Road Tripping – The Mont Ventoux Hillclimb Darryl Sleath Roadtripping Considered to be the most brutal stage of the Tour de France, this extinct volcano previously hosted the most prestigious event on Europe’s motorsport calendar Better known as the Beast of Provence thanks to its regular inclusion in the Tour de France,...
Ripping up the Atlas – An African roadtrip on a budget Rich Duisberg Roadtripping Back in 1995, I bought and read a particular copy of Car magazine. On the front cover was a picture of a Ferrari 512 in the desert. The feature was written by a chap called Richard Bremner and told the story of this car, probably worth more than my house,...
Move over North Coast 500 – Tackling Wales’ newest long-distance driving route with the Caterham 360R Darryl Sleath Roadtripping Only a decade ago, if you’d got yacking with your chums about planning some long-distance automotive adventure, it would have conjured up images of sun-parched desert highways, Easy Rider and drop-top Yank tanks ploughing up Route 66. But thankfully,...
Lada versus Volga – our “Russian” roadtrip film. Rich Duisberg Roadtripping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xiy2NUdMGE Big feature on this stuff coming in the next issue of MotorPunk magazine soon! See here...
The story of the other Nürburgring (and why it’s a better place to develop roadcars) Rich Duisberg Road Rallies, Roadtripping It is, admittedly, a bit of a bucket list destination. I realised it was 20 years since my first, faltering lap of the Nürburgring in March of this year, and when getting my old Alfa sickeningly sideways, again, I concluded that I’m done with it. Public...
Our GTV at the ring – pics Rich Duisberg Roadtripping Some pics from last year's 'ring trip in the (now departed) Alfa GTV V6; I didn't quite trust it to get there without drama, so cheated... Old meets new outside the historic paddock... Cold, wet and grey. And slippy... And at...
The London To Brighton Mini Run Darryl Sleath Roadtripping 1 Comment Back in May 2018 we joined the world famous London to Brighton Mini Run, a convoy of Issigonis’s greatest creations that chugs its way 53-miles southwards from Crystal Palace to the balmy coastal assembly point on Madeira Drive. I’d wanted to do it for...
The 2017 Albert Ball Centenary Blat – (Pics!) Rich Duisberg Articles, Roadtripping A couple of years ago I came across the story of Captain Albert Ball; WW1 fighter ace, fellow Morgan pilot and local hero. In conjunction with CBS's XCar channel I did some research, then made a little film telling the story of his life. It was one of our...
DGR 2017; The serious business of not taking things too seriously. Rich Duisberg Features, Roadtripping It’s for charity. The great excuse reason for getting dolled up and dragging that pristine machine out of the garage on a Sunday morning. The last of the summer warmth clinging to the tarmac. Sunday drivers destined for garden centres somewhere, leaving...
