Saturday 29 November 2014

Talking about video games......




Dan raises money for Leukaemia And Lymphoma Research by undertaking 24 hour games marathon.





http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/dankempster/blog/beating-bosses-to-beat-blood-cancer/97579
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Great idea for raising money for charity :-)

Well done to Dan Kempster. If you fancy doing a Le Mans 24 hour style challenge using my virtual Scirocco please get in touch :-)

Scarlett the VW Scirocco now on Forza for Xbox One :-)


"Scarlett" the 1987 VW Scirocco was utilised many times to promote the work of Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research and was expected to be doing so for many more years.
Sadly, as mentioned in previous posts, in April this year my poor car was written off by a rather large HGV which rear ended it causing significant and sadly, unrepairable damage.
Luckily, my brilliant friend Glen Place, has resurrected the old girl into a virtual life in the Forza Motorsport game on the Xbox One console 
And here she is 




Monday 24 November 2014

Pit ponies blog. transcription of memoirs of George Jelly.

Please take a few minutes to view a blog that has recently been created by my daughter Lauren

She has transcribed from a small book, written many years ago by George Jelly, some fascinating insights into the lives of pit ponies and their drivers.

Very interesting read indeed :-)


http://30yearspitponies.blogspot.co.uk/?m=0