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Steady, don't get too excited......I know we let you down last week in favour of caravans but we are back, well for this weekend anyway! Temperatures ok driving but a little hot in traffic as I think the fan switch temp is too high now where the previous one was too low. Should have used the middle one available!

Woohoo! Have ruined a chisel in the process, but I wasn't much into woodworking anyway Now the cleaning can commence

Yeeaahh, Martyn the Master of Miles replies. Fingers crossed for the test drive then and we will hopefully see you and Sue at Ashourne 10.15

Police breathalyse a female driver who had "a couple of bottles", drove with no license, no tax and no insurance on her car, then they let her go without charge. That's some fine police work there, Lou! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-37734883

I will be there at 9.30. Weather looks OK.. it must be nearly time for double digit layers Julie

I've upgraded since you last saw it...

If that'd been Liverpool the kid would have failed it....

Grossglockner and nochalmstrasse in Austria are well worth a look. My mate has done several alps trips can get satnav routes for you for Stelvio and more.

Had a few cooling issues to sort out and subject to an uneventful test drive today we will meet you at Halfords, Ashbourne around 10.15? You may have to prise us out of the M&S cafe though

I love how all these type of things are built by an "ex .... engineer" or retired engineer. So what??? They might have been a **** engineer it means nothing.

The seller is a liar. 'You will not regret owning this vehicle' .............................. er.......... I definitely will !!

Let's hope the aerospace engineer who built this never built any part of a plane!

I'll be there

I thought A2 as well, but then again I may have misread things!

I'm in the process of fitting a 'Tea' button in the garage, push it and someone brings a cup of tea. I'm not having much luck with it at the moment as it's more of a 'push it and someone swears' button. If you fix your car in the McDonands drive-though it works though.

If Switzerland it has to be the area around Davos and Ideally Stelvio on the border also. I have the satnav files for an organised trip that I did a few years ago that went through the black forest area and then to the alps If looking for a group I would be up for this also. There is an interesting Rolls Royce museum in Austria just over from the German border David

I've emailed you for some pics

I built myself a nice (for my standards) workshop when we moved here 3 years back. 10 double sockets, dedicated 16A supply for the welder, lots of shelves, workbench, pillar drill, tool chests, good lighting.....then somewhere along the way I managed to lose track of the floor. Its bl**** well disappeared and I can't find it anywhere..... So, I'd suggest a good supply of discipline to make sure you don't fill your lovely new garage with crap from other tasks. I live in hope that one day, when I have finished the bathroom project, I will be able to find the workshop floor again. One day.....

I built my 1st kit in a cobbled together timber shed affair, it was damp, dark and made the build process horrible at times. I built a new garage this year and have been building my new westie in there and its been a totally different pleasurable experience. The new garage is insulated in all the walls, ceiling and the door. I've also got central heating in there and its great! As said paint the walls and ceiling white it reflects the light. I used old fashioned high frequency fluorescent lights in a bright white and they are superb, bang for buck you cant beat them. Yes i could have gone LED but would have been 4x the cost to get the same lumens. In my last place everything was on open shelves so everytime you did any grinding/sanding/cutting everything got filled with the dust and it drove me potty. This time i've fitted an ex display kitchen at the end and bought a load of the cheapest ikea units along 1 wall to keep everything tidy, total cost was around 300 quid but as a one off i think its worth it. Toolwise my lot chipped in for a new halfords pro black tool chest and it just about holds everything and stops the "hunt the 10mm spanner game". Oh And plan plenty of power sockets.

Internet and an old laptop, comes in really handy when you get a problem and need to jump on here

Sounds so much like an innuendo!

Fall weather arrived last night with about 6" of snow and some real cold. It made this evening perfect for a blat. Dave