During lockdown and particularly when the weather was rotten and indoors was the only safe place to be, I formed a fondness for motor sport coverage on-line. For the duration…
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OH! So Close…. 98th Lands End Trial . Easter 2022
There is an element of cruelty in the way the MCC Land End Trial works. You either pass or fail each hill or test as it comes. There are no…
Read moreFinally Climbing That Ladder – Cotswold Clouds Trial 2022
Charlotte, my daughter and trusty passenger/navigator, is busy letting the rear tyres down on our Suzuki X-90 as it waits on a precarious little road high above the Cotswold town…
Read moreIf Ever A Place Was Well Named… Clee Hills Trial 2022
In Shropshire, England, near the town of Craven Arms is a strange stone tower rising out of the woods at Callow Hill. Known as Flounder’s Folly it’s an 80 foot structure…
Read moreDarkest Before The Dawn…Especially With No Lights. 2022 Exeter Trial
We’re sitting in a little lane in south Devon. It’s early January and just after 7am. It’s dark. The engine stopped five minutes ago and we coasted down a hill…
Read moreGoodwood 78th Members Meeting
The fairground lights are noticeably brighter, catching the wood smoke drifting from fire pits spread around open spaces on the Goodwood infield. The sky is taking on a fiery hue…
Read moreKeep Calm & Carry On : The Edinburgh Trial 2021
It’s raining hard and the lanes to Middleton-By-Youlgrave in the English Peak District are a chain of puddles through dripping hedges and overhanging trees. It’s mid afternoon on Saturday October…
Read more“Sorry To Bother You But…” Exmoor Clouds Trial 2021
September 5th . It’s supposed to be red hot and balmy but on the north Somerset coast, Exmoor is shrouded in mist and the temperature has been distinctly average for…
Read moreTHE PRESIDENTS TRIAL – Nothing To Do With Politics… Honest!
It’s a rather unfortunate title for a motor sport event these days. If you Google “President’s Trial” you find a lot of stuff about impeachment before way, waaaaaaay down the…
Read moreTHIRTY YEARS AGO – Simon’s Competition Debut. Easter 1991
I was 24 when I finally realised my long held ambition of competing in motor sport. It was 30 years ago this Easter Monday . A sobering thought. My daughter…
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