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Part 4 of the Albion story. That afternoon, befor

Part 4 of the Albion story.
That afternoon, before the start of the race, the radiantly lovely @francesca_cumani spots an ageing but resplendent rival and comes to sit with her.
We bristle with pride.
The Derby and The Oaks then follow, as do the TV cameras, drawn to her blend of vintage good looks and old-world charm (Albion, not Francesca…). Today she is parked outside our home and provides the perfect office for a pandemic. Four well spaced tables, designed for glasses of Coates & Seely in happier times, make perfectly distanced desks, away from the din of telephones and the competitive family scramble for the last space in the kitchen.
One day, when all this is over, she will grace the great race-courses of England once more, but in the meantime we are happy to be in the arms of such a well-loved and versatile family friend.
Long live Albion !
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Part 3 of the Albion Story, the story of our 1954

Part 3 of the Albion Story, the story of our 1954 British Leyland coach. ...Six weeks later and our Polish master craftsmen, Andrez and Pavel, have stripped her bare, re-positioned her ageing seats, built drinks tables and re-applied her maquillage in a fresh racing green.
The final coup-de-grace is her new name-plate – ‘Albion’ – which nestles like a tiara above her noble brow.
And we are only just in time.
The following day she is driven to Newmarket at full speed (a stately 37mph), again at three in the morning. It takes us five and a half hours. It’s her first time out, and she’s to appear before the start of the 1,000 Guineas
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Part 4 tomorrow .
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The Albion Story Part 2 We peer in and there she

The Albion Story Part 2
We peer in and there she is, sandwiched uncomfortably between a vintage fire engine and a clapped-out hearse : a 1954 British Leyland coach, already painted (as if by miracle) in the Coates & Seely livery of British racing green.
Having once plied the London to Maidstone coach route, and subsequently been used for continental weddings, she is now woefully neglected.
A frisson takes hold as we see her in the flesh for the first time.
Forget the red Lamborghini, the chrome cylinders of a Harley Davidson or the smooth curves of a Ukrainian supermodel.
This is the real thing : a veritable ‘crise de coeur’, of the full-blooded, mid-life variety.
She stands, like a faded diva, bereft of her youthful looks, but with the unmistakable lines and posture of a super-star.

Part 3 tomorrow.
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This is the story of Albion (in 4 parts), the Coat

This is the story of Albion (in 4 parts), the Coates & Seely coach found derelict in a Brussels yard…
Part 1
It’s February 2019, three in the morning and pouring with rain.
For once, though, it is not frost that has hauled us reluctantly from our beds, but a quest.
Paulo, our vineyard manager, stifles a yawn and gets into the waiting car. We are about to set off for the Channel Tunnel, and thence to Belguim, to make a 10am rendez-vous with a stranger.
The previous week we have won the exclusive contract to supply @thejockeyclub with our sparkling wines and we now need a branded vehicle to represent us at such iconic forthcoming events as the Aintree Grand National and the Epsom Derby.
Seven hours later, we pull up at a large warehouse on an industrial estate, 150 kms to the east of Brussels.
Rusted iron doors screech painfully as the storage facility is opened up for us.
What will we find ?

To be continued in Part 2 tomorrow .
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We're missing RHS Chelsea Flower Show this week.

We're missing RHS Chelsea Flower Show this week. Wondering what would have been but we must be content to enjoy the peonies in the garden instead.
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We thought we needed a change of pace after all th

We thought we needed a change of pace after all this time working from home so we've moved into Albion, our 1952 British Leyland Coach. It's parked up outside the house, the WiFi still reaches and there is no longer any clutter in kitchen so the rest of the family are happy too!
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