Neil Hopcroft

A custom car at the Street Cars Fest.(see also American cars, Japanese cars, Swedish cars, German car, Hot Rods and the track)

Some hot rods at the Street Cars Fest. There’s something wonderful about a car whose engine doesn’t all fit under the bonnet.(see also American cars, Swedish cars, Japanese cars, German car and the track)

A stylish German car, my old sysadmin used to drive a car like this.(see also American cars, Japanese cars, Swedish cars and the track)

Some Swedish cars at the Street Cars Fest.(See also American cars, Japanese cars and the track)

Some Japanese cars at Street Cars Fest(see American cars and the track)

Some American cars on show at the Street Car Fest.

Street Car Fest came to the Barkarby Flygplats, this was a much bigger day than the last one, in the corner of a car park on a rainy day. And the cars more real, somehow, than the classic cars the week before.

The paddock at the World Hovercraft Championship

The World Hovercraft Championship came to Stockholm, so we had to go and see. In many ways it reminded me of the old karting days, with a number of heats of different class craft culminating in a final at the end of the day. It was an exciting day out, with some fantastic races, the smell of […]

Beyond Norrtälje is a small peninsula with a port on the end of it. From here you can catch boats to Helsinki, Turku and various ports in Poland and Estonia.