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How to fit convert an old pedal bike to electric

25th March 2024 Going Postal 2345 Comments

How to fit convert an old pedal bike to electric I’ve been keen on getting an electric bike for some time now. I used to do quite a bit of off-roading, but with advancing years, [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Car Review, Part Four

23rd March 2024 Always Worth Saying 1907 Comments

Throwing an irritating but irresistible Mercedes CLA around the lanes en route to a Cheshire set party at one of the better Northwich-Knutsford-Sandbach triangle golf clubs, allows a gentleman to reminisce upon his car history. [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; Turned Out Nice Again…..Innit?

19th March 2024 Colin Cross 2431 Comments

On more than one occasion over recent years I’ve nursed (if that’s the right word) the odd bird back to health following collisions with the greenhouse. They’re either rushing to get at the strawberries, or [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Car Review, Part Three

16th March 2024 Always Worth Saying 1569 Comments

After boring Puffins and Mr Thrifty’s car hire with my vehicle history and a sorry tale of having to rent a car for a Cheshire Set party (while mine was being repaired following an Act [more…]

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Apps For Life

28th February 2024 Going Postal 2222 Comments

How to be left behind by absolutely everything This is a short article about something I’ve only just encountered and become alarmed and a tad frustrated about. After the interweb was invented the way things [more…]

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The Lighthouse of The Pacific

24th February 2024 Always Worth Saying 1934 Comments

Leaving the Pan-American highway and heading west beyond the urban sprawl of second city Santa Ana, we follow the route of the El Salvador Railway Company’s Ahuachapan branch line which we discovered last time. Nothing [more…]

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Modern day windscreens

21st February 2024 rattuscatchus 2399 Comments

If you have a relatively modern car – definitely 20 years old or less, then you will undoubtedly have a bonded windscreen. This is where the windscreen is ‘glued’ to the car’s body and a [more…]

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Help Prevent the Occurrence of Cancer

15th February 2024 Going Postal 2590 Comments

This article was prompted by my friend a Frenchman who was diagnosed several months ago with a very rare growth on a lung. So rare indeed that not a lot is known about this particular [more…]

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The Great British Sports Car 1945 – 1985

14th February 2024 Grimy Miner 2250 Comments

So, before we get to the “meat and potatoes” of this article let us set a few ground rules. What IS a sports car? – In my opinion a sports car should be low slung, [more…]

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