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Mate of mine has this. It is Smolenski's old Sagaris. I'm passenger to the car show tomorrow. I'm seriously excited.

A Norton/Cosworth, sounds to me like it should have been quick.


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He must have had his 'Wheatabix' then.

Is the Russian trying to get away from Putin? I thought they could only get flights out to the likes of Turkey, China and a few other places. I hope he gets to learn the truth about Ukraine when he is here.

I was thinking the same. 19 years old is perfect age to be conscripted to help with he special military operation and get those nasty nazis out of the Ukraine.

I passed something very nasty on my way home from work early this evening, never seen a car on its roof on a motorway before. Just a couple of miles before "my" exit southbound on the M3 the "smart" speed limit was down to 50 then 40, shortly afterwards all lanes were at a standstill, It's on a slight downward section and I could see the road clear in the distance. Mercifully I was only a few hundred yards from whatever had happened and the traffic slowly crept past - a custom VW Beetle, black and purple, in lane 4 of 4 but pointing the wrong way, with its rear slightly in the air against the concrete central reservation and at least one front wheel pointing at a strange angle, then in lane 1 a black Disco Sport on its roof, in front of which were about 6 vehicles all stopped. Whether they were witnesses or also involved I have no idea and don't wish to find out. There was at least one unmarked black van and several blokes dressed all in black with "PETRONAS" emblazoned on their backs running back to the upturned Disco. No signs of any emergency vehicles and no sirens audible so when I got home about 10 minutes later I dialled 999. Police were already aware but had yet to get anyone to the scene. Interestingly they knew my name without asking, must have a system top pick it up from the phone number. I was thanked. Several minutes later I heard the sirens in the distance - it's probably less than half a mile in a direct line from the accident scene to my house. Later on, the local news website reported that the motorway had been closed for some time whilst an accident was being attended to, without giving any details; traffic queues of over 6 miles leading up to the scene.

Stay safe, everyone

My 16 year old nephew was on the bench today for Shamrock Rovers as they played in the second leg of their Champions League qualifier.
He didn’t get to play today and they lost, but it’s pretty cool that he got to experience that.
He’s achieved a scholarship to a private school where they will tailor his studies around his playing, and has played at international level already.

I’m looking forward to seeing where this takes him.

I'm browsing caravan adverts. It's definitely serious, as I've ordered 13 pin electrics for the truck and a proper Alko ball.

I'm not particularly interested in the big commercial sites. It will be small, low facility sites that don't give a shit. Research suggests it's mainly no commercial vehicles as in white vans, rather than an obviously privately owned pickup that isnt signwritten.

I know of several people with pickups and caravans who have never come across the above. It's an old fashioned view according to all the forums.

I actually fancy the opportunity to go away without having to put dogs in kennels. It will most likely be local County shows and steam fairs, car shows etc rather than Caravancatraz type sites.

Newspapers are an interesting item these days, most of the younger generation no doubt use a smartphone, tablet or computer to read the news. In our "always on" society, the printed news is often out of date before it reaches the shelf yet there are a few oldies, such as my mum, who don't do technology and still rely upon a newspaper although with TV News channels also now being fairly easy to find, they also take the place of a newspaper for many.

I do wonder how long newspapers will last and whether or not their demise will be sudden (like the printed version of AutoTrader, for example)

Not a bad set that.

£15, which I think is decent value.

Might go for this set next

A Defender with its bonnet up? How very authentic. 😀

Years ago I was on the Haslemere - Waterloo fast, which used to stop nowhere. Haslemere at the time had the highest ratio of first class season tickets to passengers boarding (including me). A man and a woman were discussing their route to Covent Garden as they got to Waterloo. I pointed out that the bus over the bridge was the easiest, fastest and most reliable way and the woman said “I haven’t caught a bus since I was a schoolgirl.” Buses in central London are the most classless form of transport imaginable, with millionaire traders standing shoulder to shoulder with office cleaners but if her experience of buses was countryside Surrey’s “finest”, mainly slack jawed yokels scratching their privates, I can understand her reluctance.