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Saturday, November 22nd

Thailand 2007 by Webmaster (August 18th, 2008)
Posted this a bit late but we had a great time - see the pics - we will eventually get round to adding info on our Thailand section.

Thruxton Truck Racing (22 July 07) by Webmaster (July 24th, 2007)
Went to Thruxton for a great day out. We just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
This was the first outing for my Pentax K100D and Tamron 18-250 lens - I'm very pleased with them.

You can follow this link to see what other Pentax users though of my pics!!!

Thruxton Ultimate Supercar by Webmaster (June 1st, 2007)
This was my 40th birthday present last year and I decided to wait until April to do it so that the weather was good. I missed doing it before winter due to the booking times.
Well this was really fun, the cars are great and the people and whole experience really enjoyable. Got the cars up to about 120mph but it's all over too fast, just when you are getting used to the car and track.
Som got driven round the track too and came back with a very big smile - maybe it will have to be track days in the kit car next

Cabinet making - Feb and March by Webmaster (June 1st, 2007)
After our holidays last year we had to turn our attentions back to the house and again we're running out of space. So, 3 projects got started, the DVD case, and 2 computer desks.
The DVD case was made to sit on our sideboard in the stair alcove. This dictated the shape as we wanted to fit all our DVDs in it with room for more (although the to shelf has wine glasses).
Som bought me a router and I got a few cutters to fit it. I did the whole DVD case using the router, its a great tool and as this was solid oak it made it so much easier than by hand.
The lighting is done using white LEDs which I embedded within the wood so only the round end of the LED is showing. All wiring is in channels in the shelving which I then filled with an oak fillet that contained the wiring and LED.
The two computer desks (not taken a picture yet) were also oak but I also used oak faced MDF. Used the router on that as well.

Church Stretton, Shropshire, Oct 06 by Webmaster (June 1st, 2007)
This was just a weeks holiday in a cottage near Church Stretton. We visited all the usual places, Cardingmill Valley, Stokesay Castle, Clun Castle and walked up the Stiperstones. However the big suprise was on the way home we dropped into Witley Court. I had heard about the fountain but the English Heritage handbook said it stops working for the winter at the start of October so we had missed it.
However when we got there they said it was a mis-print and it was working every hour for about 20 minutes.
The house is very impressive, even though it is just a shell, but the fountain was spectacular, especially in the bright sunlight. Definitely worth a visit.

Visit to Dover Castle - 24 Sept 06 by Webmaster (June 1st, 2007)
I'd been to Dover Castle before but Som hadn't and as we had English Heritage memberships we thought we do the rounds staying in a B&B on the way. Also visited Walmer Castle and Biddenden Cider - well worth the visit and to pick up our annual supply of Monks Delight

Bangkok, Buriram, Kanchanaburi - Thailand, 8-29 July 06 by Webmaster (June 1st, 2007)
This visit to Thailand was for 3 weeks, in 3 main areas. Visited lots of places. Buriram was particularly interesting as we saw the old religious sanctuaries around Phimai. Very interesting and great for photos. Apart from travelling about the Bangkok area, Hua Hin, etc we travelled off to Kanchanaburi. This area was quite a suprise as it has a lot to offer for places to visit and things to see. We both had a very relaxing time here, definitely worth a re-visit.

Not forgotten by Webmaster (September 28th, 2006)
OK - since the last post we have been 3 weeks in Thailand and generally been busy - photos to follow soon.

TC V8 - engine missing on corners by Webmaster (July 3rd, 2006)
I've been trying to fix a missing problem with the V8 for ages and I've now figured out the problem.
Symtoms were - on cornering 4 of the 8 cylinders would cut out. Mainly left corners but after a while it was any corner.
Clearly a fuel problem and seemed to point to floats. However I cleaned it all as well as the filters. But no improvement - then I rememered the pump has a filter, a bit messy but what else I found in there was water (plus some rust from the pump casing!). Further cyphoning and I extracted almost half a jam jar of water from the fuel tank which was being sucked in by the pump/ engine into the carb floats which being almost symetrical with the jets along the inside edge meant that left corners the water in the right float went into the engine and right corners the water in the left float. Left turns being first to be aftected because there is a fuel accelerator pump taken from the right float thus pumping some of the water out!
The V8 now goes as it should.

Comment added by -Guest-: June 10th, 2008

As an update - the water seemed to be getting in through the filler cap. Two places where it can get in was the O-ring, which I replaced as it was pereshed, and the breather hole.
I was told when building the car to drill a breather hole in the filler cap - unfortunately was seems to seep through it so the fix is to add a breather pipe attached to the neck of the filler and exiting out the side of the boot area.

Goodbye Cocoa by Webmaster (June 30th, 2006)
Cocoa the rabbit passed away peacefully in his sleep on the night of the 28th June 2006 following an illness with a congested gut. It happened very fast and quite unexpected.
We hope he has gone to the nice bunny heaven where he can jump and bounce around forever.
We miss him very much.
We love you so much Cocoa.

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