PRIZE OF A LIFETIME

摘要

In September 2018 I made my annual pilgrimage to the Goodwood Revival in West Sussex. Whilst walking past the Rally Round stand, my eyes fell upon an advert which read: "Win a place on one of our rallies. Fill out this form to enter." Embracing the mentality 'he who dares, wins', I instantly filled out the form, popped it into the box and thought nothing else of it. On 1 July 2019 I got a phone call: "Mr Beard, do you remember filling in a form at our stand at last year's Revival? Well, you have won the competition to join us on the rally from Paris to Biarritz which starts on 16 September. Can you come?" The caller explained that I would have to take part in a pre-1975 car. I was in disbelief and instantly started to work out how to get my Mini roadworthy after it had been off the road for a year due to overheating.