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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4733  
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Fired up the bar-b-que this morning and cooked fish for breakfast. Sat in the back of the 110 with my legs hanging out over the rear crossmember and dined in style. Nothing like the simple things in life,is there?
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1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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9th Feb 2011 12:08pm |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328 
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 enjoy |
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9th Feb 2011 12:12pm |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013
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Sounds tasty & tranquil Spudfan
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9th Feb 2011 12:21pm |
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| Grockle Member Since: 24 Nov 2008 Location: Peak District National Park Posts: 2266 
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nice one Spud, where abouts were you 2.4 90 XS
1968 1/32 scale Britains 109 Pick up. |
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9th Feb 2011 12:30pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4733
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Carndonagh,Co.Donegal,on the Inisowen Peninsula. The top end of things are far as we are concerned. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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9th Feb 2011 12:40pm |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013
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Spent 3 weeks touring Ireland with a little caravan before the kids came along - superb holiday
I checked out a new mooring we have been allocated last weekend at Itchenor, Chichester Harbour. Great spot by the looks of it, especially for Bass fishing apparently but I have only ever caught mackerel, need to check what I can catch, how to catch it and if I am allowed to catch it  Will keep the kids occupied for a while also! 
Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  Last edited by Zagato on 9th Feb 2011 1:07pm. Edited 2 times in total |
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9th Feb 2011 12:58pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4733
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Just a mile or two down the road from me. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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9th Feb 2011 1:02pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4733
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Me and the wife toured Ireland in our first car-a 90 Turbo diesel- many years ago, before the kids came along. Believe it or not we both slept in the back of the 90!We were young and supple then. Cooked on a little gas ring powered by bottled gas. Great memories.
Looks really nice there Zagato. Hope you take the time to enjoy it. Years pass very quickly so grab the now as it will soon be tomorrow. Kids are very easily entertained when they are young as they do not know any better
Other nice memories are holidays with our two kids and three borrowed kids in the 110. Leaving home at midnight,all passengers snoring away except for the wife who was navigating.Seeing sunrise early in the morning, no traffic, getting everyone up at about 6.00am in a misty layby for breakfast then back on the road again. Great times. Great memories. Sadly when the teenage years kick in kids are not as easily amused!Enjoy the mooring and the fishing. It will be even better when you get the Puma!!!! Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
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9th Feb 2011 1:14pm |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013
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You've said it. The main reason for buying the Puma is to have something to hack the 110 mile round trip to the boat and back. A 3 hour round trip in my old series 2 is hard work with no heating, with cold boat maintenance in between and costly at 18mpg. My wife's first reaction to me spending 20K on a car (don't know where she got that figure from ) was a complete shock but not having to borrow her car every Friday to get to the boat makes the deal more palatable even though she won't get her conservatory for years and I have come clean and said it would be a £28.000 Demo  . Well you need to build up to these things.
Just waiting for my Jag to sell & then I will be the happiest bloke on the planet. I think you appreciate things more when you have taken years buying and selling cars to get up to £27.000. I'll lose for the first time on the Landy but I can write a lot of against tax and at the grand old age of 45 you get to think lifes to short, and get what you really want.... |
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9th Feb 2011 2:32pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4733
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Don't forget that you HAVE to go back to the wife and kids. It is so easy to just keep going,and going and going....in a Puma.
1982 88" 2.25 diesel
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9th Feb 2011 2:36pm |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013
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Yes ME time could be extended a tad! Really looking forward to trying out the new boat (first proper boat and haven't sailed much in the area, so lots to learn!) and spending a few nights on her and watching the sun rise on the morning. I'd love to do fish for breccy but know Cornflakes will be my lot 
I might be worrying too much about what the salt air will be doing to my lovely new motor so might perhaps borrow the wife's car & keep mine in the garage Anyone know a cheap supplier of cotton wool  |
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9th Feb 2011 3:36pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4733
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Zagato,don't worry about catching your own for breakfast. First thing in the morning,even Mr. Tesco's finest will taste wonderful. Take this morning for instance. Back out to fire up the Barbie again. This time we had a white frosty morning, while yesterday was wet.(Monday we had snow). Wrapped up some fish I caught in Tesco's in tinfoil and put it on the Barbie. Cooks in it's own juices and stays moist.Wonderful. I know I will never get that trip to Africa one always dreamed of, but sitting there in the back of the 110 with one foot on the tow bar and the other on the rear step watching the sun gradually clear the frost from the roof, mug of tea in one hand and fork full of fish in the other, I could have been anywhere. Granted that after a while I began to wonder where my toes had gone but it's a small price to pay to be at peace with the new day. If you ever wondered why Land Rovers have tow bars and rear steps well now you know. Some people think the tow ball is for towing trailers but I know better.
So Zagato when you get the Puma and head down to the boat forget the cornflakes and cook the fish you have brought with you, and just savour those quite moments on the birth of a new day at the start of your next big adventure i.e. new birthing for the boat and your Puma. It will prepare you for life's disappointments and downturns. Yep they will come. Prepare yourself for the day that the Mrs. starts to refer to the Puma as "hers" and uses it everyday. Happened here the day we bought ours and the Mrs. drove it for the first time. Then there's the kids. Yes they will take to the Puma like a duck takes to water. It will break your heart to see it's interior getting the treatment only youngsters can give it. But at least you will know that you will always get to clean it out and wash it-if you can get your hands on it for long enough. Yes,here speaks experience. Don't worry about the salt air doing the Puma harm, with a family that will be the least of your worries. Just a hosedown underneath with the garden hose every now and then will clear off any harmful deposits. One more thing don't forget to turn off the mobile phone while you are savouring the new morning. Me, I am lucky enough not to have one. Let us know when you eventually join the fold. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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10th Feb 2011 10:40am |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013
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Tesco's! Grand idea
You'll have to take some pics for us
I am also in the no mobile syndicate, blimmen thing used to ring 24/7 in my old job, it was the first thing to go in the bin |
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10th Feb 2011 11:03am |
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