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Planing on hiring a car in SA later this year. Reading the Avis T&C I noticed that driving their cars on unsealed roads voided their insurance coverage. Since a large portion of SA’s roads are graded gravel but not sealed I wrote to Avis for clarification. Their reply seems to confirm this...

Well before LCC it was dirt cheap to holiday in Spain on a package tour from the UK. The travel companies would charter planes. To quote Dire Straits’ Industrial Disease “Two weeks in España and Sunday striptease"

Now wouldn’t that be nice. To get a license to operate a black cab they must pass “The Knowledge “ This can take 3- 4 years of training, learning the quickest routes to thousands of streets and landmarks within a 6 mile radius of Charing Cross Station. London cabbies have been found to have an...

Look in Youtube for “another dream come true” on Lewis Hamilton’s channel for a very clever remake of Ferris Bueller’s day off. For some reason I cannot post the direct link.

Yes, my letters take a month to arrive. If you look at the post marks you’ll see they use the Netherlands postal service. Presumably cheaper than the Royal Mail and perhaps a legacy of the pre brexit competition rules.

Yes, business class award tickets get you lounge access but no chauffeur.

The discontent within the FIA seems to be is increasing over Ben Sulayem’s presidency. David Richard’s, an FIA council representative, is threatening legal action over the “FIA's actions under president Mohammed Ben Sulayem (that) are in breach of its own statutes and that its actions fall...

The Europcar Arteon.

Hired an Arteon R for a few days from BER last year. Impressively stable at autobahn speeds.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced at a Business Council of Australia dinner in Canberra on Wednesday night that road a tax for electric vehicles is on the agenda if they win the next election. IMO it’s inevitable as the government cannot afford to reduce the $15 billion revenue it receives from...

IMO the taxpayer funds should have been in return for equity, which could now have been sold given it’s a profitable business again, thus reimbursing the taxpayer. And I’m not talking about jobkeeper which went to the employees

At the F1 75 launch yesterday the FIA announced that the Monaco GP would include two compulsory pit stops to enliven the often processional race, which last year saw the first 10 qualifiers finish in exactly the same order due to the difficulty of overtaking on the street circuit.

Now Johnny Herbert has been removed from his Stewarding role, will become a Sky commentator?

Hopefully ad free during the race.

No

There was much opposition to the construction of Narita in the late 60’s to early 70’s Locals, supported by left wing groups ( and other minority groups fashionable at that time ) violently rioted with Police to hinder its construction and use, resulting in the death of three Policemen and the...

My son coming to see me off on QF41

Finding where you parked your car is useful…..but potentially frustrating when it’s in a multi-storey car park

Me too

Slightly off topic, but there seems to be a WH Smiths in every airport. These seem “stand alone” shops as the company doesn’t have local airside branches. It must be a logistical nightmare flying out books magazines and detritus from the UK.