I guess many people wouldn't class the MG B as a classic car, but I certainly do and this early example is in exceptional condition.

The owner told me his car was 'born' in 1963; the same year I started secondary school!

Well, well, well...

Seems things in the McLaren camp really are a bit fraught.

Fernando; that's not exactly sporting old chap - bloody perfect timing though!

We seem to hear lots of stories about whales that get lost and end up beaching themselves, or stuck in rivers and harbours these days. Here's another beaching, but in this case the end result is a bit less tragic...

I've never been able to paint, but have often wished that I could. I can draw a little, but when it comes to daubing paints on paper all sense flies out the window and the result is an utter mess.

Thank God then for Photoshop, that superbly clever bit of software that allows a bungling fool such as I to create perfectly acceptable water colour pictures from digital images.

Boats moored at Lydney Harbour

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