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Just in case this one has passed you by, I thought it might be worth making people aware that the Council are working hard behind the scenes to close down Dol-y-Moch. For those who haven't been there, Dol-y-Moch is an outdoor education centre in North Wales that's been used by Coventry children...

I was distraught too. CCFC and CRFC winning somehow took some of the sting out of it though. :)

It's never going to trump my bright orange MK3 1.6L though, is it. Shiny Vinyl seats, fake leather steering wheel cover, optional removable gearstick. £150! :)

You could make the case that the Maxi was some way ahead of its time. Not many 5-door, 5-speed hatchbacks in those days. My personal experience with the older early Datsuns was pretty hateful, not much better than the brit equivalents and probably worse for rust. My old Hilux is probably...

Another one I'd never heard of in truth. For all that BL and Rover etc. got hammered, there was a lot of talent and innovation in those companies. My dad had a Chrysler 180, and also the slightly posher two litre. Really nice cars, rare even then in this country, I think. I haven't seen one...

I'd honestly never heard of these. The twin headlight version is a good looking thing, imho, kind of like a shrunken 2.5PI. I'll add it to the list :) I vaguely recall SA and Australia did some interesting things with our motors, sticking V8s into things like Cortinas and Sierras, if I recall...

Are you implying that some random Italian bloke knows more about cars than me? I'm hurt. :)

I completely agree, but as with all things it's each to their own I suppose. Big flashy sports cars always feel a bit ostentatious to me, but I've always liked understated fast saloons. Jag, imho, were the kings of this for a while... I'd still have an E-Type if one was forced on me of...

And for classic cars, in this order please I'd have: Mk2 Jag - Just the most beautiful car ever built, imho. Mk 1 Escort - So simple, so pretty, so much fun to drive. Mk 3 Cortina - Because it's the one that sticks in mind as having the most laughs in when I first started to drive. They...

I love these, rare as hen's teeth nowadays. I borrowed a mate's 2.3 Viva for a while, even rarer, but basically the same car. If you get a chance, have a look on YouTube for Gerry Marshall. I never knew much about racing, but he used to drive these sideways for a living before drifting had...

I miss big Cyrille. He was an awesome player, and by all accounts a terrific person too. Keep those match reports coming if you can, Steve, it takes me back to the days when I couldn't wait to get hold of the pink to read the report on the game I'd just watched! :)

Got to appreciate the honesty here. It's not exactly free money, and the reason the bookies do it, of course, is to hook people into a gambling habit. Having said that, stocks and shares aren't entirely risk free either I suppose (not that I've ever had enough money to take a punt at that). My...

I probably made somewhere around 500 doing this a while ago, so it is possible. When talking about matched betting, in essence I think of this as taking advantage of the bookies free offers. The way it works is you sign up with a bookies that's offering a "bet £x and we'll give you a free £x...

You guys have got too much time on your hands! :)

Me too. Or any cheap, cold lager on a hot day, or something like Bombadier, Timmy Taylor’s, or London Pride if I’m in somewhere like The Nursery and want a warm beer (pub rather than childcare, they don’t like me drinking in the latter for some reason).

2% too. Even I could probably have a couple of those without a hangover the next day, or falling asleep on the table. Yeah, Buzz Lightweight, I know. I suspect some posters here would be having that on their cornflakes for breakfast. :)

Later on Sky’s ‘Reading Tonight’ show, a look through the Royal’s Simod Cup runs of the 1980s. Who are that lot in light blue, by the way?

Hamer time. Goalie. U can’t touch this. :) (Sorry, don’t doubt someone beat me to it...)

Yep, that’s my line on it too. Just because it’s become accepted doesn’t actually make it justified, imho. It’s about making a few more quid at the end of the day, the line about balancing out international call-ups is a bit of a smoke screen to me. Fundamentally if Premiership rugby says...