Please allow me to apologise for my tardiness with this report - no excuses I’m afraid.

60 Minis, 60s dress code and lovely bright sunshine. What more could be asked for when you’re going to a Mini show. 11 May saw us all gather at the D-Day Museum on Southsea seafront to convoy into Gunwharf QUays where we would be displaying the cars in the shopping centre for the day.

Breakfast underneath the Spinnaker Tower (in the cafe!) and then all the cars were carefully marshalled in and parked.

A fantastic day with lots of exposure for the cars, raising money for charity through the Italian Job. I have no idea how much was raised but I saw donations dropped into the pot all day. I was even handed some change by the waitress in Pizza Express to put in.

So, a few photos:

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There are 50 photos in my Flickr set for the event.

Following the Gunwharf Quays event, the organisers had us all return to Southsea Common. We were try attempt to break the record for the longest queue of moving Minis, currently standing at 273. Unfortunately we were a little short with only 165 cars in attendance - we brought Southsea to a standstill though, probably the biggest traffic jam they’ve ever seen!

I am told that we will be attempting the record again - we need this record back in the home of the Mini - taking it back off the Americans. Details will be published as soon as we have them.