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The Armchair Enthusiast 2 : International GT Open

By simonlewis 10/11/2020 Category 1
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.…

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The Armchair Enthusiast 1: British GT Championship 2020

By simonlewis 23/10/2020 Category 1
The 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…

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New Year – New Venue – Old Cars. VSCC Gathering Ross on Wye.

By simonlewis 06/02/2020 Category 1 No Comments
New 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.…

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New Year Classics : The Gathering At Much Marcle

By simonlewis 12/01/2019 Category 1 No Comments
New 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…

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Round A Muddy Field By The Severn – Up A Muddy Bank In Wales

By simonlewis 27/10/2017 Category 1 No Comments
Round 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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To Use Or Not To Use? Thats is the question. Competeing with Vintage Cars.

By simonlewis 12/12/2016 Category 1 4 Comments
To 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…

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Funny Place For A Chateau…but then again…

By simonlewis 10/08/2016 Category 1 No Comments
Funny 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…

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A Vintage New Year’s Day Treat – Much Marcle VSCC Gathering 2016

By simonlewis 02/01/2016 Category 1 No Comments
A 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…

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Trial By Mud – Some Winter Motorsport 2015

By simonlewis 19/12/2015 Category 1 1 Comment
Trial 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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