After last year’s efforts of going to pretty much all the motorsport events I could get to, this year has been a very different affair. Having attended the World Series by Renault at Silverstone back in July, I had to wait a whole 4 months to the next event – MPH Show at the Birmingham NEC.

The tickets were bought back in June, so it kind of felt like a free event travelling on the way down. Passing what was a gruesome accident on the M1 we made good time missing most of the queues, and we spent about 10 hours there split between the show and the main feature – Top Gear Live.

Yes, the Top Gear trio live on stage messing about for over an hour. Quite comical, but good entertainment nonetheless. The performance started with them displaying and racing some custom built vehicles (if you can call them that) made from chainsaws and strimmers. Thereby followed some demonstrations from Ford’s own stunt drivers in some Focus RS’s, a line-up of some the world’s most rarest cars, Reliant Robin racing, Japanese-style drifting and not to mention an excellent performance of indoor-driving by none other than The Stig.

After being given the opportunity to attend the Rally GB in South Wales, it provided a different sort of spectator approach to the event. Usually there is a grandstand. Some nice seats. Concrete to walk on. But this time it was gravel. Then grass. Then mud. Then rain. Oh joy. With our tickets not actually [...]

All systems are go! Kind of. After what seems like a lot of coming and going over decision making, it appears that the road trip for 2010 is picking up pace. However, the time and effort needed to put together a trip across Europe like this only really dawns on you when you actually attempt [...]

Recovering. Slowly. One minute you’re all happy with the status quo. Ben sleeps. Becky sleeps. I sleep. Great. Then the next night Becky doesn’t sleep, Fin doesn’t sleep, and I don’t sleep. Ben does. I’ve now managed to overcome the initial tiredness and am now slowly integrating back into society. I’ve now put some more [...]

With only 2 weeks left before the big ‘B’ day, the name suggestion sheet has been scribbled on and wiped clean so many times that I’m no closer to coming up with a name. So, what do I call my son no.2? Yes, it’s a boy. Criteria is that it has to flow nicely with [...]

Swiss Alps this was not. The Peak District this was. To mark the fact that it could be last time Rob went out in his Mini on a decent run before it is sold, we felt the need to celebrate the occasion with a quick run out to the Peaks. Nothing serious, but enough to [...]