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Another excellent day in the peak district. Where did we go? Started in Ashbourne... followed Julie... arrived home. The boss will be along soon with details. Lots of twisting roads, very warm weather, food and friends.. who needs more. Oh and a rare picture ..two pictures!! of the Glen unit And lots of cleaning.

Albert the lab, our first dog. I’m shattered!!

Great pictures Santa Trevor, thank you for posting them. We met Trevor (above) and Martyn and Sue, pictured below in Ashbourne, with Glen It was a warm day and these costumes are very warm, so when we go inside anywhere we start to overheat like a Zetec. Trevor came well prepared with his Santa T-Shirt. We drove through the centre of Ashbourne, to Matlock Bath where we waved at all the bikers, through Matlock Town where the Victorian Market was on and then STOP. A Chatsworth traffic jam, so we took a quick turn left and I was delighted to divert down the Elton Esses to come back out in Bakewell, brill, then onwards, to our comfort break at Hassop Station Cafe, where a certain pink nose was waiting for us. Do you recognise it? It was Ian and he had bought Bagpuss with him, a waterproofed Bagpuss that is It was here that a little boy asked both Trevor and Glen separately if they were the REAL father Christmas, poor thing, he must have been confused with all this going on. We continued our journey down Surprise View, which looked stunning in the winter sun, into Hathersage, around Castleton village square, smiled at the most miserable policeman in his car and into the Travellers Rest car park. This family had followed us and pulled up with us for a photo, they were so excited and it was our pleasure. The Travellers Rest We had lunch and then it was time to go and meet the Santa Train at Peak Rail. There were lots of family's there and they went barmy when they saw us, the staff were quite excited too. Glen was handing out chocolates to the kids, and notice the Christmas pudding on the front of the train. Somebody got told off for going on to the foot plate We were too hot to sit indoors so we sat outside the station cafe and waved at everyone on the train as it departed, they loved it, we loved it. We said our goodbyes and headed off home, that is when disaster struck, it was now dark, I was on an unlit twisty country road and my headlight fell off completely. It was hanging on by the wiring only. All I could do was carefully carry on, knowing that there was a hospice coming up on my left shortly. Santa and his blooming little elf pulled into the car park and taped it back in position for the last few careful miles. Back home and it was the bracket that had sheared off, you couldn't make that one up could you? Thank you so much to everyone, you really are a fun bunch of people to know, fun and a bit crazy, just how I like my friends. Mucky pup again

cost 20 quid to keep her quiet

I am hoping to get it welded at my local garage tomorrow. Hopefully back on the road very soon.

Sorry to read tinsel overload caused a headlight bracket to fail. I hope it’s quickly fixed @Julie Hall - AO Representative, Peak District AO

Petrol vapour is heavier than air, so don't be tempted to vent it so far up you fill the boot box with a nice explosive combo.

Finished fitting the sidelight, hope they'll be ok for MOT.

November 12th, 2017 Spend: £0.00 @maurici kindly offered some free stickers on the forums, providing they ended up on a Westfield and a picture was shared on the thread. Well, here's mine November 18th, 2017 Spend: £0.00 Created a nice puzzle on the garage floor. Last month: £ 6379.80 This month: £ 0.00 ----------+ Total: £ 6379.80

Westy has been sat a couple of weeks due to work commitments, so as the rain had stopped, I whipped the cover off, gave it a quick clean and decided to go and fill it with petrol so it's ready for impromptu use. ( I normally refill after each run, but was getting late last time we were out ) Let's start her up, oh dear, this is harder than usual, feels like it's not getting enough air, and too much fuel, then I remember I have a waterproof cover over my carbs, so take that off and it fires right up. Off to Tesco, and do the slow pump shuffle, I really need to whip the boot box out, as it feels as though there is about 2 miles of convoluted pipe leading to the tank, slowly fill with the nozzle pointing upwards seems the best. Might as well have a run out now, got to love a wintery blast. Really need to fit my indicator reminder beeper, I do have a habit of forgetting to cancel them. Otherwise, a really.nice little run out.

Nothing wrong with the Elite IL200 in my opinion. The early ones were a bit fragile, but they were then upgraded, and the later ones were fine. I ran one in the Speed Series without any problem 4 or 5 years ago, on a high power Duratec engine. Admittedly my Duratec wasn't very high torque, but it was over 270 bhp and high reving. Clutchless upward changes went through like a knife through butter, and downward changes were made with only a slight dip of the clutch. Unlike normal road 'boxes, I think a regular oil change is a good idea, at least that is what I used to do.

