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Ten odd things about the terrible giant lamb of Wormton (make that 11 things *stance*)1. The Wormton Lamb begins life as a normal lamb in Mr Gaffathwaite’s flock of Cornucopian Tablebacks.2....
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Vintage Thing No.171.1
Spotted at Jamaica Inn (Photo : Roger Holland)Regular followers of Engine Punk may remember I recently wondered if an Austin 10 saloon I'd spotted years ago at Wadebridge show ground was still around....
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Re-launch of my books
The cover depicted here may not be what you get. Do let me know what comes in the post if you order one.The Horsepower Whisperer and The Wormton Lamb are still available on Amazon but I am re-launching...
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Vintage Thing No.169.1 - Bentley MkVI James Young saloon.
Although damaged this photo of 1112RH must have been very cherished and looked at often (Photo : Vivian Bush)Vintage Thing No.169 attracted an interesting comment last month. I’d blogged about a...
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10 odd things about the book entitled The Wormton Lamb (make that 11 things...
1. The story begins with a growth hormone experiment that goes horribly wrong.2. The tale of The Wormton Lamb asks us what are we doing to rural communities and our...
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Vintage Thing No.172 - Little Satan
Getting down low with Little SatanWhile in pre-war Austin mode, I found these pictures I took of a well-executed Austin 7 special at the Crash Box Club gathering at Powderham Castle back in 2019.It's...
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Vintage Thing No.171 - Austin 10 Ripley
The Austin 10 Ripley. That radiator reminds me of an Austin 7 Grasshopper but chromed or nickel platedThis rare survivor of an Austin Ten Ripley Sports appears at shows around the west country...
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2026 Land's End Trial
In the queue for DarracottAfter the overheating and under bonnet fire on this year’s Exeter Trial, I set out to prevent any of that nonsense happening again. I fitted a new fan switch, a new temp gauge...
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Marshalling on local trials (with the Buddha of the re-starts)
I had a Matchbox model of a VW Fastback. This is the real thing of Tom Coles and Edd Wagner. Remedial work on the Arkley-MG has taken much longer than I expected but it is now back together and running...
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Novel news
I’ve finished the Soul Trader trilogy and will be re-relaunching The Horsepower Whisperer very dreckly. Possibly soon than that. This means new covers, ebooks and audiobooks. The Wormton Lamb will...
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2026 Exeter Trial
Wot no air filter?After a great deal of re-work on the Arkley-MG I felt – for once – adequately prepared for the 96th Exeter Trial. Sally and I actually completed the one Tamar Trial last October and...
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Musee D'Art & Industrie, Châtellerault
The Musee is part of a complex of industrial buildings that are far more pleasing on the eye than the corrugated steel sheds we get nowadays.Earlier this year, my road trip in France through the Vienne...
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World's first motor race medallion
The "engraved" side of the commemorative medallion (Photo : Wikimedia)Regular readers of this irregular web log may remember the thunderous silence surrounding revelations over the world’s first motor...
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2025 Camel Classic
Great shot - despite rain and gloomy light - of Peter Stobbs on Jab and Left hook. (Photo : Paul Jones)I marshalled on this year’s Camel Classic, since I’ve had the engine and gearbox out and in with...
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2025 Tamar Trial
That's not just the early morning sunshine that's so dazzling - it's the level of preparation on some people's cars. The CMR Special of Jon and Calvin Moores could be too shiny to get muddy......
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Vintage Thing No. 170 - Austerity Special
You can tell it's a special Special from a distant glanceAmong the invited sports and racing cars at this weekend's meeting at Wiscombe Park was this fascinating device. No one was around to answer my...
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Showcase
I am very interested in Infra Red photography and the haunting images it provides once converted to black and white Engine Punk began as a means of promoting my writing but this blog has grown a life...
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2025 Land's End Trial
Patchy coastal fog wasn't forecast at Blue Hills 2 this Easter but tyre smoke was. Richard Hayward suffered a blow out but may have cleared the section otherwise.It was a huge disappointment to not...
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Vintage Thing No.169 - Bentley Mk VI James Young saloon
Despite an interest in light cars (and medium-sized ones I suppose) I also like lumbering great beasts. This is a particularly fine example that belongs to some friends of mine.Gravitas in metalFor...
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Tree roots motorsport – marshalling on the 39th Launceston Trial
Martin Matthews and Colin Satchell approach the restart on Eastcott 1 in their UVA FugitiveAs the Arkley-MG’s recuperation from the Exeter Trial continues, this year I marshalled on the 39th Launceston...
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