Thom is a British freelance journalist who has written for The Times and The Guardian, and now mostly spends her time reporting from Libya
SPENDING considerable time in Devon sorting out my late mother’s affairs left me with relatively few chances to get behind the wheel of the Lightweight for several months, so now I jump at any opportunity for a little local drive.
“Let’s go in the Lightweight!” I say winningly to the Fella before setting out on a local jaunt. “Oh, but it’s so small and uncomfortable,” he bemoans, and he’s certainly not the first