The event has been compared to the Goodwood Festival of Speed, but has made a name for itself through its own success and marked itself down as a great family weekend event. This year, the pageant has been awarded the Visit Chester & Cheshire tourism event of the year. Apart from the bikes and cars on the track, there are also army displays and action on the lake along with aerobatic displays and various car club stands with a jaw dropping array of vehicles both classic and modern.

This year was our second visit to the show and it coincided with the Club Lancia Sport weekend away where members enjoyed a day at the Curborough sprint circuit before making their way over to Cholmondeley. The cars that stole this year’s show were undoubtedly the fire breathing aero engined Packard Bentley and “Brutus”, the 47 litre BMW aero monster which graced our shores for the first time. The crowds flocked over to see huge flames spewing out from the exhausts, a fantastic sight and sound. All of this along with an Auto Union D type, which was a fantastic coup for “Chumly”.

The celebrity chef, James Martin, was in action driving his Ferrari 275 GTB 4CAM with great verve on the course, but top awards must go to the drivers of the Bentley GT Supersport and Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera who, amongst others, managed to get their cars airborne over a bridge before the flying finish.

Having had an enjoyable Saturday, we then joined the estimated ten thousand people at the outdoor concert arena in the evening where we enjoyed a great few hours listening and partaking in the proms concert whilst sipping our champagne and watching the accompanying firework display as a way of celebrating our wedding anniversary the following day. All in all, this is a fantastic event for the North West, one which will undoubtedly grow in strength. I’ve already got next year’s date penned in the diary.