\n The broadcaster and car enthusiast, best known for presenting Top Gear and The Grand Tour, spoke at St Michael\u2019s Hospice Classic Car Show and Open Garden in Bartestree.\n<\/p>\n
\n Held on July 5, the event took on personal significance for Mr Hammond, whose father was cared for by the hospice before he died.\n<\/p>\n
\n Richard Hammond at the St Michael’s Hospice classic car show on Sunday, July 5, 2026 (Image: Submitted)\n<\/p>\n
\n He addressed the crowds during the event, thanking car owners who exhibited their vehicles and reflecting on the meaning behind the show.\n<\/p>\n
\n Thanking everyone who took a car, Hammond said: \u201cIt’s just amazing. I think you need to be really proud. I’ve been to a lot of car shows, but this is one curated by you, there’s no theme whatsoever.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to see the MX5 clubs so well represented, well done, guys, and the Minis as well \u2013 some absolute crackers out there.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut above all else, just a fabulous random gathering of cars filled with joy, stories of multi-generational cars that have been treasured and passed down generation to generation.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Richard Hammond sat behind his 1963 Opel Kadett, affectionately named Oliver, at the St Michael’s Hospice classic car show (Image: Submitted)\n<\/p>\n
\n He said cars were “about life, about living, about doing all the things you want to do\u201d \u2013 an appropriate message for a hospice fundraiser.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cLike a lot of people here, I have personal experience of the astonishing work that happens at St Michael’s, a place that, as is said often by the team here, that\u2019s about living, it really is,” the 56-year-old said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cEvery example I’ve seen, and that I know you will have seen, of the astonishing depth of compassion, sympathy, empathy, understanding, just humanity.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI’ve chatted to people here today who’ve experienced that recently and can see what it means. And in every conversation, you see that afresh.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Richard Hammond’s Ford Mustang 390GT at the St Michael’s Hospice classic car show (Image: Submitted)\n<\/p>\n
\n He said that friends of the hospice, like himself, must remember the staff who care for patients week in, week out.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt’s worth a round of applause now to remember that astonishing work,\u201d he added.\n<\/p>\n
\n The event included a public display of his much-loved cars, including Oliver, the 1963 Opel Kadett made famous during the Top Gear Botswana special.\n<\/p>\n
\n He also brought a 2026 Morgan and a 1968 Ford Mustang 390GT, a car he has owned for two decades.\n<\/p>\n