Down to Glen Trool, Newton Stewart , Stranraer, Girvan....

With all the parts being brass, soldering is the obvious way to fix the nested tubes into the hole:...

Great long gravel road out to a really cool little known settler landing heritage site...

Then along country lanes to Château de Bonnevaux, Château de Farcheville, Château de Valnay in Etampes, Château des Bordes and finally Château de la Madeleine in Chevreuse. Return to Paris on the N118...

To accompany this beautiful sunshine!...

And was amazed by the incredible restorations of Indian motorcycles....

  After the pointer needle (what was left of it) was pried off, the dial came off by drifting out the center keepers of the two small reusable plastic rivets.  This reveals the internal mech...

Fall is here...

I am hungry and a good hamburger with s 20 oz beer are perfect...

Bottles anyone?...