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another cairn that is close to a Westy

Yesterday parked up on the A449 between Ironbrigde and Bridgenorth and driving over the river Severn at Bridgenorth with a couple of views of Bridgenorth. Great drive and great weather.

He’s a cairn - so related to a Westy 😁

Still waiting for SORN to finish

Three Westfield at the beach today.

Just rounded off a great weekend with a 60 miler this evening once the roads had quietened down. Must have been a good one as the windscreen was suitably smothered in dead insects.... Stopped just before turnaround to take some quick phone pics. Taken just before the descent and then run back up Zig Zag hill by the way! Happy blatting to all, Mart.

Great places to visit @Andy Westwood some our favourites!

Somewhere in the Peak District with @CraigHew 😎

Solo trip up the A6 to Kendal and on through Windermere to Ambleside. Up The Struggle and down Kirkstone Pass Back to Windermere, back down A6 home. Fantastic few hours with fantastic weather 😀😀😀

Sorry guys, I’m taxing my car tomorrow.

I couldn't hold out till tomorrow taxed mine Friday 23quid for two days worth every penny, going to work in it tomorrow as Well Tony

Dawn shake-down drive for me tomorrow and the anticipation is delicious. Anyone else with one sleep to go before they’re back in their Westfield?

Snap! .. and my garage is a tip too.. 😉

A few Westfield's and some other Kit's I spotted whilst out yesterday https://vimeo.com/424386818

As always, direct your pun-related complaints to @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO - thank you.

So first time out in the westy since lockdown and in accordance with the rules went down to Turriff to see mum and deliver some butcher meat. Somehow did 75 miles came home round the haugh o glass and found some lovely little roads . Great to be out 🙂

I taxed mine today although I'm not ready to drive it yet, still some jobs to do.

Why would you buy mud in a pot when there are fields full of it? I'll get me coat

I agree. Hes nuttier than squirrel **** but its amazing what he and his companies have achieved. Like so many pioneers I guess he'll be appreciated more in a hundred years time than in the present day which is a shame.

You can get smoke in a jar.... ...so I see no reason why you can’t get mud in a pot.

I couldn't possibly state on a public forum that I may have taken a 40 mile scenic route to the petrol station around the corner... that would be illegal! So I'll wait patiently until tomorrow when the car is out of SORN

@corsechris It is young to be fair Although he's really into his vehicles in general and has enjoyed watching old Saturn V footage previously when he was asking about space rockets so thought it was worth a try, but that's why I didn't push it. The ISS docking was silky smooth, SpaceX are looking pretty pro at this all now. Elon is a very mixed character but I do admire how driven he is to dream big and say "we're going to do this" and then through solid science, engineering, time, effort and investment it happens. I remember thinking SpaceX sounded like a pipe dream in the early 2000's and look at them now, Tesla is similar (my ride in a Model S 90D is still up there as 'wow' moment for me - massively impressed).

Sound like it's still Foggy in Sandbach! The item above is momentary

Here's mine looks a right tip🤣

Coming up to dock with ISS

Shes running cool despite the awesome weather!

Carbon nose cone as well! 😪

That’s going to add up. Nose, rad, splitter, paintwork, labour - Might need be through the insurance. What a complete and utter tosspot 🤬

Oh no, so sorry to hear this. Chin up mate. Better nose cone on the guys insurance coming up. What is it with these idiots.

If you need any work done mate I'll gladly help.

There will be a thread in the autumn requesting photos for the annual club calendar and all the details will be in that.

It's a far cry from Soyuz and Apollo era kit isn't it. Then again, it was bound to look a lot like a Tesla S in there wasn't it! I wonder if they included any 'easter eggs' in the OS?? Half expect Elon to have insisted on it having the fart app installed.

@Andy M Scott Manley did a good analysis (educated gueeswork!) on the Starship SN4 fail. He reckons it was a ground systems failure. weather looking more likely now, keep the boy awake!! It’ll be his Apollo 11 memory. He’s lucky to be young now as I think he’ll see more in the next 50 years than we have since Apollo.

A bit more weathering. And even a bit of mud. Just a few more bits to go.... But pop quiz time again and I'm sure @Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO will get one of these.

looks like a decent car, that had some money spent on it, so should be worth the price, although I would recommend a drive of something similar the SEIGHT is a different drive, the power cannot always be used all at once, and is maybe not to everyone's taste..... Nothing wrong with an older version as its cheaper tax, ive had four engines in mine from a 3.5, carb, efi and now 4.6.....there's much more driveability to be hard from injection, as I just hated the carb version.....the efi will run from cold in all conditions, without problems, but maybe an ungrade for you if you buy it. Be prepared for being some kind of road outcast......as my neighbours hate mine, as its noisy, even when driven slow, they think your speeding.....car alarms go off and windows shake......but who cares, the adrenalin I get from driving it is amazing.....definite worth it...... good luck purchasing. regards scott

Sorry, I didn't type that very clearly, but you've only quoted half of the paragraph, so have quoted me out of context there. The bit I have issue with is the trip back into work before going to Durham. Once he was in contact with his wife, who was at this point a suspected case, he was required to isolate himself. Returning to work was breaking the rules. I have no issue with the drive to Durham itself.

Thanks everyone for all the comments. Buttercups nosecone is split and there is damage to the paintwork. The splitter is also damaged. I was able to drive home. I am not sure what else as there are some "wet marks" on the garage floor that I noticed today so I am going to have a further investigate tomorrow.