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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: elagache on August 20, 2014, 09:19:50 PM
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Dear WeatherCat forum welcoming committee,
Definitely time to:
Welcome back Stu!! (http://www.canebas.org/Weather/LWC_forum/Custom_emoticons/welcome_smiley.gif)
Any interesting stories from your adventures in the wilderness?
Curious minds would like to know!
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
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Thanks - it was very relaxing.
Only had one slightly 'non-relaxing' moment when the top hose blew off the radiator and emptied all the coolant rather rapidly* midway across a large roundabout. Had no chance of getting a new hose (one of those quick-fit, push on type connectors with feeds coming off the hose for the auto-box cooler and alternator cooling) so a 2 inch jubilee clip and some antifreeze soon had us going again.
Apart from that it was great - Yorkshire, Norfolk, Witshire, Devon and Cornwall - all in, 2100 miles over two weeks. Only real bad weather we had was the mid-weekend when the remains of hurricane Bertha came over - had to actually stop on the motorway due to heavy rain/hail - apart from the, pretty good weather. Was surprised at how cold Scotland is when we finally returned :)
*Actually, I'd say it was 'extremely' rapidly - the engine runs at 105 ?C and the coolant left the engine pretty sharpish. Everything got covered including the windscreen.
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Howdy Stu and WeatherCat "cavaran" vacation daydreamers [sleep]
Only had one slightly 'non-relaxing' moment when the top hose blew off the radiator and emptied all the coolant rather rapidly* midway across a large roundabout. Had no chance of getting a new hose (one of those quick-fit, push on type connectors with feeds coming off the hose for the auto-box cooler and alternator cooling) so a 2 inch jubilee clip and some antifreeze soon had us going again.
Gulp!! (http://www.canebas.org/Weather/LWC_forum/Custom_emoticons/eek2.gif) That does sound rather traumatic! Glad you were able to patch the hose and get on with it! ;) . . . . Where did you learn your machinery repair patching techniques? The space station? . . . [lol2]
Apart from that it was great - Yorkshire, Norfolk, Witshire, Devon and Cornwall - all in, 2100 miles over two weeks. Only real bad weather we had was the mid-weekend when the remains of hurricane Bertha came over - had to actually stop on the motorway due to heavy rain/hail - apart from the, pretty good weather. Was surprised at how cold Scotland is when we finally returned :)
Wow! You must have been averaging ~150 miles of driving a day! I guess you must be really comfortable in your Land Rover! If I ever manage go get my trusty wagon resuscitated and find a nice vintage Airstream trailer, I sure would like to make a multi-thousand mile tour of the United States. However, I don't think I'd be able to keep up with your pace!
Glad you had a great time! [tup]
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]