Thursday, 31 January 2013

McLaren Launch their 2013 car

The new McLaren MP4/28. Looks nice with no horrible stepped nose. Lets hope its as fast as it looks

Monday, 28 January 2013

The first F1 car for 2013 is revealed

2013 will be the last year that features the V8's as from 2014 onwards there will be a 1.6litre turbo charged V6 formula.

The first of the 2013 cars to be unveiled is the Lotus E21

As you can see the black and gold livery is still there but now with red highlights. Also still there is the duckbill nose. The car looks good and would seem to be very conventional and very much like the 2012 car which was no slouch. Can this new one get them into the championship fight though?

Happy New Year

2013 is here and hopefully it will be a better year than 2012.

2012 saw my both my cars off the road and a stay at home Christmas and New Year. Hopefully one of them will be on the road soon before all the preserved railways start their winter gala's as I aim to go to a few this year beginning with the Nene Valley Railway.

2012 was a real up and down one with the highs of the Olympics and the lows of not being able to use my caravan. As far as the van is concerned we have decided to sell it and save the storage and insurance money towards a campervan.

The end of 2012 saw the wife and I visiting York for a 2 day break to do some Christmas shopping and to visit the National Railway Museum. We really enjoyed ourselves despite the rather wet conditions. It was our first time in years staying in a hotel and we used the train to travel to York which made it a real treat.

We also visited the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park with our daughters which was another treat, although the food and drink in the Wonderland is expensive we still had enough to sample some of the delights.