Stonehenge and the motorist: A 6000 year old story… so far – by Dave Moss
On 12 November 2020, permission was granted to join up existing dual carriageways on the A303 in Wiltshire via a new dual carriageway section, running via a twin-bore four-lane road tunnel just south of Stonehenge. The decision reignited controversy which has raged...From the chair June 2021
Slowly, very slowly, things are getting back to normal for motoring journalists, prs, the industry and dealers but no-one knows what that “new normal” will be or how it will work out and that is potentially a sticking point for everyone which will not take...
BREXIT for beginners
Britain’s departure from the EU has prompted a flurry of information and advice from the Department for Transport, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the DVLA on rule changes affecting Britons driving in Europe from January 1st 2021. Here we round up...A not so dirty dozen
12 things you didn’t know about the Western Group, revealed by our secretary Liz Turner –
Britain by numbers: Part 2
If you’ve jumped here to discover how our motorways are numbered, you’ll probably find it helpful to read part 1 on the A and B road numbering system as background in unravelling what follows. After that you’ll need a certain level of concentration to see through this convoluted story, as unravelled by Dave Moss –
Britain by numbers: Part 1
It’s a complex hundred year old story resulting in a system which has largely stood the test of time, despite being a tortuous tale of delay and intrigue, tempered by only occasional inspiration, says Dave Moss –
Tough Toyota RAV4 proves it has the right stuff
Sixteen years after it was built, a Toyota RAV4 has successfully completed arguably the most memorable journey of its life, and helped raise thousands of pounds for charity, as Kim Henson reports –
A century ago Welsh motor sport fans were asking “Wot’s occurring?”
Motor sport in Wales had a familiar starting point over a century ago, and it wasn’t Pendine, as Robin Roberts explains –
F1 in Cornwall
When F1 came to Cornwall Lotus notched up its first GP win in the early 1950s, Tony Lewis wasn’t there but still managed to write this piece from a book of the circuit –
Knowledge Garage opens for business
Excited editors and pushy producers now have an extra pair of hands to tune that story before deadline, Meet the Experts in our Knowledge Garage –
Wonders of the Western Group world: 11 An unfortunate coincidence
By air, by sea and in between, two islands off the Western Group coastline are still linked by a unique form of pubic transport, as Dave Moss explains in the last instalment of his grand tour through the West Country and South Wales looking at Wonders of the Western Group World –
Is that a woman in that car?
Western Group member Liz Turner recounts the trials, tribulations and tremendous satisfaction of being a female motoring writer –
