The summer months have been taken up with Motorbikes, fixing them and repairing them and then blowing them up again. In the Gibbs Garage there's an Enfield Bullet 500 & a Triumph TR5T.

The words "Why didnt you bring the satnav?" Were said to me at 5.45am as we hurtled through Ashton in search of Bristol Airport. The signs for the airport werent very good so we turned around and tried to find other directions. Now we were heading to Backwell, I was sure we were heading the right way. Jayne had booked us a holiday in Tenerife & in my ignorance I thought it was in Spain, Sombreros & Donkeys. As I hadnt paid any attention to any of the det...

I've been a bit slow updating the blog and so I'll make it brief. After the early break of Easter, April shaped up nicely and we had some excellent weather. That was good news for my little Horticultural Enterprise and the vegetables grew quickly. The early sales at the markets went well and that's always good news. I don't think we made any trips besides West Wales and some of these were "working" trips as time was running short to get the boat into the harbour...

Well, March was a bit of a sod. The weather was particularly vile here in Merry Olde Blighty and efforts to get the Fruit & Vegetables on the go proved futile. Temperatures just weren't up for germinating the seeds but I did get round to potting up the fruit trees and bushes and it's only now they're beginning to show signs of life. So it's been a late start this year and no doubt the weather will still throw us a googlie before the month is out. Easter becko...

About fourteen years ago, I'd replaced the piston rings on my Triumph TR5T motorcycle but sadly forgot to top up the oil. All would have been well except I overtook a car on a dual carriageway, on overtaking, the guy in the car sped up and I got trapped in front of a lorry. My only option was to speed up. I knew it wasn't going to end well. I ended up overtaking the car and just about managed to pull in the clutch as the engine started tightening up and seizing. ...