After living all my life, to date, in Scotland, I now find myself living in the Czech Republic.

Aside from missing family and friends another big miss is my regular fix of speedway racing.  This had been successfully achieved over the years by a number of means.

Regular Friday night meetings at some of the various homes of the Edinburgh Monarchs.  My viewing commenced at, the now sadly defunct, Powderhall Stadium, then a dalliance with Shawfield Stadium in Glasgow (as the Scottish Monarchs) and then onto Armadale and back as Edinburgh Monarchs.

The viewing wasn't just limited to the homes of Edinburgh Monarchs I also took in a few of the Monarchs away matches, some national finals, world finals, trips across Europe and further afield.

Tracks visited so far:

Edinburgh Monarchs (Powderhall / Shawfield / Armadale)

Belle Vue (Kirkmanshulme Lane - no longer used for speedway / National Speedway Stadium)
Berwick (Berrington Lough / Shielfield)
Bradford (Odsal - no longer used for speedway)
Cardiff (Millennium Stadium)
Coventry (Brandon Stadium - no longer used for speedway)
Cradley Heath (Dudley Wood Stadium - now houses)
Exeter (County Ground)
Glasgow (Shawfield / Ashfield)
Ipswich (Foxhall Stadium)
Kings Lynn (Saddlebow Road Stadium)
Lakeside (Arena Essex Raceway)
Leicester (Beaumont Sports Complex)
Linlithgow (Heathersfield - no longer used for speedway)
Long Eaton (Long Eaton Stadium - no longer exists as far as I understand)
Milton Keynes (Elfield Park - no longer used for speedway)
Newcastle (Brough Park)
Peterborough (East of England Showground)
Poole (Poole Stadium)
Reading (Smallmead Stadium)
Scunthorpe (Eddie Wright Raceway)
Sheffield (Owlerton)
Swindon (Abbey Stadium)
Wolverhampton (Monmore Green Stadium)

Adelaide (Gillman / Sidewinders - Australia)
Bad Bramstedt (Germany)
Broken Hill (Australia)
Brokstedt (Germany)
Gdansk (Poland)
Gothenburg (Sweden - Ullevi Stadium)
Kurri Kurri (Loxford Park - Australia)
Marianske Lazne (Czech Republic
Melbourne (Etihad Stadium)
Mildura (Olympic Park - Australia)
Munkebo (Denmark)
Pardubice (Czech Republic)
Prague (Czech Republic - Marketa Stadium)
Rybnik (Poland)
Shepparton (Undera Park - Australia)
Terenzano (Italy)

Listing the above was quite an enjoyable exercise.  It brought back many good memories, some of them clouded by the passing of time.  There may well be other tracks I've missed off the list that will come back to me in due course.

So in an effort to fend off senility and to provide a nice record of further travels I'll use this Blog to record my speedway travels.

Where possible I'll include pictures etc. to enhance the reading experience.

So to the reader - enjoy.