Friday, October 30, 2009
Well looky here...
I forgot to snap the (inevitable) T25 in Morrisons car park in Fort William today. Such is life. News did reach me, however, via @snapdragonjane on Twitter of further Highland VW camper related activity though.
Which is nice. Happy Highland Campers They also tweet - here.
I forgot to snap the (inevitable) T25 in Morrisons car park in Fort William today. Such is life. News did reach me, however, via @snapdragonjane on Twitter of further Highland VW camper related activity though.
Which is nice. Happy Highland Campers They also tweet - here.
Labels: campers, fort william, twitter
Monday, October 12, 2009
The rule applies again...
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Spotted in Inverness
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Pedal (worn right down) to the metal...
I'm trying (yes, very) to get this bus back up and on the road again. Hopefully nothing major 'wrong' as such but one worrying issue has been the incorrectly aligned throttle linkage due to bodged (not by me I might add!) accelerator pedal repair.
You have to admire the cunning of the mind which thinks , "hmm, I know, I'll not bother my a**e trying to find a replacement, I'll just use a butt-hinge and move the whole thing back a wee bit." No, you really do have to admire it: it's done fine for us for over five years and has managed two round-Ireland trips.
Anyway, I've managed to locate a replacement from Volksheaven and have secured the services of our friendly mechanic to sort it all out for us.
Here's hoping. (I'm pretty sure I'll find a use for that book there on the left at some point too...)
I'm trying (yes, very) to get this bus back up and on the road again. Hopefully nothing major 'wrong' as such but one worrying issue has been the incorrectly aligned throttle linkage due to bodged (not by me I might add!) accelerator pedal repair.
You have to admire the cunning of the mind which thinks , "hmm, I know, I'll not bother my a**e trying to find a replacement, I'll just use a butt-hinge and move the whole thing back a wee bit." No, you really do have to admire it: it's done fine for us for over five years and has managed two round-Ireland trips.
Anyway, I've managed to locate a replacement from Volksheaven and have secured the services of our friendly mechanic to sort it all out for us.
Here's hoping. (I'm pretty sure I'll find a use for that book there on the left at some point too...)
Labels: accelerator, bodge, Ireland, pedal, throttle
Sunday, August 02, 2009
The Fort William Morrisons car park T25 rule applies
Monday, June 15, 2009
Singletrackbusroadscamperirelandtypething
When your domain name provider (in my case 1&1) sends you an email asking if you want another .co.uk domain name for £2.99 for two years then what would you do?
If, like me, you were recovering from major knee surgery and had little else to occupy your time other than some light physiotherapy exercises, reading books and fiddling around on the internet you’d probably do what I did and sign up for www.singletrackroads.co.uk
What you’d then do, if you were me, would be to head over to blogger.com and register singletrackbus.blogspot.com and link it to your three blogs (Journeys in The Banana Bus, Single Track Roads and Round Ireland In A Wedge) so that they could all be accessed from the one “web portal” (seamlessly slipped into techy-jargon there…)
You might, then, if you were me, go back to 1&1 and point your domain names at this new portal. But only if you were me.
When your domain name provider (in my case 1&1) sends you an email asking if you want another .co.uk domain name for £2.99 for two years then what would you do?
If, like me, you were recovering from major knee surgery and had little else to occupy your time other than some light physiotherapy exercises, reading books and fiddling around on the internet you’d probably do what I did and sign up for www.singletrackroads.co.uk
What you’d then do, if you were me, would be to head over to blogger.com and register singletrackbus.blogspot.com and link it to your three blogs (Journeys in The Banana Bus, Single Track Roads and Round Ireland In A Wedge) so that they could all be accessed from the one “web portal” (seamlessly slipped into techy-jargon there…)
You might, then, if you were me, go back to 1&1 and point your domain names at this new portal. But only if you were me.
Labels: bananabus, round ireland in a wedge, single track roads
Thursday, June 11, 2009
It wouldn't take much would it?
Hobbling around on crutches in the confines of the van, filling plastic bags with rubbish and realising that with a wee bit of TLC we could get the old fellow up and running for some summer activity without (hopefully) too much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
The exterior is still a bit tatty, as it's bound to be considering I've done nothing with it but inside a quick whizz round with the dustpan and brush and a wet wipe should do it.
Where to first? Get that kettle on...
Labels: exterior, kettle, ready for summer, tidying, TLC
