Paul Hogan

Further to my previous messages, I've just had a quote come in from a hotel I was thinking of booking. We would have taken over the whole hotel but they wanted £400 per night for dinner B&B! That's £19,200 if we all stayed for three nights. Is it me or is just greed on hoteliers parts? Hoges.

Well yes I have looked at tintagel but at £14 to see the windswept ruins I'm having second thoughts.

The dates I have allocated are Sunday May 18th to Wednesday 21st. I don't envisaging changing these dates but if I do it would for a week earlier rather than later as hotel rates go up significantly. One of the problem we now have with hotel bookings is because a significant amount of hotel bed spaces have been taken over by the government to facilitate refugees. While many of these hotels are in the 3 star category, the withdrawal of 250,000 bed spaces this year has had a knock on effect on the rest of the sector. As usual when demand is high and supply is low , prices go up and in o

The planned 2025 Coast to Coast tour of the Isle of Wight has had to be cancelled due to the high cost of the ferry. Despite arranging a 15% discount on the crossing it still came in at a hefty £164.00 which now makes the trip unviable. So after doing all the research and booking the hotel and attractions I have had to abandon the idea. However, all is not lost as I have a plan B so if you were planning on coming on next year's Coast to Coast please keep those dates in May free. I will post more when I have a confirmation from the new hotel on the mainland. Hoges

This news came as a great surprise not only to myself but several others who rang me to tell me the sad news of Dave's passing. Dave became something of a legend after his escapades on one of the lakes tours when he rolled a new land rover he had borrowed for the weekend while his navigation abilities came under close scrutiny when instead of driving west out of Berlin he drove east and didn't realise his mistake until he came to Poland! With his famous number plate ATR6 OK, his car always attracted a lot of attention. Even though he moved to Spain he would often be seen a T

Yes it was a very wet Goodwood Revival and there was some great racing to be seen. Normally the Duke is able to order good weather but this year he must have missed going to church. i was fairly lucky in that I was able to park on tarmac for most of the weekend but the public car parks and camp sites became a sea of mud. Not good. On the down side the Goodwood catering committee continues to fleece its customers and members . £7.50 for a bottle of beer and £25 for a very meagre breakfast ! x slice of bacon. 1 x sausage, 1 x mushroom, half a tomato and a small portion of beans! Plus

Well it's a bit late I know but i've only just seen all your good wishes for my birthday which in true Hogan Style I celebrated with some TR friends in France. Hoges.

TR 5/6 radiator. Brand new ones from Rimmer's cost over £500! You can buy this one for just £120 Ono. I replaced it with an aluminium one so this is now surplus to requirements. It's too good to scrap. It will be at Malvern this weekend so contact me on 07931 959539. Or see Terry Smith. Paul Hogan.

As posted in social scene, I have a spare weekend ticket going for the members meeting if anyone is interested. It cost me £142 but I'm open to offers. Hoges

Back in the 1990s while waiting for a ferry in the Scottish islands in our TRs a little old lady said I used to have one of those. When pressed for more information she revealed that she was Rosemary Smith the ex works rally driver. A super lady. Hoges

If anyone is interested I have a spare weekend pass for the Goodwood membership meeting on April 13th/14th. It cost me £142 but I'm open to offers. Hoges

No Peter. I don't have a TARDIS , although I wish we could all go back in time when there was none of this woke **** around! The emoji I wanted to use was a thinking head because in my usual fashion I was posting a potential hand grenade on the future of the TRR for people to mull over. Hoges

Thanks Stuart. I thought that might be the case.

Hi there. I have just written a post which included an emoji but I cannot upload my post as it says the emoji is not allowed. I have tried to delete the emoji but I cannot do that either. How can I delete bit with re writing the whole post ? Hoges