Rule Brittania.

After months of searching I've found a firm in England who still make tools like spanners and sockets.I ordered some and they arrived today.Great quality,more expensive than the Chinese things but they have the potential to last a hell of a lot longer.
It will be interesting to see how sales go when they go on the web site.

Why are people so dirty?

Another load of refuse and they can't even be bothered to lift the lid on a bin.Why are people so idle?.

Some you win,some you lose.

Travelled to the car boot sale at Yarmouth.I bought some batteries from one stall.I found they almost allowed me to take a whole picture with a digital camera or made the LED in my cordless phone flash untill I wanted to make a call or answer one when they gave up the ghost .I also bought a whirlpool thingy in a box,never used (apparently),the seller bought it then changed their mind (apparently) I plugged it in and it didn't work (definately) a dido.It'll probably go in the bin.
On the plus side I bought a decent socket set which I'll either use to replace my worn one or sell.Some you win.......

Raveningham Fete and Fair.

I had a day out at raveningham country fair,near beccles in Norfolk.Lots to see,steam engines,tractors,falcons and owls,a flying display,dog shows,ferrets a band and lots of old cars and american cars and trikes.

A couple of American cars at Raveningham country fair.

Great day out,more power to their elbow.

Mk1 transit camper,triumph herald and a Mk2 consul.

Another fun packed day in Lowstuff

It's piddling down with rain,the scaffold outside has now been ther two months and still noones been seen working on it.The waterboard or electricity or gas board or maybe all three have decided to dig the road up yet again and the bascule bridge is goig up and down like a whores drawers to let farty little dinghies in and out.
Good job I stay cheerfull.

All quiet on the western front.

Nothing much has been happening,I've put a load of gear on ebay to sell,Gullivers broken down for the thousandth time,it's all quiet in the shop,but the highlight of the week so far is I've managed to stop the water leak in Humphreys boot.

Gillingham and the transport rally.

I went to Gillingham a village near Bungay for their annual transport rally.I took the old taxi as the transit motorhome was waiting for a new exhaust manifold the original having broken.The weather wasn't very kind but it was a decent day out surrounded by old cars,military vehicles,stationary engines and the like.

Seagulls at the sea side.

I bought this old outboard some while back.A Seagull,it carries the slogan "The best outboard for the world" on the tank.(Probably the new ones don't due to some EU regulation or another).After wondering what to do with it for some time I put it on ebay and a bloke rung me up with a half hour and bought it.I wish I'd kept it really,all I'd have needed was a boat to go with it.

Remember "Made in England" ?

I've been having a sort out of tools.Tons of spanners and sockets,most accumulated over years of buying and selling.Tools boxes full of old stuff and sorthing through reminded me of when we could actually make things in this country rather than simply inporting it from China etc.The quality of some of these old tools is far superior to some of the Chinese and Indian junk on sale now.I've been cleaning up some of the tools to sell at a car boot or autojumble.It's a shame we've got to the stage where we can't make anything anymore it seems as though price is the main consideration these days.

Ebid,an alternative to Ebay?.

I have had some success selling on one of the alternative auction site.Called ebid it's based in the UK.Its been going some time and its lower fees make it a better bet for the small seller.Ebay is still the market leader by a long way but some of the alternatives might be worth a try.

Here comes the sun.

I went to the Yarmouth meeting of the East Coast Pirates car club.I took the old transit motorhome for a run out.The weather was pretty awfull so there weren't many ther.Still had a coffee and a chat,mainly about old cars,young women and life in general.

I was going to take the new toy a P5B rover but thats having a wee bit of cosmetic surgery so it will have to wait for a bit.Not so long back the same site was overun with minis,you realise now how few of these there are about.

The great fire of Lowestoft

Wessex foods in Lowestoft has burnt down.The fire was apparently spectacular,I got diverted on the way to the MOT station,lots of smoke could still be seen and that was twelve hours after the fire and it had been raining heavily all day.Fire engines form all over East Anglia were called in and some were still there twenty four hours after the fire started.
The MOT was pretty tame by comparison,a couple of advisories,one to my annoyance was a bit of play in a wheel bearing that I could have adjusted abit better.It took me over half an hour to get home,traffic round the bascule bridge was horrendous.

First run out for the P5B

I bought a Rover P5B a few weeks back.It had engine problems but once sorted I took it to a local car club meeting in yarmouth.I was suprised at the amount of attention it attracted.They were a popular car in their day and seem to be pretty popular even thirty odd years later.

A Lowestoft landmark gets ready to move.

The huge construction in SLPs yard in lowestoft has been moved,ready for loading onto a massive sea going barge.Its said that SLP will then cease to exist,having already laid off most of their staff.

A terrible shame.,more for jobs lost in Lowestoft which has suffered many already.

Caravan site to be reborn

Apparently the old caravan site at swimming pool road in lowestoft is to be reopened.The shop is to be restored and the shower block/toilets revamped.Other buildings are to be demolished.
The site was a big one and right next to the sea,it's a shame it was closed down and is now vandalised,reopening it has to be good for the town.
The misguided sunrise scheme did little other than discourage visitors with the endless traffic jams and roadworks,hopefully this will go a long way to redress things.

Hardly Banksy is it ?

The spray paint 'artists' have been active over the old camp site in lowestoft.If it was Banksy this wall would be worth thousands.Any offers ?

Dirty devils,waiting for the litter fairy ?.

Those who rely on the Lowestoft litter fairy to clean up their junk should realise that they end up paying to have it removed one way or the other.
You shouldn't crap on your own doorstep,but it's not very nice when you do it on other peoples either.

Cars,cars and more cars.

I went to a car club meet the other side of Norwich.Loads of cars from rods to classics but my camera managed to delete all the pictures.
Good auto jumble spent a few quid on a seagull outboard,an electric scooter and loads of bits and stuff that 'might come in handy one day'

Cooling off.

A really hot day,nothing better than a swim to cool off when you're hot.Old Jacks legs are getting a bit past it but in the water he still has a fair turn of speed.

The bridge causing troubled waters.

They've started work on Lowestofts bascule bridge yet again.The traffic jams and noise at night are horrendous.It has been in bits over the past few years more times than a clapped out Austin Maxi,the hope is that this time at least the repairs will last (The seldom did on the Austin Maxi).