The last few days I have been having a great time on my European road trip, and had several blog posts about the adventures ready to post, but on Friday 20th March my dream road trip came to a very abrupt and devastating end! I was on the last part of the […]
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My friend Ollie and I were really looking forward to Ninove 2015 after how much we enjoyed last years show, so this year we decided to take the rush out of the event and stop over a day early in France. This meant we had a que free trip on […]
As part of Hastings week in October, there is an annual 2 day vintage car show held on the seafront at the Stade for Classic Cars and Motorcycles up to 1988 (+ later exceptional vehicles). It is open to all different makes and types of cars and bikes from different periods of automotive history, […]
After a good look around at all the different busses and bugs on display at the Brighton Mariana as part of the SSVC (Split Screen Van Club) Brighton Breeze show, we thought we had managed to catch pretty much most of what was on display on they day, so we decided […]
Living just down the road from Brighton, it’s a bit crazy that I’ve never actually managed to get along to the Split Screen Van Clubs (SSVC) annual Brighton Breeze event before, and this year it was nearly the same! Fortunately my wife, managed to drag me out of the house to […]
Some people say it’s not a great idea to try to combine business with pleasure, but there are times when there is a natural coexistence which provides an excellent win win opportunity. This summer we had one such event! My wife Lorna was taking place in a series of PechaKucha talks at […]
I had always been wanting to add a soundtrack of some kind to my original time-lapse HD video from this years UK cruise to Ninove, but I never really had the skills to do it. However I’m very lucky that my son has just finished his degree at University and has […]
So before it was time to head back, it was hard to not just have one more look around at the vast variety of vintage vehicles on display in the streets of Ninove, but this time these are some of the ones that were caught by my friend Ollie’s camera […]
One of the things I enjoy the most when walking around a vintage car show such as the Freddy Files event at Ninove in Belgium, is seeing all the various little details or contrasts in style that can be found, the juxtaposition of vintage versus modern, original versus restored or […]
Woke up early to a perfect clear blue sky, looks like it’s going to be great weather for the main Freddy Files show in the centre of Ninove today! So after a quick breakfast, it was time to follow some of our VW neighbours who had parked near us on […]
After a nice smooth trip through the EuroTunnel, a bite to eat at the services as the various vintage cars and buses gathered, we all set off for our initial destination, the Witkip Brewery Slaghmuylder in Ninove! The beautiful old cobbled courtyard of the brewery was a fantastic setting for the […]
Although I managed to sleep through my 5.15am alarm (I blame it on the high quality of the local beer served at the Drum Inn!), I was very thankful for the back-up of a second alarm call in the form of my friend Ollie banging on the window of my […]