It feels like an age, doesn’t it, since the last proper Buckyball race? And, boy does it feel good to be racing again! There’s something wonderful about the rhythm of a Buckyball event. The race reveal up to a week before the start. Everybody can barely contain their excitement, discussing scouting, possible problems, obscured jumps,Continue reading “Clearing the Path to Descend – The Mountains of Madness!”
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Ludicrous! The Drakhyr Rally
“A challenge for those who go. A dream for those who stay behind” Thierry Sabine Thierry Sabine had a vision. After becoming lost in the desert during a much smaller rally, he thought it would be a great idea to run a 10,000km race through some of the most inhospitable terrain on the planet. TerrainContinue reading “Ludicrous! The Drakhyr Rally”
Buckyball 10k: How Elite is helping a charity to transform disabled people’s lives!
I had one overwhelming obsession when I was a child. Video games. I grew up in the 70s when video games were just beginning to trespass on the consciousness of society. Whenever I saw one, which would usually be coin-ops either in Swansea Leisure Centre or the arcades of the Coney Beach Funfair in Porthcawl,Continue reading “Buckyball 10k: How Elite is helping a charity to transform disabled people’s lives!”
Pluto Time!
It’s Saturday 29th March, 2025. Around a quarter to six in the morning. It’s a wonderful time of day. My favourite time of day. Particularly at this time of year. The light outside seems lazy. Slowly creeping around the countryside, beginning to fill the shadows and oozing into the dark cracks left over from theContinue reading “Pluto Time!”
The Great Colonial Scramble!
Well, Commanders! I really wasn’t expecting the colonial system grab to be quite so frantic but, here we are. It appears there has been a desperate push by thousands and thousands of you to claim and build in your own systems. We are only just realising the scope of this new era in the Bubble’sContinue reading “The Great Colonial Scramble!”
Losing the Plot: Racing Through the Apocalypse!
“Apocalypse“ Current mainstream thinking mistakenly tells us that the Apocalypse is The End Of The World. It is not. Biblical Scholars and Theologians will tell you, actually “Apocalypse” is the name given to the Final Battle Between Good And Evil. And that, given the current situation in the galaxy, is probably the most appropriate descriptionContinue reading “Losing the Plot: Racing Through the Apocalypse!”
Zen and the Art of Gravity Braking
This post contains simplified ideas inspired by those proposed in the book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” (ZATAOMM). A tome I read a long, long time ago, and about which I now remember little, apart from the fact that it contains almost nothing about motorcycle maintenance and virtually nothing about Zen. There isn’tContinue reading “Zen and the Art of Gravity Braking”
Ia Buur Fhtagn!
My race is over. And despite Alec Turner’s claims I perceive the man known as Cmdr Buur not to be a zombie. He is something altogether more terrible, more abominable, than any mere walking dead figure could ever muster in my horrifically traumatized mind. The sinister, powerful and antediluvian consciousness behind the Buur Protectorate isContinue reading “Ia Buur Fhtagn!”
The Bridge to Everlasting Love
It was still quite dark, and Jīnniúzuò the old ox gazed longingly into the early morning sky, together with his friend Què, the ancient Magpie standing proudly on Jīnniúzuò’s head. “You’ve been doing this a lot lately.” observed Què, “And always this patch of sky.” The ox sighed, but said nothing. His bones creaked andContinue reading “The Bridge to Everlasting Love”
When Is A Race Not A Race?
Buckyballers have been co-opted into all sorts of jobs under the guise of a “race”. I remember once having to inspect tunnels during the “Tunnel Vision” event last season. We were supposed to examine the insides of these structures for damage and structural flaws but at the speeds we were travelling at it wasn’t exactlyContinue reading “When Is A Race Not A Race?”
Elite Dangerous RUSH FLEET 