Castle Combe Speed Festival
In June 2003 we attended the Castle Combe Speed Festival, a weekend of motor racing involving
British GT Championships, Formula 3, Caterham R400s, TVR Tuscans and Castle Combe Saloon Cars.
We stayed at Dornden Guest House in Old Sodbury, a delightful Victorian-era former vicarage with beautiful
views across Sodbury Vale to the Severn Bridges and Welsh hills beyond.
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| Dornden Guest House |
'Ivy' been framed by Jenny Walker |
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| It's a hard life |
It's that car again |
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| Blending in with the surroundings |
Can you recognise these 3 wise men? |
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| De Walt Tuscans fresh from Le Mans |
I'll get the front view on the next lap |
Having enjoyed ourselves so much in 2003 we returned again in 2004 and stayed at Widleys Farm, a 200 year old farmhouse in Sherston,
Malmesbury, Wiltshire. The Festival comprised the same races as the previous year.
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| Widleys Farm |
Oops! Missed the sign saying there was a ford at the end of the road! |
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| Nuff said! |
One day I'll get the hang of this motor sport photography! |
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| Morgan Aero 8 |
Marcos |
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| Caterham R400s |
TVR Tuscans |
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| Formula 3s kicking up dust |
As you can see, the weather suddenly got a lot worse ... |
...but the weather soon picked up and the flames from
the Formula 3s kept us warm!
We really enjoy the variety of races at the Castle Combe Speed Festival so we returned yet again in 2005 and stayed at the Sodbury House Hotel in Old Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, together with a team from Ferrari Motorsport and the T-Sport team racing Formula 3!
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| Sodbury House Hotel |
Start of the British GT Race |
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| Ferraris...too good for the competition |
Always nice to see a Marcos racing |
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| Morgan Aero 8 sounding as good as ever |
Noble for sale.....yours for only £58,000 |
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| UK Formula Fords at The Esses |
Fast sweeping right hander |
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| F3 at Old Paddock |
F3 at Tower Corner |
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| John Cooper Mini Challenge at Tower Corner |
TVR Sagaris |
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| Minis at Bobbies |
Apparently the racing wasn't exciting enough for some! |
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| Not advisable to hit the tyre wall at Bobbies |
2nd hit of the day and it's been knocked further than the first |
At last, back to its original position. "Now don't do it again!"
Although we knew the format would be different this year, due to local noise complaints, we returned to the Castle Combe
Speed Festival in 2006, again staying at the Sodbury House Hotel in Old Sodbury, South Gloucestershire. The main differences
were the lack of the British GTs and Formula 3s.
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| Mini Coopers |
Radicals |
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| Formula Fords |
More Minis |
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