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clivebroadbent
Sep 161 min read
The little drum
£45 seems quite reasonable for a new drum. Kate's a percussionist as well as a racing driver, and over the years I've spent thousands on...
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clivebroadbent
Sep 151 min read
Goody Two Shoes
An 18th century story tells the tale of a poor orphan girl who only had one shoe. A rich man took pity on her and gave her a new pair of...
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clivebroadbent
Sep 121 min read
Greece or Gosport
Gosport is a beautiful place. Okay, I'm kidding. But I do remember having a fab time there as a navy cadet, visiting the submarine base...
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clivebroadbent
Sep 102 min read
The old man is snoring
"It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring. He bumped his head on the back of the bed and couldn't get up in the morning." We...
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clivebroadbent
Sep 71 min read
Timing and Rhythm
When you’re racing Senior Rotax you need timing and rhythm. Timing to make those hairy overtakes and rhythm to be consistent round the...
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clivebroadbent
Sep 21 min read
MRI bleary eye
Kate's bleary eyed this morning. Usually, if we have to get up early, it's to travel to a race track somewhere. But today we're off to...
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clivebroadbent
Sep 11 min read
bête noire
Kate did far better than she'd hoped with Club 100 today. She was hoping to finish in the top ten. Well, she qualified P4 for the first...
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clivebroadbent
Aug 311 min read
Give and take
Fresh after last night's P1 success in the Super 90 at Rye, Kate Broadbent was off early this morning to the 'bomb crater' to teach...
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clivebroadbent
Aug 271 min read
10-4 for a copy
Back in the seventies, Citizen Band radio was a big thing. Known simply as CB, we could use it to talk to each other, car-to-car, whilst...
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clivebroadbent
Aug 261 min read
Mud, glorious mud
We knew it was going to be tough going, but boy, it really was tough going. The organiser of Dawn to Dusk said it was the worst weather...
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clivebroadbent
Aug 241 min read
Practice makes perfect
Kate's racing in the 6-hour ladies Dawn to Dusk enduro race tomorrow. And today we're at the race site for a practice. A practice for...
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clivebroadbent
Aug 231 min read
P1
Well, it couldn't have been a better finish to the week. Kate's been on the Buckmore Driver Development Programme, and it's been a week...
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clivebroadbent
Aug 221 min read
Glutton for punishment
Nope, this has nothing to do with the excellent talk we had on nutrition from Dean Fouache of Karting Athlete Development (...
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clivebroadbent
Aug 211 min read
Déjà vu
Two and a half weeks ago I was standing at marshal post 5 on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit. Today, courtesy of a simulator session on...
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clivebroadbent
Aug 201 min read
Jaws
The film, Jaws, is scary, really scary. There are an awful lot of Hitchcock-type scenes that keep people away from the water for months,...
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clivebroadbent
Aug 201 min read
Generation Game
I don't know if you remember the Generation Game TV show. Bruce Forsyth ("nice to see you, to see you nice") and then Larry Grayson...
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clivebroadbent
Aug 191 min read
1 in 6
Kate starts the Buckmore Park Driver Development Programme today. To say she's excited would be an understatement. I don't think she got...
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clivebroadbent
Aug 171 min read
It's broken
Don't worry. It's not a bone, it's a clutch lever. It was bound to happen. Kate can only just reach the ground with her TC. It's a good...
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clivebroadbent
Aug 171 min read
Last minute cramming
There's only a week to go until the 6-hour ladies Dawn to Dusk race. Kate's doing her Buckmore Driver Development Programme all of next...
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clivebroadbent
Aug 101 min read
Big tank
Always one to leave things until the last minute, Kate decided it would be a good idea to upgrade the fuel tank on her TC after getting...
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