Walk On Water (nearly) 30 Years On

Is it really nearly 30 years since this long-awaited “classic reunion” album was released? In hindsight it was already the beginning of the end (again), but what a glorious return to form from the “classic” line-up of Mogg, Schenker, Way, Raymond and Parker, two of whom have now sadly left us (Pete Way and Paul Raymond in 2020 and 2019…

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GR86 – First Impressions

I’ve been a happy owner of GT86s for the past 10 years, but despite being a great car it has always had a few niggling problems from the first generation (2012-2017 ) that weren’t addressed in it’s second iteration (2017-2021) of which I have had one of each. Then along came the GR86 (GR for Gazoo Racing) in 2022. Unfortunately,…

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RIP Smudge

He was never the same after losing his brother, and today, 6 weeks later, Smudge finally succumbed to his own long term illness. RIP Smudge 18/6/08-20/12/23. You’re also going to be missed very much.

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A Visit to Helensburgh

Whilst I was already in the area for Winterstorm 2023 I took the short hop by train from Glasgow to Helensburgh for the day to visit where I was born some number of years ago! I don’t get to go there very often, and to be fair, there’s not really much to see, if you’re going up that way you’re…

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