Fresh from our trip to Woodhall Spa we had a day back at home which was largely taken up getting the car washed, sorting the washing and packing to go to the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
As usual we stayed in the Railway Station in Petworth which is exactly what it says on the tin, the converted station and carriages which are the bedrooms on the railway lines of the platform and we met our friends Francis and Tracy and ate in the Badgers pub next door.
The following day we went to the Festival of Speed, parking in the designated car park for performance cars which was useful as it is right by the start/finish line of the hill climb and conveniently close to the Goodwood Road Racing Club Members enclosure.
A visit to Bonhams auction, the paddock, the Cartier style et Luxe to view some of the finest concours d’eligance cars in the world and then off to our grandstand to watch the cars up the hill.
That’s pretty much it, always a quick visit the Festival of Speed but at this rate it won’t be long before we are back for the Revival in September and you’ll just have to make do with the only photo I took which is the Porsche display outside Goodwood House.
I am a retired actor, although to be honest I only retired because I wasn't getting any work due to losing my agent when I became a full time carer to my mother who had dementia. and the option of becoming an unemployed actor/waiter at my age was ludicrous, especially as my waiting skills are non-existent.
Having said I’m retired, I don’t think there really is such a thing as a retired actor for I am still available for work, I just don’t have an agent or any connections with regards to obtaining any worthwhile work.
I have over the years done student films when there is nothing else available, always low paid (if at all) the only incentive was always the promised copy of the finished film for your show reel which nine times out of ten always failed to materialise.
I spent many years looking after my aged mother and shortly after her death I was lucky enough to run into an ex-girlfriend of many years ago and our romance blossomed once again, resulting in us getting married in 2013.
My move to the countryside inspired me to write The Diary of a Country Bumpkin which tells of my continuing dilemmas in dealing with the rigors of the countryside from the unexpectedly large number of pollens, fungal moulds and hay products waiting to attack the unsuspecting townie.
I enjoy writing, see my play Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori on The Wireless Theatre Company, The Plays Wot I Wrote and The Battle of Barking Creek both available on Amazon.co.uk and am very fond of classic cars so my ideal occupation would be acting in a film I had written set in the 1930s/40s, we live in hopes.
I am delighted to say that since venturing to the countryside where space is not quite the premium it is in town, I have due to the availability of two double garages acquired more classic cars to form a small collection the pride of which are a 1947 Bentley Mk VI and a 2000 Bentley Arnage.
My various blogs and websites are continually evolving and I’m sure that by following the appropriate links you will find something which will edify or amuse.
I have written a number of different books all available on Amazon, so don't be shy should you feel the urge to purchase. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mr-Joe-Wells/e/B06XKWFQHT/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
The Diary of a Country Bumpkin 
That’s a novel way of parking!
A sculpture it’s not too bad but as parking it’s rubbish.