Last weekend saw the Download Festival 2018 at Donington Park, and my annual visit to the circuit to listen to rock music rather than motor racing that usually takes me to the circuit. This year, the festival clashed with the BTCC round at Oulton Park, so rather than my normal three days at the festival,…
I made it back from Scandinavia for the Masters Festival 2016 at Donington Park, which was held this weekend. The Masters Festival forms part of the Masters Historic Racing series for the year, with across Europe and North America. The Masters Festival at Donington is one of three UK rounds, the others being the Masters…
Last weekend saw the Download Festival 2015, the rock music event in the Leicestershire village of Castle Donington, held at Donington Park. Donington has hosted such festivals for many years now, being home to the Monsters of Rock festival, which was the reason I first visited the village, for Monsters of Rock 1996. 19 years…
This weekend saw the Download Festival 2014, at Donington Park in Leicestershire. I’ve mentioned before that the link between Donington and rock music – as well as aviation and motor racing – made it an attractive place for me to work for several years, and to live nearby, and so Download means that I can…
Today is the 4th December, and no doubt there are plenty of people advanced in their Christmas planning and Christmas party season – I’m off to my first Christmas lunch of the year today – but there are a few other interesting things about today. 142 years ago, on the 4th December 1871, the…