Welsh Rarebit

I recently had the good fortune to spend a couple of weeks in England on business this past February. Now, many of you may be asking yourselves, “Hmmm, England in February. Me thinks, Mr. Annis is one taco short of a combo plate.” While you would be – for the most part – right, there was a method to my madness. First, it was just a quick train ride to Paris for the famed Retromobile show (a must see for every die-hard enthusiast). Second, it was also a great opportunity to catch up with our growing group of contributors in the U.K. And finally, the most important reason of all, I had to use up my frequent flyer miles before March or else they would expire! Now, while you probably wouldn’t expect much motorsport or classic car events to occur in the U.K. during the dead of winter, you’d be surprised at what the world’s most die-hard enthusiasts can bring themselves to when they are desperate for an octane fix.

After arriving jet lagged and strung out from my long journey, I couldn’t have been at our fearless European Editor Ed McDonough’s house more than fifteen minutes before he came storming down the stairs to inform me that we were going to Wales the next day so that I could photo- graph him test driving the world’s only Alfa 147 rally car. Lucky me!