[Rovernet] My Funny Rover Story

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What a great story! Thanks for sharing it with us!

   -- Bill D.


On 22-Jan.-2022 7:33 p.m., Roland Young via Rovernet wrote:
> Hi rover folks! My memory was jogged back when Wadhams was mentioned 
> recently. I thought I would tell my Rover Adventure as I do not 
> believe I've ever mentioned it. Here we go.
>
> It was around 2000 and was going to visit London, meeting up with my 
> wife that was on a business trip to India and then the UK. One of the 
> places I wanted to visit was Roverpart of London. We it was time for 
> me to go, my wife asked me to take on of the kids with me and she 
> would take the other to Harrod's. Ok, so with young child in tow, I 
> went down to the train station and bought a couple of BR tickets. I 
> asked the platform agent which track for Norwood Junction and he 
> asked, "What do you want to go there for?" My daughter gave me the 
> side eye at that time. We arrived in NJ and went looking for 
> Whitehorse Lane and came upon Roverpart of London. I spoke to the 
> owner (Mark?) and bought quite a few things, Rover 3L Brochure, amber 
> turn lenses (my red ones were faded and the amber ones were 1/2 the 
> price. I also bought a replacement steering wheel. The owner, told me 
> to hurry, it was starting to get dark and that I should return to the 
> train station. He mentioned how surprised his wife was in moving there 
> as she had come from Cornwall. I guess Cornwall is a less gritty town. 
> We did get on the train before dark and we got many quzzical looks 
> from other passengers while we sat there holding a steering wheel.
>
> Fast forward to going back to the states: Seems there were a lot of 
> issues with BA that day and that our luggage was going to be on a 
> separate flight and if I can identify 3 items in my luggage so they 
> can get it back to me. He stopped me at steering wheel. Yes, we were 
> reunited with our luggage. It was a very good trip as I was able to go 
> to the autojumble at Ally Pally that trip and we went to Lemington Spa 
> so we could go to the History Museum in Gaydon. We stayed at the 
> "Manor Inn"(?). That was also funny as we took a bus from Lemington 
> Spa and dropped off at the entrance to the Museum. It's probably a 1/4 
> mile from the road to the museum and the site of the four of us 
> walking on the road. The guards felt bad for us and give us a ride in 
> a golfcart to the entrance. I wish I had more time there as I spent 
> some time looking up my 3L and found it in the books and ordered the 
> build sheet. I also bought "In The Rover Tradition" video. On the way 
> back we could not remember which direction we came from, so my wife 
> and oldest stayed on one side of the road and my youngest and I stayed 
> on the other. We flagged down a bus and he told us it's not an offical 
> stop and that if we were still there on his way back he would pick us 
> up. He did and we made it back to Lemington Spa safe and sound. Hope I 
> didn't bore everyone.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Roland
>
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