Simon's Blog

‘Monkey’ is my trials car, a 1995 Suzuki X-90 2 wheel-drive (they did a 4x4 option) . Jeremy Clarkson famously declared the X-90 to be one of the “worst cars of the decade” when it was new!  Luckily thats now given it a degree of cult following....

Early season bookselling at a chilly but often sunny Prescott Hillclimb where the test day was in full swing and the paddock was full of nice cars. It may not have been very busy on the book stands but it was nice to be back!

Ah! The open road : the wind in your face, the crackle of an exhaust,  the countryside smells in your nostrils (pooh!)….Hang on, I don't usually do this sort of thing.  Despite competeing since way back in 1991, I have only  taken part...

Time was when late autumn was the highpoint of the spectating year for many of us as the Lomard RAC Rally (as it was) toured the country from Bath (or Chester or Harrogate etc) to Yorkshire, to Scotland to Wales and all points in between. The BBC used...

Fabulous cars in the paddock, in the car park and even among the tents in the camping field. VSCC Prescott was a joy for the car spotter.