Thursday, August 21, 2025

The 2025 Festival of Speed

 Celebrating the world of Formula 1 facing, the Goodwood FOS was an event to remember, made even better by enjoying a hospitality suite at the event as well as visits to well-known museums, thanks to Steve Austin's Great Vacations.

The world famous Beaulieu museum and grounds boasts an amazing collection. Just to avoid confusion, it should be noted that the Britishers pronounce "beaulieu" thusly: "Be-you-lee". I can hear the French people groaning from here. Anyway, here we go.



The television and movie collection included Mr. Bean's famous yellow mini and the real, no kidding, flying Anglia of Harry Potter fame.


Here's the FOS event centerpiece at Goodwood:


And some of the wide selection of automobiles both on display and under power, "climbing the hill".


The final day included an airshow compliments of the UK military.

We stayed an extra couple of days in Portsmouth at a boutique hotel we'd been to before, called The Ship Leopard - No Children. You gotta love that. Found a local pub, The Ship Anson, well within stumbling distance and offering beer, beef pies, fish and chips, and atmosphere.

The weiner dog contest was, once again, won by Gordon with a final tally of one to nothin'.