This photo was taken on Saturday 7th February 1931 at the SUNBAC Colmore Trial. PL 2698 is a 1930 Surrey registered Hoyal Hornet Special driven by C.H. Livesey. He was an accomplished performer and took part in many trials during the early thirties driving predominantly Hornets and Minors. A particularly well known photo of Livesey shows him at the wheel of a 1930 Hoyal Minor Two-seater being hauled up an incline in Bluehills Mine while taking part in the 1930 MCC Land’s End event. Here he appears to be in trouble once again as Bridgman-Metchim in an Austin Seven catches up with him while ascending one of the hills that afternoon. Despite this Livesey won a 1st class award at this event. Later that same year he took PL 2698 to a clubmans meeting at Brooklands and achieved fastest time of the day for an ascent of the famous test hill. (LATplate B5429 courtesy of Motorsport Images)