One of the things about attending the Le Mans 24-Hour race in June, is that you have to start planning ahead for the next year almost straight after the race is finished, and crossing the channel is obviously a big part of that planning. Thankfully, the folk at Brittany Ferries are geared for this because their business is based around advance bookings for holidays … [Read more...]
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Déjà Vu of Porsche 911 2.4 S – Part 1
The dictionary defines the term Déjà vu as ‘already seen’, or the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced, has been experienced in the past. This was certainly true for Porsche enthusiast Dave Whelan, as he returned to the scene of the West Cork Rally where, in March 2000, he almost wrote off his 1972 Porsche 911 2.4 … [Read more...]
Sleeping in a box
There is a big event coming up, and you are looking for accommodation close by. Not easy. Most of us have been faced with this dilemma at one time or another. You definitely don’t want to miss the event but accommodation in the area has been fully booked for months. What do you do? Have you considered sleeping in a box? Just such a situation arose when I was planning my … [Read more...]
A tour of Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg museums
AutoMuseum Volkswagen Before the turn of the millennium, fans and visitors to Volkswagen’s vast Wolfsburg factory had only one option to look at past the company’s automotive wonders. With an eye on its complicated past, in 1985 the German firm opened a small museum in the town which was created especially for it. The warehouse-type AutoMuseum Volkswagen building in … [Read more...]
Part 2: Holiday in Sweden with an MG TC
So, the last you heard about the Cowcher's MG TC adventure, they were about to head off on a 3,080 mile round tour to southern Sweden. Part II rejoins them on 14 September 2014 as they're about to set off, the first part of the journey taking Tom, Eva and their daughter Nia 1,000 miles from their West Wales farm to Lund, Sweden. It was a cool autumn morning when they finally … [Read more...]
Travelling with Stena’s Superferry
When planning our Christmas trip to Hamburg, Germany, last year, we decided to cut down on our driving and to travel with Stena's superferry, the Hollandica, one of the largest superferries in the world. The route she travels is from Harwich to Hook of Holland and this is also the most direct route to the Netherlands and Germany. For many years, we have just done the usual … [Read more...]
9 motor museums and 3,059km in 1 week
Three Dutch friends Dik Boosman, Jan Mol and Pim van der Veer hit the road from Dordrecht in the Netherlands on Sunday 22 June, heading south towards Neuenburg, near the Black Forest (680km) to visit 9 motor museums and in the process drive 3,059km in one week. So we pick up their story from there: “The purpose of the adventure was to acquaint ourselves with the hitherto … [Read more...]
The Italian Connection
The boys are back in town…Zoltán Papp and Zsolt Dékány return home after an exhilarating five-day, 2500 km journey through some of the most beautiful European countryside. But this was no jolly, on the agenda were six museums including four automotive: Lamborghini, Casa Enzo Ferrari, Panini and Ferrari museums, as well as two motorcycle museums - The Italian Connection. … [Read more...]
British Autojumble Waalwijk 2013
On the 30th of June, for the 15th time, the three MG clubs in the Netherlands: MG Car Club Holland, MAG-Type Owners Holland and MG T-Type Owners Holland organised (as a federation) a big event in a large park in Waalwijk under the name of the British Autojumble Waalwijk. The formula is simple. The only entrance to the park is watched by a team of volunteers so that only … [Read more...]
Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2013
Act Four... As you can imagine from the title, this is my fourth visit to the most prestigious of all European car beauty contests, the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2013, and it was just as interesting for me as the first one was. The story – not mine but the Concorso’s – started in 1929, making it the oldest event of its kind and through sponsorship by BMW, this … [Read more...]
