On the home page of my website (www.simonlewis.com) is a photo of a bloke in a black hat looking somewhat shocked to be sitting behind the wheel of a Bugatti…
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A Bob Dylan Encounter : Aust Car Ferry 1966
If you Google “Bob Dylan” and click on images, not too far down the list is a very famous photo of the legendary folk singer on a slipway beside a…
Read moreSilver Domination In Grand Prix Racing – 80 Years On.
With Mercedes constantly rewriting the record books in the hybrid-era of Formula One, a large proportion of then with England’s Lewis Hamilton at the wheel , much has been said…
Read moreSudden Fascination : 1 – Avions Voisin
Some cars you always liked – maybe those you recall your parents owning , or the one your rich neighbour had in the garage when you were small, or if…
Read moreChalk & Cheese : Silverstone & Prescott
Chalk and cheese. That’s the cliche that springs to mind. Our first two events with the bookstall this spring could hardly have been more different. We had ice on the…
Read moreThe Big Adventure : Lands End Trial 2019
They call the last “observed section” on the Lands End Trial OLD STONEY. It’s a little old cart track off the road that runs inland from Porthtowen on the rugged…
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Easter is approaching as I write and in the past that always meant a big event of some kind. Back in the old days before I had the much-missed shop,…
Read moreA Whole New World – Back In Action After 16 Years
I never retired from motor sport. I just didn’t compete in it for 16 years. It was, as several ‘resting’ F1 drivers used to say, “a sabbatical”. It turned into…
Read moreNew Year Classics : The Gathering At Much Marcle
On New Years Day, if you drove through Herefordshire , from Ledbury towards the Cider-brewing haven of Much Marcle, you might have thought that over-undulging at Christmas was leading to…
Read moreWINTER SPORTS : Car Trialling for Ancient & Modern
October saw the first snow falling in our part of the country. Not that it stuck, but it did suddenly remind me of how close winter is to the end…
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