Where are you located?!

I was wondering if you'd made it ok. Glad you did!! I suspect my disco would have struggled to make it without something going wrong!!

How do! What sort of D1?!

The trouble with asking people with V8 D1's is that we love them!!

Have you got no kit in fat bastard size?!

I'm imagining him a bit like Alistair Sim in the old St Trinians films!!

Fair enough!!

Not wishing to insult your intelligence, but is the steering wheel adjusted to its highest position? There's not a huge range of adjustment, but I'm a big fella and I have plenty of room!!

110woman - so this is why you wanted a recovery eye, towing strop and bow shackles for your birthday?!!

There's loads of photos on fb - a few people from Hawkshead and coniston have put them up. My boss came into work this morning and showed me one from the guy at our local garage!

I was in the mountain rescue for ten years and we had 4 landies with studded tyres in the winter. We could get up all the passes in the Lakes no matter how icy. However, not great on dry roads and they wear out quickly!

I agree! However - if I don't know who owns land I don't go there!!

Ditto - the farmer won't care who it is!

You might want to rethink the doing it on your own! We've got ice and possibly a bit of snow forecast up here!! I'd go with you if I wasn't working!!

Impressive 2 1/2 year gap - well done keeping the thread alive!!!

I quite like my insa special tracks off road - but they're noisy as f@#% on the motorway and they drown out the sound of the V8!!

Doesn't look that bad - easily fixed as long as nothing major is bent underneath! Probably not worth claiming on insurance. I did something similar but damaged both sides and it only cost about £200 for 2 x headlights, 2 x hockey sticks, bumper end caps, number plate bit, grill, bumper and can...

+1 !!!

With that type of airbox the two sticky outy bits at the bottom locate in two holes just forward of the wheel arch, then it pushes down onto two grommet things that locate in two large holes towards the back of the airbox.

It's like rubbing a lamp. As if by magic, the gearbox genie that is james martin appears!