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And the bloody live wild pigs here in west of France ! You do NOT want to hit one of them !

Watched most of it, a bit too religious for me.

Oops ! Sorry to hear that , but as long as the only damage is to the bike, it's not the end of the world. Lots of people on here will give you advice but mine is sit down for a long time and trawl through YouTube videos about plastic body repair. You'll get it sorted !

They're multiplyin' and I'm losin' control...

What about the other "F" ?

@ColinWB Have you ever contemplated the Old Largs Road from Greenock by Loch Thom, Garvock and coming into Largs down the Brisbane Glen ? I don't know if you would consider your bike suitable. But that choice is up to you, of course. In the sixties I did it regularly on a James Captain ( Just Google it !) and later a Triumph Tiger Cub. The best way to do it is actually from Largs to Greenock because, weather permitting, you get a spectacular view of the Clyde Estuary. But you have to do it from Greenock the first time. If you try it from Largs the first time you will get lost !

Do these look familiar @ColinWB ? Know/Knew that area well. Good quiet routes, better on a bicycle because of the poor road surface, but fine if you keep the speed low and don't get too distracted by the views.

I know exactly where the second and third photos were taken, I was there on 12 June 1998 with a set of binoculars watching Eric Tabarly crewing the Pen Duick during a gathering off Fairlie of a collection of William Fife designed sailing boats. He died less than 24 hours later, accidentally swept overboard.

I always used to engage a bearer when I camped in the wilds of Scotland. A lightweight tent and stuff I could manage but lugging a 6 bore shotgun as well, for the bloody midges was just to much for me.

That's the one I've used regularly for the past 5 years. Can't fault it.

Go for the plug leads !

I went to a very good school. It was approved !

Ditch her, she's a dud !

Well that depends on what your "own thing" actually is ? Scotland is now a bit of a minefield. Make sure you're familiar with the very latest social and legal etiquette. No ostentatious praying and no thinking subversive thoughts.

Or murdering too, presumably. Pity...

All started the other week when I got round to replacing my rear chain. Found that the gearbox sprocket nut was a bit loose although the security tabs were still in place. Turned out the nut was partially stripped and wouldn't take the required torque setting. So new nut and a bottle of Loctite 638 ordered up. So while waiting decided to give the exhaust a bit of a fettle. Actually made a pretty good job of painting the downpipes with a high quality heatproof paint, but in a fit of extravagance ordered up a new set of Delkevic stainless ones. Chain installed, new gearbox sprocket locked into place with Loctite 638 and new nut torqued to 69Nm and lock tabbed. After taking a rest in Paris over the weekend, the Delkevic downpipes arrived and were fitted...temporarily ! with spacing washers and ordinary hex nuts. The supplied spacers were unfortunately too long, but no problem, correct ones on their way. At the moment I'm kind of running on three out of four cylinders so I'm trying to organise a few hours free from dental checks, blood tests , mri scans and pre-op examinations to get a decent run in. And trying to avoid a bunch of relatives here to "support" me, but in actual fact to make sure the will has been signed !

Is that a crocodile ? In the Lake District ? Climate Crisis !

Tried contact lenses ?

God help you ! I would hang onto the jumpers and blankets if I was you. Also I would make sure you have a totally separate form of emergency heating. Sure they're pretty good in mild weather but when temperatures drop to below 8C they get less and less efficient. Below zero and you're just paying for electricity that just hopes to stop the bloody thing freezing up, you'll get no heating from it ! And we're in the balmy west of France in a twenty year old modern house. We've had three bloody miserable winters with a heat pump that was too small to start with and an absolute cock up of an installation. Just over a month ago I managed to get in touch with a firm that has been in business fitting heat pumps for twenty five years and when they came out to see what was wrong with ours they just shook their heads. I got them to ditch the old one and supply and fit a new Panasonic unit and what a difference ! Mind you the weather has got milder, so I dont know how it will perform in the odd really cold snaps we occasionally get here. But like the boss of the firm said, hang on to your paraffin stove !

Get a scooter sidecar !

Cheapo babies ? Most parents I know are always moaning about the cost of babies ! You could maybe classify them as cheap if you forgo sending them to Eton, but what responsible parent would do a thing like that ?

Something like this www.lymmengineparts.co.uk/lower-wet-belt-to-chain-conversion-kit-for-ford-1-8-tdci-1562244 And I'm sure I've seem similar kits for Peugeots ? Don't have any experience of them though. When I was in the trade, cars were still quite good, not jokes like they're turning out now.

Good show ! I have heard that this might be a problem with older TDM's and have heard of various solutions. Like sealing and insulating the HT leads etc. I think most of these problems happen to TDM's that encounter a lot of wet weather ? I'm fortunate, not having the need to go out in wet weather, but I keep problems and solutions like this in the back of my mind, just in case.

Is there not a chain conversion kit for these cars ?

As a matter of interest, what did you use ?