Classics Monthly

Lowlight trip to Wales is summer highlight

After several months with relatively little travel, I looked forward to a week-long sojourn in North Wales at the end of August. Regular readers will be aware that this is a trip I like to make annually, as it provides the perfect confluence of interests – brilliant roads for classic car driving, plenty of steam railways, and the opportunity for walking in the beautiful Snowdonia mountains.

For the first time, I had two Morris Minors suitably modified for long-distance driving. I would have liked to take Lily,

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