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Not sure if anyone else got the pre-booking email but, after spending an hour in a queue, I've managed to book my half hour Lapland experience of Silverstone!!! 16th December at 5pm I'll be with my autistic son (who's a huge petrol head) spending half an hour driving around whatever delights they are setting up on the track / grounds. I know it's a bit daft travelling 2 hours each way for a half hour track experience BUT lockdown has been horrible on the kids and if this means my son gets to experience some Christmas cheer ... in the COVID safe environment of my 911 ... then I'm well up for it. Only issue ... 5mph/10mph speed limit 😞 YEAH RIGHT 😈

@TomW Just the fact that you felt able to share your story with us and the positive reaction it received should help you believe not only in yourself but trust those of us in the club. While there’s never any easy solutions, this is the friendliest of clubs and we’ll be here for you.

Wood > Forrest

Nice deep dish cxr's and extra wide arches now fitted, Next is an attempt at making carbon arch protectors, Been looking a long time for these rims and arches but was worth the wait, Carbon dash fitted in place of the plastic

I just wanted to write on here to say thank you to everyone who read my story. Especially to both @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO and @jeff oakley for your replies

Bought a good pair of 3M Peltor ear defenders at Aldi (because of course I did) for £15... ...and as I was mildly chuffed about m purchase, I was dumb enough to show Lady Colonial my prize. “Why do you need those?” ”To protect my eyes... why do you think? Because some of my man tools make a lot of noise, that’s why.” ”Do you want me to shout so you can try them out?” At this point my brain-mouth filter should have kicked in... but no. ”You mean up until now you haven’t been shouting?” Sure is comfy in this doghouse after all the time I’ve spent in it.

Having a clear out of one of my stores. If any of these bits are of any use please let me know. I don't want anything for them, just make a donation to charity if they are of use to you. However You will need to cover postage costs though. They have all come from bundles of parts I have acquired over the last few years, but never used. If I find anything else I will add it, as and when i find things. Lee pair 7" headlights rust around bottom of chrome surrounds and also inside around sidelight bulbs. A pair of carbon effect rear arch guards from ZK detachable arches (from memory) Have previously been riveted on. Some of the rivet holes have cracks but are still usable. A Pair of rather crude wing stays Radiator and Fan (can even leave the airhorn on if you want it!!!) Radiator seems to be ok. Has signs of a different fan fitted at some point Judging by the image on it, Wiper switch.

Drop me a message nearer the day and I'll pass you the address.

All yours

Your Freudian slip is showing...

@Rush Motorspurt doesnt realise that i swapped the titianium ones with silver painted cheese because i knew he would steel them.

The names Bond .. three wheeler Bond. 🙂 Technically a BEC?

Fixed that for me - made my head hurt the other way! I’m guessing here, but the stickers on the side look like a bowling pin, a Champion spark plug logo... and 007? 😆

@Rush Motorsport the 2nd had some of these. He doesn’t realise they’ve been replaced with steel ones.

Looks great @Jackv4

You're all about to get Rick Rolled

As a lot of us are facing lockdown 2 and some people might be struggling with it, I thought as one of the quietest members of the community that I should write in this post because it feels relevant to me. I often want to reply to threads and be more active but often just lack to confidence to type anything and I feel I want to explain by sharing with you all. Where would I begin to even start, I'm sorry for droning on but maybe me, sitting here typing this may one day help. I hope someone will actually be interested enough to read this and that this part of my life that I'm going to share will help someone else who feels like I do. I got diagnosed with bipolar disorder quite a long time ago 15 years ish now, I actually was assigned an amazing psychiatrist that quickly found me some medication that kept me balanced out and thought that was it. I guess for me all the trouble started when I met someone who changed my world totally. We'd met through work, she'd just come out of another relationship and what both of us didn't know when we did meet was that she'd just fallen pregnant with her ex's child. So I stayed with her I adored her and nothing would take me away from her, I helped her to make her pregnancy as comfortable as possible, helped her raise the little boy and treated him like my own. Things were really difficult but we found a way or I thought we were, my work meant I was in London most days and living in Essex on weekdays and our place was near the Welsh border, 3.5 hours in the car each way. A bit further down the line my mum collapsed one evening, she was rushed to hospital and had suffered a massive hemorrhage type stroke, the doctors put her chance of survival at 10% and scarily her chance of surviving without major disabilities at 3%. A month into this my Girlfriend decided she'd be better off without me and ended our relationship, but she wouldn't fully let me go. Between her and all what was going on with my mum I became exhausted, my average day with work included became a 20 hour day after I'd gone to see mum and I certainly couldn't give my girlfriend the time I needed to. So I moved back in permanently to my parents and nearly exactly 2 years to the day my mum got sick, she came back home!. She made fantastic progress and became one of the 3% of cases that made a good recovery. She still needs a mobility scooter to go any real distances but truly a miracle how well she's done. So after a rough few years I decided to start chasing my dreams in life, I felt I'd given up a lot in life to help my mum so it was time to enjoy life, I ordered the westie to fulfil a childhood dream! One of the dreams of mine was ever since it launched was to go on a specific cruise ship. Independence of the Seas, It was home porting in the UK so I took the bull by the horns and booked my entire family aboard for 2 weeks to explore the med. It was a really special time however all I could think about was having my ex and the little man with me. I was there, lucky enough to live my dream, yet I hated every minute of it because it all felt empty. We then went to Russia on another cruise this time following one of my mums dreams, and once again the huge hole of the pair of them dominated everything. Once again I felt totally empty and alone in a void. As time has gone on, the emptiness stays it never goes, the more empty things feel the less I feel able to talk about things. I can be pretty good at hiding my emotions to most people. I got back in touch with the ex because my boss told me she was in a spot of trouble, she sends me pictures of the not so little man now, I even got to see a video of his school assembly, and I'm so incredibly proud of him but that's overwhelmed by the huge amount of guilt I feel for not being there for him over the years. I wanted to be but she wouldn't let me be there and its difficult because no matter how much I wish I am I'm not his dad. It's broken me to just know he'll never really know me or who I am. Life to me has seemed to evolve into a struggle everyday between two massive forces of wanting the emptiness to stop and ending it and the will to keep on going. So I just try to keep things in balance, even right now the westie just seems like a mistake, it failed its IVA because of emissions and brake balance, just feels like the end of the world. Hopefully I've fixed it to get it through its retest but I don't feel confident in myself at all. Just emptiness and a lack of anything inside. Anyways if anyone has read this thank you for taking the time, I wish I could write more on here and feel more part of the community, most days I don't feel I belong anywhere really and I hope you all understand a bit why I'm so quiet. So if I can ever be a friendly non judgmental ear to anyone then my door will never be closed and I hope everyone is looking after themselves through the new lockdowns as they can be somewhat tough!

Took a early morning run to my old college, Harper Adam’s in Newport Shropshire. Place has changed quite a bit since I was there many moons ago! The old part still looking great.