Scoring some automobilia gems at Beaulieu
In theory, sitting in the bar of the Holiday Inn in Eastleigh playing Japanese Top Trumps with my girlfriend on Saturday night should have been a low point of my existence, but I felt pretty good, despite the fact that Jap cars of that period are remarkably formulaic and give little scope for an interesting game.
I also bought a fantastic (and working) period illuminated Fiat dealership sign, a Jaguar MkX jigsaw puzzle, a Dionne Warwick album, with Dionne sat in a white Jaguar E-Type, and a plastic friction toy Alfa Junior Z that everyone was ignoring, but which I thought was a steal for £5 at the end of play.
