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Carlton Boyce

@motoringjourno.bsky.social

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Jobbing motoring journalist/copywriter since 2010. Prison governor before that. Now mainly classic cars, motorbikes, dogs, and life in the Cairngorms with the odd throwback to the glory days: "I might not have been up there, but I was there."

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · May 23

I've written over 2.5m words for a client on classic cars since 2011. Dial in newspaper/mag stuff for others, and I must've written 3m on cars.

Plus 3 novels, 1 book, T/S mag, a ghostwritten column, and content creation for McLaren - and I still feel like a slacker.

Imposter syndrome is a thing.

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1h

No age verification needed to find it under hedges either.

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 2h

Quite. My mother-in-law is being very well looked after by a fabulous bunch, most of whom were born elsewhere. Absolute angels every one of 'em.

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 12h

It's going to be a clusterfuck, isn't it? Anyone running a sweepstake on the date of the U-turn?

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 14h

That would be a fine hobby to encourage.

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

That is very lovely

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

This might be important to you, but I'm not sure the distinction matters to me.

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

It's those damn third parties again, eh @motoringpodcast.com.

Dacia done fucked up but are obviously blaming someone else.

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Troy Queef lives.

Pulling out onto the main road, it quickly became clear the Urban G/S packs a mighty punch. A generous twist of the throttle produced a sledgehammer of acceleration which had me clinging onto the handlebars in an effort not to fly backwards along the flat seat. I was then hit by a second wave of brute force. This time it was wind blast smashing against my head and body.

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

#motorcycle #motosky

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

I was worried in case I needed to buy two 😉

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

In Arctic shopping mode with an Alaskan Sheepskin seat cover and aluminium pannier.

While it was sunny it was also zero degrees, with the top of the hills hidden in cloud and wisps of mist in the glen.

In other words, perfect autumn riding weather. Did 20 miles to buy an onion, as you do.

A white BMW R100GS on a stone track in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. It's also got a white sheepskin seat cover and an aluminium pannier. Moorland lies behind.

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Thousands of frozen cobwebs on a dunghill.

One of the most astonishing things I have ever seen.

Thousands of frozen cobwebs on a cow dunghill in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 2d

Happy days 😂

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 2d

Victor Two, command suite

Governor Finn Black @govfinnblack.bsky.social · 2d

I read your book

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 2d

Another bloody awful day in the #Cairngorms.

#nofilter

View across moorland towards the Cairngorms Plateau

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 3d

Well worth half-an-hour of your time. Astonishing attention to detail.

Differential Restoration - Datsun 240Z Back On Wheels (Part 8)

YouTube video by my mechanics

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 4d

You poor bugger. I've been messing about with the tractor repairing the track, walking the dogs, and sitting in the sun eating freshly baked cherry and almond cake ;-)

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 4d

Can confirm it's bloody gorgeous, eh @throttlesteerer.bsky.social?

Netweather @netweather.tv · 4d

Eastern Scotland the place to be this afternoon - the sun is out and temperatures tipped into the low-twenties earlier this afternoon.

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 4d

Bobbie the Labradoodle's favourite autumn game is tossing a Japanese quince around the lawn.

#middleclasstwat #menother #dogsofBluesky #Blueskydogs

Bobbie the blue merle Labradoodle walking along a stone path with a Japanese quince in her mouth. The sunlight is autumnal, and if you think I'm a poncy middle-class twat for spending 20 minutes trying to photograph her doing it, you might be right. Still, it made me smile, and that's about all you can expect of the world right now, eh?

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Alex Connolly ▞ @alexconnolly.bsky.social · 5d

Stewart Lee when confronted by a podcaster brandishing ChatGPT-generated questions.

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 5d

Looks delicious though 😁

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 5d

And finished and I thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you!

Brought back memories of scratching around for freelance work reviewing new cars, something I wasn't too upset to lose due to COVID.

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 5d

I saw a brand-new one on a petrol station forecourt on the A303.

I looked at the driver, and asked: "Is that...?"

He nodded, and said "Yes"

We shared a moment.

Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social · 5d

And a sensational sunset.

Today has been a very good day.

Sunset over moorland in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland.