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…
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Keep 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…
Read moreON THE BEACH – Racing at Vazon Bay 20 Years Ago
The anniversary actually passed before I realised it, so this “20 years ago” piece is a little late. But then in 2020 almost nothing has gone to plan for any…
Read moreThe Armchair Enthusiast 2 : International GT Open
With the chance to get out and attend race meetings seriously curtailed in 2020 live streaming of race series online has provided a very welcome substitute and some surprise finds.…
Read moreThe Armchair Enthusiast 1: British GT Championship 2020
With opportunities to get out and watch events seriously curtailed this year I have been almost entirely restricted to the role of ‘armchair enthusiast’ and taken my fix of motor…
Read moreBack Behind The Wheel : The Exmoor Clouds Trial 2020
The world has changed since we last took an active part in motor sport in the eary days of spring. Now it’s the start of autumn and I’m sat in…
Read moreWorld Champions Down In The Woods : Network Q Rally GB Media Days 1998-99
Two decades ago last November the World Rally Championship decended on a picnic area beside a lake in the Forest of Dean for the annual pre-Rally GB (or RAC Rally…
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