As we headed south on the A3 we saw the sign to the Goodwood Revival and kicked ourselves for having missed this motoring extravaganza par excellence. We needn't have worried, Brooklands Museum had a lot else to offer for a motoring enthusiast. Even before entering the museums, just to stand on one of the remaining sections of the banked circuit and imagine what it must have been like for the motor racing pioneers was amazing. ... It was difficult enough to stand on the slope, let alone drive round it at insane speeds.It was a special feeling however to stand where Italas, the Napier Railton and others had raced all those decades ago....There's an excellent museum of flying with a reconstruction of the interior of a Wellington Bomber, which gives you the merest inkling of what it must have been like to fly in one of these machines. My biggest surprise was finding how cramped it was inside, claustrophobia must have added to the fear of enemy fire from below and above. ...They also have the Wellington that crash landed into Loch Ness. Brought to the surface and partially restored, you can see how the propellors have been bent on hitting the loch. Outside there is a selection of aircraft, the obvious star being one of the decommissioned Concordes. Brooklands Museum tracks cars throughout the history of Brooklands which a few more recent Formula One cars including one emblazoned with Ayrton Senna....Brooklands is where British motor racing began, it's well worth a visit.
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Brooklands a mecca for motoring enthusiasts 
