Tomm, if you need a Speedster for Goodwood, you can use mine whilst you're here. It's neither as high-spec nor as high-powered as you are used to, of course. Bleep me, and I can make arrangements to drop it off in London etc for you.
Goodwood.......... I've been a few times and it's ok. Few too many Trailer-Queens for me. The 'racing' is really more parading around the track - most people don't push it at all hard. It's worth going to though. Most years, the efffect of it really depends upon the weather, however coming from Olympia, at least you have some concept of British weather. The end of September dates for Goodwood are that bit too late to really guarantee fine weather (In England that's not an option anyway!) however you can get a reasonable Indian Summer now and again - it's just not that consistent as say, New England.
If your wife likes gardens or old buildings, West Sussex is a beautiful place for those. The Weald and Downland Museum, just over the ridge from Goodwood, is interesting. Most of the larger towns exhibit all the faults of English Post-War Suburbanism - miles of the tackiest housing estates. The villages of Hampshire and Sussex are classic though.
Let me know. Same to anybody else visiting Britain - I know the local
Speedster Owners shall be pleased to help.
Regards, Mike.
