Caffeine & Machine - 6th November 2021

A friend and I dropped into Caffeine & Machine on a cold November Saturday for some lunch and to see what was around. As always, you're certain to find something of interest and more than likely to stumbled across something unusual and unexpected.

There's no video this time, but below is a gallery of some of the vehicles in attendance during our visit.

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Bicester Heritage - Sunday Scramble October 2021

This was the final Sunday Scramble of 2021 and it didn't disappoint. As usual, there was a wide variety of vehicles on display (old and new); everything from vintage classics through to modern supercars with an eclectic mix of rarity thrown in for good measure. 

Below you'll find my highlights video and gallery from the event and I'm already looking forward to the first event of 2022. 

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BMW S 1000 XR Review

My review of BMW's S 1000 XR motorcycle. This is the first generation model, which ran from 2015-2019 before it gained some relatively minor improvements and modifications. In looking at this bike I was particulary interested in how it would compare to my own bike, one its rivals, the Ducati Multistrada (which I also recently reviewed).

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The Cars of Abingdon Air & Country Show 2021 (and Some Aircraft Too)

A flying visit (no pun intended) to the Abingdon Air and Country show, before taking my son to his first football game. I didn't get to see much of the air displays, but they always have some interesting cars in attendance. 

Here's a brief highlights video and gallery of the cars which were there and a little footage of the air displays which I was able to see.

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Salon Privé Classic & Supercar Show 2021

Below is a highlights video from 2021's Salon Privé Classic & Supercar event, held at Blenheim Palace and featuring (for the first time) a number of cars blasting down the road from the Palace towards Vanbrugh's Grand Bridge. This accompanied hundreds of static cars, of all types, which were on display within the Palace grounds.

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CarFest 2021

My highlights video and gallery from CarFest 2021, featuring an interesting collection of cars blasting around the small circuit and being available for members of the public to look at, in amongst the usual festival activities of music, food and drink.

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Driving Donington Park in a Porsche 911 GT3

In the video below are some of my laps driving a friend's Porsche 911 (991) GT3 on Donington Park's full GP circuit on 24th August 2021. Even ignoring the pressure of not smashing up your friend's car, do you know what the track insurance excess on something like this is?! If I said it was 'eye watering' that would be an understatement... 

That said, there were some very nice, expensive, cars out on track which is great to see!

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Caffeine & Machine Porsche Meet - 10th August 2021

An evening visit to Caffeine & Machine with my Porsche-driving friend for a local club meeting. The weather was good (although, it was well past 6pm when we arrived so light was beginning to fail), and there was a fine selection of German sportscars in attendance. 

No video this time, but there's a gallery of Porsches below, followed by a selection of the other vehicles there. As always, Caffeine & Machine didn't disappoint with an eclectic mix on site.

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The Tank Museum, Bovington

On something of a whim, while spending a few days away with my family, we went to the Tank Museum in Dorset, England. It houses almost 300 vehicles, from the earliest days of armoured vehicles right up to the present day, and is the largest collection of tanks in the world. It was a visit well worth making! We spent almost four hours wandering around and even my 5-year old son and 11-year old daughter were kept entertained - not once complaining about being bored (which is a first!). 

I had no plans on taking pictures or making a gallery but I knew I had too once I saw the breadth and quality of what's available (so you'll have to excuse my phone-quality pictures!). I collected info on each tank and have written a brief summary with each picture below.

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Witney Motor Show 2021

Witney Motor Show is an small event, local to where I live, which has run annually every year since 1966 (with the exception of 2020). As you'll see in the gallery below there was a good selection of vehicles in attendance this year  (with a particularly fine collection of classic Ford Escorts on display - which will always go down well with me!). 

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