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9th Festival of Slowth in pictures
1914 Bedelia BD2
1893 Salvesen in the morning
1919 Cyclauto Anzani V-twin
1931 Salomon 'Le Cabri'
1913 Rollo
Mochet CM 125
1924 Sima-Violet
1945 Socovel electric motorbike
1914 AC Sociable
1922 De Marçay
1919 Helica
1919 Grafton
1905 Triumph
Inside the 1914 GN GP
1922 GN Legère
Sima-Violet
1920 MV Bambina
Monet Goyon VM2 on right
Bramble
1913 Rollo
Musical welcome at Chateau de Meauce
1910 Bedelia BD2
Organiser Vincent with both his Morgans
Lattviktsbilen cyclecar
Lattviktsbilen cyclecar
Peugeot Quadrilette
Watertruck with the 1893 Salvesen
"This is really going absolutely nowhere," was one of the phrases we heard last Saturday, which seemed to sum up the little event we'd booked ourselves into. We might have been going nowhere fast, but that's precisely why we were having such a fantastic time. The event in question was the ninth Festival of Slowth in Burgundy, in which some 30 noisy, slow and rather strange cars made their way through the French fields to some beautiful châteaux, with smiles spread across the faces of all the drivers as well as the inhabitants of the old villages, who didn't know what had hit them.
The drive was about 50 km on Saturday, which was quite a challenge for many cars. At each stop, many tools came out of their small boots to put them back into working order for the next challenge. At the lunch stop on Saturday, each car was sent down a small, bumpy track to undergo a tricky test, which was a lot of fun. The sunshine completed the happy scene.
Sunday's route was to a castle thousands of years old, where we were welcomed by some minstrels who might have stepped out of La Chanson de Roland. The cars sat gleaming among the trees and a glass of cold beer finished it off. There was also a parts fair here, which seemed to be a success. After lunch, everyone was free to make their way back home.
As always with old cars, and especially in France, it's not just the driving that makes the day so good. The stops were filled with talking, drinking and lots of eating, musing about our way of life and the strange cars around which it revolves, so maybe there is a proper purpose to the Slowth after all...
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venerdì giugno 9th, 2023
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Cally
13 Giugno 2023, 17:41
...and hats off to Freddie, Vincent and all of their close-knit family and team who made this work so well yet again. Chapeau.
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Klaus Arth
05 Luglio 2024, 14:48
It is a wonderful festival, thanks for the photos!
Any idea if it will be again this year or in 2025?
Looking forward
Klaus Arth
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Any idea if it will be again this year or in 2025?
Looking forward
Klaus Arth
Keith Kuehn
11 Giugno 2023, 16:47
Thank you! What fun! Off to one in Wisconsin this next weekend. Yes, I will try to get photos!
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Andrew Minney
11 Giugno 2023, 10:31
This is motoring at its best! Forget your flashy supercars!!
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Jaap ter Linden
11 Giugno 2023, 08:03
Perhaps it is a good idea to give a list of all the participant cars. For instance, I think I have seen a Hanomag Kommisbrot in racing form.
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