Set off through London to the M4, and was immediatley frustrated by
the closure of the Blackfriars underpass, so cut north and down Fleet
St/Strand to Traf Square.

Went to dodge through traffic down Pall MAll, but some halfwit's
installed a central reservation from Waterloo Place to St James Palace
- very narrowly avoided an embarrassing incident.

Got stuck behind a Lambo outside Harrods - one of the ones with the
big central exhaust. Very noisy, I could hardly hear the Quil on the
CB.

Out of London - it was stationary from Hogarth to J2 of the M4, and
off to do battle with the wind - for eighty miles. Not fun at all.

Off at J17, and through Wiltshire to get the replacement landmark -
the original one got sold shortly after the rally started. Headed into
Melksham to see the site of the original - it's been replaced by a
Mack 6x6 truck. ( it was an old jet fighter)

Headed south into Hampshire, on the way to Dorset. Very pleasant run
through the New Forest, then on to Christchurch.

On the way down the A338 I saw my first Enzo, going the other way.
Momnents later, I spotted an immaculate red and black Z1.

Found the landmark easily, then back up the A31/M27 then off the
waterfront at Warsash.

Quick drink, bite to eat, and then back onto the M27/A3 into Surrey.

Saw a lime green Rocket 3, and was followed by a car I've yet to
identify - looks like a Reliant SE4 from the front, but the back of
the roof's all wrong - this one was cut off, like an Elan hardtop.

Found the landmark, failed to ring home (no signal, in Surrey?), and
headed north to the M25 through the Surrey Hills. Really nice part
ofthe country, but I imagine property prices are astronomical.

M25, got passed by a *real* Dodge Challenger, red, K suffix plate
-which was not hanging about at all - I'd hate his petrol bill.

Went past Clackets lane, and looked down to see the fuel gauage
scrolling from side to side - managed to get to Foots Cray for a fill
up, afetr 217 miles, and home.

Only four landmarks, 340 miles, looking forward to Cornwall next week,
in a comfy seat.
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GL1800A6; GL1500SEV; CB1300SA8; CBX1000Z
Previously ...
CBR1100XX-X; CBR1000FL; GPz750R; Z650C2;
Z750E1; KH500A8; KH250B3; TS250c; TS185c.

On May 22, 10:45*pm, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...@idnet.com> wrote:
> Very noisy, I could hardly hear the Quil on the CB.
>

Wossat then?

--
Malc

Salad Dodger wrote:

> Found the landmark, failed to ring home (no signal, in Surrey?), and
> headed north to the M25 through the Surrey Hills. Really nice part
> ofthe country, but I imagine property prices are astronomical.

A mere 5 mill will get you anything you're likely to need.
http://tinyurl.com/3w72qa6

--
Chris

Malc <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On May 22, 10:45 pm, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...@idnet.com> wrote:
> > Very noisy, I could hardly hear the Quil on the CB.
> >
> Wossat then?

Like a Quill, only shorter.
--
SD

On May 23, 12:10*pm, SD <address...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Malc <crickley...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > On May 22, 10:45 pm, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...@idnet.com> wrote:
> > > *Very noisy, I could hardly hear the Quil on the CB.
>
> > Wossat then?
>
> Like a Quill, only shorter.

I assumed it was some radio speak.

--
Malc

Malc wrote:

> On May 23, 12:10*pm, SD <address...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> > Malc <crickley...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > > On May 22, 10:45 pm, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...@idnet.com> wrote:
> > > > *Very noisy, I could hardly hear the Quil on the CB.
> >
> > > Wossat then?
> >
> > Like a Quill, only shorter.
>
> I assumed it was some radio speak.

Heaven forfend that you might realise if referred to Honda's series of
motorcycles with inline cylinder engine configurations[1] on a
motorcycle newsgroup!


[1] I think this is the defining point of CBs but if not, DILLIGAF?!

--
Chris

On May 23, 12:29*pm, "CT" <m...@christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
> Malc wrote:
> > On May 23, 12:10*pm, SD <address...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> > > Malc <crickley...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > > > On May 22, 10:45 pm, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...@idnet.com> wrote:
> > > > > *Very noisy, I could hardly hear the Quil on the CB.
>
> > > > Wossat then?
>
> > > Like a Quill, only shorter.
>
> > I assumed it was some radio speak.
>
> Heaven forfend that you might realise if referred to Honda's series of
> motorcycles with inline cylinder engine configurations[1] on a
> motorcycle newsgroup!
>
An on topic post! That's where I was going wrong.

--
Malc

CT wrote:

> Salad Dodger wrote:
>
> > Found the landmark, failed to ring home (no signal, in Surrey?), and
> > headed north to the M25 through the Surrey Hills. Really nice part
> > ofthe country, but I imagine property prices are astronomical.
>
> A mere 5 mill will get you anything you're likely to need.
> http://tinyurl.com/3w72qa6

It has a tiled top half. I wouldn't buy it unless I knew it had a
cavitywall behind the tiles. Tiled houses are notorious for damp
problems and get ****ing cold. I'm not a fan of dormer windows either,
because I've never seen one that's got a properly insulated dormer or
pitched roof - they get even colder than tiled walls.

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

Lozzo wrote:
> CT wrote:
>
>> Salad Dodger wrote:
>>
>>> Found the landmark, failed to ring home (no signal, in Surrey?), and
>>> headed north to the M25 through the Surrey Hills. Really nice part
>>> ofthe country, but I imagine property prices are astronomical.
>>
>> A mere 5 mill will get you anything you're likely to need.
>> http://tinyurl.com/3w72qa6
>
> It has a tiled top half. I wouldn't buy it unless I knew it had a
> cavitywall behind the tiles. Tiled houses are notorious for damp
> problems and get ****ing cold. I'm not a fan of dormer windows either,
> because I've never seen one that's got a properly insulated dormer or
> pitched roof - they get even colder than tiled walls.

Yeahbut you will get something pretty darn nice under 800k
And who needs a treble garage and land for a private mx track..............
ah, as you were.

--
Hog

On Mon, 23 May 2011 20:53:33 +0100, "Hog."
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Yeahbut you will get something pretty darn nice under 800k
>And who needs a treble garage and land for a private mx track..............
>ah, as you were.

I spotted a treble garaged place down by my sister's house for ~£300k,
but the cottage itself looked a bit pokey upstairs. Separate annexe on
top of the garage block, mind.

Not sure Grade II listed is really my cup of tea, either.
--
GL1800A6; GL1500SEV; CB1300SA8; CBX1000Z
Previously ...
CBR1100XX-X; CBR1000FL; GPz750R; Z650C2;
Z750E1; KH500A8; KH250B3; TS250c; TS185c.