Fortune Favours the ...

... slightly mad chap.

I was planning to met up with two more Petrolhead Reprobates in Felixstowe for lunch so as it was a heady 5 degrees I decided on the Caterham. So up early and fan heater on for a while - it started well and I was ready to go. Looked clean and polished.

Then as I wondered back to the house the drizzle started ... umm what to do. After half an hour it was still falling so I decided to get the half hood out. I even found it easily - but then the problems started. First I could not get it out of the bag. Then it turned out that the poppers on the windscreen had rotted off so it would not clip on.

I better get these replaced - not sure how they come off so I might leave it to the professionals. So I had to risk it. By the time I left the skies were a bit clearer - if dark - but we got away with it.

Then as I drove off I noticed I'd left the indicator on - or had I ? Well yes I had - but they were not flashing - so after a few flicks I just forget them. The hazard lights work so the connections should be fine - it's some thing to look at next week.

So back to the meet. What an odd trio we made. Here we are - a 1986 Caterham Seven sandwiched by a 1957 Ford Popular and a 1991 Nissan Prairie. We could not believe the Nissan is 33 years old either.

Cold run back but the car liked it - and it did not seem that dirty as I packed it away again.

However I now have a list of things to fix on the Caterham.

ION: The US and the UK launched air strikes against those pesky Houthi rebels last night - that's fixed it then.