Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Wednesday 9th Jan – British car museum, drive back to Auckland via Taupo for lunch


Again, we tried to eke out every last minute of our holiday. Just because it was the last day didn’t mean we had to go straight home, right?!  In fact, we hardly drove for ten minutes before our first stop – the British Car Museum in Haumoana.

An unexpected treat which turned into a session reminding us of our age.  You know you’re getting on a bit when you discover your teenage wheels are now gathering dust in a car museum:

A match for my sister's Ford Ka (above) and the Ford Fiesta, Blandy, we shared as our first wheels (below)

Another surprise was discovering an MG Rover 75 which had been donated by a family from Essex in 2016, only ten minutes down the road from where we used to live! 

A Rover 75.... donated all the way from Essex!

There were so many cool cars crammed right to the ceiling in this museum, we spent a few hours exploring the massive warehouse:

 
We stopped off to view a waterfall on our way through to Taupo for a tasty lunch. Then it was a steady cruise home for me to prepare for getting back to work the next day.

 

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