Grizz' Prozac for the Soul 🚙 Berlingo Multispace 28/01/22

Thanks to MercDan keeping his eyes peeled, I was off on a small cross country trip in Prozac yesterday.

He has spotted a pre-60 Chevy 3100 and a Powerstroke F350 Diesel Dually on one of his backroad shortcuts and let me know about it, well, anyone who was interested.

I thought that if I sell Prozac and add some savings and the Tax mans cheque this could go into storage for another day.

So dressed in one of my Lucky T-Shirts, I set off in Prozac to do the quick 28 miles to where it was.



One of the lanes........ we know a Martin, don't we.



Yes.......

This is England for sure.

Some of the lanes were the width of the car, with passing places randomly along the way.



Got to the place, found the house and went in to knock at the front door, twice, no reply.

So I walked around both trucks once, and realised they were not for me.

The red truck has not been taxed since 2008, and the tax disc in the front window showed 2006.

So something catastrophic may have happened.
The Powerstroke had flat wheels and has clearly not moved for a long time either.



So I got back in the Berlingo and drove home via my local village and got a haircut, then home to pick Katy up who had arrived in the mean time.

We went to Bunny Bend, one of the roundabouts a mile from where I live known for its massive populations of bunnies, and picked about 8kg of yellow hedgerow plums, really good to eat fresh, but I wanted to cook some jam/jelly
After that I drove to another spot where I knew of two different red plum trees, where I had eaten fruit in previous years (yes, I do love fruit, especially stolen or wild growing)
There I picked about 2kg as well.

This meant we would have around 8kg in fruit once all the seeds/stones were removed.

From there back to the village to buy 8kg of sugar and a small bottle of lime juice.

I will just show the results on here and do a separate thread for those interested in giving it a go.

And No....... I have never made jam before that I can recall, we just made it up as we went along.



Cooked, just ready to bottle.



Yellow plum jam.

Made 14 bottles.



Today was a mix of red and yellow plums.



Great taste and colour.



Total 26 bottles.



Weekend still not over.

PS. Bootfair sucked big time today, spent only £3.00 or $4.00

Later.

is there no end to this mans talents??!!

btw though...that narrow lane is like a motorway , you know you are in the boonies down this way when the green stuff hanging out of the hedges is touching the grass growing in the middle of the road surface...if there is a surface left that is!

Guessssss......

Who just had his first English pint of beer ??



Michael and Trish over from Spokane, Washington.



For those interested in Michaels interesting and at times challenging build: 67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=487100


Welcome to Mud Island.


Dinner to follow.


Great to have you here. It is great to meet up here in the U.K. After meeting up twice before in the USA at Clems charity events.

I need to do some Apple jam too.

And yes please, an old Irish plate would be nice, thank you.


Yesterday I took a day off work, thanks to my boss understanding and spent it with friends instead.

So I suggested Dover Castle which has from Medieval to modern roots and uses.

We were there by 10.00 am.

McMurphy and I or is it McMurphy and me?



The Castle was very interesting, as was all the secret tunnels and the tour which included displays of the Dunkirk rescue mission in WW2



Once we got out the top it was time for a drink.



From Dover we went back to Whitstable Harbour to look for Fish and Chips for dinner.



They had just closed when we got there, however, a walk into town saw us sorted soon enough.

An no, we did not go in for Pie and mash.



And we were not disappointed

Cod and chips.




It seems food is playing a big Role in this trip.

Today we had a few errands to run, but first on the agenda in Chatham high street was a real Full English Breakfast.

Again, no complaints.




Done.



After this we went to a sports shop for McMurphy and his bride to buy some,comfy trainers as they will be doing a lot of walking.

Followed by a trip up to Hempstead Valley Shopping centre for some more money spending, and a coffee.

On a serious note, it's awesome to see these two still behave like kids after being together for almost 20 years.



Eventually home by 4pm.

Had Mickey from next door around to arrange Taxi duties for tomorrow as I was headed over to Katy's place.



The cats are also very happy to have visitors to make a fuss over them.

Animals are strange........

They know a good person.

Tuesday night we wanted to go out for a steak, last meal together, in the end we changed our minds and went with a Chinese Buffet.

Turned out to be a good choice for us.





Back home after dinner, a,last beer, and of course Harley making herself comfortable on McMurphy.

Both cats were extremely taken with him and Trish, alwaysna great sign.



This morning it was up before 06.00 as the visitors were off on the next leg of their European tour....

Taking the Eurostar train through the Chanel tunnel to Amsterdam and onward from there.

Even this early in the day, the traffic can get to be a nightmare, thankfully we got to leave the motorway just before the actual snarl up.




Amazingly, they have been here a week already.

It was a real,pleasure sharing time and travel with them

Good byes said, it was off to get tickets to Europe.

Easy as that.





I was back home before 8.00am

Found both cats in the spare room where the McMurpys had kept their luggage while they stayed with me......



I guess they were also missing them already.

I hope we get to see more of Europe through your eyes McMurphy.

I'd kill for somewhere like that in Oxford . Somewhere where people are normal and its not all smoke and mirrors .

Clearly you are wasted in current job ... should make a new career as a tour guide / restaurant reviewer ...

Friday morning 03.45 UK time.

Harley saying WT Actual F ??



Ooooppps.

Now is Saturday Morning 06.30 here in America.
USA 6hrs behind the UK. Managed about 6.5hrs sleep after having been awake 25 hrs straight.
Impulse buy to come surprise visit my friend Dennis for his 60th birthday.
They have a long weekend with Monday off. Labour Day.
So Saturday and Sunday night are championship V8 Sprint car races.
Then hitting road to see a few very good friends in the Dodge Hellcat, some also will be surprised.
I had 7 beers at last count last night that may have helped me sleep a bit. Coming home from airport Adam did a rolling burnout at 40mph for about 20 meters. Just mashed throttle "gently" and laid two black lines down. The car is a beast.
But 707 bhp will do that.
That's a mad mad car and I will be driving it.

Sometimes I can do spontaneous like buying the ticket. No regrets so far.
Looking forward to this trip unfolding.

I do hope that some of you guys will be along for the ride.

So after an early start yesterday I came in via





UK from the skies headed out.

Pretty.




So I guess the question is.......


Is anyone interested in more feedback and pics from this trip??

Let me know even if you are a stalker.

Bloody hell, Rian. Didn't see that one coming!

Along for the ride? Count me in buddy.