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Making an exhibition of yourself…

February 14th, 2012

Mutatis, mutandis – exhibitions no longer form part of our marketing plans.  The Battle Bus has been retired to a residential site in Essex, and…

Worth seeing, if only once – Formula 1 cars racing up a country lane.

February 3rd, 2012

 Find some idyllic scenery, with a road climbing the hill; bring your car or motorbike,  and see how quickly you can drive from bottom to…

CLA Game Fair 2012

January 27th, 2012

…is back at Belvoir Castle this year (20-22nd July 2012). Accommodation for miles around will have been fully booked long since – we know that…

Northern Lights

January 22nd, 2012

Those clever boffins at NASA  predict that in March 2012 the Northern Lights will be at their most spectacular since 1958, but the display is…

Testing times?

January 14th, 2012

  The sporting year gets under way with the England cricket team taking on Pakistan in Dubai and Abu Dhabi later this month.  World champions…

Snow’s good and ski resorts are cutting prices: time to grab a bargain?

January 6th, 2012

In the weekend press, news of Swiss ski resorts cutting prices by up to 33% in a desperate bid to attract custom.  The Sunday Times…

Point-to-point fixtures January and February 2012

December 28th, 2011

Weather permitting, the point-to-point season is gathering pace: Saturday, 7th January 2012      Larkhill Racing Club at Larkhill Sunday, 8th January 2012      North Cornwall…

Yule feel better…

December 22nd, 2011

after 22nd December, because it’s Yuletide, the shortest day of the year.   Hooray! Daylight increases, those of us suffering from S.A.D* start to find winter…

Thank you, Daily Telegraph

December 21st, 2011

“Third leader” in The Daily Telegraph, 201211: “Builders at work on Southend Pier have been told to turn down their transistor radios and refrain from…

Nasty smell in the larder…

December 19th, 2011

The property:  300 year old farmhouse, rather inflammable The symptom:  Horrid smell of hot plastic in the larder The source:  Found to be in the…