The Concorde was much smaller than we expected. We went on a tour which took us through the the history and flights of the Concorde and then we sat on the plane and watched a video of the pilot talking us through a take off, flight and then landing. The cockpit was so tiny that we werent able to go in there as it was too difficult for everyone to clamber over all the equipment.
After the Concorde adventure we went out to the banked track of the original raceway, there is about 400mtrs of the original track preserved. The surface was really rough and we wondered how on earth the motorcars of the early 1900s managed to get around the slopes!
The Museum is set on 30 acres of land, only some of which is utilised now. It was an opportunity to wander around old planes, cars and motorcycles. Very interesting and informative - we spent four hours wandering around the place. We even had lunch there - sausages, chips and baked beans!
This is the private jet owned by the Sultan of Oman and gifted to the Museum in 1987. We were allowed to go inside and see the very plush interior.
Craig was particularly interested in the motorcycles! At the entrance to the museum is the home of Mercedes-Benz - sales, service and testing tracks - huge!
After the museum we drove back through the countryside seeing where Craig stayed in the late 80's on his last visit. We passed the Elephant and Castle, which unfortunately wasnt open but it still had the same King and Barnes sign above the door - bloody horrible beer it was back then (apparently).Tonight we are heading out for a curry and tomorrow the plan is to head down to Brighton!
