Cornwall : Land of Pasties, Poldark & VW Campervans …
We had breakfast at JAMAICA INN on our way back from a week’s camping in Cornwall recently. The world famous hostilary, immortalised by Daphne du Maurier in her novel of…
Read moreIf You Aren’t Freezing, You Are Roasting! Early season 2018
We’re almost passing out from the heat at Prescott Hillclimb , my daughter Charlotte and I. It’s July 14th and the hot summer has dried the grass up to a…
Read moreIf You Need Something Doing Properly…The Rise Of The Author-Publisher
(NOTE: Please check the added material at the end of this article from noted exponant of the genre Chris Ellard, added 28/1/18) I was talking recently with my journalist friend…
Read moreIs It Worth Even Going Now? Streaming Motorsport
Back when Murray Walker and James Hunt were a newly matched commentary team and Bernie Ecclestone hadn’t yet got his hands on “F1″the brand , the amount of TV coverage…
Read moreRound A Muddy Field By The Severn – Up A Muddy Bank In Wales
July : The school holidays were still in full swing, the summer was not far past it’s peak and here we were sat in my car in a muddy field…
Read moreThe Apprentice : Encouraging The Next Generation…
Kevin, the Ice cream man stopped his van as it headed past us towards the exit. It was something after 6pm on a Sunday evening and raining. Kevin leaned out…
Read moreThe Things You See When You Havn’t Got Your Camera…Until Now. Classics On Dash-Cam
In recent weeks I have, for one reason and another, done a lot of travelling between home, in the Forest of Dean, and Cheltenham, 30 or so miles North along…
Read moreThe Longest Day(s) : Le Mans 1996
Earlier this year a photo was published in VINTAGE RACECAR magazine . It was taken on the starting grid at Le Mans for the 1996 24 hours race and was…
Read moreBeauty & The Beast : Prescott La Vie en Bleu /Vito en Rosso 2017
Saturday evening. Lazing on the big wide sofa with a pint of real ale, inappropriately grubby rigger boots on my feet , my familiar black Aussie bush hat still on…
Read moreYet Another “Twenty Years Ago Today…” Moment : My Most Costly Mistake.
There are a few moments in life when you can say you reached that fork-in-the-road and the direction you took altered everything afterwards. Twenty years ago today , Easter Monday…
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