Visited Fiesta in the Park today. Some might have seen the two cars with german plates on the xrtwo.com clubstand. The sea grey ST with the white RS-7 most of you might think it's a Zetec-S because of the colour and the 16" wheels.

I arrived savely in Rotherham after a trip north with Manda from www.xrtwo.com, and two of her mates. Was a great experience to visit such an event. It's quite a difference from what We've got here in Germany. But I have to admit... Ater the 100th Focus ST2 I saw, the 300th Fiesta MK5 Sport and the 500th Fiesta MK6 with ST-Look (STs and Zetec S) they get really boring. They all look nearly the same and in most cases there's nothing really special among them. But I enjoyed looking at all the MK1 and MK2 Fiestas at FITP, there are so few left at home in Germany. And there were some other very fine cars, too.

Was nice to meet some of you guys in real life and had a nice talk with some of you.

And I hope the guy from Wales with the broken down car his mate left him with behind also arrives home safely.

Well, now I've got some strange feeling on my mind. When I worked on the welsh XR2 to get it back on the road I heard all those MK2 XR2 drive down to the motorway. This unique sound only 1.6 CVH with a big bore exhaust on full throttle makes. And while these cars were roaring down onto the motorway I imagined what I've been missing the last few years.

So I've got a promise for you: As soon as I arrive home from my trip through your country, I'll start work on the XR2 again to get it back onto the road as soon as possible. So that there's at least one XR2 in Germany that keeps the legend alife!

And I've also got a second promise: This was my first visit in Great Britain but sure was not the last. I fell in love with the country a little bit and all the people have been so nice since I arrived in Dover. I can't tell you when this will be at the moment, if it will be with the MK2 and for Ford Fair but I will try to do so.

I hope you all had a nice and safe journey home and I'd like to wish you a good night!

P.S.: Will supply you all with the ~300 photos I made. But the old laptop I've got with me got a little bit nervous because oft the 10 mpix pictures. I'll get that sortet when I'm at home again!