Record breaking Drive it Day classic car event at Castle View

Published: 26/04/2023

The second ‘coffee & cakes’ Drive-It Day event held at Castle View retirement village in Windsor attracted some 35 classic cars and raised £444 for NSPCC Childline, well up on last year’s event, and declared a big success by organisers.

Residents of Castle View gave a warm welcome to the first car to arrive for Drive-It Day, a 2004 Lamborghini Murciélago which had been driven from Yorkshire. 

Tying in with the national Drive-It Day, a wide range of classic vehicles arrived during the morning, including a 1933 Aston Martin Series 2, a DB4 and DBS, a 1957 Bentley S1 Coupé, 1966 Mustang, and with a remarkable 290,000 miles on the clock, a 2004 Lamborghini Murciélago.  

Participants - many of whom also attended in 2022, had travelled from London and across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey to join in.  

A wide selection of cakes was baked by residents and sold along with hot dogs, tea and coffee, while the owner of the Lamborghini offered sponsored rides in his supercar.

“Everyone was so friendly,” commented one of the drivers - “we will definitely be back next year.”

Commented Robin Hughes, CEO of Castle View.  “Although the weather wasn’t as kind to us as last year, we were so pleased to see the number of cars arriving, the enthusiasm of the owners and the amount raised for the NSPCC - our residents did us proud with all the cakes they baked and sold - a record!  This is definitely now a regular fixture in our events calendar!”