How quickly time passes. Twelve months on from winning the GoMW Motoring Research Breakthrough Blogger Award, Editor John Redfern reflects on the whirlwind that has been 2015.

It genuinely doesn?t seem five minutes ago since I was writing a post for ESM about winning the MR Breakthrough Blogger award, and here we are, one year on with another deserving winner receiving the prize last night.
In short, 2015 has been an incredible eye-opening experience. Through the great people at Motoring Research – under the lead of Richard Aucock – I?ve travelled the country to drive new (and old) metal, attended events I could have previously only dreamed of, and seen my name next to content on major websites.

The latter is possibly the biggest prize of all. Yes, attending amazing launches and driving great cars is the fun part, but the reason for blogging is because I love writing. So to see something I?ve written featured on Motoring Research or MSN Cars has been a big deal. I can still remember that excitement at seeing my name next to the first drive review of the Vauxhall Adam Grand Slam ? now just called the Adam S ? when it went live on the MR website. Trying to distil the past twelve months into one post isn?t easy. But the highlights have included live blogging both the Geneva and Frankfurt motor shows, in a Red Bull-fuelled excitement of social media and photo cropping. Doing so gave me a real glimpse into the reality of journalism, along with no sleep for a week d...