• The Greatest Free Show on Earth, trumpets Northern Power
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Sport Promotions, announcing its National Power Sports Festival in Blackpool 26-30 June.
"As you are well aware", Northern Power tells CM, "ever since the birth of the internal combustion engine, few events have excited audiences around the world to quite the same degree as have trials and displays of automotive power."
If this is the heightened mood Blackpool is in, more than two months before the festival begins, the Hawk dreads to think what state the wild-eyed populace will be reduced to by the time the Golden Mile trembles to the roar of the opening day's 4x4 beach race. • Cockles and mussels (alive, alive, oh no) bought from seaside vans and street vendors contain unacceptably high levels of bacteria, according to a survey by the Consumer Association. Shellfish beds are often close to the shore where the water can contain sewage or industrial waste. Yummy! It's the Yorkshire Dales for the Hawk this year ... Ni Mick Higgins, Mick Bagley and Rob Pope will be undertaking a Truckfest marathon drive in aid of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, driving an ERF (loaned by ERF) to John O'Groats from the East of England Showground. Last year Rob and another friend raised £1,785 after a 33-hour slog in an estate car. Sponsors contact Rob Pope on (0778) 425360.