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“Time, like an ever rolling stream, bears all its sons away.” And so we reach the subject of the first ever Trip Report on this blog and I have to try and come up with interesting way of saying exactly … Continue reading
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I’ve been living the full-on life of a British Leyland car owner in recent months, with the Land Rover and the Metro in regular service. Such a heady existence can only be carried on for so long, though- too much … Continue reading
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Forty years ago today the Austin Allegro was unveiled to the world. A replacement for the internationally successful, innovative and very well-regarded ADO16 range from BMC, the Allegro was to be British Leyland’s wonder-product for the ‘Seventies. The world held … Continue reading
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How can it be Drive It Day 2013 already? It feels that the show season has barely got going and before I know it it will be the Bromley Pageant of Motoring and I’ll be complaining that that’s pretty much … Continue reading
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Pride. Longbridge. Two words (or an emotion and a location) that are rarely associated with each other. None the less the Pride of Longbridge event is now in its eighth year and is going from strength to strength. It’s a … Continue reading
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There is an obvious problem with owning three cars but only two parking spaces (actually only one, but my neighbours and landlord are tolerant people…). This means that I generally rotate which of my cars are ‘active’ here in Peterborough … Continue reading
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This is going to be a very brief Trip Report because to report on it fully would be spoil this week’s main blog on Friday. Last Sunday I made a slightly circuitous trip (Portsmouth to Peterborough via Salisbury…it’s the most … Continue reading
There are some placenames that come to mean much more than a mere geographical description. ‘Longbridge’ is convenient shorthand for the entire British motor industry during its most troubled times. On the other hand ‘Wolfsburg’ is a perfect encapsulation of … Continue reading
I don’t know if its because we’ve finally caught on that if you wait for a whole weekend of decent weather in a British summer before bringing the car out lay-up then you never get to drive it, if it’s … Continue reading
Confession time- I used to not like the NEC show. I’ve been going on-and-off since I was 11 and I used to find it indescribably boring. It involved a long, tedious drive up the A34 to the outskirts of Birmingham … Continue reading