Tiger catches Lion: The Further Adventures of a Travelling Whippet

[Sunny Jim]

For Dawg's Sake, we're off to get another car today.

Breakfast

Poo Count

 

[Sunny Jim]

And we're off.

Peugeot for the first leg.

Second breakfast bonus sausage for being good.

[Sunny Jim]

Lift number two in another Peugeot.

Gets us to here.

Aus-bloody-stralia by the looks of it.

[Sunny Jim]

First train.

Fortunately not crowded so I've got space to get comfortable.

 

[cobblers]

NICE DOG BRO

[Macscrooge]

Beautiful dog!

[New POD]

Are you leaving Wales ? Whereabouts in Snowdonia are you from? I'm off to Llandonna on Saturday and might drive past Llanberis on my way back to the Midlands on Sunday. 

[Sunny Jim]

Made it here.

Next train's so crowded I have to stay under the table.

[Jim Bell]

Best boy. And the dogs not bad either!

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, Sunny Jim said:

Breakfast

 

 

You're a very clever dog if you use a knife and fork to eat your breakfast.

[Sunny Jim]

We were delayed getting into Warrington so I just had time to nip out of the station for poo number 4 before catching the next train.

Packed train again. Himself had a seat reservation but an old lady was sitting there and he didn't have balls to evict her so we're left squatting in the vestibule.

 

[Sunny Jim]

Managed to find a seat so I'm comfortable* now.

[Sunny Jim]

Made it to Carlisle where we saw a steam train.

Now waiting for our last train of the day.

[loserone]

Do you like spiders?

[Sunny Jim]

Spiders, wasps and flies - I'll eat them all.

[loserone]

Noms, spiders!

[Jim Bell]

Without doubt, this thread sets the bar as the cutest collection thread in our broad and diverse history. 

10/10 would look at lovely pics again. 

[SRi05]

GOOD BOI. 

[Macscrooge]

Whatever the car is, it’ll be a let down after all the poky-faced dog cuteness!

[davidfowler2000]

The continuing adventures of Hastings Gauge Express Doggo continue!

41 minutes ago, Macscrooge said:

Whatever the car is, it’ll be a let down after all the poky-faced dog cuteness!

This

[Sunny Jim]

Here's the quarry.

Obligatory pez shot.

Hartside Summit coming over Teesdale on some ace driving roads.

Car came pre-decorated for Halloween.

Lovely to meet you @loseronethanks for making the pick-up so painless.

[hairnet]

to be frank 

wasnt interested in what the car would be after the first few pics

gwan dug

nice dug

[Jim Bell]

Safe drive home man. 

[Sunny Jim]

Just crossed the border back into Wales. About an hour to go to get home. Car going great, dog asleep in the back.

[Datsuncog]

A long old day for man and beast, but that 106 looks like a belter.

Great colour, too!

 

[320touring]

Yaaaaaassssss. Best doggo, piss coloured car and a decent chap doing the driving...

Autoshite gold!

[Sunny Jim]

And home. Dog back where he started the day - asleep on the sofa.

Car ran perfectly and the journey was great. It's a nippy wee thing with great turn-in, so much fun to hustle over the Hartside Pass. As my surname is Catton I had to stop off here:

Sits at about 3.5k revs at 70mph on the motorway but still feels nicely composed. I filled the tank before leaving Hexham (just over £60) and still had half a tank 250 miles later when I got home.

Now I must confess I did cheat and remove most of the jeopardy of driving a 20 year old roffle prize home. The car only had a couple of weeks test so @loseronekindly dropped it off with @Jimbob McGregor who gave it a check over and service and put it through an MOT - I'm indebted to both of them.

It now wants for nothing other than perhaps a new rear wiper blade. The rather small and off-set pedal box will take some getting used to, my size 11s only just fit and I have to be precise so as not to accidentally catch the brake when going for the accelerator or clutch!

I'm counting my blessings and feeling very appreciative tonight - I'm lucky to have won the car and I'm grateful for being part of this automotive community. 

Cheers Autoshite!

[Sunny Jim]

A nice surprise this morning. Went to get the spare tyres @Jimbob McGregor had put in the boot and discovered three bottles of beer! Thanks to whoever provided those.

Boot now pressed into what will be its regular role - somewhere for the dog to be while I'm at work.

[Jimbob McGregor]

I put the tyres in (I think they’re all off 205 dartboard wheels that I’m refurbing) and @loserone provided the beers!

[loserone]

One of the tyres is the single front tyre which was OK, I think? Beer is from me though, to try to make up for some cobwebs!