Showing posts with label Motoring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motoring. Show all posts
Sunday, 17 May 2026

Lady Mairi's DB4

›
Charles Villiers told me about his grandmother's green Aston Martin DB4 , now in Germany. The DB4  model was produced by Aston Marti...
Sunday, 9 February 2025

Phantom Revival

›
Eureka! I wondered what had become of the City of Belfast's Rolls-Royce Phantom VI limousine. David Irvine discovered it. The na...
1 comment:
Saturday, 8 February 2025

Belfast's Phantom VI

›
In the late sixties and seventies, the Lord Mayor of Belfast's official mode of transport was a stately Rolls-Royce Phantom VI. Th...
6 comments:
Sunday, 4 June 2023

Historic Ballydugan

›
In May, 2017, I paid a visit to Inch Abbey, Downpatrick and Ballydugan. It is such a long time since I have visited Inch Abbey, that ex...
1 comment:
Sunday, 9 August 2015

Orlock Visit

›
I motored down the County Down coast today towards Groomsport. Parking on a lay-by near Orlock Point, I strolled along the coast for ab...
Sunday, 19 July 2015

County Londonderry Visit

›
Ballyronan House I arose from the heavenly slumber about seven-thirty this morning, made the customary breakfast of tea and toast, and ...
Friday, 11 July 2014

Magilligan Drive

›
This morning I drove across the bridge at the River Bann, at Coleraine, County Londonderry, and towards Bellarena, passing the Desmonds...
1 comment:
Saturday, 22 March 2014

Little Grey

›
Little Grey will be due it's annual service shortly. I've been receiving reminders from it's computer. According to one In...

Al's Breath Test

›
In a chapter of Back Fire entitled Cloisters Alan Clark tells us of his encounter with a red Hillman in central London. It was January, 19...
Friday, 24 January 2014

Classic MG

›
It has been an interesting morning. An old acquaintance called me and I paid him a visit fifteen minutes ago. This gentleman has been a...
6 comments:
Sunday, 17 November 2013

Shoulder of Lamb

›
Slowly cooked shoulder of lamb is the bill of fare at Belmont GHQ this evening. It has been cooking since ten o'clock this morning, wi...
2 comments:
Sunday, 25 August 2013

Sunday Drive

›
LOWRY'S WOOD I went for a drive in the new jalopy today, to Groomsport and Bangor, both in County Down. The new two-seater drives...
Sunday, 18 August 2013

Rolls-Royce Phantom II

›
The BBC reports that the son of the first owner of a 1933 Rolls-Royce will finally see the car over seventy years after it was sold. Gu...
Monday, 12 August 2013

Hot Seats!

›
I motored across Belfast this morning, to Motor City, aka Balmoral and Boucher Roads. The purpose of my journey was to have a look at a Me...
4 comments:
Thursday, 8 August 2013

New Jalopy?

›
I have expressed an interest in the new version of the trusty two-seater sports model I get about in, despite a brief visit to the vet...
Sunday, 4 August 2013

Killyleagh Sights

›
I visited Gibb's Island and Killyleagh, in County Down, today. The tiny island - now virtually a peninsula - is looking well. A larg...
Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Air Conditioning

›
Whilst out on the open roads in the two-seater last weekend, I turned on the air conditioning. Despite turning the knob fully to its lowes...
2 comments:
Monday, 15 July 2013

Broughshane Visit

›
Two years ago I paid a visit to the picturesque little village of Broughshane, County Antrim. I wrote a bit about the White memorial in the...
4 comments:
Saturday, 8 June 2013

Triumph Roadster

›
This lovely Triumph two-seater was parked outside The Cuan Inn yesterday.