About me 

Hello, I’m Dan.

For several years now, writing has been my preferred method of dealing with both my anxiety and the constant ear-splitting noise inside my head, like a cacophony of thoughts, opinions, bad ideas and random songs all trying to speak over each other at once.

I first realised writing helped when I first tried to write about cars. I discovered that when I poured my thoughts into writing about a car I'd driven, the noise went quiet, meaning I could concentrate on writing about things like how many gloves should fit in a glovebox, why manufacturers put buttons in stupid places and whether a car stereo can really be considered good if it sounds like someone shouting through a letterbox. Since then, things have expanded somewhat.

Cars are still a big part of it, but so are ideas, annoyances, observations, weather, countryside, technology and whatever else happens to catch my attention. If something bothers me, interests me or makes me think, I write about it. It's like an essay-based therapy. Lots of people find ways of managing their anxiety; mine is writing. I've also discovered that not only does it help, but I really enjoy it.

I call the short articles I write chapters, because for me each one is like a little chapter of my mind I've transferred onto paper... or pixels.

So that's what this website is. It's a collection of rants, rambles, observations and the occasional coherent thought. You can read them and hopefully get a laugh out of them.

I'm also having another go at motoring journalism. This time, I'm going to write about cars the way I actually experience them: less showroom brochure, more pub conversation, with far too many opinions about legroom, gadgets, traffic lights and sound systems.

So, for motoring, rants, rambles, observations and whatever else falls out of my head, enjoy.