The Old Candle Factory

I have been remiss. This blog is woefully devoid of my activities. So to start to make amends... please enjoy this attempt at editing the road trip to Montlhéry race track south of Paris in THE WOODIE! The Automobile road trip to Montlhéry from Robin on Vimeo . The return trip was made all the better by the need to TOW the little Peugeot from Versailles to Uckfield. It increased the average speed of the convoy to about 40mph! Then there was this..... And this......

At last I have got the old Woodie running, after several years sheltering in a shed. I took Oli and Phoebe for a drive.... wonderful.

Watch this space .... AnTiki website

See the website for details.... HERE. It's a  wonderful island with  the warm easterly winds bringing exotic smells from Casablanca. Currently reading THIS

This extraordinary race is well under way, with 4 balloons still flying towards Romania and the Swiss team having landed on the beach of the Black Sea after nearly 60 hours in a wicker basket. Their blog is HERE Some of my pictures from the launch are  HERE. The main Gordon Bennett site is  HERE.   and live tracking is HERE.

In the ground around Sydney Harbour you will find circular bronze plaques with wise words quoted from learned writers like Anthony Trollope.     (Click on any image for a larger version.) What was his name?  Trollope? But it is to him that we attribute the traditional British red pillar box,  so he can't be all bad.