My Day

[PaulM]

1 hour ago, WherryNice said:

Good vans those Transit Customs, a couple of years ago I spent 10 days or so driving a base model one in support of a Lands End to John O Groats cycle ride - bascially spent 10 hours a day in it - very comfy, really nice to drive with a great gear shift and I found the cab had some really nifty storage solutions too!

Now how reliable they are I have no clue...

We’ve run transits and vivaro vans for years now. The newest 2.0 transit with adblue has given problems but the 2.2 I think was pretty good. The new vivaros have been so far faultless and ridiculously comfortable and refined but age will kill them before the Transits due to the cheaper materials. 

If I was buying nearly new to keep a few years I would go Vivaro, if I was planning to make the thing last I would go transit, haven’t seen any rust on the new gen transit yet, which was a nightmare on the old ones. 

[SwanR]

No prizes for guessing where I ended up this morning! About 6 feet clearance for anyone wishing to know!

 

[grendel]

as long as there is 6 foot there tomorrow to get jayne through.

[PeteBelham]

as long as there is 6 foot there tomorrow to get jayne through.

Jayne is looking very nice Grendel, they have just finished her today I think.


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[Victoryv]

Saw a picture of Jayne yesterday, hot from the yard, looking really nice.

[grendel]

I wondered why she wasnt on hire this last week, sprucing the old girl up ready for the wooden boat show i guess.

[JanetAnne]

3 hours ago, grendel said:

I wondered why she wasnt on hire this last week, sprucing the old girl up ready for the wooden boat show i guess.

Once you are on board Peter I will tell you what their plan B was (in case she wasn't ready).

[Timbo]

My day? My day? No! Just don't! 

[JanetAnne]

16 minutes ago, Timbo said:

My day? My day? No! Just don't! 

Oh go on Timbo... tell the nice people what you've been and gone and done

[Timbo]

7 hours ago, JanetAnne said:

Oh go on Timbo... tell the nice people what you've been and gone and done

Nope. The trauma is too much! 

 

[grendel]

car loaded, boats loaded 1 inside, 1 on the roof, just checking traffic then will be on the move,

[JanetAnne]

40 minutes ago, Timbo said:

Nope. The trauma is too much! 

 

Would it help if I told them for you?

[Lulu]

5 hours ago, JanetAnne said:

Would it help if I told them for you?

Yes, you cant keep us in suspense like this! 

[FairTmiddlin]

14 hours ago, JanetAnne said:

Oh go on Timbo... tell the nice people what you've been and gone and done

Go on Timbo Nobody but Nobody on here will laugh at you.

Well not much.

[JanetAnne]

27 minutes ago, FairTmiddlin said:

Go on Timbo Nobody but Nobody on here will laugh at you.

Well not much.

Oh I bet you do....

We could be talking new contender for forum idiot here

[NorfolkNog]

We'll find out eventually.............

[FairTmiddlin]

1 hour ago, NorfolkNog said:

We'll find out eventually.............

But, BUT were impatient on here.

[FairTmiddlin]

Just now, FairTmiddlin said:

But, BUT were impatient on here.

And it sounds like some should be Inpatients

[NorfolkNog]

Do I take it that there is a degree of correlation between two of our current threads?    

[grendel]

Ok so Jayne (the original one) is out of the water, and I have been given Jayne 2 for her maiden voyage, she was craned back in this morning, when I arrived they were still installing fittings and they were still snagging as I loaded the boat. While I was waiting I took the dinghy up the river, what a cantankerous craft, then the outboard stalled right opposite candle dyke. I went to the back to start it, this was a mistake as I now only have a couple of inches freeboard, the motor started perfectly, unfortunately pointing sideways, a quick 180 and the transom went under, she went down outboard first all the way to the bottom, I was now swimming.at first I tried to tow the boat to the bank, no dice so I left it and got me to the bank using 2 oars as flotation, eventually getting out with some assistance at a slipway bto one of the cottages, with some help from a couple of gents at the cottages, one then got his dinghy and went looking for the wheels I had used for moving the dinghy. No luck, we also spotted that somewhere in all this the bottom seam had come open and was leaking, so it's sitting on the roof of the car waiting to hear home, my phone is dead, and the contents of my wallet are spread out to dry.

[Londonlad1985]

Well Peter, be thankful it wasn't on lads week, you'd never have lived it down!  Enjoy the rest of your holiday and stay dry! 

[BrundallNavy]

Well between you and Timbo it’s been quite a day. 

[JanetAnne]

Oops, sorry Peter, that was supposed to be a like not a haha 

[JanetAnne]

4 hours ago, NorfolkNog said:

Do I take it that there is a degree of correlation between two of our current threads?    

You can add a third thread if you like. A thread I started regarding a bridge and the reason for getting the boat through...

[BroadAmbition]

Chuffin 'Eck Peter - Glad you are ok.  Am I allowed to titter just a bit? (Knowing you are ok)

Can you imagine if this had happened on the Lads Week?

Griff