Shopping kart

I first saw this scooter at a local multi-meet where it was swarmed by an array of amazed onlookers. Once they’d finished snapping photos on their phones I managed to get a moment with the owner, Mark Milner, and learnt that the project had been a long time in the making.

Hard working

Mark comes from a mining village in West Yorkshire called Allerton Bywater. He grew up on a council estate there and his dad was a miner at the local pit.

At the age of 12 Mark helped on a milk round and it was during this time that his interest in go-karts developed. “The milkman’s son raced them, so they were the main topic of conversation. Eventually I clubbed together with a mate and bought one powered by