On to day 3 and it’s time for an old favourite to come out. The Harviestoun Ola Dubh range is great, and I’d have been happy having any one if them in my selection. I’ve picked the ’18’ for no other reason than it was sat in front of the others in my fridge. If you’ve not come across this before, it’s a stout-like dark ale, aged in various Highland Park whisky casks, in this case one that previously contained an 18 year old.
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Time for the first brew of 2014 and it’s a bit of a spring clean of the hop and grain stock pile. Turns out I’ve been home brewing since 2009, according to the dates on some of the bags of grain! (EDIT – Not sure where that grain came from?!… my records show my first all-grain brew was March 2011)
So with a few kilos of stale grain and some slightly iffy hops chucked in the bin, I’m still left with some open bags that need using up pretty soon.  That can only mean one thing… a ‘use it up brew’ 
This is my first visit to Castle Combe in quite a while (over a year I think). It turns out that the fence fairy has been to visit again, this time completely covering the stretch along Folly through Avon Rise. A bit of a shame really, I quite liked getting the odd shot along there. I suspect Old Paddock will be next on the list, followed by more of Westway perhaps? Won’t be long before there’s no spots left that are worth shooting.
Sunday’s meeting was quite different from the previous day’s classic event (which completely passed me by) with some reasonable racing from Bernie’s HVRA V8’s, the Alfashop Alfa Romeo Championship and the classic Formula Fords, along with the usual local championships to round things off. The less said about the “Classic Sports and Saloon” race the better though.
Here’s a selection from the afternoon’s racing…
The Goodwood Revival really is a unique event… lovely looking cars raced very hard, just like they should be. I haven’t been in a few years so I’m not sure what things were like last year, but the event seemed far busier than I remember it being before. There were simply too many people; they really need to reduce the number of tickets sold to make it a more enjoyable experience.
That said, there was some good racing again. The St Mary’s Trophy delivered its usual high standard of racing (and so it should when you consider the top drivers involved in this one), so much so that I spent more time watching than shooting (as was the case throughout the weekend).
So, on to some photos. Here’s a selection of my favourites again. As usual, look out for the rest in the gallery shortly.
