Met Karen (Practical Classics art editor and director of today's photo shoot) at work at 07:30 and set off in the sun for Rockingham.
Greeted owners at the gate with goody bags then drove down through the tunnel, past the pits and out onto the track. Took up position on the grid with 90-odd other classic cars.
Four photographers, one on cherry-picker, two on startline gantry, one on track. Staff positioning cars, owners very patient. Two parade laps of Rockingham, one for stills one for TV. Clouds gathering.
Live TV (ITV lunchtime news) interview from top car park. Heavens opened. Still wet as I write this, four hours later.
THIS IS the story of life with a classic car. I drive a 1972 Jaguar XJ6 and write about it here. I'm Martyn Moore, former editor of Classic Cars magazine. This is a two-year story about the roller coaster ride of classic car ownership. The most recent entries come from a classic car rally in 2005, the last journey I made in the car before putting it into storage. Use links on the right for earlier entries.
