2024

Latest events & happenings

Life goes on but not much gets recorded these days.  

Notable events that can be remembered...  

Remarkably, Ben flew out to Thailand to attend a Rehab course that Sonia had arranged for him

Spent nearly 2 weeks (end Feb into March) helping R & L install a new Kitchen ibto Vicarage Road.  

Slow slow progeress with sorting Mum's house out annd getting progress.  My syblings seem reluctant to do anything.

Recovered the MX5 and started readying it to sell soon.

Bought a Gretch Guitar and then Barry offered me his Telecaster. So guitar count up to 9 (inc Vox Clubman in the roof).

Sold the Vox clubman on eBay for £472

Great Camper van trip around the Baltic

Put new EMG pick ups into the Squier Strat.  Transformed it into a real beast of a guitar.

Sold MX5 to a young engineering student from the Wirrel.

New tank engine for MRP (Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0 Sadle Tank) arrived faulty so waiting for replacement.

Cut links with Denham Garden Vilage as N0 10 gets sold.

Birthday/Aniversary season clebrated fully with trip to Theatre     (Birthday Party), Afternoon tea at Whatley Mannor, Lunch in     Cirencester and Camp in Savernake Forest.

Golf Windsceen replaced due to large crack.

Starting to look seriously for a Camper Van replacement.

Refilled gas tanks on van at cost of £9.53

Ferry to Bilbao and on into France for our Autumn tour

Visit the Motorhome & Caravan show at the NEC for first time  and see a Wildax Meteor which I rather like.

We take a trip to Windermere to see Ben & Sonia and call in on  Joyce in Liverpool on our way back.

Decide to go for the Wildax Meteor.  Have to wait until December.

Sell beloved Tribute privately to people in Chippenham  

Meet up with Tracy, Sally and John.

Have Covid and Flu Jabs

New guitar arrives a Fender Bass IV

Have Typhoid and Tetanus jabs  - for Vietnam

Buy an iPad Air principally for digital art.  Loving the stuff you        can create on it. Will establish an Art page on this site.

Octopus install EV charger

Storm Darrah brings down fence between us & 74

Finally get to see my new camper van but it wont be ready for handover until well into the New Year.

We see the New Year in with Rod & Mandy at the Widecomb Social Club