Always lots of parking ....

Today's little walk that I'll call "The Diagonal of the Fou" because with the rain I had to be a little crazy for this route this morning. So heading north towards Chantilly Castle via Luzarches and...

Don't tell anyone, but I invented a time machine about 10 years ago and I often go back in time to change history. This painting was done in 1864 and was found in an old cellar. It has baffled histori...

  First put on the rim strips, aligning the hole with the valve stem hole in the rim.  On the back wheel, it's necessary to cut holes for the rim locks....

Disc and sprocket to be fitted but I couldn't wait to see the wheel on the swing arm....

View over Tantramar marshes with the Amherst wind farm in the distance....

  Wheels are back - Yay!   They are just as I hoped they would turn out - well pleased. Front wheel is a KTM hub on a 19 x 1.85 rim with a 110/80 B19 TKC80 Conti Twinduro Tubeless tyre....

This bike had an Ewarts dual push-pull petcock that combined the main and reserve valves into a single unit. It had been leaking badly when I last rode it 30 years ago, and I'm sure whatever fuel was...

Whitehaven to South Lakes, A6 from Kendall to Penrith, over to Pooley Bridge, Ulswater, up Kirkstone Pass and down the struggle. Ambleside to Keswick then over to Caldbeck Common then back home. A bit...

Today I refitted my sludge tube and when it cam to refitting the screwed plug my replacement plug went in very easily - too easily in fact and has ended up deep in the thread....