With over 67,000 visitors over 3 days, the 2014 Cholmondeley Pageant of Power was another success, and why shouldn’t it be?  The Pageant combines the best of historic and contemporary automotive power from land, water and air.  Central to the action is the 1.2 mile circuit within the castle grounds were over 150 cars and bikes spanning seven decades of ...

Maybe it’s my age, but being on the wrong side of 45 I like my cars to sound like, well, cars.  Driving around in silence feels quite unnerving, it’s like watching your favourite band on stage miming, it’s wrong. At a recent press day I had the opportunity to take the new Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV plug-in hybrid for a spin ...

Between 1953 and 1998, Mitsubishi motors produced over 200,000 Jeep variants under licence from the Willys company in America.  Very few were exported, but as they were predominantly right hand drive, a few were imported into the UK. This particular example dates from 1979 and is just one of 8 that were ‘officially’ imported by the Colt Car Company. It ...

If you think that Barbour just do wax cotton jackets, then you’d be wrong.  Barbour offer everything you’ll need to be comfortable when out in the country, whether you’re walking the dog, shooting or simply enjoying a few green lanes. The Belsay is a traditionally-styled men’s Derby brogue boot in a really nice and soft burnished leather with Barbour’s signature ...

If you, or your partner is a fussy eater like my wife, then taking a BBQ when we’re out camping isn’t much fun, as cooking a pizza is quite difficult on a BBQ! But not anymore! The KettlePizza turns any18 inch (47cm) and 22 inch (57cm) charcoal kettle BBQ into a pizza oven within minutes.  The KettlePizza fits on top ...

Since these arrived at Turner Towers I’ve hardly had them off!  Seeland’s Marsh jacket and trouser combo make hard work a breeze and cosset you at the same time.  Seeland has focussed on creating a package that will resist heavy usage, with strong Kevlar like reinforcements on exposed areas and several spacious pockets, the Marsh combo are windproof, waterproof and ...

I’d spent the previous week in 4×4 writers heaven, from rock climbing in a Range Rover to messing around in a Mercedes G350.  It was a good week, proper 4×4’ing in proper 4×4’s.  So it was quite odd to be stood looking down at the Mazda CX-5 AWD, a Crossover SUV whose section of the market is becoming ever more ...