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First proper ride out today as a finished car 😎lovely cold autumn sunny afternoon. Perfect 👍🏼

Autumn pictures today at Lake Vyrnwy. Colours match the car. 160 mile trip taking in some of north Wales great B roads

I must say a massive thank you to @DamperMan for his assistance yet again. After he heard about our “Curborough kiss” he asked us to get all the dampers and springs sent to him so he could check them, something I didn’t think of. One damper was beyond repair and another had a bend in the shaft we had not noticed. We need two new ones which he discounted again for us. We chose to collect from Bicester as we where also collecting a nose cone from him. Tony also gave us a guided tour round the factory from start to finish, engineering at its best. Thank you

The birth of something big

I knew it must be serious to keep you away from the ice cream and cake! Glad you are on the mend and I hope the next six months goes well. Thinking of you both, Martyn and Sue xx

Ok Stuart, hope you have a good Christmas and see you in the spring!

...and get Glen to do all he can too!

I think it was an excellent bit of tv and without paddy on that programme it would be very dull

I enjoyed all of it!

Blimey Julie what a shocker. Please take great care of yourself.

Not a recent snap of my car but this legendary number plate is back where it belongs

Still not feeling warm !!!! Tell your tight husband to turn the heating on 😜

Glad to hear you're OK Julie - and hope the next 6 months goes well. And very well done that man who organised those flowers

Yes Kev that sounds familiar, the nurse had said to me, 'oh this machine isn't working, get me another one' to his colleague. When the second one read the same he shouted 'this lady needs a stretcher' Weird how you can feel reasonably alright with such results. I am feeling much better today and I was really lifted when these flowers arrived today from the WSCC, they are wonderful, thank you for thinking of me XXX Glen wonders if the flowers were for him, sympathy flowers, it's him now that has a menopausal wife to put up with😱 The heat hasn't kicked in yet, I am still wearing 2 coats and a wooly hat, I am intrigued what it must feel like to feel warm. I guess we will all find out as I am sure we will all be going on a menopause journey for 6 months, I am not known for keeping things to myself. It has to be stopped at 6 months because to do this for any longer increases the risk of divorce osteoporosis😁. Thanks a lot for all your support, funny comments and the flowers xxx

Hondas?

They’re behind you!!

Oh no we can't.... We have the grandchildren staying over, and are taking them to the Pantomime. Oh yes we are....

Definitely a no from us little red's In for a heart transplant 🙁

Oh boy, thank you for your kind words, do I owe you an apology and an explaination? I think so, but brace yourselves because this is not normal car forum chat, this is women's gruesomeness, prepare to run a mile! ABC arrived at our house 8.45am Sunday and the Westfield was on the front ready to go, Glen and I were togged up and we were just having a chat before setting off. Then it all went wrong. My Mirena coil had half wormed it's way out Friday afternoon and my GP quickly removed it, this is where lot's of blood is involved, sorry but I did warn you. Saturday was fine, bleeding, but fine. Sunday morning was a bit of a horror movie but I had hoped it would sort itself out....until I went a bit hot and a bit faint while talking to Glen and ABC. Thinking I was wearing a lot of clothes and we needed to get into a freezing Westfield to cool down, I went to the loo, oh dear, that was rather a lot of blood and there was no stopping it. I apologised to ABC and put the Westfield away while Glen turned the MX5 into an ambulance and off we wizzed to Chesterfield Royal Hospital. A heart rate of 39 bpm and blood pressure of 40 odd over 90 odd, I think I had just lost too much blood in a short space of time, so that was it, I was fed a cocktail of anti-spasm/blood stoppers/I.V fluids and I.V painkillers and had an ECG. I was admitted because my heart rate and bp took a while to get back up and scans were not available on a Sunday, a night in Hotel du Hospital for me. The coil had been in place for 2 years to treat fibroids (non cancerous tumours) on my lady baby bits, sometimes coils just come out, so after scans and stuff they have decided to make me go into menopause for 6 months with a GnR injection to reduce the fibroids. Fun times ahead hey, but hopefully we will be rocking n rolling in the car, I might even be warm if I can have one of those hot flush jobbys 😃 It's good to talk to your wife/mother about periods/menopause and sympathise with them, it might even get you some brownie points for car blats, or practice on me and Glen, there is nothing we don't know about the women's anatomy now 😄 Hope to see you all next Sunday, I am very late for an appointment with an extra large ice cream😛

What a brilliant day out - spoilt only by the illness of our entertainment manager @Julie Hall - Joint Peak District AOwho we all hope will recover quickly. To be fair the day was saved by the impromptu route designed by @Lee Bennett and thanks to him. Glynn, Lee, Ash, Rob, Paul and his wife, plus yours truly arrived at a damp Tagg Lane where we regrouped and organised the day ahead. In the Peak District tradition lots of cake was consumed to prepare us for the trip out From Tagg Lane via Bakewell, Via Gellia, Matlock, Darley Dale, Chatsworth, Hathersage to Ladybower for lunch. ‘Small’ pulled pork sandwich or Steak Pie? All was enjoyed and demolished Thanks for a great time. Looking forward to Ash posting his action photos sometime and see you all soon on the quiet Autumn roads. 205 miles and about £60 of E5 and a smile ear to ear. Can’t beat it.

North Wales Lakes great run out today and followed the advice to click on select images in the upload and resize

Wow,take care👍 Perhaps I could give you some of my excess blood pressure?🤣 Last xmas mine was 230 over 120 😳