Daily Fixing and Riding Diary on an Ariel 2021

[john.mitchell]

Not as fast as they will when our prime minister stops face masks band reasonable spacing being a legality....

[Steven.Carter]

I rode a few miles to Botley where a guy is restoring war time Scammel lorries. I'm going to make some canvas mudflaps for him. Anyway My friends Ferret was parked up so grabbed a photo OP.

[Vincent.vanGinneke]

Thats the perfect tool for nowadays traffic!
It has a sobering effect on the rest of the road users , same effect had my MB508 with its gigantic black bumpers

[fpassmore]

Oooh, the Ferret was a favourite vehicle of mine when I started with RCEME. Our version came with a Rolls-Royce 6 cylinder and 5 speed transmission, forward or reverse! Quite a trick learning how to drive using the prisms at 50 mph backwards.
Frank

[SimonFletcher]

Most modern SUVs seem to be designed along the same principles… Are you sure it’s not just a Nissan with a green paint-job?

[Steven.Carter]

Funny enough, it looks very heavy but not that big,

[fpassmore]

Should have said 5 speed transmission and a forward/reverse lever and everything was pre-selected, select next gear punch the clutch and as you released it had changed. If you were in forward run into a bit of a situation while out on a recce shove it in reverse hit the clutch drop the prism viewers and hang on. Fun to drive.
Frank

[Steven.Carter]

Found myself a local job today in Havent, a paint factory.

The lagger on site had hired some equipment called Aeriel cherry pickers to reach the high pipes, but it wouldn't start!, the company sent an engineer and replaced a fuse but blew again, bad wiring apparently also had a very bad oil leak, All sounds so familiar

On the way home passed a lovely Pub, this sounds familiar also

[Vincent.vanGinneke]

Did the 'T' drop off ?
Cant find a translation for 'Fores'
in Greek yes, there it means 'again'
so that could be it !
" bring me my Beer again! "
yes I think thats what it means.. .

[Vincent.vanGinneke]

Or in Latin could also mean : Door

adplicabisque aaron et filios eius ad fores tabernaculi testimonii et lotos aqu

English:

and thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water


Door of Bere..

I assume that water would be miraculously transformed in to beer, or was that another guy? eeehh, something with fish and bread ??