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“Sorry To Bother You But…” Exmoor Clouds Trial 2021

By simonlewis 14/09/2021 Category 1
“Sorry To Bother You But…” Exmoor Clouds Trial 2021

 September 5th . It’s supposed to be red hot and balmy but on the north Somerset coast, Exmoor is shrouded in mist and the temperature has been distinctly average for…

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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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Beaulieu 1986 & 2016 : 30 Years And Worlds Apart.

By simonlewis 08/09/2016 Category 1 No Comments
Beaulieu 1986 & 2016 : 30 Years And Worlds Apart.

When I was 18 and just starting out as a book seller The Event was Beaulieu. Nothing else came close. Nothing was as important or as influential. You had to…

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All A Question Of Clouds… Four Motor Sport Events In Spring

By simonlewis 10/06/2016 Category 1 No Comments
All A Question Of Clouds… Four Motor Sport Events In Spring

We had storm clouds, rain clouds, dust clouds and clouds of tyre smoke. We even had that rarest of happenings, Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb with no clouds at all! Yes Spring…

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Speeding Into Spring : Bromyard Speed Festival April 3 2016

By simonlewis 05/04/2016 Category 1 No Comments
Speeding Into Spring : Bromyard Speed Festival April 3 2016

The elderly man in the flat cap beside me laughs out loud and grins from ear to ear. His wife, not quite so vocal, beams her own approval. Beyond them…

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30th ANNIVERSARY of SIMON LEWIS TRANSPORT BOOKS

By simonlewis 24/02/2016 Category 1 3 Comments
30th ANNIVERSARY of SIMON LEWIS TRANSPORT BOOKS

February 25th 2016 sees the 3oth anniversary of our founding.  It’s hard to get your head around judging an enterprise in decades (four of them!) rather than years or months.…

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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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Petrol Pumps, Pedal Cars and The World’s Smallest Sidecar : Beaulieu 2015

By simonlewis 10/09/2015 Category 1 No Comments
Petrol Pumps, Pedal Cars and The World’s Smallest Sidecar : Beaulieu 2015

The thing with Beaulieu Autojumble is you never quite know what you will see. On the surface it all appears much the same year after year (It’s 31 since I…

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A Glastonbury For The Vintage Car Set. Prescott Vintage Hilclimb 2015

By simonlewis 25/08/2015 Category 1 No Comments
A Glastonbury For The Vintage Car Set. Prescott Vintage Hilclimb 2015

On the course and in the paddock you see a beguiling assortment of pre WW2 sports and racing cars. In the car park on Sunday morning a jaw dropping variety…

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Location, Location , Location… Strange Days At A Very English Chateau !

By simonlewis 14/07/2015 Category 1 4 Comments
Location, Location , Location… Strange Days At A Very English Chateau !

Nestling just off the busy M5 motorway not very far from Birmingham is a gloriously eccentric hotel – Chateau Impney. The story goes  that this elaborate former stately home was…

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