If it gets better than this.....i just don't care ....

[Steve Lake]

Bit of a lie in this morning....then out with the dogs for half an hour, collected some of those huge field mushrooms from the horses paddock, collected 6 eggs from the chickens, and a bag full of tomatoes from the greenhouse, got back indoors, fed the dogs, then fried up some bacon and the eggs mushrooms and tomatoes, fried up a bit of home-made bread, sat down with the local paper and scoffed the lot, and a glass of fresh orange juice. Finished reading the paper, then went out and washed / polished / lubricated number 1 srx (got pretty filthy on the Cadwell trip/trackday on tuesday) . Phoned up number 1 son, met up and went to snetterton, him on his morini me on the srx, to enjoy watching a days classic bike racing, fabulous racing, they really do give those bikes a caning. The chairs were brilliant, lot of dutch and german over for the weekend one with an ex Camathius outfit (if you remember him you really are old!)
AndyM might like to know that Gourlay (he also races in supermono) high sided a 350 molnar manx coming out of russells! takes a bit of doing on a 350 single!.
Back home just in time for tea and a bottle of good wine......its a hell of a life, but someones got to do it.
It's not all roses......going for tea round the mother-in-law's tomorrow
pip pip

[themoudie]

Evening Steve,

Sounds like my kind of day!

May I ask if Stu Noble was racing in the 250 singles and what Morini 'as No1 son? About to start fettling Morini thumper recently acquired.

Cheers, Bill

[Steve Lake]

Hi Bill, his Morini is a 3 1/2 sport, lovely little bike with boriani rims and stainless spokes, handles like a dream. he did have a 200 cc single which he sold on ebay last year, he got it at a local auction it had jusr come in from italy.

[squirrelciv]

Green with envy :-( Off in a minute to watch No2 son play footie then an afternoon doing odd jiobs as advance penance for popping over to Steffan's next weekend. Still his bacon butties are worth it :-)

[themoudie]

No good being a chamealeon Pat, but I'm sure Steffan's tucker is worth suffering for!

Thanks for the info Steve. This is a 1979 125 with gold cast wheels, red frame, black bodywork with red coachlines. That's why she's 'Morini the Minx', Dennis the Menace's cohort along with 'Gnasher'! Sad eh? ;-)

15 pallets and some Scots pine chipwood lengths carted home, then reduced to firewood. Will need some more if we are to remain toasty this winter. Nice and dry after this summer.

All the best, Bill

[Steve Lake]

Like you Bill, i have to plan ahead with the wood store, and I ain't got enough for the winter either.....but the guys in the unit next to where I work are window replacement specialists, and every friday their skip fils up with what appears to be perfectly serviceable hardwood window frames......which migrate into the back of my car....so hopefully I should have sufficient by the time the old woodburner has to be fired up again.... bearing in mind Norfolk isn't as cold as it was even 10 years ago....
Steve

[themoudie]

Aye Steve,

Sounds good stuff to me and well worth cultivating the acquaintance. Much better than going to 'landfill'! I have to be strong willed when passing some skips and the Council cowp is very hard going for me, I just can't get my head round what is being thrown in the skips.

I have some very nice 5 year felled beech, which has been in the drying polytunnel for 3 summers now. No draught required and a blue flame. "OPEN ALL THE DOORS"! Have you tried the polytunnel trick? Stack everything on old pallets. Stove on the 'go' tonight, cool, with wind 5 - 6 and 'hissing' it down.

Regards, Bill