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Sunday, drove from Essex to Bourne, Lincs, B&B and in parking, a clunk, was stuck in gear and gear stick not connected to anything. The well known Rover R380 gearbox design fault, with a small grub screw coming loose, and selector becoming disconnected. Monday morning had AA transport my SEiW V8 to Halls Garage, just 2.5 miles north of Bourne. The forecourt full of classic cars, mainly MGB's including V8's so I knew this was a good place. Owner Steve Hall soon had mechanics working on the car and I was immediately impressed - they certainly knew what they were doing and indeed Steve had experienced the same issue in his own car some time before. I caught the bus back to Bourne and was investigating bus/train availability back to Essex but in a few short hours a phone call to say job done and tested. Bus back to the garage, even original grub screw found and loctited this time, transmission tunnel covers perfectly replaced and 5 forward gear again. Charge - £78 - what a fantastic service and enabling me to thrash around the Lincs roads the next day. They even build kit cars so well worth a visit. Highly recommended and thanks again Steve. https://www.hallsgarage.co.uk Brian .

Mid-morning on the socially distanced paddock at Anglesey Circuit on Monday after a weekend in Wales

Wow, they certainly have some works of automotive art! Just spent 30 minutes drooling, I think the Mrs thought I'd found some dodgy website 😂

I used that exact seat for my lad last year. It was the only seat I could find that was narrow enough to fit. (I thought I had cracked it with another seat, but I made the school boy error of testing it on the drivers seat, only to find out later that the passenger side is narrower!) In terms of child car seats it's pretty budget and doesn't offer loads of protection. But what it did was held him in tight and put the belts in the right place both for the lap and also the shoulders.

Presidents of the United States of America to The Dead Kennedys.

Yes he is correctly interpreting the requirements. I assume they are a HETAS registered company and as such they would not be able to repair the stove and certify the new flue if the rest of the installation is no compliant or safe. There's no specific Section of Part-J to the Building Regulations that specifies a minimum separation distance to a timber beam over a fire place, but typically you would need 300mm as a minimum or a dimension as specified in the stove installation manual. I can't identify the stove in question but many similar 8-12KW stoves would require 450-600mm to a timber mantle beam. You would also need to consider the distance between the beam and the flue pipe which should not be less than 200mm. it may be possible to fit a mantle deflector plate to protect the beam depending on the stove output but this will be visible below the beam, as would the alternative option of cladding the bottom and rear face with a calcium silicate board or similar such as Superlux. This is the best website I have been able to find after a quick search that gives a bit more detail. https://www.stovefitterswarehouse.co.uk/pages/rules-for-wood-burning-stoves

Here’s ours with wood beam. It’s all about the distance from the fire - I’ll try and dig out the diagram we used but 400mm springs to mind. (Don’t quote me!)

It’s Cadwell - I’ll believe it when I wake up on Monday and don’t need a snorkel!

Mounting points for the Soft Bits 4 Sevens half hood support bars that are held on with Velcro.

Think I can guess what might be next

Thought I should probably add some 'as it is now photos...

So he embraced the French lifestyle and surrendered.

Now you are just Bragging!! lol

awesome 😎

PiL anyone?

Blatters, your Freudian slip is showing me old fruit...

IPHONE 6s and up required apparently. The 6s came out in 2015, so anything older than that won’t support it (along with many other apps I have no doubt). Of course, loads of p******** and moaning about that, but blame Apple, not the app developers, the NHS or the govt, it simply isn’t their fault and nowt they can do about it.

New Forest then Cheddar

I wish I had a better camera... and a second seat EDIT And the full movie is finished !!! : https://youtu.be/LgxL5J3ChPo . . . ( sorry, it is mainly onboard )

Blue sky at Knockhill. 😎