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Strange about the photo...I thought I'd cleared my cache earlier on, seems like the only way to update photos on some devices.
It's been so cold and dull here, the garden hasn't tempted me out yet except to investigate the remnants of a Sparrowhawk visit. OH braved the elements as he's trying to start on the replacement post and rail fencing etc. He made a new 6' gate today so that's a start but the wood yard left a pile of wet wood due to the recent weather and it's very heavy to move around etc. We have some solid panels to go up too so hoping the weather stays dry.
We've had a couple of white cars in the past...watch out for wedding requests...
I was intrigued by the mention of the Peterborough Cathedral heater so I looked it up, then got into more heating details as I remembered our son fell and burnt his arm on some church pipework when young (monkeying around during a service....!)
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Yes, I mentioned previously it is Thomas Oken's house in Warwick, previously a museum, now tea rooms (very good apparently
) you can just see Warwick Castle's Guy's Tower behind it. OH tried to take a photo of me there too but a sweaty runner decided to semi-collapse on to a chair alongside me, neither of us looked too happy at that point! 1 -
Yes, the heaters set me off on a Google quest🤣 Gurney, a famous Cornishman. I found this as well….
https://nzaht.org/gurneystove/
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One of those trips that isn't planned that just turns out brilliantly, a spur of the moment decision to go up to Whitley Bay and St Mary's Island, it had been overcast all day then suddenly the sun just shone in the right place at the right time!
The first is from the causeway, the second looking to the club's Old Hartley site, the third is looking eastwards from the island and if you look carefully enough you'll see a Seal looking back at you - he's called Ron btw.
If you're wondering what that column was for, there's another one at Souter lighthouse and they were used for aiming the gun battery at Tynemouth from the fire control tower there (and is still there) during world war one and two.
The last one is for fans of Vera!
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That is so interesting tda. Thank you. I love it. It's just a pity that they didn't mention Peterborough among the cathedrals that still have working Gurney stoves! We love ours and they usually generate a lot of interest and discussion on the tours. I must try to find a way to print that article.
I did 2 tours today with just a short coffee break in between. It was really busy and great fun.
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We have had a couple of white cars in the past, both were involved in accidents, so we decided never to have a white car again.
The first one, a Volvo 145, had a double decker Glasgow bus run into the back of it as we waited at traffic lights. We were able to drive away afterwards, but the bus had to be towed away. We had a towbar fitted, which strengthened the rear of the car, the towball punctured the radiator on the bus. OH suffered whiplash.
Our second white car, a smaller Volvo, had a head on collision with a bigger Volvo, being driven on the wrong side of a two way motorway slip road. It was written off, and I was off work for 2 months with a broken wrist.
The VW white is VERY white, quite sore on the eyes to look at!
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Lovely looking cake Kj, I'm sure it will eat as good as it looks.
We've had 6 white cars over the years, Ford Cortina, Chrysler Simca, Peugeot 504 estate, Audi 100, Nissan Primera and a Ford Mondeo. I liked the last 4. The Audi was lovely.
OH had the Cortina when we got married, how it got him from Germany to Scotland and back again I don't know. We sold it a couple of months later for the Simca.
We've only every had 1 black car.
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That is what we said too B2! We do not know where she gets her talent from, neither of us are any good at that sort of thing. My Mother made excellent cakes, but was not into this sort of cake decorating.
Before DD had children she used to make wedding, birthday and anniversary cakes for friends, relatives and work colleagues, for a fee. It was a lot of work and she never charged a sensible amount for the hours it took, so she had lots of orders.
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Be a shame to eat that!
David
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Great cake KN, OH's sister used to do lovely cakes many years ago.
3 have had 3 white cars Citroen Visa 1.7 diesel, Peugeot 305 estate 1.9 diesel, Citroen BX 19 estate 1.9 diesel, even had 1 red Citroen BX, 1 orange Peugeot 104 did not have that for very long, a lot of various green cars Land Rover's and Citroen Xantia and a lot of various shades of blue cars my favourite colour as my Citroen C3 Picasso 1.6 diesel is blue, both of us not keen on white really.
