Village Festival, Classic Cars and Pop up Caravans!

Last weekend was my little Village’s annual Village Festival.  I worked out that I haven’t been to to this, despite having lived there for a very very long time, for about 10 years!!! (when I was a girl guide and was in the parade through the village!)  But this year, after I finished my degree last year and actually remembered it was on, I decided to pop along.  I also wanted to make sure I went as every year the Basingstoke Classic Car Club (try saying that quickly!) display all their finest and most beautiful vintage cars – who knows they might come in handy for future Betty Blue’s photo shoots!

So armed with my camera my parents and I walked down, which turned out to be silly as the sun decided to come out for once and by the time I got there I was all hot and bothered and my shoes rubbed :s……but we shouldn’t complain about the sunshine as it doesn’t happen often.  So being all hot and bothered my first port of call was the Pimms tent!  I was slightly outraged to have to pay £3 for my Pimms as it was in a manly plastic beer mug AND only half full, but I guess things have gone up in price.  My anger soon faded though when I caught sight of the Garlic Farm stall.  I visited the Garlic Farm on the Isle of Wight last summer when I was on my “Glamping Staycation” at Vintage Vacations, and picked up the most delicious smoked garlic whilst there.  So I trotted off and bought some more smoked garlic mmmmm – I say I bought it but in reality I made my Dad buy it for me 🙂 teehee.  Will have to look out the cook book I bought from them on the Isle of Wight to see what to make with it.

Me standing next to a pretty car Pimms in hand!

A lot of the other stalls were a bit rubbish, the usual tombolas and raffles for the local schools and various charity stalls.  I was tempted to go over to the Help the Heroes; an outfit I am working on is inspired by WWII so it would be nice to give something back for the inspiration to a modern War Heroes Charity.  But since the outfit is still in the making I didn’t in the end.  So I headed to the pretty cars!  Here are a selection of my favourites.

View of all the cars some not quite so “Vintage” as others

Gorgeous sporty looking car

1930’s Car – I like to think it would be in an episode of Poirot or Miss Marple

And my absolute favourite because it looks like a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car and was beautifully restored

Not the best pic with a lamp post in the way!

The outside of one – you can see the tiny bed and cooker 🙂

They sort of fold in the middle and go flat when you store them – God knows how they stay up!

Inside of a slightly different one complete with the much needed picnic hamper (you can also just see the corner of a ceramic sink!!  bottom left)