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 –
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 –
When car making really was child’s play
Tomorrow marks the 65th anniversary of the most ambitious car factory opening in Wales, but you may never have heard of it or seen its products, says Dave Moss –
Wonders of the Western Group world: 10, How should you spell Gloster?
You may have wondered why there are two varieties of its famous cheese, but did you also know it has mellowed since being the aviation capital of Britain, as explained by David Moss –
Wonders of the Western Group: 9 The M96 revealed
Britain’s most secret motorway is also its shortest and there’s a long story behind it, explains Dave Moss –
The Italian Job
The former treasurer of The Western Group Andrew Morland tells how he was happy to pass on £2.5 Million –
Wonders of the Western Group: 8 Idea stuck in the mud at Severnside
If recent talk of a new Thames estuary airport sounds like the stuff of dreams to escape the crowded south east – or alternatively, something close to an unmitigated environmental disaster – then spare a thought for those of us in South Wales and the West of England, says Dave Moss –
Life on the open road beckons for some of our brethren
After shelling out on a new motorhome, what could be more naturale than heading off to the shellfish capital of France, says John Powell –
Getting a grip on reality, at last
Motoring journalists live a pretty blessed existence travelling across Europe to test out the very latest models in the most exotic locations, usually in warm weather but it was on a recent trip to Salzburg, Austria that opened the eyes of our Maxine Ashford –
Cars of the years, from our classic expert’s longer perspective
Kim Henson takes a personal and light-hearted sideways look at some of the models to achieve ‘Car of The Year’ status over the last half century –
Wonders of the Western Group World: 7 The dragon’s unlikely tale
As another episode in this series reveals, the biggest regional airport in the Western Group area has an interesting but hidden history, as revealed by David Moss –
Not our job to sell cars, but we do
Ear, ear, Tony Lewis ponders the role of PRs and motoring journalists and the writers’ unofficial job as adviser and counsellor to a bewildered buying public –
All perfectly innocent, or is it paparazzi?
Lurking in the deepest darkest depths is a creature so deadly to man that royals, celebrities and mere mortals dread them wherever they pass –
No E Numbers please, we’re British
Love or loathe them, from E to eternity there is a long distance road to get you across Europe, and your guide is our own David Moss –