Blinkstop kit ordered

Thank you @CosKev for your very kind offer, I will see how tomorrow goes and if it is not a quick, simple fix then I will take you up on it. Here is it pictured on the car, it is what the headlight sits on, just above the top wish bone.

You would need to drill them out, they are just riveted to the screen channel. However the guys are saying to re-stud the hood, but I guess that will leave you with a couple of holes...

What a great set of pictures.

Another great day. Even if it had a soggy start thanks @Trevturtle for the homemade pre lunch snacks

Got to make the most of the weather in the winter, glad you had a good run out. As for indicators, treat yourself to a Blinkstop kit for Christmas, I can highly recommend it.

Hi. Finally fitted my half hood. choose to put fixings on the uprights and under the cover. What do you think? regards.

I knew that one was coming, nearly asked earlier what the price of silence was

Wouldn't recommend it 1. its not come clean. 2. Dishwasher stinks . 3. Are lass found it said she's telling her mum .

The Sadev is £7.5k these days.

Kenny boy Deano and me will pick you up on our way through no problem. Give me a txt and we can fine tune the details 07710012786 Cheers Barry

Just bought these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BT-Interphone-Bluetooth-Motorbike-Motorcycle-Helmet-Intercom-FM-Headset-800M-X-2/252177845680?epid=1840622294&hash=item3ab6f88db0:g:yq8AAOSw6dNWTaTQ For the money they are superb £30 delivered for a pair, spare Velcro pads, included easy to fit, easy to use, built in FM radio, intercom and Bluetooth connection to phone for sat nav, calls and music streaming

Oh yes @Trevturtle that looks just the job, indeed, part of the fun of this trip is decorating the car the day before, singing along to the radio in the garage (the husbands garage that is) WATCH OUT FOR ANY GATE CRASHERS!!! See you all in the morning Mrs Excited

Ready

I wonder just how well set up the cars that the factory lends out to test are? Many years ago I worked for a very high end bicycle company that sent its bikes out to national bike magazines and as often as not the reviews would have a number of small negatives that in the end would add up giving a negative impression of an otherwise wonderful bike. So we took the step of having our best mechanics tweak and test and re-tweak the bikes until they were just right before any journalist ever got near it. And when the bike came back from the test it was gone over and test ridden and cleaned to perfection before it went back out the door to be once again tested. And....every bike always came home to check over before it went to the next test. Journalist are not kind to gear and most don't care if they pass on bikes that are compromised in some way to the next magazine. This process resulted in glowing reviews and a real life bump in sales - so worth the time to get the bikes just right. I wonder if Westfield, and other car companies, take the steps necessary to present their products in the best possible light. I recall a number of years ago EVO magazine tested the then new Miata and they had little good to say about it and the tone of the piece was largely one of disappointment. Their core complaint was the handling and the details of their complaint all pointed to a poor alignment. As I read it I wanted to jump into the pages of the magazine and set the toe properly just so they would talk about something else. I can't fault the magazine - are they supposed to report that they think the car would be great if only it had a proper alignment and tire pressures? No - they test the car they are given. It feels like Westfield might do well to have their best guy assemble the demo cars and make sure they ride and handle just so and that they are 100% rattle and squeak free. It's time consuming and therefore not cheap but it's time/money very well spent. If I can make my own car handle and ride just right and be free of rattles and squeaks surely the factory can do it and do it faster and cheaper...and no doubt the reviews would be more positive and be less "it's not as good as a Caterham but it's cheaper". Properly done they could have "it's every bit as good as a Caterham and much cheaper" and no doubt sales would increase. dave

For the sidelights, I bought LED 10W DRL's. They are incredibly bright and need a huge amount of dimming to work as a sidelight. I could probably have used a DRL controller, but I made up a couple of dimmer circuits from spare parts that fit inside the headlight shell - then the sidelights will mount just below. Here are the circuits - I think a PWM of 20 (out of 255) is good: Wrapped inside an old innner tube: and here is the undimmed/ dimmed comparison:

Well they look excellent - nice quality. No comparison to the brightness of the old H4 Halogen, plus the dipped beam has a nice sharp (flat) cutoff, so should be MOT safe. They fitted perfectly in the housing - I just need to add a separate sidelight (copying Dave Eastwood's idea of a small, dimmed 10W LED in the triangular mount)

5.75" LED headlight 30% discount Amazon. NB: No Sidelight, so need a separate small bulb for that, but most reviews are good. I've taken a punt on a pair.

.......a trackday venue sadly. Us Essex boys had some fun there for a few years and was cheap and local.