The Armchair Enthusiast 2 : International GT Open
With the chance to get out and attend race meetings seriously curtailed in 2020 live streaming of race series online has provided a very welcome substitute and some surprise finds.…
Read moreThe Armchair Enthusiast 1: British GT Championship 2020
With opportunities to get out and watch events seriously curtailed this year I have been almost entirely restricted to the role of ‘armchair enthusiast’ and taken my fix of motor…
Read moreNew Year – New Venue – Old Cars. VSCC Gathering Ross on Wye.
There’s, a huge Rolls Royce Phantom that looks as if it’s youth was spent on tiger shoots and a 3 wheeler Morgan getting stuck in the mud under a tree.…
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 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 moreTo Use Or Not To Use? Thats is the question. Competeing with Vintage Cars.
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…
Read moreFunny Place For A Chateau…but then again…
It is, with the best will in the world, a slightly bizarre venue for a hilclimb. There’s a 19th century French chateau dominating the landscape but it’s located just outside…
Read moreA Vintage New Year’s Day Treat – Much Marcle VSCC Gathering 2016
The weather has sure been frightful, but the cars are so delightful… New Years Day 2016: 150 pre-war cars, motorcycles and one steam truck, cram into the car park of…
Read moreTrial By Mud – Some Winter Motorsport 2015
As the days grow short and the weather grows colder the hillimbs have all finished and there aren’t many circuit races left but the hardy souls of the Vintage Sports…
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