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I have got to get me one of these Ohh, I have. I told you I was on the case

We won't be able to make the Wheatsheaf as we will still in Whitby! However, we will be passing nearby later on our way home so we could meet you for an afternoon run, I'll lead Julie as I know how much you enjoy following caravans!

Can you resist? Just think of the sound of all those TVR's burbling around, their metallic sheen glistening in the sunshine, then picture them in front of Chatsworth House, I'm not even going to try to resist. So, if you want to join me, and Glen of course, come to The Wheatsheaf, Baslow, DE45 1SR at 10 am on Sunday 2nd October. I have a route planned that will take 1 hour and 15 minutes and is 35 miles long, it will finish at Chatsworth where we can have a nosy around the TVR's before going for some lunch. Anybody else giving in to the temptation?

Big welcome from me . Pictures are a definate .

Hi Big Gez & welcome! It's the Black Country area meet Sunday at the Dudley arms Himley. If you get chance & pop over to say hello. Andy

Don't forget to post pictures of your car as we love pictures. You will enjoy it here as its a really nice place to live.

I can't make it by the way, were engagement ring shopping. (She said yes)

Count me in Rab!

http://www.metcheck.com/UK/today.asp?zipcode=Dunfermline&locationID=57555&lat=56.1&lon=-3.5&findtype= I will take it.

I can email some Graeme although I have has a pm already on the dash and crashpad - I was planning on selling together , also some pm,s that interest has not been registered above on other bits .

Have you tried Hilti. https://www.hilti.co.uk/search?text=machine%20screws

Nice pics Terry. me and the wife where in the blue and white westy

Very brave..... I expect you to be sconed to death or a similar punishment!

Blue in front Green at the back, sounds about right. ;-)

Good response from the Lancashire gang

I know women are bad at navigating, but you can practically see chatsworth from the wheat sheaf!

those shots look good so you are on your way lightroom is very easy to use and if you shoot in RAW file (or whatever the standard is on Sony) then you have full control but really depends on how much you want to get into it first thing would be to learn how to adjust the ISO, aperture and shutter speed independently and how they are all connected and what they do I spend most of my time in (A) aperture mode and then (M) manual mode if I have a bit more time to set the shot up - and dip into (S) shutter speed mode when shooting cars on the move -I would forget the (P) programme mode and Auto modes Focussing modes and metering modes would perhaps come next I personally found that watching youtube tutorials the easiest way to learn - there are hundreds of them covering just about everything you could ever need to know Good luck in your journey - there are lots of great photographers in here who know their stuff so if you have any questions I am sure we can help (edited to add that I am not classing myself as a great photographer)

Snag with big tele photo lenses camera shake can become a problem unless you have image stabiliser , Not too good in low light either without using a big apperture lense , using any stop below say f4 - f2.8 and the depth of field is massively reduced , OK for effects but not good for overall sharpness You will find all this stuff out with practice , main thing , get out there and play around . Have fun

Now I'm a middle aged bloke with three children and a mortgage I currently do about 1200 miles a year in mine. The old MOTs show 14,000 miles for each of the first two years after I got it on the road. Part of the reason was that it was my only car for about 16 months - went a bit over budget on the build and had to sell my Astra. Living near some cracking roads was another reason. The down side is that the fibre glass is now rather tatty and a significant number of parts have been replaced. It was off the road for 8 years when the children were young & underwent a slow refurbishment on the rare occasions where I had cash and/or spare time. Still, the children like using it on the school run when they get a chance, though not all at once I should add. One main downer of using it as an only car was that as fun as it was the Westfield was not quite so special to drive after a while, though I did get to know it really well. Now when I get in it after commuting in the Mondeo all week I get that "oh yeah" feeling again.