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Bob Blackman
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Author of The Horsepower Whisperer, The Wormton Lamb and Engine Punk blogger
The plot about about the world's first ever motor race in 1867 thickens.

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World's first motor race medallion
The "engraved" side of the commemorative medallion (Photo : Wikimedia) Regular readers of this irregular web log may remember the thunderous...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My blog about marshalling on the 2025 Camel Classic Trial

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2025 Camel Classic
Great shot - despite rain and gloomy light - of Peter Stobbs on Jab and Left hook. (Photo : Paul Jones) I marshalled on this year’s Camel Cl...
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December 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Seasonal viewing
October 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
On the Tamar Trial last Sunday
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
St Clether Holy Well and Chapel
October 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
October 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Wonderful holiday in France, riding mechanical elephants, seeing 15,000 sculptures and slightly more modern rolling sculpture in the shape and form of this AC Aceca
September 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Steampunk elephant ride in Nantes
September 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I was amused to see the subtitles on BBC News today referring to Farage as Farah Raj!
September 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
At the Imp Club National rally at Alfold
August 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Anyone else going to the Bock O'Nock steam fair on Sunday?
July 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Red Barrows flying through flames at Bradninch Music Festival
June 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
June 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Kenidjack Valley and the Crowns engine houses at Botallack yesterday
June 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Back to Blighty on Eurostar after a trip full of wonder, skiing derring-do, art, culture and great company to Paris, Tignes, Domodosalla, Florence, Nice and Paris again.
March 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Back to Blighty on Eurostar after a trip full of wonder, skiing derring-do, art, culture and great company to Paris, Tignes, Domodosalla, Florence, Nice and Paris again.
March 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
February 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Lower front wishbone nut didn't wanna went. I split a socket on it but ground the nut back after trying my trusty nut splitter and then hammered it off with a drift
February 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It's the intermission during The Brutalist
January 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Here's a link to Engine Punk - an account of my entry into the 2025 Exeter Trial
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95th Exeter Trial 2025
Arkley-MG all set for the 95th Exeter This year’s event saw me entered again as part of the Team Inappropriate massseeve but also I had chos...
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January 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I am in the 2025 Exeter Trial from Friday night until Saturday afternoon as No.183

I get more excited about this than Christmas and New Year put together.

Anyone wishing to spectate or take pictures please see the link below.

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THE EXETER TRIAL - The Motor Cycling Club
The Exeter Trial is a challenging long distance event that takes in some of England’s most historic unsealed roads.
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January 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Me First and The Gimme Gimmes (supported by The Briefs) in Brixton followed by The Unthanks in Bodmin
December 19, 2024 at 9:10 AM
I recently blogged about my experience in the 2024 Camel Classic Trial run by the Camel Vale Motor Club - proper job tree roots motorsport in Cornwall

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2024 Camel Classic
At the start of this year's Camel Classic, l to r, Simon Oates' Liege, Aaron Haizelden's John Deere Special, Emma Wall's Troll and the VW ...
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December 11, 2024 at 5:02 PM