The Big Lad can often be found building things from Meccano. Today, he had the chance to play with an even bigger set of Meccano—our Land Rover Defender. When he came home from school, I’d already spent most of the day fitting replacement second row seats in the truck but there were half a dozen [...]
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A giant Meccano set!
16 July, 2009
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Yesterday morning, the postie delivered a very large, very heavy parcel that prompted a lot of bouncing up and down, excited squeaks, and manic grins from the boys. Why all the fuss? Because “we” were going to rebuild the Land Rover. Well, not quite. Whenever I get a Land Rover, I like customise it for [...]
Read moreGoodbye to Harry
11 May, 2009
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I sat behind the wheel of Harry, our 1990 Land Rover Defender 110 200TDi Couny Station Wagon, for the last time earlier this evening. I don’t normally miss vehicles, but Harry has been an integral part of the croft for the past few years and has a certain character that goes beyond being a collection [...]
Read moreI love insurance companies
24 April, 2009
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A few weeks ago, I mentioned that our insurer had problems with covering our Land Rover Defender 110 TD5 Dual-Cab as it supposedly did not have an “approved security device”. We would not be covered for theft of the car until the insurer received proof that we’d had an approved device fitted. (Of course, they [...]
Read moreEek, a rural address!
7 April, 2009
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Yes, another company’s database has been set up in such a way that it rejects rural addresses that lack street names. While the Other Half was on the line to Experian trying to sort out their problems with our address yet again, I was on the computer trying to put an ad in Autotrader to [...]
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