Nothing to report really, life has been cracking on in a happy, contented sort of way as it does and mostly involved, as usual, in things well off-topic for this forum. Not only off-topic but I suspect of absolutely no interest to the vast majority anyway... Truth is, these days automotive topics are a very small aspect of my busy and active life.
That said. I gave Bluebell a warming run yesterday and found she had a flat battery. A quick charge on my big 20A regulated charger soon sorted that
I checked she's charging normally.
It's just lack of use I believe, due to the car being on SORN so not drivable on the open road. A 15 minute warmup run every couple of weeks is not really good to maintain a battery without help. From now on I'll keep my little Lidl maintenance charger connecetd so it can keep the battery healthy...
Apart from that she's running fine, as are my other two. My posh van had a run to High Wycombe last week - A horrendous drive in poor weather and very busy traffic, especially around Aylesbury. I needed to get my GF to hospital for 0730... We succeeded, just, despite setting off a lot later than I was comfortable with. Only for her or my kids would I do such a drive. Must be love
She was told her aftercare would be at Amersham hospital but happily it's now at Stoke Mandeville... I can drive there with my eyes closed and know the hospital only too well... That's good. I did not really fancy a number of drives to Amersham...
Sunday saw us host Junior parkrun in the most atrocious weather. Heavy rain turning to snow and a cold arctic wind. We still had 73 hardy and tough children run despite all...
All the kit got soaked and it took me a large part of yesterday to get it dried out and the items damaged beyond salvation replaced...
A small number of finish tokens lost their lives after going for a swim and then drowning in the token collection pot which, over the course of the event, filled with rainwater...
- These won't scan any more!!!
Ohh, what fun we have
After the event we all trooped off to Costa to recover, dry out and generally warm up. Hot chocolate is well recommended for this task
....two diameters of hose/tube over each other if I recall correctly, one to seal, one to limit insertion depth/grip.
Must be a weak point on them .....
Thinking outside of the box is better than sitting in a dark one.
Due to my underlying ME even a minor cold will lay me low and make me feel rotten for a few days. I kept the streak going by slowly running the minimum distance to count - 1 mile.
