Aug 29 2011
2011 Ormskirk MotorFest images now available
I’ve just uploaded my images from the 2011 Ormskirk MotorFest. The gallery is available to view on the Photography menu.
Cars
Aug 25 2009
New Vauxhall Corsa a week away
My faithful old Skoda blew it’s head gasket a few weeks ago and with it came a potential bill for about £400 worth of cylinder head skim. Coupled to the fact that it needed a new pair of front disks and front tyres (though in fairness these were routine maintenance issues) and a new tax [...]
Aug 9 2009
Vodafone SatNav fails on Nokia E71
I’ve banged on before about how I love my Nokia E71, even though I was anti-Nokia in the past. Well I thought it was time to see if the Sat Nav facility of my new phone would serve as a replacement for my ageing Tom Tom One.
Jan 8 2009
Insiginia – claustrophobic
I’m not a big guy, OK, maybe around the waist, but I am just your average six footer. How disappointed was I, when I attended this evenings launch of the brand new Vauxhall Insignia, to find that I struggled to get in and out without hitting my head on the door frame? Very. Don’t get [...]
Nov 13 2008
The Mini is back, long live the Mini!!!
Wood & Pickett (W&P), Mini parts and restoration specialists and one-time producer of special edition Minis, is to produce 50 new Minis. Well, old Minis to be exact – new old Minis. You know what I mean. According to this week’s Classic Car Weekly newspaper, W&P are to produce 50 new high-specification classic Minis to [...]
Nov 6 2008
Price of petrol – Part 2
So, we hear that the price of oil is now 50% of what it was at the peak earlier this year. Great, I’ve just driven past Tesco in Southport and petrol’s down to 92p a litre. It’s heading in the right direction, but it’s still not coming down at the rate of the reduction in [...]
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