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Ready for Harewood hill next month.

Last of the flames! After this video, they got mapped out - say goodbye...

Update - NHS now booking for the 49 and three quarters, that might mean the over 40's can book too. From Julie, aged 49 and three quarters

All loaded up ready for the trip over to Watton in deepest, darkest Norfolk tomorrow morning! Oil level - checked. Water level - checked. Tyre pressures - checked. Tool roll - check. Chocolate biscuits for the Emerald crew - check. Sarnies for me - check. Phone fully charged for pics and film - check. Update tomorrow evening!

Fitted some new wheels today. And parked it next to one of my other V8’s for some green-on-green action:

wait till you see what he's bought 😍😍😍

Looks a bit lost in there, doesn't it... 🤣

Thanks all for the advice/well wishes. The results are in... Now having me tea Will update in half an hour... 😁

Going to push the boundaries here, i'd love a Westy just like the blue one that was listed here with a duratec for 12k.. So is anyone selling there's around that budget, I'm set on 170+ and dont want a BEC. PS. doesnt need to be a duratec but dont want a pinto, xflow or narrow body

Got my notification to book my jab come through from my local GP surgery this morning. Booked in for Monday afternoon. Must have started doing the under 50's cos that's what I am. Just...😆

My surgery has started on the over 40's too, had my 1st jab today 🙂

Looks good..

Wow, you don't hang around buying and selling, do you!

Hope you got on ok..need to get mine over there soon...

Look at ledsave.co.uk Batten lights..I have used loads at work and put singles in my workshop..two singles spread a metre apart better than one double.. Simple to connect up and ones at work have lasted well.. Good prices.. I also bought bulk head lights for outside with sensor..really bright and only about 7watt

Thanks all, Lifeline MSA Convex looks like the winner! Just need the cage from @Luke Algar to bolt them too!

I did the same during lockdown 1 . My tubes are double 5' and I bought Phillips led because they were £10 each at B&Q. Best upgrade to the garage since the Westfield!!

Cheers @Dave (OnliestSmeg) - Manchester AO They do seem a bit heavier. I’ll give them a proper listen but sounds good so far 👍

Hope it goes well Gary, Say hello to John for me, I'll be returning there too before too long hopefully.

Ear plugs...

Brilliant! Perfect time of year for delivery, enjoy every mile of it. Could be a resurrection of the south wales area meets if PCO joins the westfield ownership.

As you like the HU, did you listen to these Chris @corsechris in parts they are a bit heavier.

Discovered The Hu while watching a Twitch stream, of all places. Their album is practically on loop when I’m working in the shed.

Brave pills.

I have these. Work well and you are welcome to check them out when I show you how my swirl pot is fitted 😁 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233823947816

Ok. We are talking about 24th of MAY where all this nonsense is meant to be over. Rant on: Can we all go to discuss covid regulations elsewhere where someone cares and leave the people that has booked a trackday following the bl**** f***** covid guidelines alone? Rant over. Now: Someone has (aside of premier inn) any other recomendation on where tostay having the rush motorsport works westfield and the munter in two trailers please? Thanks.

I didn’t buy the first one I saw. I bought the first one I didn’t see! I happened to mention to a friend living in Italy that I fancied a 7 type car and he said/admitted he had one in storage in the UK that he’d not used for a decade. So I agreed to buy it there and then, sight unseen. It so transpired it was lovely original SEiGHT from 1993, which after some modest recommissioning has proved to be awesome. But I accept that seeing a car for real, prior to purchase, is the more sensible option. (As a quick aside, last week I bought another car, sight unseen, as a partner for the Westy. It’s a Maserati GranSport - the only UK one ordered in dark green. As a one-off, in the same colour as my SEIGHT, I couldn’t resist. So far, a week into ownership, it appears I’ve got lucky once again. But time will tell...

Every time I hear the name Surtees or see the Matchbox F1 / F2 cars I immediately remember reading "Tiger" comic which had a story about Skid Solo, racing driver. https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/the-legend-that-was-skid-solo-4976108/4976108/

That would be a Skoda 🖕🏻

https://m.soundcloud.com/screech-bats/kiss-me-in-the-rain Apologies- couldn't find a decent video for this one. Here's a low quality one....

I had s similar "dilema", as id set my heart on a build once retired. Then a wise old man said to me, "if you buy one you can put petrol in and begin enjoying it" I went to the factory, had a test drive then bought their demo car (which just happened to be for sale)... Ive never looked back. There's pleanty time for tinkering, servicing and upgrading but getting out on the road is where its at for me.....

You have to balance a lot of things. Budget, spec, availability and time. If you buy one apart from upgraditus, you are good to go no waiting. If you like driving more than building I would suggest buy one ready done, already there are a few more on the usual sites. If you want to build then set a budget and see what that gets you. Single doner is best cost wise if you keep it standard and then the skys the limit if you go for all the bells and whistles. After a crossflow, any car with 150 BHP will be faster than you realise. Certainly for the road you will never use 150bhp never mind 200bhp.

Staying on the Mk 1 Ford Escort theme here is is a photo of the two loves of my life taken in 1978 on Port Issac beach on our honeymoon in Cornwall. The eagle eyed of you will know that it is Port Wenn in Doc Martin and directly above my Mexico you can see Doc Martin's Surgery! I no longer have the Mexico unfortunately it had to go for our house deposit which was rather large as the mortgage rate was 15% in 1980 when we entered the housing market. Kids don't know anything about starting out these days there was no bank of Mum & Dad for us! Anyway the good news is my lovely wife is still with me. Below my Mexico are some photos of a 1934 Singer 9 Le Man that I had stored in a garage in my Father's orchard which I was restoring but unfortunately that also fell foul of the house deposit contribution. You know I often wish I still had my Mexico but ironically out of the Singer and the Mexico the Mexico is more valuable! Strange world!

Harken back to a previous blog entry on The Hu, and you'll know that this transcending genre Mongolian band were formed in 2016. Recently I had them playing while working and a 'listening suggestion' popped into my streaming periphery 'Tengger Cavalry' Audio impressions are of a heavier metal version of the Hu, BUT... Tengger Cavalry was formed in March 2010 initially as one-man project by Nature Ganganbaigal. The band originate from inner Mongolia and is named after the ancient Mongolian and Turkic deity Tengri. They combine elements of the traditional music of Central Asia and music of Mongolia with heavy metal into a kind of folk metal that is refer to as nomadic folk metal. The band also recorded game soundtracks for Civilization and Doom Eternal (@Alex Gaskin) So in fact the The Hu are a lighter, more consumer orientated version of Tengger Cavalry and it appears The Hu clearly followed their influence. OR did they!!! There's another folk metal group founded also in 2010 with members mostly also from the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia. The group combines traditional Mongolian music with heavy metal, notably using traditional instruments and overtone singing techniques 'Nine Treasures (九宝, or jiǔ bǎo)' . The name of the group refers to the nine materials evoked in ancient Mongolian poems as favoring luck (gold, silver, bronze, iron, agate, amber, jade, pearl and coral). The name was proposed by a former member of the group who currently plays in the group Hanggai; the group considers the name auspicious. Av'a gander at both: a mad gallop with Tengger Cavalry....... explore the valuable find....

Yeah, not a gig, but a music doco of sorts, full length and HD - and thoroughly interesting. Buddy Guy is still touring at 84, and his memory is sharp as a tack.