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You are an AWESOME bunch of guys. If I didn't already have a Westfield I would get one just to be a. Among you. I used my new Auto Glym set to spruce up my car.. The ride out was.. Dare I say.. OK well almost... As good as sex!

Passing my 2nd MOT

I thought it must be blowing in the wind; But I've just discovered the problem is that every time someone sneezes in public, 100 people sh*t themselves!

My daughters and myself made the decision to turn off Brians life support and stop all treatment. He was so badly burned he would have hated being alive. He would have had to stay covered, bit like Nikki Lauder. His hands were so bad he would have struggled ... he could never have sailed again which was his passion. I know he would thank me for turning his life off. When I was being treated for my own burns the nurse told me that some people cant let go and condemn their loved ones to a life of pain and disability, just because they couldnt let go. We have to live with our decisions and we can only do our best then put it to bed and not beat ourselves up. Without being too morbid I suggestion strongly that you discuss your own departure from this life with your family. I knew just what Brian wanted, his funeral, his ashes (the Straits of Gibralter!!) it really gives your loves ones a purpose when they will have lost all direction. Thats it, my Wez is clean and I am just off to spread my bugs through the back roads of Buckinghamshire for a few hours... pictures to follow.

We are all 'different' and that's what makes us human. Imagine a world where everyone had the same opinion. Same tastes. Same house. Same car. Wouldn't be worth bothering with in my eyes. Keep being 'different', its what makes you who you are and why your friends and family love you. I've had some very differing views on the current situation aswell you're not alone.

Great new Jude, keep your chin up and it will pass. Adam, you raised a very good point but it is one that a lot of people do not ever want to think about. My Father had dementia in his 80's and he fell out of bed breaking his hip. The Orthopedic surgeon told me he was going to fix it and then hopefully he would survive a bit longer. He lasted a few months more and only knew me in the end, he died full of morphine. We as a family would have been happy for nature to take it's course rather than waste money on an operation with no chance of an improvement in life. It was societal pressure that makes people feel the need to try to keep people alive at any cost and for any length of time regardless of quality of life afterwards. My Daughter is an anesthetics Dr in a large ITU unit, they have already had discussions about how to decide who lives and who dies if there is only one ventilator left. Is it the old person, otherwise healthy or the person who has smoked has COPD but has two kids? The multitude of options is so huge to be mind boggling. They are as well prepared as anyone could be not knowing how bad it will be but spare a thought for these people who will be living this nightmare on every shift, which will get longer if their colleagues get ill as well. It is possible that ventilators will be turned off against families wishes in such circumstances and I for one am glad that I will never have to make that call and as it stands no one individual will but it will be hard for the public to understand. This will test all our sensibilities and our resilience and to bring this back on topic, already we have seen the mental deterioration of a lot of people because someone on Facebook said toilet rolls are going to be short supplied. We now see shelves stripped bare and the vulnerable being tossed aside by some of the people who see this as the end of the world. We need to look out for everyone who is vulnerable both physically, mentally and socially especially if the elderly are forced to be home alone, keep in touch and it will pass.

I used to cough to hide a fart, but these days...

Well done Ian, a very rare shot of your front plate.....

It is somewhat rare for it to rain all day, in fact can get 4 seasons in one day

I have been in social isolation for a week now.... tomorrow its supposed to be dry and I will be enjoying my own company inside my Westy - I cant wait! Do you think they will stop us going out for a blat?

I heard a virologist (Prof Peter Piot) on TV the other day saying the coronavirus resides mostly in the throat (will get into lungs when full infection takes hold). A big danger was speaking to someone within a one metre distance and droplets in the breath contaminating a new host. Never mind all the alcohol wipes and 20 second hand washing surely it is the duty of every responsible citizen to take matters into their own hands by imbibing alcohol above 60% ABV (120 proof) to kill the virus. Seen online Spirytus Delikatesowy – 192 proof This dangerous and legendary Polish vodka, approved by the New York State Liquor Authority just four years ago, is nearly 100 percent pure alcohol, and believed to be the strongest liquor for sale in America. Fans highly recommend mixing it with something—anything—and don’t forget to say “Na Zrdowie!” They may be the last words you ever utter. Strongest available in UK seems to be Balkan 176 Vodka (88% alcohol) Serbian Pure Grain Vodka.....and guess what...it's out of stock. Those who didn't want to drink it could just gargle. I've not tested the above and strongest I ever tried was 140 proof Polish vodka back in the seventies.

