The situation looks chaotic in this mid-Eighties dash for the Channel – but there are plenty of vehicles to keep classic car-spotters occupied

ALLONBY, CUMBERLAND

This corner of the Cotswolds has changed little since Tudor times, although transport has moved on a bit

DUNSTABLE DOWNS, BEDFORDSHIRE

The Midland Hotel’s fading splendour is the perfect backdrop for a trip down seaside memory lane

In the first of three helpings of nostalgia this week, we head to a Birmingham site that helped all these vehicles go. Or sometimes not go…