Oh, the marvels of logical road signs! The photo on the right is our rental car that we used during our recent trip to the UK. It is a very nice Diesel VW Golf that we picked up at the Manchester Airport. The rental company had a very nice comedian …
I do not know the year of this Alvis. I wish I did. We ran across it the day before a big auto auction in Buxton, Derbyshire back in July. The location was the famous Pavilion Gardens, and the event was big, and I do mean “big”. The first thing …
We were taking a casual evening walk in Derbyshire when we noticed some unusual action in the village of Biggin. Apparently, some sheep escaped from their field and made a dash into down. They ran past the Waterloo Pub and headed down the main street. Well, I should say the …
We spotted this stunning blue Alvis at the Pavilion Gardens in Buxton, Derbyshire back in July. H & H Classic Car Auctions was preparing for the big sale, which was scheduled for July 19. We were there a day or so before, so we took the opportunity to inspect the …
Here’s a video from a ride on the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in Exmoor. This video was recorded in July of 2009.
If you are a fan of the great movie Grand Prix (1966, staring James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, and others) you are probably familiar with racing cars similar to the one on the right. This is a BRM P56 race car from 1961. It is one of the …
On the right is a photo of Lewis Hamilton’s 2010 Mercedes MP4 25A racing car with which he won the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal and the Belgium Grand Prix. This is the sort of car that you see racing on the TV (unless you are lucky and rich enough …
Britain seems to be a bit closer to WWII than the US is. That may be an incorrect impression, but, either way, it should be no surprise. There are any number of museums and memorials dedicated to various aspects of the war, and this is one of them. Pictured on …
