Leisure Archive
(March 2017)

1 March 2017

Jaguar F-PACE crowned Best Large Crossover in UK Car of the Year Awards

The Jaguar F-PACE has been named ‘Best Large Crossover’ in the UK Car of the Year Awards 2017. It will now feature in the final shortlist for the overall UK Car of the Year Award. The UK Car of the Year judging panel is made up of 27 of the UK’s leading motoring journalists, with Read more…

Traditions die hard

Shooting recently with Richard Gray at Scrivelsby with a team I had not met, as usual people enjoy showing me their various guns. One in particular was a Robert Churchill with 25” barrels, a self-opening premier model being used at the end of the season with 32 grams and 5 shot to some effect. Note Read more…

In the field…

Spring is such a time of expectation, it’s almost as if the whole of the countryside is just waking up. By now the early birds ‘no pun intended’ are busy nest building, with the rooks frequently being the first and the most visible due to their habit of choosing the very tops of the trees Read more…

Building an equestrian partnership and friendship

A former Royal Ascot winner has been transformed into a successful para-dressage horse under the tutelage of Lincolnshire rider Julie Frizzell, who now hopes the pair can go on to compete at international level together. Namibian, who comes from the Godolphin thoroughbred and horseracing team founded by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Read more…

All-new 2017 Honda Civic – first drive review

The Honda Civic is one of those Japanese brands that has never faded away or changed into anything else, and it’s remarkable to think it’s been on our roads since 1972. The 2017 Civic is the 10th generation of the model, and Honda claims it wanted to bring back the essence of a practical, yet Read more…

48 Years of Range Rover: Peerless design and engineering innovation through every generation

Animation celebrates Range Rover’s enduring design and innovation over almost five decades. Range Rover is the original luxury SUV, epitomising the best of British design. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/ls6PibauaK0 Two minutes is not long, but it’s enough time for Land Rover to celebrate a motoring icon. The Range Rover has pioneered design, refinement and Read more…

The Sunbeam Rapier from the Rootes Motor Group…

The Sunbeam Rapier was styled in the late 1950s to have the American look of that period, reminiscent of the Studebaker Hawk with two tone paintwork, large rear fins and leather look upholstery but built in the UK – so it still had ‘Old English’ charm. At Woldside Classic and Sports Car in Louth we Read more…