This is something I wouldn’t normally talk about because it’s not that much of a big deal, but it’s a significant enough milestone that warrants a post. This month marks 10 years since my last alcoholic drink and effectively becoming straight-edge. To make it clear, I was never really a drinker in the first place. … More Being Straight Edge
After Coventry A and Oxford Brookes B along with 52 other teams battled it out for top honours the previous day, it was left to 54 more teams to compete against each other to determine where they would be racing for the 2020 championship. In amongst this lot were five time champions Loughborough, 2015 champions … More 2020 BUKC Season – Sunday Qualifiers
The 2020 BUKC season got underway last weekend with the qualifiers; two days worth of action in order to determine which teams would be participating where, with the top 27 teams from each day progressing through to the main championship, and the remaining 24 from each day taking part in the Intermediates championship. Each day … More 2020 BUKC Season – Saturday Qualifiers
About a year ago, I teased a song that was originally going to be a track for the band formerly known as TOH! before I took full ownership of it. Well… here it is in the form of a partly risqué music video… ASMO. The acronym is a play on the old ASBOs (Anti-Social Behaviour … More Start The Virago – ASMO
Time for another music-related update, the third one in fact. It was just over a year ago when I posted one of these updates, and at the time, I was entering my third and final year of university. Now that I’ve graduated with a 2:1 in Music Journalism, I can focus a bit more of … More Music-related update number 3
On the 22nd and 23rd of June earlier this year, I took part in my second ever 24 hour race, once again at the Teesside Autodrome, and once again with the Huddersfield crew. Two teams were entered by Huddersfield this time around unlike the single from last year; the first of which, My Heart Will … More 2019 BUKC Season – One Of Huddersfield’s Finest Moments
The annually run H-Karts Masters was back for its 7th edition, held on the 4th of May earlier this year because those who organise this event like a bit of Star Wars. For the first time since 2016, the all too familiar Whilton Mill was the venue, but this would be an event with a … More 2019 H-Karts Masters – Racing Against An F1 Driver
The transition from Saturday to Sunday provided a much better sleep for myself than the night before, still not perfect, but definitely more than six hours. After the action of the main and Intermediate championships, just four from Huddersfield remained for the individual drivers championship; myself, Sam Tearne, Aaron Walsh, and Jack Lynas. All four … More 2019 BUKC Season – “We’ve Got The Ultimate Gentleman Driver Racing Against A Massive Human-Sized Orange Cone!”
It was around 11 o’clock in the evening when I went back to my tent for what was intended to be a decent night’s sleep, or as decent as possible for camping. Unfortunately, it was so cold that I only had a maximum of about three hours sleep. On top of that, the airbed I … More 2019 BUKC Season – My Worst And Best Performances
During the backend of 2017, me and a few other members of Huddersfield university took part in a test session at Whilton Mill in preparation for the 2018 season. It was my first time driving a Club 100 go-kart and I found them a markedly different beast to drive compared to the corporate karts found … More 2019 BUKC Season – My First BUKC Win… Sort Of
