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london1952

GLOUCESTER (for the day!)

Feb 26, 2012 16:40

Our lovely friend Ricardo (bazanges) was due to visit us for a few days last week, but has instead had a couple of weeks stay in hospital.... so I thought I'd surprise him on Friday by turning up unannounced at afternoon visiting time. Direct trains from London to Gloucester (and back) are surprisingly few, so I booked tthe nearest either side of the ( Read more... )

gloucester, ricardo

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dan4behr February 27 2012, 13:18:36 UTC

Lovely photos.

I'm always curious about cars from other countries. Are you able to identify them? I'm curious about the silver and blue cars parked in one of the shots...
Is the silver one a Peroda? The blue one... a Fiat?
A guess?

london1952 February 29 2012, 16:20:23 UTC

Sadly I'm not really....though I believe the blue one is a Fiat, I'd never even heard of Perodua until I looked it up !! Fat lot of good I am at car-spotting !! I have to say the badge looks more triangular than the oval f Perodua cars..... ;-)

dan4behr February 29 2012, 17:42:37 UTC

I only knew Perodua as they were made infamous several times by the 'commentaries' of BBC host Jeremy Clarkson:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perodua_Kelisa#In_media

london1952 March 4 2012, 14:37:12 UTC

He has now become more famous here for his gaffs and non-pc statements.... "a bit too big for his boots" my mother would say , and "ideas above his station"! LOL ;-)