The 2024 Summer Rally was held at Compton Verney nr Gaydon Motor Museum, Warwickshire. well over a thousand MX-5s turned up to the rally, held on the grounds of the stately home. There were occasional periods when the sun broke through the cloud. But after the wet start to 2024, it was fantastic to avoid the rain and to have a chance for some top-down motoring.

The 2022 Summer Rally was held at Sywell Air Museum nr Northampton. Over a thousand MX-5s turned up to the rally, held on a large field at the rear of the air museum. The weather eventually came good for a while as the sun broke though the cloud. But we managed to avoid the rain which was fantastic.

An exciting day. My first run around a track. Although it was the National Track, rather than the full GP Track it was a lot of fun. At 1.64m long my little 1.5L managed 95mph down the straights which wasn't too shabby for a first attempt. Would I do it again? Absolutely! :-)     Special thanks go to Matthew D Crosby Event Photography for allowing me to use two of his awesome photos as part of this gallery.

Overall the show was pretty good, despite the chilly breeze and the awful organisational skills of the company hosting the show. If you discounted traders selling decals, there were less than in 2019 but there was definitely a buzzing atmosphere, lots of great cars on display and it felt like people were pleased to be out having fun after so many events had been cancelled in the last two years.

Although the day started out cloudy and overcast, it brightened up as the sun broke through the cloud which must have pleased the ice-cream van owner!
Due to social distancing restrictions it wasn't a large rally, but it was great to be out and about again.

I've included a number of photos of cars from in the museum and also the Jaguar collection, including a Formula-E car and possibly the fastest Jaguar ever built - which sadly didn't go into production.

A few photos from the MX-5 Owners Club summer rally at Gaydon Motor Museum in September 2019.

Due to my MX-5 taking part in a competition (and helping marshall the parking), I didn't take as many photos as I would have liked.

This was the first time I'd attended Japfest at Silverstone. There were lots of MX-5s. The cars shown below with the exception of the zebra stripes were all members of MX-5 Owners Club.

A long but pleasant drive to York on the Saturday before the rally was the furthest I'd driven my MX-5 before. I was excited to be part of the world record attempt for the most moving MX-5s in one place but also to see the unveiling of the 30th Anniversary edition.

This was the second major event I took my MX-5 to. A sunny but very cold January day, just the things for working off those Christmas calories. I was delighted to see such a wide range of cars, including a McLaren.

Ragley Hall was the first rally I attended with my MX-5, a journey I really enjoyed. An early start allowed us to take a route which was a little more relaxed than major highways and to stop off for an all-important buffet breakfast at Premier Inn. Despite it being late September we drove roof down all the way!