 to build another powered by a fiery 2-litre, 175bhp Vauxhall twin cam engine fed by a pair of snorting Webers. In six months I drove it something like 15,000 miles, including a holiday to France with a girlfriend so unfussed by this highly unorthodox means of transport I thought she might make a good wife and mother. She did and still does.
I did my first race in a Caterham and was heading for the podium until ambition overtook talent and threw me off the circuit, mercifully damaging only my pride. And then, when I was made editor of this magazine, I realised a life’s ambition to spec my own Seven, a Superlight R and the first to be painted black with a yellow stripe but, happily, by no means the last.
Today Caterham is the same, but different. Nearn sadly died in 2009 and his company was sold first to the likeable and effective Ansar Ali and, in 2011, to Tony Fernandes. It still makes about 500 Sevens a year in its Dartford factory, 150 of which are racing cars built to take part in myriad series around the world, including the Caterham Academy (in which nearly 900 compulsorily novice drivers have now cut their racing teeth).
But plans are afoot. Fernandes already has a Caterham-branded Formula 1 team and a new engineering business, called Caterham Technology and Innovation, that’s based just around the corner from Lotus in Norfolk. This is the same facility that built Bentley’s 2003 Le Mans winner and Caterham intends to use it to compete with Lotus for consultancy work. At the same time CTI is working on the new Caterham/Renault joint venture that will lead to a new breed of Caterham-branded sports cars being built in Renault’s old Alpine factory in Dieppe. With a business plan for it to produce 25,000 of these new Caterhams from 2015 onwards, and a design brief that puts it on a collision course with the new Porsche Cayman, this is going to be a Caterham like none before.
But I wanted to see how things stood today, which is how I found myself in the Caterham showroom the company will soon have to vacate, because Nearn’s children have served notice. The company hopes to stay in Surrey, but the chances of finding other premises in Caterham itself seem remote.
I was there for a run in the new Supersports R, a kind of halfway house between the entry level Roadsports cars with modest engine power, open differentials and road-based tyres, and the delightfully loopy but utterly uncivilised R400 and R500 track-day weapons.
Like all Caterhams you can select almost any detail specification you want, but all Supersport Rs come with a 180bhp 2-litre engine, racederived suspension, a limited slip diff, close ratio five-speed gearbox (an even more tightly stacked six-speeder is an option) and Avon CR500 rubber designed to work equally well on road or track.
This one also came with a windscreen and heater, options I can remember Caterham’s then-engineering director almost refusing to put on my Superlight R because it so went against his principles; to me it just made it possible to enjoy the car more of the time.
So without the need for a helmet and with lightly toasted feet I headed out onto slippery, salt-strewn roads in a temperature of precisely zero degrees to find out more.
My first discovery is that those Avons have no grip at all in such conditions, which is precisely what I’d hoped. It reminded me of my first, the one I smeared down the tyres at Goodwood, with its live rear axle and concrete tyres. It just gently oversteered everywhere feeling more like a Formula Ford on spacesavers than a conventional road car.
I had to go faster, not slower, to calm it down a touch. The five-speed box is still related to that found in the Ford Sierra, albeit with superclose ratios. It changes swiftly enough, though I’ve always found Caterham’s homegrown sixspeeder far preferable. Either way, on a day like this you need third before there’s reliable traction. Thereafter it’s a question of just how far into its arms you want to fall. Its charms are such you can feel almost helpless against its urgings. It wants you to go forever faster — not a good idea in this weather — but not only does it provide the tools for the job, it also climbs into your head and starts rewiring your brain to give you the imperative to pick them up.
Happily 25 years of driving Caterhams had provided a degree of immunity and I was able to return slowly, licence, liberty and livelihood intact. What impression did it leave? It might have been the wrong day but, 40 years on and for those to whom driving pleasure matters most, it remains the right car.Distance between Badvel and Mydukur is 34 KM (kilometers) and 1.57 meters. Badvel is 21.1 miles away from Mydukur.
Badvel is located in the India state of Andhra_Pradesh at the longitude of 79.1 and latitude of 14.8. Mydukur is located in the India state of Andhra_Pradesh at the longitude of 78.7 and latitude of 14.7.
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Time difference between Badvel and Mydukur is 0.021029966666667 decimal hours (0 : 1 : 15.70788). Badvel universal time is 5.27 UTC and Mydukur universal time is 5.2489700333333 UTC. Badvel is advance Mydukur 0 hours and 1 Minutes and 15.70788 seconds.
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I am an agricultural entrepreneur with eight-years’ quality experience running farms as a social enterprise to create jobs for women and young people, and build the capacity of disadvantaged women and young people in my community.
Maize and cassava are used as raw materials in some industries in Nigeria, they are also used as food for animal and human beings, and this has made them to be on high demand.
But due to some factors, many young people have quitted the farming business for other economic activities and this has caused a great adverse effect on the economy of our community and affected the livelihood of many families and causing under production as many production companies cannot get enough for their productions.
Some of the factors that affected the production of this include, poor yield due to poor seeds and stems planted, inadequate capital to fund the project, poor storage facility, poor processing method etc.
This has led to my great idea which is cultivating 20acres of land intercropping cassava enriched with vitamin A and yellow maize.
We have 20 acres of land with soil nutrient, soil structure and topography suitable for cultivating grains and tubers. As the growing season is fast approaching, we plan to clear the land and get it ready for the rain, to get optimum and quality yield we will buy improved maize seeds and cassava stems from the institute of international and tropic agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria, for planting.
The planting will commence in June with young men and women in the village being employed to perform the activities on the farm.
I have been practising agriculture for the past eight years. I have adequate and knowledge of it. And I have the passion to train, assist, and empower young farmers in my community in my own little way.
We currently have 20 acres of land suitable for planting maize and cassava, which is a major factor for the success of the project.
We intend to clear the land and get set as the raining season is fast approaching.
Employ 20 young people both male and female for the activity.
By May, first and second plough will be done.
By June, the planting will commence with maize planting and cassava will be planted early July.
Harvesting and storage in jute bags will be in October.
Cassava will be harvested after six months.
What has been done to get this project started?
