).
We had a couple of very distinguished Rover guests, including Rob Lyall, ex-Rover Engineering, who drove many of the famous prototypes in anger's 1965 2000 which is fitted with genuine Rover Rally kit, taken out of the skip at Solihull circa 1966, and still in use.
Chris York pulled off a masterpiece of organisation to get a large contingent of ex-Rover staff to Coughton, and then to get them to pose for photos in front of the house. The press were lapping it up and I can't wait to see the professional photos of this.
The amount of cars on the main field was breathtaking. I've not seen anything like this since the fabled Ragley Hall event in 2004, and I think we actually broke the all time attendance record for an RSR event, and probably had the biggest selection of P6's in one place since the P6ROC bash at Blenheim in 2003, if not before that. 112 the official count now!
Lots more will follow in 'Driving Force', no doubt, there were a lot of better photographers than me making merry.
In all, a bit of a Rover triumph with a small 't' and with some unforgettable moments. Well worth the severe amount of work put in.