The Mayor of Bromley, Councillor Catherine Rideout, started off the first day's run with some suitable words of encouragement outside the Queens Hotel, Crystal Palace. The drive to Margate was slow but steady and, as planned, the civic reception with the Mayor, Cllr Brian Sullivan, was followed by general celebrations in Cecil Square.
    However, the car's late arrival, due partly to London traffic and partly to the time taken fine tuning the fuel mixture, meant that Julian and the back-up team had to consume lunch - kindly supplied by the Mayor's Parlour - mostly on the move. On the return journey, Navigator Phil Lydford observed that "coming down Detling Hill in #530 at 40mph felt more like 140mph". 
     Apart from 'dry' wooden wheels that had to be soaked overnight, especially the odd replacement from the altercation with the steam omnibus in 1903, the only other problem was the replacement of some unsatisfactory 'decorative' bolts securing the mudguards. A number of these broke off, due to the constant vibration of #530's large single-cylinder engine of the era.