The National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, has announced four lectures set to take place over the coming months. On Saturday 17th December 2022, join Colin Hales for Have plane, will travel, as he recounts his story of flying around the world in a homemade aircraft, exploring the globe...
The Flying Scotsman is celebrating its 100th Anniversary this year and, fresh from her mechanical overhaul, it’ll be a packed programme of events. The Railway Touring Company (RTC) are running the lion’s share of day excursions in the early part of the summer, radiating out from London’s...
Heritage Open Days is an annual event in England, when hundreds of buildings, or parts of buildings, that are not normally open to the public, open their doors for a few days in September. This year that’s 9-18 September 2022. It has become England’s largest grass roots...
The Norfolk Tank Museum is more like an enthusiastic private collection than a formal museum. It is also a work in progress… or at least many of the tanks are. That doesn’t matter because, while it might not be as big or formal as for example, the...
The Morgan Motor Company has just today, unveiled its latest model – The Super 3, a 3-wheeled sports car with 21st century design & tech. Morgan, now 113 years old, was famous from the outset for its range of three-wheeled sports cars, which they continued to make...
Many people know that President Kennedy’s elder brother died tragically during World War II, in a colossal airborne explosion over East Anglia in the UK on 12 Aug 1944. Not many, including myself, knew that the event was witnessed by Col. Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR who...
The UK Government yesterday launched a consultation on automated systems capable of taking vehicle control to make driving safer and easier. The consultation is to help shape how innovative new systems could be used in future on GB roads. The call for evidence will look at the...
The Royal Windsor Steam Express has switched stations for this summer’s steam locomotive service. Last year, its inaugural year, it departed from Waterloo. This year it will leave London’s Victoria Station every Tuesday between 26 May – 8 Sep, at 08.00, 11.00 and 14.00. The steam train...
The UK Space Agency confirmed last week that it will award £7.35 million to Virgin Orbit UK Limited, the UK branch of US launch operator Virgin Orbit, to enable horizontal launch of small satellites from Spaceport Cornwall at Newquay Airport. ‘Horizontal launching’ means taking a rocket to...
A visit to the the historic Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall includes a chance to walk down into part of the tin mine itself, if you can do it under your own steam, but not everybody can – until now. A new 360-degree virtual reality tour launched...
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