Borrowed my mate's GT250 for a couple of weeks in 1974 while working on my RD350. Decent little plodder TBH.
Mate then managed to write off a tractor with it (and nearly himself too) so certainly a tough little plodder.
There's a private (and apparently very expensive one near us) with a public footpath running through it. You should see the looks you get! Mind you, there's a very flat, well mown picnic area with a flag to identify it, so that's nice.
That sort of mirrors my experience of golf. Apart from the 'tree' and 'green' bits ;)
Pub game played outdoors, by people trying to look like they're from Florida.
Still on the subject of rail (sort of), the Dudley test track (for the Coventry VLR system which is allegedly linked to any new stadium project's ongoing viability(?)) appears to be moving along nicely...
It's virtually all loans-access though, and about 0.75m max of that to Champ clubs (and as far as I can see, about 23m between the several hundred clubs below the top 24).
Cov have already lost around a million in income since March, and without crowds (ok, some, but income will still be...
Used to be in the Stag and Pheasant most weekday lunchtimes in the early eighties. Sounds like it's improved a bit now (was full of twats like me back then).
Decent chap, yes, even if he was a catalyst in the moneyfication (no, probably not a word 😉) of rugby.
I understand he initially tried to get heavily involved financially with Worcs cricket, but was knocked back, and the rest is history.