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October 2011 - Royal Automobile Club

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CONTENTs<br />

OCTOBER <strong>2011</strong> / I SSUE 136<br />

AROUND THE CLUB<br />

05 Letter from the CEO & Secretary<br />

Five things to look forward to<br />

12 Letters<br />

The Curse of Cowley<br />

15 Eye for Detail<br />

Win a case of wine in our competition<br />

16 The <strong>Club</strong> Pages<br />

News, food & sport from around the club<br />

30 Don’t Think about the Piranhas<br />

Tales from a swim down the Amazon<br />

38 Canvas of the Century<br />

‘Pete the Street’ paints Pall Mall<br />

42 The Grand Tour<br />

Take a turn around Pall Mall<br />

46 Pleasant Pheasant<br />

The story of club pheasant<br />

52 On Your Bike<br />

Cycling in Surrey with James Lock<br />

56 A Journey on the Orient Express<br />

Gillian Rhys climbs aboard<br />

CLUB MEMBERs<br />

25 Big Cheese<br />

Words from on business high<br />

34 Word from the Wise<br />

George Daniels, world’s greatest horologist,<br />

on business, youth, and driving racing cars<br />

74 Don’t You Look Lovely?<br />

Photographs from a season at the club<br />

MOTORiNg<br />

62 Motoring News<br />

Members on the Monza track<br />

26 Senna<br />

Henry Hope-Frost speaks to the writer of the<br />

film ‘Senna’, Manish Pandey<br />

64 The Bristol Diaries<br />

A round the world road trip<br />

68 Return of the Silver Ghost<br />

From London to Edinburgh in top gear<br />

73 Through the...<br />

The ghosts of motoring past and future<br />

<strong>October</strong> <strong>2011</strong> | Issue 136 | 11

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