MOBY GOES TO TURKEY. A tam and pups adventure.

[rolosroller]

 

[scotzsue]

Glad you have got it fixed, big fan of wee independants.

 

[gus-lopez]

I think it was John Baycott who posted on a thread about a puncture & when he went in they asked "do you have an appointment"

 

[Helen Ariel]

He was talking about Wednesday but not sure if he will make it, Ferry is Friday morning I think.

I was just having images of him stopping on your drive, he would need crampons to walk in the van on your drive, not saying it's steep.

Lol yes I would have offered a stopover too if we had somewhere suitable. Should be getting a days work in tomorrow after missing the last two with this dreadful weather

 

[Northernraider]

I arrived at chaser Place around 4pm , I've not got the best Internet signal here unfortunately so I'll have to update things later.

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[CAB96]

chaser !

Get your WiFi sorted

 

[StephandJohn]

A ha. I've found you. What a sorry tale. Hope everythings OK from here on.
My sisters and I lurk on Facebook to see what the people who brought our family home have done to it . And that 25 years later. It looks the same from the outside (except for a different colour door) and that gives me comfort and nice feelings.

 

[Just smiffy]

I was saying the other day to Coastal Cruiser. i think.. about the nationals just want to do the same jobs day in day out, anything that’s going to tax their untrained brains and they don’t want to know… I do local independent on everything I can, so much more helpful…

 

[2x2camper]

I was saying the other day to Coastal Cruiser. i think.. about the nationals just want to do the same jobs day in day out, anything that’s going to tax their untrained brains and they don’t want to know… I do local independent on everything I can, so much more helpful…

I has the same problem when I needed an auto electrician, the problem was they were the locals and just wanted easy jobs.

 

[Boldly]

I'm here View attachment 833622

Not helpful or relevant I know but I was born in Cheadle

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[Lenny HB]

Not helpful or relevant I know but I was born in Cheadle

Deepest condolences.

 

[WESTY66]

Bit envious of you enjoying all those tractors at chaser s place

 

[jockaneezer]

Pal in the pub Friday night said his car wouldn't start that morning, he was taking his wife for chemo, so got his neighbour to jump start him.
I said "Last night was the first hard frost of the year, your battery will be past it"
He said he called in at Halfords on the way home to get them to check it. The Halford's lad said, as he clipped on his battery tester "It might not be the battery that's making it hard to start, you might just need new spark plugs ?"
Good luck changing the spark plugs on a diesel Kuga !
They told him he needed a new alternator, but he declined as he'd just had one fitted last year. Booked it into his usual garage this morning and they said the battery was goosed, all sorted now.

 

[Figaro]

Deepest condolences.

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Cheadle is a fine town to be born and grow up in

 

[KiwiKampers]

Well jealous! Counting down the 7 weeks until we leave as the weather is so rubbish and it's 2 years since we did a winter trip. Shame we're heading in opposite direction. I keep thinking we must bump into you at some point on our travels.

Helen Ariel I don’t want to hijack Tam’s thread, but where are you going for your winter trip and will you be posting on here? I so enjoyed your travels with Beech last time.

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[Lenny HB]

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Cheadle is a fine town to be born and grow up in

But it's up north, I spent a year and a half living up north in the 70's, that was enough.

 

[Grianan]

But it's up north, I spent a year and a half living up north in the 70's, that was enough.

North … Cheadle down south in Englandshire …

I was at Uni in England several decades ago and a friend from Crawley had NO idea of UK geography. Managed to convince her we had no electricity and took bath in tub, once we’d heated water on fire … lost contact with her but doubt she’s been north of Watford yet …

 

[Phill D]

took bath in tub, once we’d heated water on fire …

you mean you didnt actually do that with the zinc bath in front of the fire!

apologies for thread drift Tam

 

[Just smiffy]

130 posts and five pages and he’s only on his first day and first breakdown….

This journey is going to be an emotional trip for all of us….

 

[Lenny HB]

He is trying to top me on number of posts, he's only got 24,000 to go.

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[Northernraider]

He is trying to top me on number of posts, he's only got 24,000 to go.

Yeah but I've got more likes than you

 

[Lenny HB]

Yeah but I've got more likes than you

Those are for the dogs not for you.

 

[Riverbankannie]

No , that was Lyme Park, at least the lake and external shots.

Think Chatsworth was the internal shots, as Lyme is much older on the inside than the exterior.

Ok, it was Matthew Macfadyen then! in the BBC adaptation.

 

[Lenny HB]

I was at Uni in England several decades ago and a friend from Crawley had NO idea of UK geography. Managed to convince her we had no electricity and took bath in tub, once we’d heated water on fire … lost contact with her but doubt she’s been north of Watford yet …

But you were telling the truth.

