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Jon (with no H) in the legendary Shafton TWO Gates

If you can't remember it then it didn't happen!

About Me

I am a photo-journalist from Yorkshire with a mad passion for all things automotive. I'm mostly into VW's, esp mk1/2 Golf GTi's, old skool Fords and pre 1980 Yank cars, though anything with 4 wheels that's had a lot of time and effort put into it gets my full respect. I have a mk1 Golf (for track days) and a VW camper which gets used all the time in summer and brings with it so much extra freedom, I don't know how I ever lived without it. Everyone should have one! I hate staying at home in Routineland so I try to travel as much as I can and have so far been to Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Cuba, China, Vietnam, Singapore, Canada, USA and much of Europe. I never do package deals - you never see a country properly that way. Also really into mountain biking and can often be found somewhere on the trails of Northern England blasting down the side of a mountain, covered in mud, often freezing cold, but loving every minute of it! When I'm not on my travels or working, I enjoy going out, socialising and generally having a laugh! I'm often to be found in a rock/ metal biased pub/ club somewhere in West Yorks so if you bump into me say hi :) I don't talk about cars all the time - honest!! Oh yeah, as most of you have discovered by now - I also like banger racing as well :-)
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Jon
Birthday: 29 July
Birthplace: Dewsbury
Current Location: Batley
Eye Color: blue
Hair Color: blondish
Height: 6 ft
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage:
The Shoes You Wore Today: haven't put any shoes on yet
Your Weakness: pubs
Your Fears: going back home after pub
Your Perfect Pizza: pepperoni with red/ green of peppers
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: drive the Nurbugring (or banger racing will do instead!)
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: lmao
Thoughts First Waking Up: What the **** was I on about last night??
Your Best Physical Feature: smile
Your Bedtime: when i'm tired
Your Most Missed Memory: forgotten it
Pepsi or Coke: coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: neither!!
Single or Group Dates: either
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: neither
Chocolate or Vanilla: vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee: cappuccino
Do you Smoke: when i'm drunk
Do you Swear: not that fukin often
Do you Sing: no - I like the glass in my house
Do you Shower Daily: yes
Have you Been in Love: yes
Do you want to go to College: done that I do the work thing now
Do you want to get Married: maybe
Do you belive in yourself: yes, no one will believe in you if you don't belive in yourself
Do you get Motion Sickness: only when reading!?
Do you think you are Attractive: mainly just when i'm drunk!!
Are you a Health Freak: I'm a healthy freak
Do you get along with your Parents: yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: yes unless I want to fly my kite...
Do you play an Instrument: air guitar!!
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: hmm now let me think...
In the past month have you Smoked: yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs: :)
In the past month have you gone on a Date: no
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Bloody american questions!
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: as above
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: no
In the past month have you been on Stage: no
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no - god I'm boring!
Ever been Drunk: once or twice
Ever been called a Tease: yes
Ever been Beaten up: yes in hull 2003, long story
Ever Shoplifted: packet of toffo's when I was 12
How do you want to Die: drowning in a giant vat of chili
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: 22 forever!!
What country would you most like to Visit: Canada (again!)
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: no too fussed
Favourite Hair Color: dark
Short or Long Hair: long
Height: 3 ft 6"
Weight: not too fussed - 2 chins at the most!
Best Clothing Style: rock/ hippy chick
Number of Drugs I have taken: :O
Number of CDs I own: 94376
Number of Piercings: 0
Number of Tattoos: 1
Number of things in my Past I Regret: too many
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My Interests

Mountain biking, cars, track days, motorsport (especially banger racing and rallycross), music - especially rock and metal, photography, festivals, travelling....

I'd like to meet:

Anyone interesting who's a good laugh too!!

