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Today in 2013 (50 years later) these Lincolnshire roads are
unchanged, but the traffic has increased beyond all reason. The
cart track wide roads have to cope with nose to tail lines of
huge lorries, delivery vans, cars and buses serving our rapidly
expanding population.
Back in the DS Pallas, the drive was sheer delight. My
enthusiasm seemed to improve my driving skills and brought
unusual praise from the usually stern and unpredictable
proprietor of the garage. We returned, me in ecstasy, the car
owner only too pleased to have his beautiful new car
unscathed.
Writing the actual report was “child’s play” after the test
drive and the result even impressed the local editor.
Unfortunately, I was never able to undertake any further
test drives as this was normally the “domain” of our “Managing
Editor”, the very one who had chastised me at great length for
”constantly abusing” his fleet of vehicles!

CHAPTER 7
MADGE THE MOTORING LEGEND
As I have mentioned previously my Father’s eldest sister
“Madge”, real name Margery, was not the most adept motorist.
Far back in my memory I recall tales of her taking driving
lessons but due to her being unable to stay awake in an
enclosed vehicle, the whole concept proved impractical. She
decided her ideal mode of transport would have to involve
fresh air. It was 1955 and she managed to buy one of the very
first Lambretta model scooters in the UK.

The LD150 was stoutly built and needed to be as Madge
weighed 18 stone or so on a good day. On a bad day she leapt

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