Leisure Archive
(March 2018)

1 March 2018

Shoot clay for charity

Last spring I travelled to the beautiful Nettleton Lodge clay shooting ground near Caistor, with my family in tow, to take part in the Grimsby Rotary Club’s inaugural charity clay shoot. The club, part of Rotary International, is a social club with a strong emphasis on fundraising, and ‘service above self’ is their motto. The Read more…

Belton International – more than just horses

This year’s Belton International Horse Trials will take place from Friday 13th – Sunday 15th April, in the deer park surrounding the National Trust’s Belton House, near Grantham. A key fixture in the calendar of the world’s leading event riders, competition is always fierce at Belton; last year’s top three in the headline Lycett’s Grantham Read more…

Equine award acknowledges dedication

At the prestigious British Grooms Awards 2017, which was sponsored for the third consecutive year by Haddon Training, it was Lincolnshire based freelance groom David Burton who won one of the five categories up for grabs: The Haddon Training Team GBR Pony, Junior and Young Rider Grooms Award. When asked how he felt on winning Read more…

Eye-catching compact crossover

Kia has entered Europe’s fastest-growing market sector – that for small (B-segment) SUVs – with Stonic, an exciting, sporty, confident and smart new model. Stonic is based on the latest Rio supermini and is powered by high-efficiency, high-technology petrol and diesel powertrains from Rio and the cee’d family. It was designed in Europe at the Read more…

Defender lives on

Land Rover launches V8 Edition to celebrate 70th Anniversary. Land Rover has announced a limited-edition high-performance version of the iconic Defender, with up to 150 V8-powered examples re-engineered to celebrate the Land Rover marque’s 70th anniversary in 2018. The Defender Works V8 pays homage to the early high-powered engines in both the Series III Stage Read more…

The 10th generation Honda Civic

Upgraded diesel engine joins Honda Civic line-up. Since its arrival last year, the all new 10th Generation Civic has impressed both existing Honda drivers and those new to the brand. The depth of engineering within the car is testament to the skill of Honda. They have created a class leading car in terms of quality, Read more…

Mercedes-AMG E-Class Review

If you’ve been walking by a road and you’ve heard a loud, growling Mercedes-Benz go past, you’ve already been introduced to AMG. The latest AMG-enhanced product is Mercedes-Benz’s E-Class Estate. It has dropped a powerful, albeit modestly sized, 3.0-litre V6 into the car and has bolted on two turbochargers. That allows the engine to churn Read more…