On the way back from Scarborough, I have to say was the most dramatic drive I’ve had in the MG. Driving the MG, we had the rest of the crew in front in a modern SUV. At the dead of night we lost the convoy. On top of the North Yorkshire Moors, with no lights at all, no signal, heavy rain and even animals running out in front of us! Safe to say however, the MG didn’t miss a beat. It did me incredibly proud and got us safely back to Goathland where pints and ales were waiting for us. I experienced the steepest roads I’ve ever driven on, but still our cars did us incredibly proud. We test drove each other’s cars to see just how different, yet similar, they all are too!
I can’t really begin to describe how much this trip meant to us all. After a year of cancelled car shows and lockdown, being able to get out and about with friends (socially distanced) and our cars was so needed. Seeing my own car at filming locations I’ve been watching on TV for years was truly incredible and like a dream come true. Tourists, hikers and fellow Heartbeat fans were admiring the three cars around the village and parking them outside the village shops, they were like celebrities. People asking questions about them and taking photos. Out and about we were receiving miles of happy faces and waves, all things that have been hard to achieve during what’s turned out to be a mostly negative year.