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by mgb and mgb gt v8 to sorrento

17/8/2016

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As you may know my daughter Frances married her fiancé Alex in Sorrento, Southern Italy, on 29th July. She requested her Dad's MG as her wedding car, so this was as good a reason as any to undertake a very special trip. Andy and Karen joined us - they are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary this year and have special memories of Sorrento. When it came to the wedding they provided invaluable support - Andy is a great polisher - he also drove the car to the venue and then brought if safely back from the reception down a perilous road above the Amalfi Coast; meanwhile Liz and I were dancing the night away! This was some feat as by the time he got to the Sorrento Town Centre it had been closed to vehicular traffic for the evening. Not only did he talk himself through the first roadblock, but he got the police to radio ahead to clear the way for him.

To our surprise, whilst waiting for the return ferry in Naples, an MGB owning Italian cop pulled up to admire the cars. To our further surprise, whilst waiting for the next ferry to take us from Sardinia to Corsica, another MG loving cop stopped to take photos of the cars. This one spoke good English and even subscribed to MG Enthusiast!
If you want to know more please have a look at an article I was asked to do for the MGCC V8 Register - please click the link to view the document:
v8 Register Article
Some photos (click portion shown to view full photo, e.g. the bride! and also captions):


The bride 25 years ago, the same car and someone with a bit of a comb-over:
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