Mundane News

[Reynard]

Here are some of my bits. The catalogue is from 1964. The Aston has cleaned up.

The Scalextric set looks like a really early one, judging by the artwork on the box. That's Monaco, late 50s / early 60s as most of the cars are still front-engined, and they hadn't yet built the swimming pool on the run down the hill to Rascasse.

*nerd mode off*

 

[tyred]

I did a circuit of the Galloway today with extra bits/getting lost again thrown in and visited Scotland's most windy southernly point and one of Stevenson's lighthouses. Managed to clock up 70 miles but it took me all day. A lot of it was a first gear crawl into the wind. I got a bit damp on the way back. Don't care though, I am starting to feel like a cyclist again rather than a fat blob with a stiff ankle.

 

[biggs682]

I am starting to feel like a cyclist again rather than a fat blob with a stiff ankle.

Well done although i feel that anyone who sit's aside a bike is a cyclist but i know how you feel

 

[PeteXXX]

No1 daughter & granddaughter are at Elland Road watching England v Netherlands womens friendly ⚽

Confusingly, England are playing in orange strip and Netherlands are in white 🤪

 

[Reynard]

Lovely supper of scrambled eggs* with butter, chives & parsley on wholemeal toast, plus a garden salad on the side.

* the eggs are from a friend's Maran hens, and although the eggs are on the small side, tastewise they're in another UNIVERSE to the ones you buy in the shops.

 

[tyred]

I never heard of this before

but it is very nice and really hits the spot after a seventy mile ride

 

[tyred]

I saw a field of Galloway cattle yesterday. I regret not taking a photo of them as I didn't see any others today.

 

[biggs682]

Ready for some sleep

 

[DCLane]

We're currently down in south-west Cork, prepping for tomorrow's national race. It's VERY

But our Air b'n'b host is a lovely effervescent lady, the Irish granny everyone should have.

Hopefully son no. 2 does better than Thursday's TT but at least he kept his TT bike upright. Not everyone did so.

 

[tyred]

Headlines from the Daily Record keep popping up in my Facebook news feed. Big brother obviously knows where I am!

 

[Illaveago]

The Scalextric set looks like a really early one, judging by the artwork on the box. That's Monaco, late 50s / early 60s as most of the cars are still front-engined, and they hadn't yet built the swimming pool on the run down the hill to Rascasse.

*nerd mode off*

The leading car looks like it is a Cooper T51. The artwork doesn't look as good as the artwork on my Airfix set which was my first set in 1960/61. The car's were Cooper T53 and Ferrari 156 Shark nose.
The artwork does look older, whether that is due to the dark colour of the box or it is older. My recollection of the Airfix set was that it looked brighter. One way to tell would be from where it was made . Production was moved at some time in the 60's to another factory .

 

[Reynard]

The leading car looks like it is a Cooper T51. The artwork doesn't look as good as the artwork on my Airfix set which was my first set in 1960/61. The car's were Cooper T53 and Ferrari 156 Shark nose.
The artwork does look older, whether that is due to the dark colour of the box or it is older. My recollection of the Airfix set was that it looked brighter. One way to tell would be from where it was made . Production was moved at some time in the 60's to another factory .

TBH, I'm not quire so "au fait" with the cars from that era as I am on the late 70s through to mid 90s ones. Might run it past my mate Simon later to see what he makes of it. He's the real Guru when it comes to identifying this kind of stuff.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've been to the most easterly point of the UK. Confusingly, they've put west into the place name: Lowestoft. Mr Chippy's chips were soggy but the haddock was very good.

 

[Reynard]

I have a slice of chocolate cheesecake.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Lowestoft appears to have a very successful gull hotel.

I've counted 22!