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hello all. im still alive and about, have been looking in but not loggin in.  still have the trike and now have a vw t4 which i have done as a camper. hope all are well.

Just wanted to bring to your collective attention if you didnt already know. sadiq f*****g khan is now saying he want to expand the ulez zone all the way out to the M25 by next year!!! WTF. hes only just pushed it out to the north circular and now wants to go further.
i had a year long fight with tfl to prove i was right and they were wrong so that i could keep my camper and not pay £100 a day to move it from my house. Now he wants £12.50 a day to drive ANY bike, car or van older than about 10 years. what a f*****g d**k.
i know most of you are lucky enough to not have to live in this rapidly degrading pit that is London but please sign these petitions to stop this moron and to stop the ideas and charges filtering out to other cities that think its ok to tax the poor and the people that look after and love there vehicles.

https://www.garethbacon.com/stop-ulez-expansion

https://www.change.org/p/stop-ulez-expansion-to-havering

if anyone finds any other petitions please put them up so i can sign them.

thanks for reading my rant and hope you are all well and safe.
take it easy

[Scouting for Toys.]

Scouting for Toys.

Thursday 31st March 2022

Yesterday 9pm


Look out for the toys you might have had as on your younger days...……….


http://www.scoutingfortoys.co.uk/

[The Speedshop.]

The Speedshop. A series of six programmes.

Sun 20th March 2022

BBC2 8pm

Titch Cormack, a former Royal Marine, & his team build bespoke custom vehicles for “adventures on wheels”.
Programme one (of six) has Toby, an ex Special Forces colleague of Titch who was shot and is now paralysed from the neck down and requires a ventilator to breathe, wanting to experience his pre-injury passion for riding motorbikes, so Titch plans to create a sidecar that can hold Toby securely and house his life-preserving equipment.

A programme about blokes, vehicles, spanners, workshop tools etc, (it would seem there’s no Dancing, Baking or celebrities......... how on earth will we cope!!!!!  )

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015nyf

Brighton Speed Trials 2022 – Sat 3rd September.

Considered to be the World’s oldest running Motorsport event.

The website of the Brighton and Hove Motor Club, organisers of the annual Brighton Speed Trials, shows the 2022 event is scheduled for Saturday 3rd September.

https://bhmc.club/brighton-speed-trials/


Usually the event runs both cars and motorcycles, the bike side of things being run, by kind invitation of the B&HMC, by the VMCC Sprint Section.

https://www.vmccsprint.co.uk/
https://www.vmccsprint.co.uk/brighton-speed-trials-2020
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The 2021 saw only  the cars running as the ACU permit to run the motorcycles was refused due to the track/venue not meeting the standards required (this was basically in the light of alterations made to Madeira Drive since the previous running of the event).

It is hoped the standards required can be met and signed off for 2022, thus allowing the motorcycle to join the cars in this historic event.

As of March 2022 (time of posting this), might I suggest keeping an eye on the websites etc with regard to any updates...……………  

It’s that time of year when The Departure Lounge start their Classic Car Sundays.

See the webpage for details.

http://www.thedepartureloungecafe.co.uk/classic-car-sunday/

Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club’s website shows the annual Popham jumble is Sun 3rd April 2022.

https://www.vjmc.com/events.html

Farnham Festival of Transport 2022 in aid of Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care.

Sun 5th June - 10:00, Upper Hart Car Park, Farnham, GU9 7HD.


See website for details
 
https://www.pth.org.uk/event/farnham-festival-of-transport/

http://farnhamfestivaloftransport.co.uk/

Farnham Classic & Vintage Car Show 2022 in aid of Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care.

Sun 10th April, 10am – 4pm Central Car Park, Farnham.

See website for details
https://www.pth.org.uk/event/farnhamcarshow/

its all been very quiet down here in the Devonshire cave, but things are looking brighter now. My son has been and had a heart op which has taken the pressure off me and her indoors so I can concentrate on my projects. The frog has been neglected and I was surprised it fired up so easily this morning, clutch well and truly stuck, but after twenty minutes of ticker it freed easily and apart from some drag at present it is riding well. Think I may need to gain forward controls to remove this cramp I get in my left hip, not easy being 70. I intend to try and show the frog a bit this year so the polish needs to come out and some earnest finger blistering. watch this space

Birthday best wishes for Friday Sir Manky!