I'd better very hurriedly say that it was a lovely place when I visited, and everyone was very welcoming

Nothing bike related but sat in the garden ,driving the dog wild with his chew toys having a coffee and a fag ,simple things do make me smile

Multi-talented hound there Stu - playing, drinking coffee and tabbing all the same time . What else can it do?

Sun's out, bike's loaded.

Don't forget mike's dibdab

I think you've forgotten a mug too

my tools at work have failed testing .....(i have no design input , I'm simply project co-ordinating)

BUUUUUT I'm being replaced on the project , I've handed over and I'm off to Majorca for a week tomorrow with the bike , the runners and the wetsuit

worry about what im going to do going forward when i get back.

I've just been confirmed as getting a bonus at work. I may now be able to afford a full pint of Mikkeller on my upcoming holiday to Denmark.

Just received official confirmation that I can reduce my hours to a 4 day week from June 1st so I can spend more time building my fledgling bread bakery business...



Si

And who thought Friday couldn't get any better cheers stu

Yeah! A years back pay for both me and my wife
Boo! The car needs new springs and an ECU!
Yeah! Found a new ECU online for £345 instead of £800+ vat through the garage!
Yeah! 'Easter' school holidays start here

Moder-dye wrote: Boo! The car needs new springs and an ECU!
Yeah! Found a new ECU online for £345 instead of £800+ vat through the garage!

Was it sitting in a puddle of water?

At this point in time its lucky it's not sitting at the bottom of the North sea!
I'm trying to be cheery about it though

darbeze wrote:Just received official confirmation that I can reduce my hours to a 4 day week from June 1st so I can spend more time building my fledgling bread bakery business...



Si

You need to come to Brixham and chat to Dan on Middle Street about that.

Out and about to the smell of new bike and spring blossom.

Fab ride home from work over the hills - dry, warm(ish) evening and dry trails. Dry trails!!!
Beer O'clock now

So much cheery today! Well done everyone!

Dave Barter wrote:

darbeze wrote:Just received official confirmation that I can reduce my hours to a 4 day week from June 1st so I can spend more time building my fledgling bread bakery business...



Si

You need to come to Brixham and chat to Dan on Middle Street about that.

5 Doors Up Dave? Bloody love it there...

Moder-dye wrote:At this point in time its lucky it's not sitting at the bottom of the North sea!
I'm trying to be cheery about it though

Ha ha.

I was wondering about failure mode. A lot of ECU's used to sit in places about a car cabin that are at the bottom, I.e. foot well. If the cars drains then get blocked or stop functioning (coz leaves and crap get in them), then your car fills with a bit if water and then sits around the ecu...causing an expensive failure that would have been easily prevented if you'd known about it beforehand.

So just checking failure mode so you don't inadvertently go through it again.

I know for example on my BMW that the antenna computer thing for the remote central locking is in the spoiler and not well weather protected. It's prone to water damage and several £hundred to replace. 30mins and some silicone to seal the enclosure avoids the heartache of it going wrong.

darbeze wrote:

Dave Barter wrote:

darbeze wrote:Just received official confirmation that I can reduce my hours to a 4 day week from June 1st so I can spend more time building my fledgling bread bakery business...



Si

You need to come to Brixham and chat to Dan on Middle Street about that.

5 Doors Up Dave? Bloody love it there...

Yes. Dans bread is the best I’ve ever had

Zippy wrote:

Moder-dye wrote:At this point in time its lucky it's not sitting at the bottom of the North sea!
I'm trying to be cheery about it though

Ha ha.

I was wondering about failure mode. A lot of ECU's used to sit in places about a car cabin that are at the bottom, I.e. foot well. If the cars drains then get blocked or stop functioning (coz leaves and crap get in them), then your car fills with a bit if water and then sits around the ecu...causing an expensive failure that would have been easily prevented if you'd known about it beforehand.

So just checking failure mode so you don't inadvertently go through it again.

I know for example on my BMW that the antenna computer thing for the remote central locking is in the spoiler and not well weather protected. It's prone to water damage and several £hundred to replace. 30mins and some silicone to seal the enclosure avoids the heartache of it going wrong.

Ah right! I've actually no idea. Its a zafira, I assumed it was under the bonnet some short on the circuit board AFAIK that can't be fixed. Was sent away to see if could be fixed. The fault means the radiator fan is constantly on (even when parked and ignition off) unless i pull the fuse.

I'm on a ferry to the Isle of Wight (hi Sean!), sat out on the deck. It's cold, dark, windy, and I have a beer. It's just like bivvying!

Definitely cheery here, extremely tough week at work. Tuesday I did a course so I could erect scaff towers, the idea was so I could then go and put a couple of 10mtr towers up at a venue in Birmingham. Got so site and spent 5 hours lugging the kit up 14 flights of a tight internal fire escape.
The effort ruined me, I’m not sure if it’s tight calf’s from pulling up on the SPD,s but I’ve never hurt so much. Just the calf muscles though.
Site was very tight with a big drop (old imax theatre) so difficult build. Then bicycle to drop the 1/4 tonne speakers, all topped off by one of the hired crew cheerfully informing us that he’d slid the said speaker to the bottom of the auditorium steps while we had a smoke. Unfortunately there was no service lift there so we then had to bicycle ropes and take it down the fire escape

And relax yeah mainly cheery due to not being there, hopefully ever again.

Cheery Friday.
Lazy weekend planned
Work's almost up to date, so Monday will be easier
WRT Grid Ref's in and a 125 mile loop planned (Plan A)

Cheery here, nice easy day at work in contrast to a week ago
Chaos at home had subsided, family all packed and ready for a holiday
I’m packed too, only taking two small bags compared to the barn sized case of the girls.
They are already strapped to the Fargo
Right after they leave I’m off to a mystery destination, as in I don’t know where in the country yet!