When it comes to trains, planes, boats and automobiles, the UK has a long and illustrious history of cutting edge and sometimes revolutionary design.

But it’s arguably land and water speed record breaking where the engineers and technicians behind outright record holders have captured public imagination the most. 

Of those engineers, one is arguably the most notable and talented of all. Former land speed record holder Richard Noble OBE explains what it was that provided the spark to ignite his interest in record breaking and why he’s planning on doing it all over again.