Not even pottering

Ah - that will be the knee then. My own suspension is not working well now. So Mk7 rides all day. Town for dentist, Stutton for Nativity and that was that.

Until a late evening call for help from Harkstead. Oh well - another ride in the MK7.

A little Potter

Another non-event-day. The only car activity was a quick SAAB wiz to the local bottle bank as it looked like rain again.

Then PM I avoided looking at the Talbot and instead scanned in Ian Polson's letters for the Archive.

I forgot to see if they had been done before !

A Little Cup

Lots of rain and wind so Archive admin and a bit of Xmas decorating - which is where I found our little Sunbeam cup.

Still don't really know where it came from but Baltic Street seems possible.

And on the 7th Day

Well it's the 6th really but I've been erecting bubbles for a week now.

The day stared early though with a noisy work crew opposite doing something at 7:00 am ?

Not sure what they were doing but they were at it for an hour.

The only car activity was a quick MK2 dash to Harkstead for jobs.

And yes I'd left the lights on as usual.

All Accounted For

The last move into a bubble completed this morning. Starting the Alpine (hard to do) and moving it out of the garage so I could build the bubble for the Imp. It looked good in the sunshine ... 

... but I had work to do. First though to warm the Imp up.

Then I attacked the bubble - again I found the tabs to hold it up while I worked - so that was easier. However before I could finish it we had to make an emergency dash to Harkstead to free an old Lady from a book case !

That done and the bubble completed I moved the Imp around too. That was a little easier than the Alpine to start but given neither have been used for several cold weeks it's not surprising. The sun was out and they both really wanted a run ...

... but it was wet and salty - so no. What did get a run was the SAAB to the allotment for jobs.

Then PM back to the archive where I spotted a scan of the 1932 brochure with the Ulster in it !

That was a nice find.

Green is Good

I checked the Talbot and yes - green on both trickle chargers.

Lots of rain and wind so I went back to the archive - interesting. I found a first hand report from Brian Lewis who drove GO53 on the 1932 Mille Miglia. Very mater of a fact given he crashed into a ditch, retired, then the Italian crowd pulled the car out of the ditch and then after a swift drink continued to the end !

Less exciting was my run to Harkstead in the rain.

Then home again in the dark.

One interesting update was Ian Potts saying "NO" don't link the earths from the batteries.

Turning to the Troubled Talbot

Another day - another Bubble.

The Talbot was still hard to start this morning - including a a couple of those nasty sort of knocking failures but she got going in the end. I guess only heating up the very cold garage for an hour and a bit probably wasn't enough. However it looked splendid though once out in the daylight.

Starting on the bubble I spotted the same tags as the blue one had so was able to take some weight off it. The bubble went up ok (although it is filthy) but just took longer as I mixed up the curved and strait supports. Almost two hours before the car was in position.

I'd forgotten how long the car is so it needs to be almost touching the back wall to get it in. Moving it by had was not an option so I re-started it and used the engine. 

Then for a rest we went off to get the three Christmas trees. Here we are - already having dropped one off at Harkstead.

Then after lunch I finished off putting the car away and swapped the chargers around so I could put both the batteries on charge. I found I needed an extension lead for the second one though as the lead is not as long as the main ones. They are both on charge though and we'll see how we get on.

In then off to the boat (MK7 passenger time) to start clearing that out for the Winter lay up.

Even early afternoon the sun was setting but it was cold and bright. That done home again.

Finally a long SAAB run to the RGEA (via Glevering) to pick Chris up and then drop him back.

Rain forecast for the next few days so we'll probably stop there for a bit.