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Previous car was black and showed the dirt terribly along with any blemishes such as swirl marks. Present car is metallic Arctic White, and much more tolerant to the showing of dirt and any imperfections. Not my choice of colour but was my choice of the car at the time.
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Yes, very interesting. I found a few articles and photos, many of which do mention Peterborough. I always recall them in Peterborough, but then realised I had seen them elsewhere, as we have visited Ely, Tewkesbury and Exeter. It’s what I love about churches, you just never know what sort of history, apart from the obvious, you are going to find.
There’s a little church on Bodmin Moor where the vicar created a set of cut out figures, life size, to swell his congregation when numbers dwindled🤣 I don’t think it is Altarnun, can’t remember🤔 Found it…..
http://www.bodminmoor.co.uk/stneot.html
K, lovely cake, such a lot of work. Colin the Caterpillar wouldn’t compete after that. Hope you all enjoy the party.🥳🎂
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Thanks, Metheven. It’s quite a while since we explored Bodmin Moor. It used to be our default rainy day exploring ride out when we stayed at Bodinnick. Golitha Falls, King Doniert’s Stone, few churches and if the rain allowed, a hike up Brown Willy! Happy days😁
Car wise we have a colourful stable. Copper head (gorgeous metallic dark orange) Jeep, MH is a pale mint green and cream, and MG is Teal Blue. OH keeps threatening a re spray for MG, but I like the Teal. He hasn’t had the Mini in bits yet, early days though, and he’s engrossed in the new velocipede at the moment🤣
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Wonderful cake KjellNN, hope little one has a great birthday. I used to do a lot a Wedding and Birthday cakes for friends and colleagues, and like your daughter, I found it difficult to charge fully for the time I spent on them. I did enjoy doing them though and they were always appreciated, even if the recipient did get it for a bargain price. We have both come down with colds!!! Not what we wanted a week before we fly out to Macau, seriously hoping now that it IS just a cold! 😫
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We’ve had many many cars over the years but only 1 white car which is one of my classic mercs still have that but it doesn’t get used much. Had a black Ford Mondeo great car very comfy and when clean it looked great but got dirty very easily. Our new Volvo is the exact same colour as our previous one a dark grey which is nice but again needs to be cleaned regularly.
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They were happy days, my birth and the 40 years I lived there was spent exploring most of Cornwalls country roads
, must admit to loving the rural side of it rather than the busy coastal spots. Hurler stone rings and the Cheesewring on a windy, rain beating day was a delight.
Loved the openness as much as I love the Yorkshire moors now.Brown Willy and Roughtor on a summers day is fantastic.
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Never had a white car, had a few light grey ones before. My new car, when it eventually arrives, ordered on 1st November 2022, will be Burnt Orange. Only went for that because I was too mean to pay out £560 extra for metallic paint!
David
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Our current car is grey and when it's clean, it always looks really nice and shiny. It's the nicest looking clean car we've ever had. I don't do anything special with it either... I keep the inside vacuumed, clean and tidy - the outside I take up for them to do at the car wash. I just wonder if a previous owned has had one of those 'coatings' put on it...
David
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Hi David,On your “bright blue” comment-so is ours! It’s our third Q5, the first was metallic white, second a pearalised grey and then saw a blue one and instantly fell for it.
The trouble was that when we went to spec one the colour was no longer available but luckily found a few months old low mileage demonstrator.
I have never had so many comments, from strangers, about a cars colour, and we are so pleased with it I have now got a Mini as a work car to keep the mileage down and prolong its useable life.
I put the lakeside pic in for you-guess where?
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Back when I was buying my cars at auction, being mostly ex fleet, I had a lot of white ones. The last car prior to the motorhome was black and always looked dirty five minutes after I'd cleaned it. The Carthago is a pale gey which doesn't show the dirt much but then rarely has that showroom gleam either.
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I like bright coloured cars. Nowadays, things tend to be a lot of silver/grey, black, white. All the colours when we were around the Motor Museum last Wednesday were very noticeable. Of all the cars we saw, I decided I would have taken home a scarlet Austin Healey, and a superb orange Jensen Interceptor. That had been owned by someone where they built Jensen’s, and he had it specially painted “Mango” to match his favourite tie!
Found something similar, lovely car….
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