The May Day Bank Holiday weekend saw the Donington Historic Festival 2018, and unlike the BTCC rounds there last weekend, the event saw glorious sunshine for the competitors, the spectators, and the various car clubs who spent the weekend at the circuit. The Donington Historic Festival is always a superb event, and I have posted…
Last weekend, the first weekend in May, saw the Donington Historic Festival 2014, the fourth running of the event, and another big success. For those who have not been before, the weekend is a series of races and events with historic cars from various eras in motor sport over the Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the…
I mentioned previously about some of the great sites from various parts of our history that are managed by English Heritage, and among these is Ashby de la Zouch castle. As the name suggests, the town has a Norman connection, with the castle dating back to a 12th Century fortified manor house, which was extended…