Music:

Anything from Killers through to Slayer, I'm not quite as tunnel minded when it comes to music as I used to be. Love old skool stuff like Pixies, Soungarden, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, AC/DC, G n R, Maiden, Therapy?, Nirvana, Metallica, Kiss, L7, Faith No More, Wolfsbane, Motley Crue, Love Hate, Sacred Reich, Terrorvision, Skid Row, Breeders, The Cult, Sisters of Mercy, Stone Temple Pilots and even the cheesy stuff like Def Leppard, LA Guns, Poison - the list goes on...Back to this decade and its Fear Factory, Soil, Type O Negative, Foo Fighters, Korn, Disturbed, White Stripes, Linkin Park, Hundred Reasons and more radio friendly bands like Oasis, Kasabian, Keiser Chiefs, The Music or anything they might play in the Aftershock tent at The Leeds/ Reading festival :) Strangely also quite partial to drum & bass and KT Tunstall!!

Movies:

The Italian Job, Green Mile, Duel, The Crow, Saw 1 & 2

Television:

Pingu, Top Gear, Trigger Happy TV, Have I got News for you, Dukes of Hazzard

Heroes:

Pingu, Ayrton Senna, John Peel, Mark Radcliffe, Billy Connilly, Richard Burns, 451 Willy Blackwell, 318 Wilf Speak, Team Stinkbridge and Common Crushers!!

My Blog

Brampton Unlimiteds vids..

Some vids from the excellent Brampton Unlimited bangers meet last week. For those who missed it, you missed a blinder! Full respect to TSB, The Bears, Team Asbo and the 7 Irish drivers for putting on ...
Posted by Jon (with no H) in the legendary Shafton TWO Gates on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:25:00 PST

Sharing coke with the neighbours

    It all began at the 7-11 tonight where there was a special offer on of £2.30 for 2 bottles of coke (Coca Cola) while it was £1.70 for just the one. I wasn't over-fussed about buyin...
Posted by Jon (with no H) in the legendary Shafton TWO Gates on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:46:00 PST

Brampton is back!!

As most of you well know, banger racing is one of my favourite pastimes - well watching it is. I haven't got round to achieving my ambition of actually racing yet lol, but I'll do it one day! Like man...
Posted by Jon (with no H) in the legendary Shafton TWO Gates on Tue, 01 May 2007 05:02:00 PST

I'm a Dad!!

Yup, Jon (that idiot well known for dancing really badly at the squash club) is now a Dad. Baby Oliver was born at 18 mins past midnight on Friday 13th (!!) and both mother and baby are doing fine, bu...
Posted by Jon (with no H) in the legendary Shafton TWO Gates on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:42:00 PST

Blyton trackday video

The Golf GL gateccrashes a Subaru Owners Club trackday at Blyton, Lincs Sept 2006 - its in there somewhere, honest :-) Also some nice on board footage taken from a blue Impreza STi.. Video link b...
Posted by Jon (with no H) in the legendary Shafton TWO Gates on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 02:50:00 PST

Its all fun and fire on our street!

Its fairly common knowledge that next door to us lives a drug dealer. He's a fairly friendly chap and easy to get on with, keeps himself to himself and all that. He also has a glass eye and there's a ...
Posted by Jon (with no H) in the legendary Shafton TWO Gates on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:27:00 PST

Did you know?

Did you know that Woolley Edge Services located between Wakefield and Barnsley on the M1 motorway won the title of  'Service Station loo of the year 2005'. There is a nicely polished plaque next ...
Posted by Jon (with no H) in the legendary Shafton TWO Gates on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:09:00 PST

Banger Racing Vids!

Link below. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDF9L9JQNUY Here's another http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cqykCu_vtk And here's another.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVloL0jIYhc&mode=related. ..
Posted by Jon (with no H) in the legendary Shafton TWO Gates on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 04:58:00 PST

Why hoodies should be banned.

Whilst I was working last week in the lovely hamlet of Buttershaw in Bradford (also the famous setting of Rita, Sue and Bob too!) I noticed a couple of hoody wearing chavs sat on a garden wall throwin...
Posted by Jon (with no H) in the legendary Shafton TWO Gates on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 03:33:00 PST

The Nurburgring

Well I've finally gone and done it. And what a blast it was too. For years I've wanted to drive the Nuburgring - arguably the most challenging motor racing circuit in the world at 14 miles long and wi...
Posted by Jon (with no H) in the legendary Shafton TWO Gates on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:20:00 PST