A 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…
Read moreNew Year Classics : The Gathering At Much Marcle
On New Years Day, if you drove through Herefordshire , from Ledbury towards the Cider-brewing haven of Much Marcle, you might have thought that over-undulging at Christmas was leading to…
Read moreWINTER SPORTS : Car Trialling for Ancient & Modern
October saw the first snow falling in our part of the country. Not that it stuck, but it did suddenly remind me of how close winter is to the end…
Read moreThe End Of “The Rock” – Memories Of Rockingham Speedway
Recent news that Rockingham Speedway near Corby is closing and that it’s days as a race circuit appear to be over brought to mind a few memories of early days…
Read moreThat’s Not A Bike… THAT’S A Bike!
The display of ancient electric milkfloats were slowly lining up into bizarre juxtaposition alongside the BLOODHOUND SSC Land Speed Record car at Tewkesbury Classic Car event (OK, it was the…
Read moreCornwall : 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…
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