Roy's Roller

Today we have been at one of our regular wine tasting lunches. Every couple of months a group of us have a get together. Usually about 14 or 16 friends. We each take something to contribute to the lunch, ie cheese and crackers, dips, a main course meal, rice, salad, potato salad, a dessert, etc and we also sample eight different wines, four white and four reds. Each time we have these get togethers they are held at a different person's house and today it was at our friend Roy's house.

I thought today I would post a photo of his pride and joy, his 1923 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. He has owned the car for over 30 years and is now thinking of selling it. Mind you he has been thinking of selling it for a few years, so not sure if it will ever happen. I would imagine it would be a bit like selling one of your kids.

Today's topic photo - Newcastle
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[Derek Vickers]

Love the dialogue Babs. Great pov. Sounds like a fun day.

[Sam]

Now that's a gorgeous car, matched by what sounds like a gorgeous day with friends doing some lovely wine tasting!!!

[Lee]

Brilliant title, good shot.

[Kane Arlow]

Haha, thinking of selling it. I have heard that before.
This wine "tasting" sounds like a good get together.

[Peter]

Super image of a very special car Babs loveley lighting, focus and composition, Roy has possibly furnished just as much love and affection as he has on the Kids ( it would be worth a Kings ransom here, it would be rude to quote prices for this lady)

[Hazel]

So elegant - think it would be hard for Roy to sell it!

[Annie D]

hope your day was wonderful and the capture of Roy's Roller is fantastic

[sally agnew]

Great get together, nice friends, nice food and nice wine and a nice old to car to photograph, lovely image Babs:-)

[Elaine]

What with the million dollar house and now Rolls Royce car, one has expensive taste. I love your POV here and the textures. Fav

[Kat]

Ooo, seems like a spiffy looking car and a wonderful day out. Great shot. :)

[gloria jones]

Cool shot.

[Brianna]

Ah, sounds like loads of fun and a great shot to document!

[Angela]

Classic.

[Tammy]

A classic! Cool shot, and your wine tasting lunches sound like something I would love - so much fun!

[Jane Morley]

Lucky man! Like the wine tasting idea too.

[8yearson]

What a great way to spend the day, I'd have to sample different waters lol!!

[Paula W]

Sounds like a perfect way to spend a Sunday sharing good food and wine with friends. A lovely shot of this iconic emblem Babs.

[Decima F]

I hope Roy wasn't driving it!

[Lee-Ann]

I hope you gad a great day. Beautiful car.

[Kathie]

Such a fun day. Great car. Manufacturers don't use hood ornaments anymore. They kept getting ripped off.

[Marnie]

Lovely shot Babs, and a great story to go with it.

[Rachel]

How marvellous for him to have this stately car. It will be hard for him to sell. But if he threw that house in for free, I would think about it!

[*lynn]

Sounds like such a lovely group and fun day. I would love to belong to a wine-tasting lunch group!

[Babs]

@elaine55 Thanks Elaine. I must add that neither the million dollar house or the Rolls are mine. More's the pity.

[Babs]

@jackie8 You could also have a glass of pineapple juice, a glass of apple juice, or OJ and then a nice cup of tea. ha ha. I don't always drink at our wine tasting days because I am usually driver. I only go for the food.

[Babs]

@888rachel I don't think he could afford the house in Newcastle either. The Rolls used to belong to his brother who died and I think he inherited it.

[Babs]

@lynnz You will have to start up a wine tasting lunch group then. Not difficult to organize and lots of fun. We are just a group of about 16 friends and every couple of months we have a get together, each couple or person takes along food and we have the get together at a different persons house each time. We pick maybe 3 reds and 3 whites of different prices and cover up the labels to guess which they are. All good fun.

[Babs]

@princessm No he wasn't driving it, the get together was at his house this time.

[Babs]

@derekvickers Thanks Derek it was a really fun day.

[Babs]

@gigiflower @gamelee @karlow75 @quietpurplehaze @annied @hermann @darthkitty @seattlite @lilminimonka @angelar @tabarlett @chimfa @paulaw @leestevo @kathiecb @golftragic
Thanks so much. I am not sure if Roy will ever get round to selling it. His wife is the one who is pushing to get rid I think. The car belonged to his brother who died many years ago and it was left to Roy.
We also have a great time at our get togethers too, so a good day yesterday all round.

[8yearson]

@onewing - well, as I'm going to be 'tea total' I'm trying out various herbal and fruit infusions now! I'm mixing drinks all over the place!

[Arthur Loosley]

Oh no, he couldn't sell the flying lady, surely. She must be like one of the family by now.

[Tony Guest (snoopybooboo)]

Great photo Babs. I did the same with a Rolls Royce the other day.

[Babs]

@wordpixman Maybe he will sell it, maybe not Arthur. He has been talking of selling it for 2 years now and it hasn't happened it yet. I guess it is his wife who wants to sell it more than he does.