Today I discovered a few useful things, in a non-useful order. 1- the rear trunnion bush bolt is a pain to get out, and really need the driveshaft off the car if you don't have a really good clamp to press the bolt out. 2- front and rear trunnion bush kits are not the same. 3- the spare trunion bush I have in stock is a front one. Spitfire is now stranded on 3 wheels on the drive looking a bit like a dog about to mark it's territory!

I think it was officially announced yesterday that the US has completely pulled out of the WHO.  Because one country's doctors and scientists are apparently better than the entire rest of the worlds?

Operation Dynamo. It was considered a miracle that they managed to evacuate 338,000 British and French Troops.  My dad was in West Africa initially and then ended up critically injured in Operation Husky. (Sicily, 1943.) He was riding motorcycle when a personnel carrier beside him hit a land mine. (He was trying to catch up to the lead vehicle as he'd been given info there were mines ahead. Was flown back to England with a "hole" in his skull, and taken to Park Prewett Hospital N/W of Basingstoke. It had been repurposed from a psychiatric hospital to treat injured soldiers during the war. Operated on by the "father of plastic surgery" Sir Harold Gillies. After a stainless steel plate repair failed (constant headaches) he he came up with a method for my dad, of making a mould of the opening in his skull, and then crafted an acrylic plug for the opening. He was flown back to Canada some time later and that patch was in his head - and worked well - for the rest of his life.  Trivia: The solders at Sicily were the ones called "The D-Day Dodgers" by those that served in Normandy.  Special mention: Husky was preceded by Operation Mincemeat. Brits managed to fool Hitler into thinking the allies were going to hit Greece instead of Italy. Hitler pulled most of his troops out Italy and moved them to Greece. Made the job easier but it was still no cakewalk.  The movie: "The Man Who Never Was" (1956) is Operation Mincemeat.  The 2021 version (Operation Mincemeat) is historically more accurate as much more of Montagu's memoirs had been declassified by then. Sorry for rambling....

It's official, due to the mistake by a Triumph Exp member who posted on the With Open Eyes thread and gave a political link ... we've been scrubbed from the site

Ouch! Hope that heals up swiftly. Range Rover into the breach. Something to be said for (relative) simplicity

It is my belief that ALL FREE NATIONS should impose a trade embargo with the USA. It may very well be the only way to once and for all tell the orange monkey NO. Trump now threatens Canada with a 100% tariff.   The man is INSANE and only out for personal gain and retribution. This was released by AP Wireless today, Saturday 1/24/2026 https://apnews.com/article/trump-canada-carney-china-tariffs-5079e910df071b45d2b16949efb8f11a?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

The world awakes to a new order. Trump seeks to destroy the UN and NATO ...... Putin is in 7th Heaven Trump administration's defense strategy tells allies to handle their own security https://www.npr.org/2026/01/24/nx-s1-5687168/trump-administration-defense-strategy?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

That’s likely to lighten your pocket 

Going south then 😉

Not sure about the Passat's nether regions! It has gone to the garage in Downton. I try to avoid this kind of modern junk!