Richard Hammond and some thoughts about recent events.
We all strive to be able to do the things which we love
doing, with the experiences that Richard had I suspect this was another
box that he was fortunate enough to have the chance to tick.
For us meer mortals with day jobs who have a sports car as an occasional
joy. The nurburgring is a box I suspect we would all like to tick, for
motorcyclists it would be the TT.
Richard has done all that and more. He had an opportunity to push another
envelope, which we all know will involve risk, on another day everything
would have been fine and we would all be sat at home watching the Top Gear episode
on Sunday night in our arm chairs thinking - Richard, you lucky beggar.
Clarkson had an opportunity to drive the Veyron at whatever speed he wished,
and not a million miles away from the speed the dragster was doing. That
could so easily have ended in disaster and on a public road. But we all
enjoyed the episode and thought - Clarkson, you lucky beggar.
We all do the things we love even though we know there is some risk, wouldn't life be boring without those things.
Here's to a quick and successful recovery.