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To be perfectly honest, I didn't have high expectations of this excursion. I expected a nice little collection of F1 cars and paraphernalia, maybe a couple of videos. Boy, was I wrong!! Come join me as my horizons are expanded.
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Located in beautiful Derbyshire, the Museum sits within the confines of the Grand Prix complex. As I was driving in and out there were numerous Astons, Jags, Ferraris and Porsches moving around - it would be an interesting place to do some serious car-spotting I think. Anyway, let's go in!
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In that article, I mentioned that I'd taken pictures in the Engine Hall. I kept them out of that piece because I figured most people wouldn't be overly impressed by an engine sitting on a stand. For those brave few who ARE interested, here we go! The other article is HERE if you haven't seen it already.
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A couple of months ago I started spending a bit of time on Drivetribe.com, which is the website owned by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May - formerly of Top Gear fame, and the hosts of The Grand Tour.
As well as finding the moderators and (most) users extremely welcoming and hospitable I have really been enjoying my interaction with the site, to the point I have started writing some articles based on my visits to car museums and local (South Australian) events.
I'll most likely start to reproduce and expand upon the theme here, but if you'd like to view my work, go join up to Drivetribe. It is a very different site from what you are used to, as it is very social media like, but without the inane and mindless drivel that is the norm on other sites. It takes a bit of getting used to, and finding your way around, but there is a LOT of stuff on there that will please anyone interested in cars and everything associated with them.
We have arrived home from another holiday - The United Kingdom this time..
Lot of photos at : United Kingdom 2017
And I managed to squeeze in a few Car Museums that rev-heads might like :-
Dani bought me a new DSLR for my birthday, and I've gone crazy taking pictures 🙂
Check out the recent holiday to Europe, including visits to the 2 Ferrari Museums in Modena, and the Schlumpf Collection in Mulhouse (France).
I also took some pictures while they were setting up for the 2016 Classic Adelaide.
It was rather nice at West Beach last night 🙂
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We Spent the Weekend at Black Point, on the Yorke Peninsula, with Leng and Chris, and Jess and Jake!
The Beach Shack we rented was passable, although nothing to write home about, but the dogs had an absolute BLAST!
They never stopped from the moment we got there, and played in the water, sand and seaweed non-stop.
We had to take them to the doggy-wash on the way home, of course, and they are totally shattered 🙂
It was a really nice weekend!
The video linked below is nostalgic, surreal, and fascinating.
The quality of such an old piece of work is simply amazing.
I added a new photo album - a bit special, this one really, Mark's Hondas.
It also made me realise that the is the first time I've taken any photos of cars/bikes this. Must try harder!
I've added quite a few new Webcams to the Cameras Page.
There are some amazing wildlife ones on the African countries, best viewed when it is night-time there as the animals come out to eat and drink after dark!
On the Menu Bar to the right of Blog you will see an Icon.
That Icon toggles between Light and Dark Modes.
Enjoy!
Dave
Welcome to the New Site!
There is lots of stuff to explore here, I'll highlight parts every now and again!
Come back soon!
Dave