Well that was a pretty eventful day.
I woke at 6:30am to make sure my son was awake, he was working today. Looked out the window & it was white over, not to be disheartened I promptly went back to bed. Got up a while later & it wasn't much better but the sun was shining brightly, so I thought what the hell. Texted Simon & Steve just to make sure they were still going & unwrapped the buggy, I had so many clothes on the seat belt only just fitted (that's my excuse & I'm sticking to it). Set off down the estate & had to fight it to keep going straight, I thought my tracking wasn't far out but after a few hundred yards I wasn't sure. As I started to leave the village the road was just like a sheet of ice, the buggy was twitching going on the power, twitching coming off the power & this was around 25mph, daren't touch the brakes. By the time I got to the by-pass things were looking better & the speed dramatically increased, but something was wrong.
I could feel something wasn't right also as I slowed down I could hear a scrape, scrape, scrape on each wheel rotation. I stopped & there is definitely play in the OS wheel. I didn't want to chance it so with only 10 miles under my belt I returned home, back down the same icey road, still twitching, but if the bearing has gone then there will be an element of self steering. So I got home covered it up, disrobed most of the layers & jumped in the car.
Simon rang on the way down to say he hadn't got to the rendezvous point but by which time I was going another route. I ended up at Bingley around 11:15, so went to the main gates & waited, the skies turned darker, I waited & the skies turned darker, I waited & the skies turned darker. Then it started, sleet then snow & covered the floor in a matter of minutes
Then out of the darkness the 2 buggies emerged, with the 3 occupants looking quite cold, I'll let them tell you there story.
The show itself was a typical Mini one, very busy lots of people looking, but no bargains, I saw things there that I've seen cheaper on ebay.
But the company was good & I enjoyed it.
I set back off around 3:30 whilst they were wrapping up, not heard from them so unsure if they made it home
Alan...
I woke at 6:30am to make sure my son was awake, he was working today. Looked out the window & it was white over, not to be disheartened I promptly went back to bed. Got up a while later & it wasn't much better but the sun was shining brightly, so I thought what the hell. Texted Simon & Steve just to make sure they were still going & unwrapped the buggy, I had so many clothes on the seat belt only just fitted (that's my excuse & I'm sticking to it). Set off down the estate & had to fight it to keep going straight, I thought my tracking wasn't far out but after a few hundred yards I wasn't sure. As I started to leave the village the road was just like a sheet of ice, the buggy was twitching going on the power, twitching coming off the power & this was around 25mph, daren't touch the brakes. By the time I got to the by-pass things were looking better & the speed dramatically increased, but something was wrong.
I could feel something wasn't right also as I slowed down I could hear a scrape, scrape, scrape on each wheel rotation. I stopped & there is definitely play in the OS wheel. I didn't want to chance it so with only 10 miles under my belt I returned home, back down the same icey road, still twitching, but if the bearing has gone then there will be an element of self steering. So I got home covered it up, disrobed most of the layers & jumped in the car.
Simon rang on the way down to say he hadn't got to the rendezvous point but by which time I was going another route. I ended up at Bingley around 11:15, so went to the main gates & waited, the skies turned darker, I waited & the skies turned darker, I waited & the skies turned darker. Then it started, sleet then snow & covered the floor in a matter of minutes
Then out of the darkness the 2 buggies emerged, with the 3 occupants looking quite cold, I'll let them tell you there story.
The show itself was a typical Mini one, very busy lots of people looking, but no bargains, I saw things there that I've seen cheaper on ebay.
But the company was good & I enjoyed it.
I set back off around 3:30 whilst they were wrapping up, not heard from them so unsure if they made it home
Alan...