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<p>What a great story! Thanks for sharing it with us!</p>
<p> -- Bill D.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22-Jan.-2022 7:33 p.m., Roland Young
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Cheers.</div>
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