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Arrival: The Audi A5 S Line and the Finest Fifty Yards in Black Tie

The early afternoon sunshine is streaming through my wide-open window. There’s a gentle breeze carrying with it the chitter-chatter from the terrace down below. I’m curled up on my sun-kissed armchair, a book in one hand, and a glass of chilled rosé in the other. No children demanding snacks, my to-do list firmly cast to the back of my mind. This moment is my definition of perfection.

There is a distinct moment when a motorcycle ceases to be merely a collection of moving components and becomes an event.

With the 2026 Pan America ST, Harley-Davidson hasn't just updated a model range; they have codified a subculture. Born from the sun-baked asphalt of the American West Coast, the Pan America ST represents a fascinating paradox: the intersection of unyielding Milwaukee iron and genuine apex-hunting intent.

This was not simply a visit to play golf. It was a chance to understand what the London Golf Club is trying to become, where it has come from and why, three decades after opening, it still feels like a venue with plenty of ambition left in the bag.

This year, Podge went racing. And I, somehow, was waved through onto the grid — a clerical error I have no intention of reporting.

There are some vehicles that suit Salisbury Plain. A Porsche 911 does not. A Bentley Flying Spur might, provided you had someone following in a support vehicle with a calming herbal tea. A Fiat 500 would just look as though it had taken a wrong turn on the way to a garden centre.

The Toyota Land Cruiser, however, looks entirely at home.

The first thing you notice about the Maserati GranCabrio Trofeo is not the speed, although with 542 horsepower and a 196mph top speed it has quite enough of that to rearrange your hairstyle permanently. Nor is it the noise, though the Nettuno V6 produces a soundtrack so gloriously operatic that nearby pheasants briefly consider filing noise complaints. No, the first thing you notice is how astonishingly beautiful it is.

So naturally we took it touring through Wiltshire valleys and along Dorset’s coastal roads, to show it off.

I had been invited to play two rounds with a friend, as part of a wider stay at The Manor House Hotel with the Lotus Emira. The hotel and car had already done their bit: one providing Cotswold charm and deeply civilised hospitality, the other providing mid-engined theatre and a colour scheme that could be seen from Chippenham. Now it was the turn of the golf course.

Royal Enfield holds the distinction of being the oldest global motorcycle brand in continuous production. Its journey from a needle manufacturer to a cult icon is a fascinating blend of British engineering and Indian industrial heritage.

It all started in ​1891, when Bob Walker Smith and Albert Eadie purchased the Townsend Cycle Company. They began supplying precision parts to the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield, and to celebrate this connection, they created the Royal Enfield brand name.