Minis by the sea was a relatively small but laid back show attended by some of the EDMC members on Sunday 13th August. There were six of us on the club stand in total with a few more cars scattered about elsewhere. Although the weather was a bit dodgy, I don’t think it put too many people off; it was more sunshine & showers than L2B 2006 style. When the sun did come out it was a good chance to have a wander about the show & head down to the town centre for some grub. Strangely enough there was no food on site in order to ‘look after local businesses’ or something so I headed down to a restaurant called KFC to taste the local Worthing delicacies. And it was good!

There were quite a few decent cars on show including a supercharged van, a selection of cool clubman estates & some original looking classics. The club stand looked as good as most & hopefully we might have picked up a couple more members. There were only a couple of trade stands & one or two stands of auto jumble but it was nice enough to just sit around chatting & breaking the occasional table (Sorry….) I think it was of poor build quality personally, & what with the uneven ground &that… Anyway, in all it was a good day out & more relaxed than some of the larger mini shows on the calendar. The journey back was a nice drive in convoy along the coast past Shoreham, Hove, Brighton etc and we all made it back without any breakdowns!

Stephen