Today has been work this morning in my workshop by myself. Big commute - 10 ft. Lunch watching telly. Then out for 125miles and half a tank of petrol. Mmmm. Had to be a long drive to avoid gardening. Productivity goes down in the good weather. 😀. Keep blatting!

Sorry to hear of your troubles Jude. I guess this 'episode' hits home how important social contact to you is! I would say kindness rather than a kick up the backside is the right thing at the moment 😊 I hope you can continue to see the positives and that you can still use Skype, the phone, your car, perhaps even the motorhome for a night away somewhere, and that today feels different. The birds are singing and the sun is out here - hope the same for you 🙏 It's business as normal for me but my ponderings around this whole virus thing have indirectly caused me a lot of brain ache and fairly gloomy weekend. I very much look at things from a scientific point of view and posed a question to a group of long-term school friends: Why is the world seemingly so fascinated with keeping people alive? (The potential reasons I put forward were 'unconventional' to say the least - as I said I look at things from a scientific perspective) I can bore everyone with the details if you want (ha), but in short I was met with resistance to and attack of my thoughts, yet nobody else put forward a possible answer. This isn't the first time I have had this from the same group of people. It led me to question my longest-standing friendships and this combined with another few days of ponderings about changing the whole tack of my life led me to feel extremely unsettled. Even a very muddy mountain bike ride in blustery showers (usually just the tonic!) wasn't able to pull me round. Today is better but the feeling of 'being different', and the uneasy sensation this gives when your self-confidence isn't high enough to push it aside, remains bubbling away underneath.

My local track is Knockhill, no further comment is necessary

What a great way to go..... after a bottle or two of anything like that you won't care what illness is coming for you. You sir are a legend, medical advice beyond equal or measure, I'm putting my car keys away and heading to oblivion. Nem........

I'm working from home permanently on my motors, life doesn't get much better.

I’d have to become way more gregarious than I’m comfortable with to comply with self isolation!

They have got to catch us first.

Before and after yesterday

My "office" yesterday morning. Had to prove to the boss that I did have Corona Our boss has been testing with various departments WFH, slowly preparing to deal with the worst case scenario.

Obviously I’ve been really busy... In the Westy obviously. Not totally mad 😜

I was at Bedford today. 98.1 static, but I got black flagged on the drive by. To give the circuit some credit, I pinged one of the meters at 86.9db vs the 87.5 limit. So they brought me in, showed my on the screens where the meter was that causing the issue, and then gave me some hints of how to drive past it so as not to cause an issue. Whilst it is a pain that the limit is low, that's down to the council and not the circuit. I think the circuit managed this well and were very helpful. It was a great day, (well morning) right up until my feet started getting hot and wet! The hose coming out of the expansion tank had split. Managed to bodge it with some tape but it was a get me home fix, and not one I'd trust back on the track. Still, can't grumble, it may be the last chance for track time for a while

Mmm, shiny!

Thank you. It most certainly is. 12 years of Westfield ownership (almost exactly to the day), but it's been on the cards for a long time if I'm honest. If I regret the decision I'll just have to build another one New toy gets collected this weekend though so I'll still have something fun to play in on the roads of Essex this summer

Not sure this is strong enough but hey...

Drive faster

This difference is good! And what I most love about you. I can also relate, having interests and views different to many of my friends. I started early being the 'Onliest One' , being the only Punk in the village, then only Goth at Agriculture College (a place where conformity was the norm)

Far to many TLA's used these days !!!

It's a horrible decision Jude, that I'd wish on nobody. You're right that you should discuss your wishes with your family. We were so lucky with Dad that we had some years to get used to the idea, and so we knew what he wanted. It made the decision so much less painful. Hope you enjoy the drive and the fresh air!

