28th February to 22nd March 2026 8th January 2026 OK. It’s about six weeks before we jet off to Delhi for the “Royal Rajasthan” rally and our preparation has begun. The lovely people in The Map Shop delivered our working map of the territory a couple of days ago and clever old Santa delivered a tourist guide so we’re sitting down to sketch out the … Continue reading 2026 Royal Rajasthan

9 th October 2023. Way back before Covid struck the world, the organiser of the Venice to Monaco in 2017 got in touch to sort of test the water about a similar style of event in North Africa. The initial response was encouraging and so the Atlas Rally was born. After a great many unavoidable delays, in October 2022 a firm start date was set … Continue reading 2024 Atlas Rally

16th June to 2nd July 2023 I can’t quite remember when this rally was first proposed but, like a lot of other things, Coronavirus got in the way and it was postponed for quite a while. Last year the organisers, Bespoke Rallies, started promoting it again so we very quickly put in an entry. Way back in 2013 you might recall that we did a … Continue reading 2023 White Nights

Tap on any small photo to see a larger version. <> 22nd November 2021 “From the shores of the Med to the Atlantic Coast“. The opening words of Rally Director, Fred Gallagher, from his report on the recce trip for next spring’s Carrera España. Naturally a few changes from the originally planned route but it is looking very special. Lots of places we’ve visited before … Continue reading 2022 Carrera España

We’re off again! Penny and I have had a bit of a debate for quite a while about what to do next. We have an entry in for the Carrera España next April/May but that is a long way off. We also want to spend a bit more time with our grandchildren in Devon so when a couple of offers came along, both in Scotland … Continue reading 2021 Highland Thistle

Well, since the beginning of 2020 we have been hibernating at home. No events, either touring or competitive have been running. I set to and had a go at getting the Talbot to run better and tried ignition timing and carburation but could not get to the bottom of the problem. Around May last year I thought I’d cracked it and had a super run … Continue reading 2021 Portmeirion Tour

Varavepu Welcome in Tamil Sadarayen Piliganimu or in Sinhalese Quite a while ago we received the brochure about this event and Sri Lanka has always been on our list of “must do” places so there wasn’t really much debate. Since then there has been some domestic strife in this country. Not the twenty odd years of civl war but since then with a religious mass … Continue reading 2020 – Sri Lanka

Below are a few videos that I couldn’t process or upload in Madagascar. They aren’t in any particular order and some of them are quite interesting when you look closely at the road(?) conditions. 5th June 2019 In June 2019 we are embarking on something a bit more different, a 4X4 tour of “The Land that Time Forgot” or MADAGASCAR. More details to follow soon! … Continue reading 2019 – Magical Madagascar

Purely a touring event this time, but we’ll be covering quite a bit of both North and South Islands in New Zealand.. KIA ORA Welcome in Maori In February 2019 we will be going with a bunch of other “Talboteers” for a sort of figure of eight tour of North and South Islands of New Zealand. That’s how this trip got it’s name: 25th January … Continue reading 2019 – New Zealand TAT (Talbot Antipodean Tour)