To say Bernal Osborne’s proposed trip to Scandinavia on his Excelsior two-stroke in the summer of 1936 was met with scepticism by his colleagues at the RAC (Royal Automobile Club), would seem something of an understatement.
Apparently, his plans ‘…brought forth such derision that colleagues, knowing little of the subject, openly laid bets as to the improbability of my returning alive.’ Which sounds a little overdramatic, given that even 90-odd years ago,
