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Getting ready for next Saturdays Lancashire Area Coast to Coast run. Gonna need the new half hood and doors I think 😳

We went for a curry in Swindon and the size of the curry was quite small compared to the size of the bill 😂

On that price I bought at the right time gone up by 5k in 18 months Already started stocking up on spares😃 Apart for a K&N totally standard

Wayne has brought his pet wooden dog, helps him get over speed bumps appar😆ently

NIce day out at the Pride and Joy car meet

Second that Dave , my mum is also suffering the same vascular dementia. It is a horrible disease and I hope they are not suffering as the family who deal or try to deal with it are suffering.

The white 6r4 had a V6 audi in the back be that sounds good ,

Had a 205 in the past also 1.9 go cart

fair distance for me from Aberdeen, It was like driving through a river all the way there , Rain stayed off long enough to get a wander about, I do like a sapphire cossie owned and built a few, The escort wrc was tidy proper car too with all the toys active diffs ect here are some of my pics

I was minus two in that year 😉

I discovered that in 1963 and in spite of my Soul and Motown fascination I bought the single and most other Gene Pitney tracks and albums, he was just so different from the mainstream of the time.

Made it to the boat 😁

Thank you, I hadn't heard of that one before, just 'Wiki'd it and I see it has Hopkins in it, must be good then, fine actor. Will watch out for it.

Coincidentally we watched 'The Father' last night. Moving and thought provoking. If you haven't seen it then might be worth a watch. It's a diabolical disease which affects so many

I must admit, I like the idea of building, but it would be quite a basic spec in terms of budget, buying used is also fine, but as you all know, these aren't common cars and there isn't a huge choice about. I think I'll try to take a look at a few cars and see what kind of build quality they have, If I see a nice one available I would definately buy, If not I would happily go down the build route. Thanks for all the replies, I'll keep you posted with developments.

Yup, there are many different types of dementia, and their progression can vary quite a lot. My Mum suffered from vascular dementia, which very much works on plateaus; so there will be a certain level of deterioration, and then it will plateau at that for an indefinite period of time. In the early stages, it can be weeks, or months, years potentially. It can also be so mild it’s easily mistaken for other issues that affect brain chemistry, like UTI’s etc. Then, out of the blue, the “victim” will drop to another plateau, with more a little more obvious/severe symptoms, and again it’s an unknown how long that stage will last. In the early days at least, the time periods don’t really seem related, towards the end, they do seem to shorten though. A common one before things got really bad for us, was forgetting a cardigan or something, leaving it in the bedroom, and then needing to send you upstairs for it, as she was cold. (Mobility was a secondary problem). Only thing was, she lived in a bungalow, and had done for thirty years. But would get really distressed and angry if you didn’t go upstairs. Its an evil, horrible b******d of a disease. You watch loved ones die repeatedly in front of your eyes, as the deterioration progresses. For the family it’s like a death by a thousand cuts. Every little change feels like it rips a piece of your soul out. The early days for the patient have some terribly bleak moments, too, I’m afraid, as you see the fear and confusion in the eyes, when the different realities clash in their minds, yet, they are still able to recognise, in the more lucid moments, that some recent memory or thought cannot be right.

Craig, I lost my pride and joy in similar circumstances in September 2019 after 25 years of Westfield's, I thought long and hard about replacing the Westfield, I eventually took the decision to try something different I bought a 2003 S2000 with 24000 miles on the clock and must say it's given me a new lease of life the Mrs now enjoys a trip out in the S2K, off to Ireland in it this week, I have not ruled out another Westfield but for now enjoying something different. Steve

and a Bagpuss version!

It doesn’t really, just thought I’d throw a grenade.

