WINTER 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 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 moreThe Apprentice : Encouraging The Next Generation…
Kevin, the Ice cream man stopped his van as it headed past us towards the exit. It was something after 6pm on a Sunday evening and raining. Kevin leaned out…
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 moreAll 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…
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 moreTesting…Testing…Anyone There? Biscester VSCC Driving Tests
Ah, 2.30pm at last! Time to pack up and get out of the wind … Been here since long before daylight (the trip took far less time than expected at…
Read moreSun, Rain and Power Cuts – Tribulations at Shelsley Walsh July 4-5 2015
It’s gone awfully quiet. No cars, no commentary, just a little hum of conversation from the spectators and the distant rattle of a generator powering the beer cooler up in…
Read moreNot Goodwood Revival : Loton Park VSCC Hillclimb 2014
Nestling in the hills west of Shrewsbury is a hidden gem in the British motor sport pantheon : Loton Park. No, not Oulton Park. I know, I know – say…
Read moreMonsters, Mud And The Mini-Tornado : Prescott VSCC Hillclimb 2014
The paddock seems to be brimming with aero-engined Edwardian monsters, there’s a healthy crowd watching although this is just Saturday afternoon and practice day. Tomorrow is when it all gets…
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