Thanks for the timely update to this thread and @Jude - The Mad Widow I really hope you took the Yellow One out for a blast before you washed her and hence feel refreshed, I won't say Better as this may not be an option. @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary and @AdamR I too had this with my Mum but as it was very fast (6 weeks diagnosis to end) she was very keen to maximise life and not let pesky Chemo get in the way - this we celebrated as part of her but also realised we didn't really 'Get it' until she had gone and then we missed every second we had 'wasted'. This is somewhat repeating... As to current situation, I am stuck between a rock and a hard place as my Dad 84 ticks all the boxes for CV19 high risk and my mother in law has terminal bowel and liver cancer - oh yes and I am a diabetic (with kids 2/5/19)...so now in the position of do I/don't I visit them in case I pass it on or leave them alone and worry they are lonely and missing some vital care element. As to your question @AdamR, I think it is because we focus on keeping people alive and not making sure they can live! As an aside, British Army is now focused on increasing the Health Span of personnel rather than Life Span, as someone who is healthy and can live a full life to 80/90 is more useful to the Army and a contributor Society than someone who starts to go 'downhill' from 40/50 and needs increasing care from 60-100 where they are a draw on Society. Information, Education and Availability of resources are key to this as is a SHIFT in thinking and acceptability of end of life.

I'm not sure that's the case. We started discussing with Dad and his doctors two years ago about what he wanted, and how far he wanted the treatment to go. It was always given to him as a perfectly acceptable option that he could stop as soon as the treatment wasn't worth it, and allow himself to die. Maybe it's taboo in 'polite society', but not when it really matters. Similarly, the night he died, we spent some time discussing options with the doctor, and he agreed that we were right to let him go. We were never made to think that we were wrong and should continue regardless. I think that the medical profession in general discuss this a lot. There are always going to be some who will treat regardless, but most are pragmatic these days.

Nature is on a loser though. In the early to mid 20th Century we lost many millions to Spanish Flu, two world wars and more than a few famines, yet our species continues to thrive and grow.

I'm sorry to hear that is something you remember and regret, Dave. I think a lot of people in the same situation would have done exactly what you did, it's easy to come to a different decision with lots of thought after the event. This is however one of the points I made when chatting with my mates - is this drive to keep people alive nature or nurture? My suggestion was that despite nature clearly defining that a species should attempt to expand as far and wide as possible for as long as possible, there is a significant amount of nurture going into these sorts of decisions. It is seen as taboo to discuss this sort of thing openly, and it's still a 'left field' opinion to allow people to die when they have no quality of life left. We are made to feel that we should subscribe to the notion of keeping people alive at all costs. Skeptical head on: people are worth a lot more to GDP alive than dead. My research revealed that each person in the UK is 'worth' on average around £100k a year due to their consumption, borrowing, medical care requirement, etc (obviously the proportions of these amounts shift with age). Let a virus do as nature intended and wipe out the vulnerable, you have a lot of people in what my partner would call 'middle aged white man land' a lot worse off... Why else so much panic? We have already seen pollution drop over China. A cull of gigantic proportions would take a huge load off the planet, the looming issues from an aging population would ease social and medical care bills, plus more I can't think of right now. This is just nature fighting back... You can probably see now why this opinion wasn't too popular! Steve - great points and thanks for your response!

At the last count.. I've done thirteen days at Knockhill, and as far as I can remember there's only been rain at two of them.. and they weren't completely wet all day. Bring me sunshine! 😎 I did attend a race meeting there once, when it snowed though. 😉

Well, it’ll either kill the bugs or make them so drunk that they don’t care. I’m in! 😄

Looks ok mate Goes with the weeds on path If you want any more All have a look at what colours i have Also ca order different colours if needed

@Barnsley John you forgot flat battery (mine) good job @Robin (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO Was still there to give me a shove 💪 and I’ve managed to fit one of the stickers looking good thanks @Barnsley John😎 Quite liking the green now!

Minutes of meeting this morning Carona virus Vynil stripes Dogs

Congrats and welcome back hope all is good on the home front

I had to look up what WFH and F2F meant, 😁

Glad to here your back and there both fine 😀 Great discount, You've just gone and cost me another £500 which is not good lol

First wash of the year.