Watford, that's the far north, even Crawley is north to me.

 

[Boldly]

But it's up north, I spent a year and a half living up north in the 70's, that was enough.

That's as long as I lived in Cheadle for. My parents moved to Derbyshire when I was 18 months old.

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[nicholsong]

Tam

What is your proposed route? Are you going overland through the Balkans? If so East or West?

Are under or over 3.5t?

If East, maybe a route through Germany and then Poland, not too expensive on tolls, the Slowakia (€15 even for >3.5t).

If so we have a big yard just off A4 in Katowice with EHU, water, dump for grey and black. So you would be welcome - just do not arrive with electrical problems.

Geoff

 

[Feltwell]

He just replaced the valve with the Same type as before. None of mine have steel valves on this .

To be honest though he was the only garage out of 5 I went to that would even have a look. More on that later as I'll be leaving appropriate reviews for Halford, quick fit, national tyres and the other garage I can't remember name of right now who all turned me away without even looking at it . Barstewards

Tam, unlikely I know, but if you want steel valves to take with you for peace of mind I am 20 minutes off the M6 after you've been to Chasers - come off at J13 of the M6, then 15 minutes or so down the M54. I've plenty of valves in stock but I don't fit them!

Standard rubber valves, even the best ones, are only rated at 65psi. Shocking how many tyre places are ignorant of this.

 

[Northernraider]

Good grief I leave the thread for a couple of hours and when I return I'm lost lol. I'd have to trawl back 2 pages to reply to some comments and would be here all night lol. But I did read them.

Had a lovely dinner with Charlie and Julie and I've borrowed his WiFi so I can update etc . Just back in van giving dogs there dinner and tidying up as the vans like a bombsite today with muddy boots ,leads and towels.


So anyway

We had a nice woodland walk this morning before leaving Scorton, wet and muddy but it's a nice spot for an overnight, it was very quiet and peaceful, only dog walkers around this morning.

We then headed off , I had programmed in the stop by the lake at redsmere for lunch , so I was reliant on the satnav getting me there , it took me off the m6 on to the Manchester ring road at somepoint and no sooner had that happened than my fuel light came on. Guage still showing a quarter tank but having no idea exactly how much is in reserve on this van I was kinda sitting it when every exit off the ring road stated it was a low emmision zone and there appeared to be no services on the ring road after around 20 miles I had no choice but to exit in search of a petrol station ... found the Morrissons in Cheadle and filled up there. It was when I was leaving the petrol station I felt the van pulling to the right and had to pull in to a tesco express carpark and I found this

I managed to get my mini compressor to get it up to about 30psi and limp along the road to national tyres , he claimed he was too busy to look at it and I'd have to leave it with him till around 4.30 , baring in mind it was around 12pm at this point that wasn't happening, so I walked next door to kwik fit who's first excuse was they didn't do motorhomes. After saying it was just a van tyre with a puncture they spouted some nonsense about tyron bands , I told them it didn't have them, the girl states " most of them do" then another guy pipes up they don't have torque settings etc ... I told him no problem I'd torque the wheels myself just fix the tyre , he said he couldn't kwik fit policy , insurance liability and a load if other horseshit, so I went round the corner to another tyre place. They said it wouldn't fit on the ramp , can't do it outside tar not strong enough blah blah blah . He put a bit air in the tyre for me 40psi and that was the best he could do . So I drove to Stockport tyres and that guy removed the tyre checked it found valve leaking so fitted a new one and refitted it. Not sure he's put right pressure in but Charlie has a compressor here so I can check the pressures tomorrow. I then carried on to the wee lake for lunch. Couldn't have stayed there though the ducks etc would have driven the dogs nuts. But its a nice wee place for a stop

Got to Charlie's around 4pm. Had a wee wander with the dogs around the village before it got dark and a wee look at some of Charlie's collection of tractors .... its like a treasure trove of machinery here lol . Will get a better look tomorrow before I leave.

I'm still 4 hours drive from uncle lennys and want to get down there by tomorrow evening.

 

[Helen Ariel]

Helen Ariel I don’t want to hijack Tam’s thread, but where are you going for your winter trip and will you be posting on here? I so enjoyed your travels with Beech last time.

Hi KiwiKampers , we leave on December the 31st for 2 months travelling through France & Spain en route to Morocco!
We’ll be starting our own thread then.

Hijack over Northernraider !

 

[Northernraider]

Back on the road . 4 hours should see me to lancing , but with stops and traffic probably another hour or two on top of that

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