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Fortune smiled on me this weekend due to a mix of circumstances. Firstly, my Mondeo decided to overheat on me on the way back to my parents on Thursday, so the AA recovered me back home on Friday afternoon. Very good service I must say, one chap delivering me to Solstice Services where another chap arrived within a few mins to take me the rest of the way. Seems like it is likely a water pump or thermostat issue. Hoping it can be repaired as a) I can’t afford a replacement currently and b) I desperately want to get it through 200k miles, currently just over 195k. Secondly, Mrs Stu had a friend down, and was out and about in her car, so the net result was that the Westfield was my only means of transport for the weekend, what a shame as my daughter had her singin’, dancin’ and actin’ lesson for 3 hours on Saturday morning in Yeovil…… Thirdly, the car was back together and generally functioning apart from a broken Speedo (officer). GPS had to come to the rescue. Finally. It was dry, and a little bit sunny. I dropped the short (though growing ever taller!) one at her lesson at 10.15, then had three hours before picking her up at 13.15. I hadn’t been North in the car for a while so headed up to Cheddar Gorge. It was fairly steady going most of the way up, but just nice to be out in the sunshine. The gorge itself was quiet, and I followed a nice looking M2 until part way up where I stopped for a couple of minutes before completing the run. I then caught up with said M2 stuck behind a van in the derestricted part afterwards, and as the van turned off left, off shot the M2, so I followed . He was bl**dy quick on the straights, but I kept up through the corners and we had quite a fun run for a while before encountering traffic so I trailed him all the way down to Wells where I stopped for a quick coffee. Time was ticking on so I headed back to Yeovil arriving with 5 mins to spare. We had a fun run back to Crewkerne, had a spot of lunch and walked the dog before hopping in the car again down to West Bay. Normal fun through Beaminster Tunnel and some of the clear sections on the way down. It was a tad chilly by the coast but the seas were well worth watching and we warmed up with a hot chocolate before heading back. Spotted a nice old Landie in West Bay too So, probably 4.5 hours in the car in total. Great fun to be out; the car is going well, steering wheel mods (Blinkstop system) working very well so bring on the spring! Here is a little YT compilation for your amusement:

Holme Moss Summit a SEiGHT and a Westus

Small little clean up from sitting garage for a while

Today’s items

Been waiting since December for this one, but well worth it. SBFS Steering wheel bag, takes my modded 250 very nicely, snug, but doesn’t activate any of the buttons so it is ideal.

Great story, great photo's and video, love it, thank you for sharing x

These arrived today, hopefully enough in here to join most of the XI loom bits together. Main loom is on order from Autosparks, have gone for a generic loom with more circuits than I currently need. It can take up to 14 weeks to arrive... will have to get on with something else for a bit... Also in recent arrivals was an IVA foglight module from MK sports cars along with a momentary toggle switch to trigger the latching relay.

Didn’t realise there was another Westfield so local to us! We can’t wait to drive down to West Bay, especially through the tunnel…

Im looking to book towards the end of June too, might even be tempted with May too, will see

Also, I personally use Prestone – it can be mixed with other coolants and works well in daily cars as well as track cars (as long as plain water isn’t required). One coolant for every car – that makes sense to me.

Evening guys Northeast wscc meet 10/03/26 churchmouse chester le street DH23RJ, 7pm all welcome Just a social meet to get some planning sorted for the year ahead Look forward to seeing you guys there

I use Prestone suitable for all engine types, pre mixed and 10 year life.Use in my everyday car and plan to use in my Westfield at next change.

Yes we will be, I need to talk to you about Courbourgh

A few snaps from a video of my trip up through Cheddar Gorge today. Weather was pretty good, so was out in the car for about four hours.

Is this the Autocar article you are looking for?

I’ve got a few hundred photos but thought I’d start with one from the day a brought it with a coupe in between and finally one at its current stage

New toys installed - ready for DIY painting…

Received today from @Pixie a pair of headlight brackets. Sent on Wednesday afternoon, delivered today morning. (www.przesylarka.pl with UPS ) Thanks again, @Pixie — this allows me to move on with the headlights!

Just managed to pick myself up off the floor in time for delivery of this crimp tool for the Ampseal connectors. Nice bit of kit but £250!! Time to start connecting things up and testing on the workbench (dining table).

managed to get the parcel unwrapped using my parcel opening dawg

Our new silencer arrived today… So now Topcat can have his house back…

Hmmm, Pizza Quattro Prepuzio, I suppose it has a ring to it! might be a bit chewy though.

Are you sure that's salami on there.....?