South Wales / Stoke on Trent

@OldStagerit's certainly powerful food for thought

If there is any saving grace with dementia it is that the person usually does not know once it has hold of them. My dad had Parkinson disease and the first signs that he was suffering with dementia brought on by it was when he leant over and asked me how many kids we had, we our only daughter was sat next to me. Sadly my mum handled it badly as "mental issues" in her day were treated by pulling yourself together or off to the looney bin. So she ignored it for too long. Once he got the correct meds it stabilised but steadily got worse. As it did so he was in a different world and one where outwardly he was happy. What it was was cruel for us to see him childlike and helpless. That happiness continued until as Dave said they change dramatically. I was lucky as my Dad right up to the end recognised my voice and then he was with it for a moment or two and for me it was just sitting and listening to him chat about things that had happened or hadn't often not but letting him speak for as long as he wanted. The hardest part was leaving him, as we lived 200 miles apart and he was in a home, it was like waving a child goodbye who was suddenly lost and afraid, but as I said fortunately a few moments later he was fine in his own world. The loss of dignity, the loss of his facilities was cruel but against say cancer, it was easier for him much harder for us. No one is safe from this and it does not matter how intelligent your are it is indiscriminate.

Earlier on we could have posted I'm Blue by 5,6,7,8's 4 in 1 😁🙂

2 in 1 !!! 😇

I was 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% expecting this song 😁

Sorry I can't join you all this year, hoping you won't need the hood, have a good run folks.

Appreciating modern classic these days. I saw a minty low mileage original car up for 18k recently! Give it a few years and s2000 owners will be breaking mega s2000s for spares

I put that on my s2000 in 6 months back in the day 😄 eta: Just had a check, still going, 140k on it as of last month.

Here's a real quick one, hopefully it gives you an idea..........

Build manuals are available in the Downloads section.

Wind deflectors and home made half doors didn’t do to bad TBH, weighed up getting a bit wet today against lugging full doors around Spain for 2 weeks probably unused.

The weather forecasters were correct for once, well almost loads of rain but no lightning. We all made it to knutsford start point except temper terry who was stuck on M6 further north, so we all did a top gear special and set off without him. He caught up eventually but we didn’t hear a squeak out of him, think he had his radio on channel 2 not 6 😆 Just arrived at first hotel.. soggy!

Only a wee bit rain here n there on the way south to the Kames show, so decided to take some of my favourite wee roads. Got to Dalwhinnie with out the dreaded A9 then hopped onto it over Drumochter then right and out over Trinafour moor to Killin and onto Stirling. Took a wee detour up to Ben Lawers dam as well. I got a quad lock bike mount and modded it a little bit to give me a dash mount for the phone so tried a few things with video . A few limitations when it rains as it tries to focus on the rain drops on the screen. And I got the vibration damper so will see if that helps things. Anyway I hope there’s enough for you to enjoy. Oh I found a cake stop too 😃

Only a wee bit rain here n there on the way south so decided to take some of my favourite wee roads. Got to Dalwhinnie with out the dreaded A9 then hopped onto it over Drumochter then right and out over Trinafour moor to Killin and onto Stirling. Took a wee detour up to Ben Lawers dam 😃 I got a quad lock bike mount and modded it a little bit to give me a dash mount for the phone so tried a few things with video . A few limitations when it rains as it tries to focus on the rain drops on the screen. And I got the vibration damper so will see if that helps things. Anyway I hope there’s enough for you to enjoy. Oh I found a cake stop too 😃

Great track, and the era of my youth, however it's so tenuous I don't get the link. It may be the red wine however. so

I would say if you’re very un-decided, buy a finished car. To build a kit, you really need to really, really want to build one, as it’s not a quick route to ownership, not a cheap one, and while it is fantastically rewarding, it can also be frustrating and have you wondering why you ever started, at times. On the other hand, if it’s just a confidence thing. Then funnily enough, you don’t necessarily need masses of tools or knowledge, those can all be worked round. But you must have that drive to do it, and complete it.

Hi all! I just joined the club and am a happy, paid up member of WSCC as of this morning 😁 My mate and I went halves in a 1988 pre-lit narrow body Westfield 4 weeks ago (a cunning plan to keep our wives happy as we both have too many other cars/toys haha). We both took an afternoon off work yesterday to drive the Westy up to visit the Westfield Factory - lovely trip/great guys 👌. Been to Shelsley Walsh in it twice in the last two weekends (as a spectator)!

Celebrating my cars 25th birthday

@KugaWestie You may be selling too cheap Have a look at this 23 mins in. I would rather have yours TBH, even for the same price as the vid car.