CarfestNorth 2015 will sadly always be remembered by many for its tragedy; the loss of Kevin Whyman, the aircraft display pilot whose demise was witnessed by the Saturday afternoon crowds. Terrible though that was, and certainly the shocked and stunned festival goers...
After the antics of the Holland Figaro rally last year, which bore a striking resemblance to the Wacky Races with its bumps, breakdowns and navigational nightmares, this year’s Scotland rally ran like clockwork. Ken Graham’s tour was a triumph of Scottish engineering...
Pivotal to our family research and reunion which we celebrated last year, was Alexander Jarvis Bern. His death at Aubers Ridge in Flanders in The Great War was the common ancestry that drew forgotten branches of the family together as we researched and discovered our...
One of the highlights of summer 2014 for me was the discovery of a whole ‘lost’ branch of our family and facilitating a wonderful reunion party. Rewinding to my blog earlier this year about discovering Moses Geldard in an East Marton graveyard on my 50th birthday, you...
It was finally the day. I was to get to see my teenage heart-throb Bob Geldof perform in little ol’ Grassington with (OMG!) The Boomtown Rats! I’d had the Festival tickets for months (thank you, Mark) and today was the day. Then, halfway through the morning,...
What an amazing holiday. It was with some trepidation that we booked onto the Nissan Figaro Owners Club rally to Holland, yet it turned out to be a fantastic experience albeit very much like taking part in the Wacky...