Hey Everyone In 2012 my wife and I adopted this incredible 2 year old boy (Josh) with so many disabilities you'd be hard pressed to find to find someone (even in the press) with more complex challenges to deal with. In 2014 we decided to do the same again and adopted a 3 year old girl (Evie) with just as many disabilities (albeit a lot more life threatening as she needs daily medications to keep her alive for the next day)! They have both come on in leaps & bounds. We were told Josh was never, ever going to be able to sit independently or have a sense of worth yet he's now walking and hacking into peoples YouTube channels due to his intelligence with a computer ... however if you put him near a road he will just walk into it without any consideration to his safety! Evie, who is also blind, was abused in many many horrific ways and now wants to train as a nurse to help others (and she has a good chance of fulfilling this wish!). Two days ago (before her latest seizure) I took her horse riding and the instructors think she, my 8 year old miracle, might have a shot for the British Para-Olympic team in the future ! For background her abuse was so bad she wouldn't allow me to change her or even be alone with her for the first 14 months! Every time I tried she went into a primal meltdown (as her primary carer this meant two or three times a day I had a girl who screamed the house down every time I tried to change her)! As my wife is a teacher, and had a lot of time off compared with me, I gave up my 'office' career as a marketing manager and became a marketing consultant (working from home) ... effectively becoming primary carer to both our kids. And, while it might not seem like it further down, I really do love all of it! So 12 months ago Evie had her first epileptic seizure. I was getting her ready for school and she just stopped breathing and fell to the ground ... only stopping being hurt further by me cushioning her fall (which my elbow ended up in sling for!). There was no trigger or prior warning. During this I was on the phone to the ambulance, performing CPR, trying to keep our son safe and trying not to throw up because I was in a bad way myself with the elbow. It was such a bad seizure that Evie required 8 doctors (plus many other nurses/professionals) in the resuscitation bay at the hospital just to keep her alive. Since then it's happened, to various degrees of severity (luckily not as bad as the above episode), every two or three weeks. There is no exaggeration when I say the critical care unit at our local hospital know me and the kids by first name! Both the kids are also autistic with Josh REALLY into his sports cars (hence my avatar as Roary The Racing Car). Due to this, and the success I've achieved being self employed, I've been able to indulge in my passion for cars ... enabling me to have a selection of incredible vehicles. So I understand I'm very fortunate. I understand there are plenty of people in a far worse situation to me and would love even a little of the lifestyle I currently enjoy. I've heard all the praise before. I know it's incredible what we've done and what we've given up. But both my wife and I get so much from the kids and wouldn't change it for the world. I would like to say I'm good at a number of things but I'm great at making my kids laugh. Not even my wife is able to do it as well as me and if that's the only thing I'm ever great at in life then I'll die a very happy man! And despite all of this I'm struggling! As soon as you adopt social services don't care about the adults. They say they do but they really don't so apologies to any social workers on here ... I know you are restricted by red tape and funding but a phone call once in a while (after the statutory requirements finish and one that isn't threatening BTW!) wouldn't hurt! Friends & family are brilliant at first but don't get what it's like to look after someone with disabilities. Finding childcare is next to impossible, they get offended when we have to cancel on short notice because of illness and they don't invite our children to their children's birthday parties as ours are different. Also don't get me started on being a man as a primary carer in a school carpark ... mothers and school staff really find that strange!!! But that's just the 'little stuff'! The big stuff ... well ... In 2020 I've had to perform CPR on my daughter three times and, despite being a very successful marketer, I can't even describe in words how it feels to save your own child on a regular basis. My relationship with my wife is strained despite knowing how important a stable relationship is for Josh & Evie (two of the regional groups will probably notice I only travel alone ... and that's only in part due to childcare 😞 ). Luckily those around me don't tell me to "man up" (except the Yorkshire WSCC Group but they do it in the right way 😉) but that's how it feels I should react to a situation like this ... however it's becoming more and more difficult to do hence this rambling post on a forum of amazing petrol heads! So thank you everyone who takes the time to read this and thank you to whoever started this thread (in my humble opinion you should be given free membership as you've given people like me a place to offload some things!). I'm not looking for sympathy or even advice. I've been on many training courses both for the medical and physiological side of things and know where to find professional support. However professional support isn't the same as real support and I just needed to unload some things. I know if I read this post again the marketer inside of me will cringe at the shocking grammar but to those who know me I hope you're understand why sometimes I'm chatty and then sometimes not! And finally is there is anyone who feels even worse than me ... PM, email or call me as I know what it's like to feel that low!

I've just landed n Australia 3 hours ago and have to self isolate for 14 days 😮 Im due to attend a wedding on Friday, then fly to New Zealand on Monday 12 days later fly to Fiji. guess what has already gone down the pan? Yep NZ and Fiji 😟 Will I ever make it home to my Westy, who knows 🙄