50th Anniversary Trip

We arrived in London in late July and picked up the Morgan at Heathrow, then took off to visit the birthplace of all MGA's - Abingdon. The factory was replaced by condos years ago, but the Kimber House office building remains.

From Abingdon we headed north to meet up with MGA friends, Colyn and Chris Firth. We had never met in person before, but had "met" on the MGA BBS internet forum. Colyn and Chris, in their beautiful 1960 MGA MKI, led us north into Scotland where we participated in the yearly Scottish MGA Day - a wonderful 125 mile tour of the Scottish Highlands and Lochs.

Here's a video of driving the "High Road" through the Scottish Highlands:

We drove the Morgan all through Scotland, then down to England's incredibly beautiful Lake District.

While there, the Morgan surprised us with the classic "parts falling off this vehicle are of the finest British Craftsmanship"

We managed to zip-tie the bumper back on, then later got some bailing wire to make it solid. Unfortunately, the cooling fan died while in heavy traffic. The rental agency sent a repair truck, but no permanent fix could be found, so we asked for another car. They offered a new Mustang GT, but we couldn't see ourselves touring the British Isles in Detroit "Iron". After threatening to end our contract they came up with this...

Yikes! This was a rolling piece of historic art!

Despite the problems, the E-Jag got us to Liverpool - the place the Beatles became famous. Melon was in heaven!

Inside the Cavern Club:

Ferry Cross the Mersey:

After two days in Dublin, we rented a 2019 Audi in Dublin (stick shift of course), then traveled the full width of Ireland to the west coast and the famous Cliffs of Moher.

We spent a week touring the Dingle Peninsula, the Ring of Kerry, Killarney, Cork and Kinsale before flying home from Dublin.