CitroJim's AX, C3 Picasso, Cycling and Running Tales

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Blueberry - such a glorious colour
Special parkrun walk - lovely, good for them

Glad you are back up to speed :)
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mickthemaverick wrote: 31 Aug 2026, 21:41 The comment was a joke and SWMBO thought it amusing. !! :)
Ahhh, "banter", not sure that particular bucket holds much water these days (esp with no context).
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CitroJim wrote: 31 Aug 2026, 10:28 …..Bluebell out of the garage and prepping her for a car show on Saturday. …...
Are you also going to CCC Chevron Rally on Sat 12th - or Sun 13th Sept as well ?

If I remember rightly it was £18 per day (non-CCC member) last time I went but I’m struggling to find prices for this year?

If I go this year it will be without a car but I’m guessing it will be a similar price as a pedestrian :roll:

Edit looks like £10 a car per day so I might just thumb a lift around the corner :rofl2:
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Skull wrote: 01 Sep 2026, 21:03
CitroJim wrote: 31 Aug 2026, 10:28 …..Bluebell out of the garage and prepping her for a car show on Saturday. …...
Are you also going to CCC Chevron Rally on Sat 12th - or Sun 13th Sept as well ?
I'll only be there for a short time on the Saturday afternoon Gary as on Sunday I'll be at a running event and hopefully, getting muddy! It's a trail run - my favourite sort :cool:

It'll be great to see you at Chevrons if you can make Saturday :-D
MattBLancs wrote: 01 Sep 2026, 06:20 Blueberry - such a glorious colour
It is, especially when she's clean :-D I believe it's a rare colour on an AX...
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Bluebell's intermittent electrical fault finally allowed me to determine its cause...

I found a light tap on the top of the dash, in the vicinity of the fusebox, fixed it... I then localised it to F3. Fuse out, cleaned up and back in.

Things are a lot less intermittent now and if it does happen again I know which fuse to tweak.

Longer-term I'll need to pop the fusebox out and check it over properly.

All just in time for the car show today :)
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CitroJim wrote: 05 Sep 2026, 05:41 Bluebell's intermittent electrical fault finally allowed me to determine its cause...

I found a light tap on the top of the dash, in the vicinity of the fusebox, fixed it... I then localised it to F3. Fuse out, cleaned up and back in.

Things are a lot less intermittent now and if it does happen again I know which fuse to tweak.

Longer-term I'll need to pop the fusebox out and check it over properly.

All just in time for the car show today :)
Photos of the event ? Great news regarding the quick fix
Husky. :? Thinking outside of the box is better than sitting in a dark one.
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Huskyxantia wrote: 05 Sep 2026, 06:00
Photos of the event ? Great news regarding the quick fix
There will be ;) 99% on film and processing of which will have to await my darkroom (new bathroom) being back up and running...
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Totally cool , me and a friend when we were teens used to do photography, he has the dark room under his parents stairs , it was a big old victoriana house, brilliant watching how it was all done, kne one we were out at our local big park full moon low mist everywhere he had his camera practika with all the dials and fancy lenses , the photos he took were great , its a great hobby to do .shame its nearly all digital now adays
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Huskyxantia wrote: 06 Sep 2026, 07:33 its a great hobby to do .shame its nearly all digital now adays
It is and it's fun and very satisfying and fulfilling :) Most of my photography is film. I only use my digital for sports photography these days and my phone for quick ephemeral snaps...
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