1000 Miglia

I remember sitting with Simon at Christmas on the Isle of Wight, watching James Martin trying to complete the Mille Miglia.  It was an historic car race that went through Verona and other Northern Italian cities.  I was interested because I was already living in Verona and recognised things, and because the cars were really nice.  To be honest James Martin, TV chef, was the real reason to watch...he is hot!!

Anyway, since then, Simon and I have been waiting for the Mille Miglia to arrive in Verona.  And last week it finally did.  It was a real shame that Simon was in Russia on business!!!

Luckily for him, I quite like cars really and so does my friend Faye, so we decided to go and be official photographers.  It was incredible.  Firstly, Italy being as it is, there were no road blocks or barriers so you could literally touch the cars.  We had a great spot on Castelvecchio bridge.  Secondly, there was hardly anyone there to watch.  It was a bit of a non event.

There were hundreds of cars.  I took 349 photos in total and I didn't get home until 1,30am.  I was shattered the next day.  

Simon was pleased to see ALL of the photos and named almost every car.  He was really jealous, but glad I enjoyed it.