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It all began in 1997 when my son Oliver was 14 and his first girlfriend had jilted him. Feeling sorry for him I went into [read more…]

Southern Alfa Day, well what an event! It was carefully inserted between an easing of lockdown, risk aversion and the upcoming second wave of COVID-19. [read more…]

Sometimes the best decisions are those that are made quickly. Whilst we were easing out of lockdown between the first and second waves of the [read more…]

We have covered and attended the Bonnets and Wings Show before in the following articles: https://www.arockes.org.uk/bonnets-wings-1st-sept-2019/and https://www.arockes.org.uk/bonnets-and-wings-show-at-the-battle-of-britain-memorial-2-sept-2018/ . Both of these articles cover the location [read more…]

The Grand Old Timer Rally is one of those late season gatherings that we all try to get to as Michael Stainer, the organiser and [read more…]

Last year at “Sandwich Goes Italian” the event was literally “rammed!” with events, Italian vehicles of every description, Italian food stalls, wine, Italian restaurants, fantastic [read more…]

I must have to admit that I’d had a bit of a “Mare” of a week in between Festival Italia and the Historic Masters a [read more…]

It was a bit touch and go whether Festival Italia would go ahead at Brands Hatch this year and as it turned out was a [read more…]

Never in my life have I lived and worked through a pandemic. I have read about them and taken in the horror that was the [read more…]

Pevensey Bay lies both behind and on a vast shingle beach that stretches as far as the eye can see in either direction. Although the [read more…]