With activities including a visit from the ‘Vikings’ complete with their longship, country music, children’s fun, a helicopter and a great variety of vintage and classic vehicles, the event really did have something for everyone.
Photographer MP Doran went along to capture some of the atmosphere of the day.

21. Birches Vintage Rally
The Dilly girls, Clare, Mary Jane, Grace and their mother Judith inspect an old military ambulance at the Vintage Rally. Photo: MP Doran

22. Birches Vintage Rally
Gwen Bartley of the Policing and Community Safety Partnership takes a closer look at an American police car on display at the Vintage Rally. Photo: MP Doran

23. Birches Vintage Rally
The Lord Mayor Alderman Stephen Moutray and a Viking discuss terms at the Birches Vintage Car Club annual rally. Photo: MP Doran

24. Birches Vintage Rally
A beautifully preserved Vauxhall from the last century gleaming at the Birches Vintage Car Club annual rally. Photo: MP Doran