Barn Bragging - House of Heaps
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The Sherpa looks shonkier close up, and its Autosleeper roof is showing its age but may be restorable, possibly by Autosleeper themselves.
The Sherpa has been saved by an oil leak. It has been gently spraying its underside with sump oil for ages.
The Landy is a keeper. I have just been thrumming around the lanes in it, hauling trash (but not fly tipping - I'm Irish, bit not that sort of Irish). It goes well and it sounds lovely. The buyer of the Sherpa has the almost exact same Landy, also an A reg. My one has a Weber carb instead of a Zenith, so it is the SUPASPORT version with an extra half a BHP.
The Sherpa has been saved by an oil leak. It has been gently spraying its underside with sump oil for ages.
The Landy is a keeper. I have just been thrumming around the lanes in it, hauling trash (but not fly tipping - I'm Irish, bit not that sort of Irish). It goes well and it sounds lovely. The buyer of the Sherpa has the almost exact same Landy, also an A reg. My one has a Weber carb instead of a Zenith, so it is the SUPASPORT version with an extra half a BHP.
citizensm1th said:
Breadvan72 said:
You can audition on Tuesday. Bring your own Mandolin.
i cannot do tuesday ,taking wife to silverstone for her birthday and hopefully a nice lunch somewhere.http://www.sircharlesnapier.co.uk/
I'd say pop by to point and laugh at the s
theaps, but I shall be in the Smoke.Heston Blumenthal eats at the Napier on his day off. I am not kidding. The owner of the Napier is eccentric. She has been there for decades. Imagine a female version of the late, great John Fothergill of Thame, the inventor in the 1920s of the Hip Hotel (see "An Innkeeper's Diary"). People sometimes arrive at the Napier from London by helicopter. Despite all of these things, the Napier is still a good place.
The house next door, where I used to live (I have downsized to save money) dates partly from the seventeenth century and partly from the early eighteenth century. The barn, I agree, probably dates from the eighteenth century. It is not listed, and it may one day be turned into a house.
The owner is very bonkers. She can be charming on one visit, and rude on the next. Her card machine is always broken. The food and wine are great, however, and the art is good. I like the 1970s and 1980s magazine stories about the place and the owner in the corridor to the loos.
Raymond Blanc goes there to eat, and I rate his judgment more than I rate Heston Blumenthal's. Having said that, I saw Blumenthal ordering the whole of the lengthy menu at my favourite cheap Spanish place in London - Meson Don Felipe in Waterloo, o maybe his judgment is OK after all. He was evidently raiding the menu for ideas.
Raymond Blanc goes there to eat, and I rate his judgment more than I rate Heston Blumenthal's. Having said that, I saw Blumenthal ordering the whole of the lengthy menu at my favourite cheap Spanish place in London - Meson Don Felipe in Waterloo, o maybe his judgment is OK after all. He was evidently raiding the menu for ideas.
When I had a 1970s Alfa Spider, the top could be raised and lowered with one hand, whist driving, so I had the top down almost all of the time. The heater was good, and in winter I layered up and wore climbing gloves with grippy palms (glossy wooden steering wheel).
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The only other convertible I have owned was a Lancia Beta Spider, which has a Targa bar and so does not feel fully open. My Dolomite Sprint had a full length Webasto sunroof, and that made the car feel quite open.
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The only other convertible I have owned was a Lancia Beta Spider, which has a Targa bar and so does not feel fully open. My Dolomite Sprint had a full length Webasto sunroof, and that made the car feel quite open.
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