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…
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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…
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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…
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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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This edition of the annual historic motorsport celebration was a rare event for me. I was a ‘punter’ rather than a trader and doesn’t it look different from the other…
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How many times have you browsed a shelf of books and groaned at the plethora of generic, unimaginative or rather obscure seeming titles? You know the sort – you generally…
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Have you heard of Carozzeria Boneschi ? Full marks if you have, this is one of the lesser known Italian coachbuilding concerns but it’s got an extensive (and expensive) book…
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Last month I posted a video clip of a vintage Bentley in very spirited action on the VSCC Welsh Trial – and it caused a lot of comment . Comment…
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In October we took a short family holiday to Rome. Always an ambition. What a city! Bustling, beautiful, exciting…overwhelming! It did not disappoint. We even saw an huge abandoned stock…
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Friday evening I was in Tewkesbury at the annual Mop Fair with my family. The ancient town was jammed with people, dazzelingly lit funfair rides and painfully loud music, all…
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