If its exceptionally cold out will they be looking for more fuel?

Thinking about it, its perhaps a good balance as there usually is more ‘fuel’ during a cold spell.

sad but alas true !! i just did pall bearing for an elderly pneumonia sufferer i feel the cold was partly to blame as well as other illnesses

what is important to remember when searching is often when the image is opened it is still often not at full size

another left click on the image often opens it up larger again !!

I had a entertaining chat with one of the oldies,he said its a good idea as long as they dedicate that days swim to who ever had helped heat the pool.
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like at the beggining of emmerdale ???

todays swim was braught to you courtessey of………..

that may be pushing it a bit :diablo:

superb idea and thinking

it makes a change having a council with brains !!

having seen the fuel bill for my local high school if that sort of cost can be lost through carefull planning

and it can free up that cash for services for the living , more power to them

my only problem would be having the crematorium hidden from the pool for respect for the grieving

we cannot stop death it is part of nature however we can think more carefully how we use our dwindling resources !!

Round the corner from me, a mate had his XJ6 converted to LPG. It paid for itself (£2,000) in a year. He has a long wheelbase version, generally totters around in it – but he drives to South France once pa for his jollydays.

unfortunately the fact everyone was getting LPG conversions atracted the government so now it is negligible and not realy worth the conversion price

Not many survived the following decade – those that did are, as Moggy rightly said, too expensive. Just have a look at any classic car magazine (not that all 60s Fords were classics!) – fancy a Lotus Cortina at £48,000, for example?

Nice idea, though.

mk1 escorts sell for large bucks if you want anything good even tatty projects cost a small fortune for purchasing rust nowadays

there are lots of factors to be taken into considderation and it is far from the ideal first thaught

i ran 3 bog basic triumph heralds as daily drivers ( and there is the important thing ) always have a reserve car if you depend on being anywhere

or at least a shedfull of spares and a spare engine

this rings particularly true in winter

if you don’t like solving problems at the side of the road it probably isn’t for you either

what was good fun and adventure at 18-20 yrs old soon pi**es you off at at 40 yrs old and at seven in the morning when you have to be at work

it can help enormously having garage space with a welder and compressor body repairs in the form of rot and spraying after will happen eventualy

paying garages will defeat any money saved in tax

the second vehicle is handy again whilst repairs are being sorted

probably the best way to go would be a fully heritage shelled MGB but that will cost a lot and they drink fuel like an alchy on special brew

so that defeats the fuel saving

it is also worth making sure the head has been converted to unleaded

and if the electrical system is still on a dynamo ( throw it and fit an alternator )

morris minors are nice but body rot is a major concern they can hide a lot and usualy rot from the inside out ( so what looks a small repair can be huge )

they can be a superb car but if not into your own welding etc a sound body in all areas is essential

it is better to buy a tatty morris minor that needs engine work but has a sound body

than to buy a mint one that only apparently needs a little body work on rust

in a nutshell the savings can be made but you have to be multi versed on all repair skills and be prepared to get more than just hands dirty

( and often at the worst possible times )

and if work time keeping is a must a second vehicle is a must

and even with the repair skills i have lost count of how many times i have broken down miles from anywhere and even carrying spare parts and tools

the part i realy wanted was at home in the garage !!

many years ago my father was working as a guard on a manchester to leeds train when that threw a piston as it came out of summit tunnel between todmorden and littlebourough

the class 40’s cylinder head was found not too far away ( well in the context of things anyway )

the piston however was lost to the moors and will probably still be there somewhere

what is even more increadible is the engines are not attatched to a drive train as such as they are either deisel hydraulic or diesel electric

the latter being more common the engines merely drive generators which provide power for electric traction motors !!

an english electric class 40 simmilar to the one my dad was on