Adam Wilkins
@adamwilkins.bsky.social
Founder and editor of Absolute Lotus magazine. Freelancer in some other places. What’s a tweet called here?
Really good, wasn’t it? I was surprised it was a recent conversion, I’d have assumed it had been done in period.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Really good, wasn’t it? I was surprised it was a recent conversion, I’d have assumed it had been done in period.
It’s OK, there’s a billboard on Hesketh Street.
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It’s OK, there’s a billboard on Hesketh Street.
Nah. You need a manual as your first car. I spent the night before picking mine up learning to heel and toe in the Ka while I still had three pedals.
October 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Nah. You need a manual as your first car. I spent the night before picking mine up learning to heel and toe in the Ka while I still had three pedals.
There was one of those driving around Parking Bleu once. Not sure if that was a year you were there, so you might already know that.
October 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There was one of those driving around Parking Bleu once. Not sure if that was a year you were there, so you might already know that.
I can’t believe how many things are now in a new place. Thanks for all the help!
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I can’t believe how many things are now in a new place. Thanks for all the help!
That is a great cover, btw.
September 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
That is a great cover, btw.
Slow down! I haven’t bought Issue 2 yet. Local TGJ (RIP WHS) didn’t have it, yet they had the first one.
September 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Slow down! I haven’t bought Issue 2 yet. Local TGJ (RIP WHS) didn’t have it, yet they had the first one.
House spiders do not survive outside. www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg2...
Do house spiders released outside survive, or navigate back?
The fate of spiders caught in the home and released some distance away depends on the species - and the temperature
www.newscientist.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
House spiders do not survive outside. www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg2...
Like an elephant in Kenya.
August 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Like an elephant in Kenya.
This is more my cup of tea. For one thing, I’m not being small talked at by a stranger who’s drinking a giant can of Relentless while burping.
August 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This is more my cup of tea. For one thing, I’m not being small talked at by a stranger who’s drinking a giant can of Relentless while burping.
I did. I fitted in perfectly.
August 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I did. I fitted in perfectly.
Either Snowdonia at sunset in my first Elise. I was on my way home from a week in Ireland and the car’s next owner was coming to collect it the next day.
Or two days pounding around Zolder in my Sylva Riot. Fuel and track time paid for by VAB in return for giving passenger laps.
Or two days pounding around Zolder in my Sylva Riot. Fuel and track time paid for by VAB in return for giving passenger laps.
August 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Either Snowdonia at sunset in my first Elise. I was on my way home from a week in Ireland and the car’s next owner was coming to collect it the next day.
Or two days pounding around Zolder in my Sylva Riot. Fuel and track time paid for by VAB in return for giving passenger laps.
Or two days pounding around Zolder in my Sylva Riot. Fuel and track time paid for by VAB in return for giving passenger laps.
I haven’t met one but I read about one only yesterday.
August 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I haven’t met one but I read about one only yesterday.
That’s what I thought! There’s an argument that it took a Cooper to catch a Cooper…
August 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
That’s what I thought! There’s an argument that it took a Cooper to catch a Cooper…
That must be it. I wrote a letter to Car magazine ridiculing them, and someone replied in the following issue saying it was akin to the police using y Mini Coopers in the ‘60s.
July 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
That must be it. I wrote a letter to Car magazine ridiculing them, and someone replied in the following issue saying it was akin to the police using y Mini Coopers in the ‘60s.
I’d forgotten those! Used to see them patrolling in Dover. Not sure what they were used for.
July 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I’d forgotten those! Used to see them patrolling in Dover. Not sure what they were used for.