Ferrari Mondial . Net

The postponed Ferrari Owners’ Club UK National Concours meeting finally took place at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire on September 23rd 2007. Originally planned for the 1st July the castle grounds had been flooded due to the incredible amount of rain in the preceeding weeks which had left half of the UK under water.

Anyone hoping for an Indian summer style september Sunday was greeted with a cold, grey, drizzly morning, the rain did intensify around lunchtime, but thankfully held off after that. Despite this there was a great turnout of Ferraris, and Broughton castle is a fantastic backdrop to showcase the cars. Highlights for me included the usual F40s, an F50 which was a first for me, a Bugatti Veyron appeared just as I was leaving (damn! The relevance of this must be that the Ferrari owner’s club originally started life 40 years ago as the Ferrari and Bugatti Owner’s club) and to top it all a pristine 288 GTO turned up… wow! There were also some lovely classic 250/275s on display, I took lots of photos, I will have to put them on a photo sharing website or something when I get the time. In the meantime check out my videos from the event on YouTube.