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…
Read moreIT’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…
Read moreSITTING 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…
Read moreA 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…
Read moreNext 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,…
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…
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