Sudden 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…
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…
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