Maldon Promenade Nastalgic Car Show

With no football tournaments or matches today we found ourselves with a rare Sunday free to do as we please. So we started the day heading our to Chelmsford for the boys to do the park run. For the first time in ages Joshua beat Brandon and actually had a good run hitting his nest time of the year and only 3 seconds away from his PB. After the park run we decided to head over to Maldon Promenade as there was a nostalgic car show on.

 

The queues to get in to Maldon were pretty bad and it took us a good half an hour to get in, but that was nothing to what it was like trying to get home afterwards where we moved about 50ft across a field in nearly 30 mins. But it was well worth it as the car show was pretty amazing with over 1000 display cars ranging from Austin 1100's to Ferrari's to muscle cars to army vehicles. The boys are both complete petrol heads and absolutely loved walking around and looking at all the cars and dreaming about which ones they would own one day.

 

Before looking around the cars the kids all had a play in the splash park and then we had a nice little pic-nic. Holly was a little sceptical at first in the splash park, but once she was wet she absolutely loved it. Although the sun was shining the water was cold though and after about 25 mins even the wetsuits were not keeping the kiddies warm and it was time to dry off and go. After lunch and the cars we enjoyed a nice ice-cream in the gorgeous weather and then let the kiddies have a play in the pirate ship before heading home. Overall we had an absolutely fab day out and managed to catch a bit of sun as well.

 

Joshua looking a little cold in the splash park.

Holly and Brandon playing in the splash park.

Brandon running through some water jets.

Holly having an absolute blast running around in her little wet suit.

Joshua playing with some rotating water jets.

Love this picture of Holly playing in the splash park.

Joshua hiding under a water mushroom.

Holly admiring a fish on the floor.

Our 3 kiddies enjoying the splash park.

Warming up in the sun and having a family picnic.

A spot of tree climbing for the boys.

On to the car show and Brandon loved the GT40's. He has been driving these on GT6 on the PS3 recently.

Even Holly was admiring the GT40's.

Educating the kids on the beauty of the Corvette.

The 3 kids enjoying their time at Maldon.

Brandon playing in the sand pit area pumping some water.

Joshua digging in the sand.



Holly managed to acquire a spade from somewhere and was doing some digging of her own.

Joshua, Brandon and Holly posing with an old American racing car.

I have taught them well, the two boys admire probably one of the most stunning cars ever built.

Joshua with a Mustang.

Nobles, Lotus's and so much more on display......

This was the first ever C7 Stingray I have seen and it was an absolute thing of beauty in the flesh. The picture does not do it any credit at all.

Joshua is happy simply with Mr Bean's Mini though!!!

They even had some old buses at the show and this amazing bus was an open sided one.

This hot rod had a spider web roof and grill and looked like an absolute beast.

Brandon checking out a Ferrari and deciding whether to buy it on GT6 when he gets home.

Tina and Holly enjoying some ice-cream time.

A great day out in Maldon. Brandon had to lose the yellow shirt as it was attracting a lot of flies.

Holly enjoying the slide on the pirate ship.

And down she comes with a smile on her face.

Joshua being a good big brother and lifting his sister up to see inside an old classic car.