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Comment by pschlute posted on Hello from Italy!! at 26/08/2021 - 10:27

Dramatic sky.

Very disappointing summer this year. One week of 30 degree+ weather followed by a month and a half of monsoons.

Comment by pschlute posted on British Summer at 24/08/2021 - 13:59

I have always liked foxgloves. Both from when as a little kid I really though foxes wore them to today when I admire their beauty.

ps. I still have a sneaking suspicion that foxes might wear them

Comment by pschlute posted on Two 'Late' Foxgloves - Digitalis Purpurea. at 24/08/2021 - 13:57

Urbanmeister wrote:
Just watched the Big Bentley, No. 41, come off the track, killing the driver. Incredible. The music, almost jolly.

I think it was Jackie Stewart who led the charge on driver safety, not before time either.

Thanks again for the images, not only good, but hark back to a time that seems 'so long ago...'

Yes it it is not for the faint hearted and as you note, the music is quite bizarre.

Different times, different values I guess.

Comment by pschlute posted on A few more from Brooklands race track. at 21/08/2021 - 19:49

Urbanmeister wrote:
Great pictures.

Incredible when you think about it, the speed folk would drive at in monster cars, no power steering, no protection and safety an after thought.

It was not until the 1970's that serious changes were made to make motor sport significantly safer.

I wont post a link on here, but YT has videos showing horrific crashes at Brooklands.

Comment by pschlute posted on A few more from Brooklands race track. at 21/08/2021 - 16:45

Chrism8 wrote:
#1 and #3 are great, looks like if you park at Tesco, you can walk the old circuit ?

You can walk three sections of the old circuit that are next to the Tesco car park. The second and third pictures are of the section opposite.

The first image, and the one I posted a couple of days ago, are sections of the track inside the museum. Three days a week they do short car rides in open-top period vehicles that use the section of track that goes under the bridge.

Comment by pschlute posted on A few more from Brooklands race track. at 21/08/2021 - 14:18

A few more images from the old track, including a section that runs past Tesco where they cut out a section of banking for the new road