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Over Thinking Litton Slack : 2019 MCC Edinburgh Trial

By simonlewis 10/10/2019 Category 1 No Comments
Over Thinking Litton Slack : 2019 MCC Edinburgh Trial

So there we were , in our nice, warm Suzuki X-90, on the way down through the fields to the most infamous hill on the entire Edinburgh Trial. A hill…

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IT’S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE… BROCKWEIR SOAPBOX DERBY

By simonlewis 23/09/2019 Category 1 No Comments
IT’S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE… BROCKWEIR SOAPBOX DERBY

A device made from discarded Land Rover panels has just touched down rather heaviy and lost one of it’s sheep… Welcome to the madcap world of soapbox racing! The 4th…

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SITTING IN A BUGATTI – YOUR FEET’S TOO BIG!

By simonlewis 16/08/2019 Category 1 1 Comment
SITTING IN A BUGATTI – YOUR FEET’S TOO BIG!

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

By simonlewis 14/08/2019 Category 1 No Comments
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…

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Silver Domination In Grand Prix Racing – 80 Years On.

By simonlewis 12/07/2019 Category 1 No Comments
Silver 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…

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Sudden Fascination : 1 – Avions Voisin

By simonlewis 08/06/2019 Category 1 No Comments
Sudden 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…

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Chalk & Cheese : Silverstone & Prescott

By simonlewis 03/06/2019 Category 1 No Comments
Chalk & 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…

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The Big Adventure : Lands End Trial 2019

By simonlewis 02/05/2019 Category 1 No Comments
The 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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Next Stop Lands End…

By simonlewis 25/03/2019 Category 1 No Comments
Next Stop Lands End…

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,…

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A Whole New World – Back In Action After 16 Years

By simonlewis 01/02/2019 Category 1 4 Comments
A 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…

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