My local painter and decorator in his spare time is also a Bond Bug enthusiast.   Whilst at my house recently he told me of a Lakeland Drive

being undertaken by him and his friends, so I asked them to stop by, if and when they were passing.

We get several 'convoys' of various car clubs passing each year, but this was the first one that actually stopped by the phone box.

An advanced phone call meant that I was out with the camera when they arrived.

The event, the fourth Cocker-Bug annual Rally, was organised by Sean and Julie Parnaby.

Lined up at the phone box, roofs up so the drivers and passengers can get out and walk around !

Roof down and in their more normal guise, they look much more like classic Reliant Bond Bug three-wheelers.

Keen eyed will notice that two of them have undergone modification into a four wheel layout.

They are still the same "under the bonnet" but have modified front suspension and wheel arches.

Loes becomes a "Bond Girl" for the second time in her life.

[ in an earlier life she knew Roger Moore]

 Original 700cc models, later 750cc models and the two specials.

Time to be off . . . Cockermouth and the end of the tour awaits.