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Had a night last night I’d rather not ever repeat. I underwent surgery last Friday to repair an umbilical hernia that was getting close to needing emergency surgery, so caught it just in time - although I could have done without having the anaesthetic through my spine and being conscious throughout the procedure. It was successful, anyway. Part of the fun of having abdominal surgery is that your colon takes great exception to being violated, and gets its own back by shutting down. Thus since last Friday, I’ve been enduring an unwelcome visitation from the Poo Prevention Fairy. There’s very little you can do about it except ride it out, but it’s pretty uncomfortable to say the least. The medical advice is to wait a few days before trying a laxative. By the end of yesterday, three and a half days in, I was ready to try anything, so out came the Ducolax to act as an eviction order against the non-travellers in my colon. About 2:45 this morning I was awoken by a noise coming from my guts which I last heard in The Exorcist when Linda Blair was possessed, and felt a pressure near the termination of my outflow pipe that was unmistakable in intent. I hobbled to the loo as quickly as I could without releasing the toxic monster and just managed to take my place in the driver’s seat of the porcelain bus when a gust of wind emanated from my tailpipe that sounded like Satan summoning his demonic army home for a pep talk. This was followed by something I can only describe without revulsion as the worst log flume ride in the world, ever. It went on for so long I thought I’d end up on the floor and flat as a piece of paper, completely empty inside. One of the dogs came in, wrinkled its nose in disgust at the smell and left me to my fate in mid-process. This was interspersed with belches strong enough to move the curtains. All this went on 20 minutes and when it finally stopped, I managed to struggle back to bed at 315...only to repeat it all over again at 500. I only wish I’d weighed myself before the non-travellers were evicted to see how much weight I’d lost. So folks, if you think your day is a bit s**t, my literally already has been. Thought I’d share as it’s always fun to laugh at the misfortunes of others.

Well, Scott, you'll be pleased to hear that I've just had a problem from the other end and p******** myself laughing at your tales of woe. Still I suspect we are getting to that age where if we didn;t laugh we would just cry

At least you didn't have to sleep in the bath!! I thought GWS meant get well soon but apparently can mean Gaseous Waste System.

15th April 2018 - SOLD... End of an era... £4,500 for a 1992 registered Narrow Body Live Axle Ford Crossflow in navy blue 1,700 Twin Italian 40DCOE Webers, Kent 244 cam giving 90 wheel horsepower ONLY reason for sale is failing health…. Not man enough for a Xflow anymore… New springs and shocks, ‘new’ Type 3 gearbox, electronic ignition and new lights recently fitted. Body is scruffy and needs TLC on the gelcoat, there is no hand brake to speak of and the interior also needs some love. But the engine (and now gearbox) is a peach and that is all an Xflow is about. Recently Grizlee and Bollocky Bill did all the work mentioned above and @Grizzlee is happy to give folk an independent view on his condition (and he owes me a favour, it was that t***'s fault I got a Westie in the first place..!!!) If any of you are interested get in touch for a longer description. This is a chance to buy motoring history and make noises like the devil after a hot curry…

Glad you are feeling well enough to provide such an eloquent account of you ordeal.

Based on what I’ve read in a number of build threads recently, I very much doubt that a robot could fit a Mazda diff to a Westfield chassis.

Get well soon .................... and keep the laughs going

Hi Dave, all of the cameras are separate units so positioning is easy, they do a variety of mounts too, from flat windscreen to a mount small enough to tuck the camera behind the rear view mirror, I'll get some pics uploaded of my set up and if you're interested in any more info PM me your number and I'll give you a call to explain some of the extra details. Nem....

Two pics of my Westfield

A very very sad day indeed. Martin was my mentor when I started the Speed Series and friend. He was a real gentleman and a very kind person. He put his family first and will be dearly missed by all. He was restoring a classic Lola Formula Ford with the potential goal of putting his grandson in the driving seat. @DavidH if that project has not been finished then perhaps the two of us need to complete in Martin's memory and get Harvey out sprinting. Paul

We built an extension and I fitted a heat pump. Most units now are heat pumps than cooling only. Dont buy cheap stuff like LG, its a false economy. All of my colleagues have Toshiba , just like I have. Oh and I work in air con. Reason why I fitted it rather than run a radiator in there was because the boiler would struggle, pipework would be hard work , I got it cheaper than doing the rad install and its a room we double celetex insulated , much to the inspectors surprise , so it isnt used that much. It is the room the dogs sleep in , so when it does get hot, we can stick the air con on, when we are at work, which they love . Dont ask the size of the room, as its triangular ! but I fitted a 3.5kw unit which does work well and can actually cool the lounge next door easily. It runs on a 5 amp fuse and get an inverter compressor unit , as it will save money with power useage. Units from diy chains are usually chinese cheapies, which have no spares or technical support , so potentially cost more with replacing more frequently. Its a great bit of kit, so make sure you look at Toshiba, Daikin or Mitsubishi Electric . Mitsi Heavy Ind is usually cheaper and a different company , but spares are awkward. Samsung is new to the market, but finish and quality isnt as good as the ones above. LG are cheap , will work, but not as long as better ones.