Leisure Archive
(June 2015)

1 June 2015

Equestrian Life – June 2015

THE RIDE-AWAY EXPRESS EVENTING CHALLENGE, THE POPULAR AND EXCITING EQUINE COMPETITION, RETURNS TO THE CLA FAIR The Ride-away Express Eventing Challenge – the spectacular, fast-moving and hugely popular version of traditional three-day eventing – is to return to this year’s CLA Game Fair, to be held at Harewood House in Yorkshire from Friday 31st July Read more…

The Vet’s Story: Michael Gibson

In the tough, challenging sport that is three-day eventing, the welfare of the sport’s stars – its horses – is paramount. Overall responsibility for equine welfare at the annual Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials falls to Veterinary Services Manager Michael Gibson BVMS MRCVS. Michael holds the hefty responsibility of ensuring the smooth running of all Read more…

Belton International Horse Trials

Visitors enjoyed three cracking days of first-class Eventing at the Belton International Horse Trials. The venue also hosted a variety of other activities including Dog Agility, an Inter-Hunt Relay, Horseball, Pony Club Mounted Games, a Classic Car Show and even the 10k Trail Run up to the Bellmount Tower. For many the Eventing was the Read more…

Shooting Times – June 2015

The Gunroom provides the best platform for all shooting pursuits – Send us your news on editorial@lincolnshirelife.co.uk HOLTS Auctioneers of fine modern and antique guns are now the largest Sporting Auction House in Europe, specialising in sporting items and militaria. The photograph just shows a small selection of items delivered to my office last week, Read more…

Range Rover SVAutobiography takes luxury to new heights

Land Rover unveiled the Range Rover SVAutobiography at the 2015 New York International Auto Show, adding even more luxury, design sophistication and performance to an enhanced line-up. Exclusively crafted at Special Vehicle Operations’ (SVO) Technical Centre in the UK, the SVAutobiography features unique exterior design enhancements, an exclusive premium leather interior with unique trim finishes Read more…

Dealership proves to be the ideal stablemate for horse trials

A Mitsubishi dealership in Lincoln saddled up for a popular horse trials event – and declared the new partnership to be a winner. Charles Warner Mitsubishi gave its support to the Norton Disney Horse Trials, which was held at White Hall Farm in the village. The event attracted more than 1,000 spectators, who not only Read more…

Citroën Grand C4 Picasso named What Car? ‘Best MPV’ for second year running

Just 12 months on from its UK launch, the Citroën Grand C4 Picasso has been crowned ‘MPV of the Year’ for the second year in succession at the prestigious What Car? Car of the Year Awards 2015. The What Car? Awards judging panel named the Grand C4 Picasso 1.6 e-HDi 115 Exclusive its “favourite MPV” Read more…

Exhilarating high performance with breathtaking acceleration

It really isn’t very often that you get to drive a machine that you’ll remember forever. For me, my week with the Bentley Continental GT V8 S was enough to be certain that the car will always burn an impression into my grey matter. Motoring along in a different vehicle each week never gets boring, Read more…

Jaguar shines in 2015 Driver Power ownership survey

Jaguar has scored an impressive set of results in this year’s Auto Express Driver Power customer satisfaction survey with an executive car category win, second and third place in the sports car category and several best-in-class awards. Top of the executive car table was the Jaguar XJ, scoring 92.46 per cent for customer satisfaction. Owners Read more…