Midget 50

Anita, Rob & Jenni at Midget 50

After the June meeting, a group of us set of down the A1 in the general direction of Burghley House for the Midget 50 celebrations the following day. This included Anita & Mark, Ken & Julie, Harvey & Lesley and for part of the way Rob & Jenni (and of course Sarah & Tim). En route we met up with Peter & Leonie in their newly acquired 1500 Midget.

The event was well supported with over 800 spridgets of all varieties in attendance. It was great to meet up with and see so many Yorkshire MASCites at Midget 50, who had all made the journey down in their cars in the face of bad weather forecasts of heavy rain, which sadly came to pass. Despite it being such a wet day, it was amazing to see so many spridgets together in one place again, and to be reminded of how well supported spridgets are by Yorkshire folk and to see so many old friends we have made over the years through our fun little cars. There were too many of you to mention here, but you know who you are and it was great to see you.

There is a fanstastic set of photos of Midget 50 here

Sarah & Tim

June Mtg at Ye Jolly Farmers

Sprites leaving June's meeting

We had a fantastic turn out at June’s meeting, with 11 spridgets and a couple of modern cars in attendance, figures doubtless being boosted by former area reps Anita & Mark’s attendance during their holiday from Australia, and by folk driving together down to Midget 50 after the meeting.

In addition to regulars Rob & Jenni in their k-midget, Harvey & Lesley in their Austin Sprite, Ken & Julie in their Mk 1 Midget “Little Red”, and John & Jeanette in their 1500, we were joined by Mike Bainbridge in his frog, Geoff & Hilary in their frog, and Tony in his Toyota 4AGE powered Midget. Guy & Hazel from Cumbria in their Austin Sprite called in en route to Burghley House and Anita & Mark were over from the Gold Coast in Anita’s Mk 3 Sprite “Kevin” which had been taken out of storage for their UK visit.

Finally, in addition to our own Sebrina (Sarah’s new Mk 3 Sprite “Daphne” staying under wraps this month), we were joined by Steve from Peterlee in his very pretty Peugeot french blue midget on its second ever day out after restoration.

Pictures from the meeting are here.

Sarah & Tim