Hiya, It’s been a whole month, so I thought I’d better let you know the progress so far…… Or lack thereof!! Vehicles….. Franks dead in the water at the moment! His clutch was getting progressively worse, and then the starter motor gave up too. I managed to get the contacts in the solenoid replaced, but had to strip the inlet…

Hi there folks, I have had an eventful couple of days, some success, some setbacks too. That’s life I guess! Frank……. He’s living up to his name! I had a burst fuel pipe whilst out and about with him……. A lot of walking, buying a length of hose and clips…… a hacksaw blade to cut the factory fitted unions off………

Hi, Things seldom go to plan for me…… and today was no exception! I was intending to get up early, as usual, and go to Church With Abs Dumbuya. However, Abs’s wife Mary Beth was feeling unwell so Abs wasn’t going as he had to attend to her obviously. I was going to go on my own, however I hadn’t…

Hiya, It’s only me again! I thought I’d better keep you all updated. I wish I could report great advances towards starting building…. However, as the title suggests, nothing is ever straightforward! I’ll break my blog up into reports about myself, vehicles, housing and land progress. Hopefully it will be easy to read, and it will be definitely easier for…

Hiya everyone, Good news….. I am now mobile…… The Land Rover lives again!!! It’s life Jim, but not as we know it!! I have cobbled together two Belgium (second hand) fuel pumps to get him started….. Did we come up with a name for him?? Come on, I need suggestions? After getting him running, with the help of some local…

Not many, but here’s what I have on me. But now i know a reliable place to get a secure internet (fast one that is) I’ll take more and upload them. Sitting nicely in a very posh hotel waiting for open book to begin! These are a view from Dr Abs Dumboyah’s veranda…… This job has some perks!