Roadtripping

On the west coast of Scotland sits this solitary pump, in an area once described by a local 16th century clergyman as “guid for thieves and rebellis”. Its remote location might not have caught much passing trade but it did once serve the Army, who...

From 1986 to 1990 there was, believe it or not, a Grand Prix held in Birmingham city centre. Called the Birmingham SuperPrix, it was an anti-clockwise street circuit race for F3000 cars. It was a strange affair, really, far from the glamour of other street...

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,...

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,...

I gave up one-marque car events many years ago. For me, the enjoyment of motoring is in the diversity of machinery; the cool and the peculiar, the quick and the quirky – that’s what gets me out of bed on a Sunday morning for a meet. I tend to find that...

This is the new 2020 Suzuki Swift Sport- Hybrid. It’s like the 2019 Sport except now it’s a bit slower and a bit heavier, and has a load of gadgets. Then there’s the price- we’ll talk about that later. A few BHP have been lost (Now 127) and a second...

In the month before the virus, the life of an Automotive Adventurer was so much easier. In early February, a simple plan had been hatched: budget flights, grab a cheap rental car and a full day's exploration of France's Route Napoleon. So after after lunch...

In July 1955, an Austin A90 Westminster departed London on a mission to venture where no motorcar had gone before: a journey of seventeen thousand miles, from the North Cape of Europe to the Southern Cape of Africa. Behind the wheel was a mercurial former...

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,...