We had the traditional trip down to Brooklands for their New Year's Day gathering. The museum's staff and volunteers had put in a lot of hard work to get the Museum open again after their recent flooding, so many thanks to them for all their efforts to make the day possible. The weather was not great on the day, torrential rain, gusting winds and a damp chill in the air, so I wasn't expecting much of a turn out of classic cars, but was very pleasantly surprised by how many people had made the effort to bring their pride and joys out in the appalling conditions.

Obviously the classic car owners are a hardy bunch, and it just demonstrates the tremendously loyal following that Brooklands has. There really were some lovely classics on display, but let us just hope that the weather improves for the other events at Brooklands later in the year.

The cars parked around the historic banking

The puddles soon began to increase in size, as the day went on.

They came in all colours.

Back To The Future Cars

Gorgeous early Aston.

A little bit of French style on the banking.

One of my favourite vehicles on show, which demonstrates that it is not always the rarest, or valuable, or pristine that appeals to us the most. Just loved the patinated look of this van.

Festive decorations are not only for the Christmas Tree!

The rain kept falling, and the water kept running off the cars.

Wet Aston badge.

E-Type Headlight.

Leaping Big Cat.

Yellow MG in the rain.

All belted in.

Looks almost human doesn't it?

Modern Morgan looking menacing.