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Richard Penhale, our ICT Systems Manager of 27 years and self-confessed tech enthusiast (or obsessive, depending on who you ask), attended the Octopus Energy Tech Summit in London on Monday—the flagship event launching London Climate Action Week. The summit brought together leading voices from the worlds of energy and technology to explore how innovation can drive sustainability.
The engines may have been electric, but the energy was anything but quiet as our two student teams hit the tarmac at Castle Combe Race Circuit for the Greenpower Kit Car F24 event. With a 7:30am start, the bleary-eyed but buzzing students arrived ready to race, wrench and represent.
It’s more than a little ironic that I ran the Wild Horse 200 to raise funds and awareness for Dementia UK, and now I’m sitting here, staring at my screen, trying to remember what on earth happened during the race. There are more blank spots in my memory than a dodgy VHS tape from the '90s.