Mrs Pitts spent most of the day with a friend. Which gave me an opportunity to complete a fair amount of smaller jobs for school that I needed to organise at some point anyway. I had Sky Sports F1 on in the background while all this was going on too meaning I watched all the […]
Today was another day at Silverstone. We arrived at the circuit after a tortuous park and ride where the bus broke down en route. However, a flick of a couple of switches and the driver was back on his way. We made our way to Becketts – a fearsome sequence of corners – at the […]
Well today was my birthday (still is, in fact, as I type). My cake, made by the wonderful Mrs Pitts, is below. The cake was a clue to the main present. The day consisted of opening presents, eating food, eating cake and eating more cake. I am now the proud owner of two beautiful canvases […]
Now, as you may or may not know, I adore Formula One. I visited the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in 2004 and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Silverstone has hosted the race regularly since the start of the F1 championship in 1950 and every year since 1987; it alternated with Brands Hatch between 1964 and 1986, […]
The highlight of this month undoubtedly was the British Grand Prix. Not that it was an exciting race (last weekend’s German Grand Prix far outdid Silverstone for that…), or produced an unpredictable winner (damn that Michael Schumacher and his dominance…) no, it was exciting for me in that it was the first Grand Prix that […]
My trip to the British Grand Prix, held at Silverstone between 9th and 11th July 2004.