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  • Race of Remembrance, 2021

    Race of Remembrance, 2021

    Third time lucky! 2019’s Race of Remembrance [RoR] ended with a literal bang. Before my first stint, the owner of the car lost it into Rocket and crashed heavily into the marshal post. Thankfully, he walked away with only a broken shoulder. It was a BIG ONE! This led to a lot of comments along…

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  • Race three, round three: Third time lucky?

    Race three, round three: Third time lucky?

    Update: Northern Delboy & Rodney were actually Ben and Twigg from Vtec Direct Motorsport MSV EnduroKA – https://www.enduroka.co.uk/ Snetterton hosted round two of MSV’s EnduroKA series. The temptation of a 12-hour race competed with it being a long way to drive another unknown circuit. If others were keen it was on. A sense of ease was released…

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  • Second race, first fire, last place

    Second race, first fire, last place

    We came last, caught fire, had a blast, and can’t wait to race a KA again.

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  • My First Race

    Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Qualifying Part 3 – Race day & warm up Part 4 – My first race Croft in a C1 Max is having a good time, it’s his local circuit and the marshals and ‘crowd’ love him! There is no pressure, and if I were him I’d assume the…

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  • My First Race Day

    Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Qualifying Part 3 – Race day & warm up Part 4 – My first race Race Day Awake at 6ish (better than 5am) and started looking at Max’s lap vs. my laps again. We’re due at the circuit for 10:30ish and I head up for 10am to soak…

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  • My First Qualifying

    Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Qualifying Part 3 – Race day & warm up Part 4 – My first race Qualifying I meet Mark (Rich’s partner in crime) at the Amigo Motorsport setup, I can remember floating rather than walking to meet him. He can clearly see I’m a bundle of energy and…

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  • Going Racing

    My first race!

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  • Design Thinking Practitioner Badge

    Design Thinking Practitioner Badge

    Observe * Reflect * Make For 2-3 hours investment, there is a lot to be gained from the badge. Even for experienced Agile practitioners. The common language and practical application of agile practices would benefit all. https://www.ibm.com/design/thinking/   My top 5 takeaways: 1. WHY, iteratively Asking why three or more times evolves the answer with…

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  • #Mission To Mars! Easter School Mentoring with Software Cornwall

    #Mission To Mars! Easter School Mentoring with Software Cornwall

    Last week I volunteered as a mentor for the Code Club Cornwall: Mission to Mars Easter School. It’s a great project for teenagers interested in programming, electronics, and computer science. Bert and Ernie, two Arduino-powered robots, offer the participants a chance to program self-driving ‘Mars Rovers’. Destined to auto-pilot around the surface of Mars. Functionality…

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  • Whether to weatherboard

    Whether to weatherboard

    With the roof on and better than expected weather in the colder months work carried on outside. Our original plan entailed cladding the first floor in wood. As part of our ‘Cornish-New-England’ theme. Allowing it to age naturally. In theory, this is low maintenance. In reality, I had visions of having to regularly pressure wash…

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