GRIZZ’s Chevy S10 - Random Rambling NEXT ROADTRIP 27/10/23

Looks like a good day out- makes a change from being stuck at home.

Side note, if you're making your chicken wraps and they're real spicy, you need to rename them Lafayette rather than Cajun.
Contrary to popular opinion, Cajun food isn't particulary spicy, and the word gets bandied about in place of "much cayenne".

Anyhow, as you were

Great write up and pictures Rian, not a lot to express here that we didn’t talk about on the day or since. However it was a pleasure to play a small part in operation ‘easy rider & cream puff’ . I thoroughly enjoyed meeting in person and spending the extra effort to get those perfect shots in front of the Bike Museum, I’m amazed your back has held up with the gardening, sand pits, bike movements and road trip over a short period.

As said, I will be heading down South in the near future, look forward to checking out the Trucks and projects of diaries align. Will definetly return to the Bike Museum, kicking myself over not checking it out sooner!

Yup, still awake here after a 6am start

So, how do you get this tired ?


Ask Sally.

She has two sons, 21 and 28 years old. Both were very busy growing up.



Meet Harry.

He does have a sleep as part of his mothers control programme.

And if you have spent a few hours kicking ball, driving diggers and who knows what else.....

You sleep.

Seems he loved the new sand pit, needs a lot more sand though.





Then after his sleep, Sally who was baby sitting, fed him and sprung the surprise on him.

She had Cream Puff covered under a sheet, with a cardboard box to change the shape, all day.

So when Harry had had his lunch, she showed him the bike in the dining room.

He was super excited and helped her, carrying the paddock stand out for her.

This gave the two of them some time to have Granny and Harry time, something thats really precious to her.







At some point, his Mum and Dad came back and were shocked that he and Sally were playing in the back yard, with him using it like his balance bike.

She took great pleasure in telling them the whole story of how it had made its way from beyond Leeds to down South via Birmingham through the kindness of strangers like pegasus and Oblertone’s part in the Essex detour. As she said to me later, she just wants this next generation to be less self obsessed and more kind and generous, so sharing stories may just help.

They took Cream Puff home with them, and Luke, Sally’s eldest had it fuelled up and running 10 minutes after getting home.

Video for your pleasure.




I had been out in the truck today and came home after a nice drive, parked on the drive as Sally had taken her Corsa through for a wash and polish.

Looking at the truck, I just smiled.



While polishing her car, she suddenly went mad.......

An injured pigeon had come into the yard.......

So I had to rescue it.




That concluded our day, a long, busy one.

Life is good I seem to recall mentioning before.

Bootfair in the morning.

Fingers crossed.

Been looking for one of these for while now (although not to Grizz road trip extent), wasnt that long ago they were everywhere, my little one is mad into his bikes - stops and waves at every single one so want one as a little project for us as he gets older. Nice one Grizz

Bloody cold, but dry bootfair today.

Being bank holiday, we have two this weekend, so another tomorrow morning.

Spray on glue. £1.00 per can. Bought all 11 he had. To be shared.



Looking for a set of training/stabiliser wheels for Cream Puff the bike I got Harry, we found a decent MX helmet, advertised at £2.00 but paid £1.00



And shortly after that, another £1.00 vintage cork helmet, for only £1.00 to go with my Easy Rider display





Other items included £8.00 in fruit and vegetables.

4 greeting cards for £1.00

A teapot to me made into a bird nest for £1.00

Some nice Plants for £4.00 for both our gardens.

Some hinges at 50p each.

Total.

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So not stabiliser wheels, but hey, to,orrow could deliver.

I took my last to the National Motorcycle Museum a few years back, it’s a great day out. Did you see the Brough collection they have?

Made a slow start on shifting and straightening the drive strips.

Marked out



My pace is possibly 20% of my previous pace, not how I like to work, but my back just says no.



So after a failed trip to the coast yesterday, due to spending too much time at the bootfair in the morning, I decided to get back onto clearing and moving some of the soil.



I must say, there still needs to be some more digging there and getting lower, followed by some form of retaining of the garden bed.

Then break up the concrete, remove it and redefine the strips to be cast.

After our aborted trip to the coast, we also stopped at the local Ford dealership to to look at used Fiestas.

Indoors, I saw this interesting new car.







And when I got home,,chatting to Mickey next door, I told him I wanted to get some stabiliser wheels for Harry’s little bike, he is good on a balance bike, and once his dad restricts the mini moto, it should be a good way to start him off.

So Mickey handed me a pair over the hedge.

They will work, and one can replace the plastic wheels with something more robust if they self destruct




I will report on Mondays Bootfair later.

Today is a bit of a hectic work day.

I will be your sous chef.

Blow your head is too much for me.

I prefer flavourful.