The admission-free Breakfast Club meetings at the Goodwood Motor Circuit are back for their sixth season in 2012 – with a combination of tasty vehicles and a tasty breakfast menu to whet the appetites of classic car fans.

A full list of Breakfast Club themes for this year will be announced shortly. In the meantime, Goodwood is promising an all-British vehicle themed event to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (to be held on the Sunday of the Bank Holiday weekend in early June), plus 50th anniversary celebrations of the Triumph Spitfire, MGB, AC Cobra and Ferrari 250 GTO at a pre-Revival Thoroughbred Sunday meeting on August 5.

We are into the longest day, driving over 1,000 kms down The Caprivi Strip. It's arrow straight to far horizons through thick green vegetation - two-metre tall grass lines the road. Good feeding ground for herds of elephants. David Tomlin and Nick Adcock stopped their Land Rover to allow a bull elephant to cross the road.

On the map, The Caprivi Strip appears like a strange finger pointing inland, narrow but long, a relic of the times when Africa was carved up in Colonial fashion to give Germany access to the sea from the centre through their adopted Namibia.

The Midget is one of those classics which can offer something for everyone. In standard form it’s an ideal first classic with affordable (just) insurance for the younger driver and a size small enough to squeeze into the most cluttered garages. In modified form though, it can be everything from a fast road weekend plaything to a Caterham-baiting lightweight rocket: specialist Frontline Developments has completed road cars for customers packing over 240 bhp thanks to a K-Series engine transplant.

It’s sensible to start with the basics though and in the case of the Midget, just like its bigger brother the MGB, this means updating the suspension. There’s nothing fundamentally wrong with the basic set-up, which is just that: basic, using a live rear axle and leaf springs. It’s more the details which let it down, specifically the lever-arm dampers and the raised ride height on the rubber-bumpered 1500 cars.

VALUES

The TR7 was the most modern of all the TRs and was the biggest seller by far with over 112,000 produced. Despite that, it’s still far cheaper than any of the ‘traditional’ TRs which makes it something of a bargain for lovers of ’70s style. Budget on less than £1000 for a restoration project, with running and presentable coupes starting at £2000. Convertibles in good condition start at around £3000, with a premium for Sprint-engined or V8 cars. Top whack for the TR7 is around £4500 for the coupe and £6000 for the convertible, for which you should be able to secure the very best examples.