Epic chod collecting live...warning may have PSA content, cover your keyboard

[scooters]

Been a busy week.

Last Friday I travelled to Middlesborough to collect the 244DL.

Yesterday I drove to Chester to swap the T5 with Bill for his Picasso.. (more on that later)

 

This morning I am sitting at Newcastle Airport where I am about to board a flight to Bristol. I'll then head into Bristol TM when mid pm ill catch a train to Exeter where Phil is meeting me after work. Then back to his house before leaving to drive the 5 or 6 hours back to Hexham. I am taking a travel rug with me for a) giffer points and ill need to kip at some point..not the whippersnapper I once was and I find the long drives really take it out of me these days. Kind you, with the XM I'm probably in one of the best evar long distance cruisers for saving your fatigue.

 

Don't expect too many updates today. It's going to be a long one!but the prize will be worth it.

 

The XM is needed for work. I pull about 1500 business miles a month and this baby will save me a fortune in fuel costs due to the bosch pump.

[Rocket88]

Ler Pro Plus be your friend................Bon Chance

[steve_earwig]

Safe journey mate

[Lankytim]

Talking of Bristol TM, I think I saw Phils XM driving past on Satuday.... Well, I think it was him!

[saucedoctor]

Drive safely & good luck.

[Asimo]

[steve_earwig]

After reading Beko's ZX collection thread

[scooters]

I can haz landed. Now on bus..7 quid!!!!! Feevin Bar stars

[scooters]

Yarrrgggg

at Bristol Temple Meads...

Bit of a wait now. I can has picnic. Bread water coffee and feta cheese.

Time to do some surreptitious trainspotting.

Bristol ...been here a few times before. It's easy to forget that Bristol was flattened by the luftwaffe. Rebuilt like many bombed towns with unbridled trunk roads all over the middle.

[barefoot]

Station is pretty though, isn't it?

[rml2345]

Anyone mentions Bristol TM and I think Supertramp. Good luck Scooters, remember the pez station photo.

[EssDeeWon]

I can haz landed. Now on bus..7 quid!!!!! Feevin Bar stars

 

We gotta use public transport m8 its good for da invirament!! Na honestly this reminds me of my dads moan. Its cheaper to use his Jag 3.0 for work (15 mile round trip) than using the local bus!!

 

When I worked in St Albans it was £32 return on the train or about £12 in petrol running an E39 BMW....Sorry but people are never going to ditch their cars for public transport in this country!!!

 

Moan over, please continue collecting chod

[scooters]

[hairnet]

its been half an hour *taps foot*

 

for the drive home every two hours stop for half

 

the megabus from toon to exeter takes 11 hours and is 35 quid   !!!

[scooters]

The more it snows

Tiddly pom

The more my nose

Tiddly pom

Etc...

[hairnet]

it bin like a hour like

[EssDeeWon]

it bin like a hour like

 

The collections threads on this forum aren't what they used to be

[scooters]

Arse has now gone to sleep....only another hour to go then an hour on the train to Exeter and a 2 hour wait there... got plenty to read and laptop so can work tho.

[scooters]

Pigeons......valid or rats with wings?

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These ciabatta rolls from tesco are the mutts nuts!

[scooters]

I wonder what skipper is up to?

[scooters]

Hoorah Exeter. ..Now to hook up w phil

[scooters]

Ok..

M5 M6 A69

Or

M5 M42 A42 MY A1M A1 A69...

 

I'm thinking latter route as I am so flipping bored of the M6 and the A1 takes more concentration and therefore easier to stay awake.

[scooters]

I won't hit any population areas till after 9 so traffic not a huge issue

[DVee8]

The A1 has a long 50mph area with speed cameras from around Brompton on swale to catterick north yorkshire.Both south and north bound were they are widening the lanes.

[sporty-shite]

Pez station pic?

 

Not what they used to be, etc....

[scooters]

Home...2.15am A1 closed at Durham so did the 68 from Darlington to Corbridge instead. Stopped at Wetherby for an hours kip. More tomorrow

[beko1987]

Is the nose cone a different colour on that?

[scooters]

Yes its green. The car is blue. A week after I said I'd have it some plonker pronged it I need to repaint.

[scooters]

Spent much of the day wrestling with the sunroof..concluded whole cassette needs replaced so 9 the hunt for a decent one.

Starting on the cruise control tomorrow.