Tea? (Part 2)

[ColinJ]

It was a really nice afternoon out. We found out where there were 4 Atkinson tractor units and a collection of Scammell Mechanical Horses that we could buy and restore.

I have a friend who ought to be more like you. He bought a lightship to restore but never really got round to it so he is now living on a rusting hulk!

This is similar to what it should look like ...

 

[coffeejo]

Taunton has all the coffee chains (in the case of Costa, twice) but is also home to several superb independent coffee shops and those are the ones I go to. Out cycling, they're all independents, apart from a couple of National Trust places but IME, their cakes are usually verging on stale and are hugely overpriced for the minuscule piece you end up with.

 

[ColinJ]

Ha ha - I only just noticed that the lightship in the photo above isn't in water but is embedded in the pavement!

Apparently, it has since gone rusty and been moved - article.

 

[Night Train]

We have just made 53 little 2" diameter biscuits. The biscuits contain raisins, dried peel and a little mixed spice. Interestingly the raisins reinflated and burst out of the biscuits! One was even back to full grape size!

Photos in a bit, when my phone is charged up again.

 

[Arch]

In order to make roast potatos crispy on the outside and fluffy on the in, after part boiling shake them around in the pan (chuffing) to break up the edges, this makes them crispy.

Oh yes, I do that, I didn't know it had a name though!

We've bakeded biscuits.

 

[Arch]

We are just back from an afternoon at the East Lancs transport museum. We also popped over to the station and watched trains.
D335 Class 40 diesel, 80080 2-6-4 heavy tank, and D3871 Class 08 diesel .
W also had tea and cake at the platform 3 buffet.

It was a really nice afternoon out. We found out where there were 4 Atkinson tractor units and a collection of Scammell Mechanical Horses that we could buy and restore.

<sigh> I would like a Scammell Mechanical Horse <sigh>

I know very little about them really, I just like the oddness of them, and the name, and the relatively small size...

 

[Night Train]

<sigh> I would like a Scammell Mechanical Horse <sigh>

I know very little about them really, I just like the oddness of them, and the name, and the relatively small size...

The one we saw today had a bit of a 'pinched' expression on its face.

I prefer the slightly earlier version.

But I'd also be quite happy with a Scammell Highwayman, with wrap around windscreen and cycle wings.

 

[Arch]

What would you do with it, Arch? Can you ride it? Does it eat much hay?

No hay at all!

Although I fear fuel is more expensive than hay.

I'd take it to shows, and show it to people.

I ought to start small with a Phut machine and practise looking grumpy in a field.

 

[Night Train]

I ought to start small with a Phut machine and practise looking grumpy in a field.

Why have one of these...

When you could have one of these.

 

[Night Train]

Biscuits!

 

[Arch]

Why have one of these...

When you could have one of these.

A friend and I went to a steam fair once, and there was a line of classic cars. We stood in a knot of people around some big American thing, while the owner ran the engine. Fairly gutsy it was. Then we heard something else start up. Something familiar. Almost sounded like a Spitfire...

We looked to where the noise was, and it was two guys with a Merlin on a truck, anchored to the ground. We all just evaporated towards it, leaving the chap with the Cadillac talking to no one!

The sound was amazing. When they full throttled, everyone standing in front of it ducked!

 

[TVC]

OK NT if I send you my address can you FedEx some of those biccies over?

 

[potsy]

Potsy, help!!

They probably taste of diesel

 

[Speicher]

The entente cordiale

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Further negotiations resulted in them sharing the chair side by side, lessening the risk of Leo falling off the chair.

 

[potsy]

The entente cordiale

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Further negotiations resulted in them sharing the chair side by side, lessening the risk of Leo falling off the chair.

Ahh bliss