Length: 87 mins.

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Circuit of Britain

Take a tour of England and Scotland, mostly over the back roads, along with 89 other classic MG T-type sports cars.

This ambitious 3-week trip was called the Circuit of Britain, and took this group of MG lovers to many places in England that are important to the history of these popular cars. Places like Beaulieu, Silverstone, Donnington, Brooklands, Prescott Hill Climb, and of course, Abingdon, where the cars were built.

Get into the passenger seat of a 1954 MG-TF and experience for yourself the 2000 miles of beautiful back roads of Great Britain. Join 89 cars and their crews as they motor from Lands End in southwest England to John O'Groats on the northern tip of Scotland. Along the way visit famous racetracks and auto museums, meet famous MG people and participate in the opening of the new MG Car Club headquarters next to the old Abingdon factory site.

This is a sampling of images from the video along with a brief description. This represents only a tiny fraction of the visuals in this 87 minute videotape.

	89 MG T-type cars arrive in Liverpool, England and are unloaded from this cargo ship.
	Some of the participants elected to trace the route onto a road atlas. The route book provided was detailed and accurate.
	The Circuit of Britain covered over 2000 miles from Liverpool to Lands End, to John O'Groats and back to Liverpool.
	The jumping off point was Chester, an old, walled town.
	Narrow, winding, two lane roads were punctuated with thatch roofed houses.
	Driving on the left proved a bit too much for a few drivers. This accident happened in front of the Jamaica Inn. He looked left when he shoulda looked right.
	Everyone had to take an official photo at foggy Lands End.
	A brief pause to re-enact Cecil Kimber's famous hill climb triumph at the Blue Hills Mine.
	At a "lay-by," members of the local MG car club bring out their mostly pre-war MG models and provide us with refreshments.
	Stonehenge is hardly noticeable from the seat of a fast moving TD.
	The Cotswold hills made a beautiful background to re-enact the 1934 Abingdon to Abingdon Trial.
	Three TDs wind through a small Cotswold town on their way back to a week of activities around Abingdon, where the cars were built.
	Some cars received a bit of needed repair during the week in Abingdon.
	A gymkhana event at Milton Manor drew many pre-war entrants, like this rare racing K3 MG.
	John Thornley, founder of the MG Car Club, addresses a crowd of MG enthusiasts at ceremonies opening the new MG Car Club headquarters next door to the old factory building.
	"Old Number One," the first MG sportscar, leads a parade of classic MGs past the old factory building.
	A beautiful lodge in Peebles was our first night's stop in Scotland.
	Inverness, Scotland was our northernmost lodging. One TF broke down a few miles before town and a local resident, himself an MG owner, towed the car in on a trailer.
	From Inverness, a one day run took us to "the other end," John O'Groats, Scotland, and back again.
	Heading south beside Loch Ness, everyone kept a lookout for the monster.
	Crossing the Scottish highlands.
	The last day's run took us through the beautiful and varied scenery of the Lake District.
	The whole crew, after delivering their cars to the Liverpool docks, happy to have driven all the way to the end, but sad that a wonderful trip was over.