Saturday, 2 March 2019

Automotive : So your car's cambelt has snapped....

A car's cambelt snapping in generally perceived to be a catastrophic event. My first experience of this was recent and on my first car a Vauxhall Zafira (model A) holding a million pound of sentimental value. Faced with some biting reality from the RAC recovery service individual, its time to scrap this car and a validation from my usual mechanic who's advice was to let it go now. With 144K miles on the clock it probably was time for it to take a...

Dubrovnik and Kotor (Montenegro)

Dubrovnik Our 2018 winter holiday started with mix feeling as it was a holiday with family - 1. This was largely symbolic of children fleeing the nest. This holiday was a late escape in early November so the weather in Dubrovnik was mixed. There was rain as well as sunny warm days. There were still a few brave souls swimming in the sea around the old town. The one thing that was were told was the November was a season when the number of ships docking...