We hurried home after rugby training today so I could make a quick, post-lunch start on replacing the rear springs and shock absorbers on our Land Rover Defender TD5. For the past few days, assorted “experts” have assured me changing the springs is a “15-minute job”, “nothing more than half an hour” and a “total […]
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@£#$%&# rain!
15 July, 2012 
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We’ve had rain and low temperatures for weeks. Yesterday was cool but dry. The temperature even made it into double figures—11ºC. The grass and hard standing dried off to some degree. This morning, the sun broke through for a time and with the hard standing dry I decided to fit a new handbrake cable to […]
Read more Boys tackle their first trail
6 May, 2012 4 Comments
With both the boys totally familiar and comfortable with the mountain bikes they received for their birthdays earlier this year, the Other Half and I decided it was time to let them loose on a proper trail. Today, we loaded their bikes into the Land Rover and drove them to Gartly Moor, just up the […]
Read more Big boys need big bikes
29 January, 2012 5 Comments
The boys have made do with second-hand children’s bikes for many years, but they’ve now reached an age, size and level of responsibility where the Other Half and I can justify buying them a decent bike each. So, they were very chuffed to visit a local bike shop a fortnight ago and be told to […]
Read more Servicing the Defender
22 January, 2012 10 Comments
January is a daft time of year to do the annual service on Land Rover Defender, especially when you live in north-east Scotland. I’m daft, so I do it. Or, at least, I did most of the servicing.
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