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Another cold ride

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 4, 2025, 9:21 pm

Afternoon looked alright so out around the villages and wet roads. Passed Daves Bungalow on the way back and when i got home, the engine was so cool i could hold my bare hands on the cases safely. Still some good riding time left and first kick, it started up with synthetic oil with less drag. Handy to use in Winter for easy starting and tickover after about 30 seconds running

Re: Another cold ride

Posted by Leon Novello <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Leon+Novello' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 5, 2025, 6:54 am, in reply to "Another cold ride"

It`s magnetised, so it doesn`t drain away when parked for a long time.

Leon Novello

Re: Another cold ride

Posted by Tonupdave <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Tonupdave' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 5, 2025, 10:18 am, in reply to "Re: Another cold ride"

Did you notice all the For Sale Signes?

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

Re: Another cold ride

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 5, 2025, 1:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Another cold ride"

Quite a few Dave. Maybe all the new building sites are turning the formerly quiet village into a mess of traffic now. 40 years ago it was very expensive to buy at Woodbury. In the 1970s, i worked in the large house in the centre called Fairfield owned by Millionaire Dan Fowler. His wife did not like the isolation so he sold it to an even richer Welsh retired farmer who ripped out most of the former owners new additions to fit even more expensive stuff. He was named Max and within a year had locked himself into a closed windowless room and put a shotgun in his mouth as he got bored not farming. Later to become a nursing home but it was nice as a mansion with servants bedrooms up on the 3rd level. There was a Morgan dealership there in the 70s right in the village main road

Re: Another cold ride

There's quite a few houses that have sold for over a million even new houses ..and yes remember the Morgan dealer and repairs they went to Exton but don't know now .. and yes when anyone asks whare you live Ooh thats very rich. well it ain't now
Down to your Hospital at 3 today might be able to park?

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

Re: Another cold ride

Fairfield was about 350k in the late 70s. I would imagine it would be 3 million now but no one would want such a large family house. I think i heard it had been divided up into smaller portions. There was a great pair of trees leading down the garden. Must be one of the few large houses which have a road going all the way around the perimeter making it an island.
Poor old Max had sold up due to heart weakness but farming was what he lived for. Shame he ended it with a farmers shotgun.
Parking can be tricky at Exmouth. I will be there at 5pm for the health centre.
Double the size of Exmouth but no increase in Doctors or parking spaces. Biggest problem i get is collecting prescriptions which are never ready despite collecting on time. I always have to make 2 or 3 visits to complete the package

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