Author Archives: richard@british-red-sportscar.co.uk

Just about every day, I must get half a dozen emails supposedly from web site developers and the like…they go straight into spam…so please stop sending them!

I used to use one of these years (and years!) ago, to mow the churchyard in Hints, where I grew up. I always wanted one of my own. I did have one some time back, can’t remember exactly what happened … Continue reading →

A trip back to the old place, Hints and Tamworth, pics of various places, what was The Peel Hotel, the house where I used to live, the local village church, the village hall…the Castle, the old Rose Bros showroom where … Continue reading →

On May Day Monday. Nice drive there and back, thankfully uneventful, compared to an incident on the Cat and Fiddle a few years back!

The pdf shows some of the paintings and drawings I have done…They look a bit dark, and I will photo them again, and add descriptions…when I have a minute! Art Lessons

Hope you can open and see this…Pages 13 and 14 in particular!!!! Issue 405 Mar 26 2024

Every Monday morning, a group of classic cars meets in Chesterfield Market Square…and it’s free! I started coming to this a few weeks ago, a few Mogs, plus lots of others, with a Drinks and eats cafe next door, and … Continue reading →

I haven’t painted for years…..but have taken it up, and even joined a class that meets weekly.. Here is my first effort…from a photo taken when we were in China last year…

So, so busy there today….as it is much of the time….lots to see, nice to wander around. We went to the chip shop where I ‘discovered’ cheesy chips yonks ago…but they had run out of cheese! Still the chips were … Continue reading →

A wander to Dronfield and back… Nice sunshine.no rain…avoidable mud!