price of fuel, at Blythe on the A1M

Ouch, need a mortgage and 30 pound limit which isn't a lot of fuel at that price!

and we are off

at the start

At knebworthsagely,

We leave after 6

ready for travel to the start

At Marks, car loaded, ready to go.

Despite the medias attempt to stop us the RBRR is go go go!

 So despite the BBC and other media causing an unnecessary  fuel panic buying crisis by publishing fake news of a fuel shortage the RBRR is still on. We may have to be creative in the way we keep our fuel tanked up with large gerry cans and syphoning fuel out of other entrants cars if we run out but we are going to give it our best shot!

I intend to provide regular updates on the Blog, so keep tuned and wish us luck.

It's RBRR (Round Britain Reliability Run) Time again

 Time to drive 2000 miles in 48 hours around Britain and raise some money for charity again.

This time around I'm not using one of my own Triumph's and am acting as a co-driver driving Mark Smith's excellent "Flying Bogey"  Vitesse Saloon. In fact it's the same team of drivers that completed the last RBRR in my Dolomite as we are also being joined by Glynn Davis who I've shared the run with several times in the Dolomite.

Mark's Vitesse

As usual we are part of the wider Club Triumph RBRR event and collecting sponsorship for charity. This time the chosen charity is Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA).  The charity is very poignant this time as one of Mark’s friends has recently been diagnosed with MND. For me the disease always brings up thoughts of the late Professor Stephen Hawking who suffered from MND for 55 years of his life until he passed away aged 76. Sadly though, unlike Stephen most sufferers of MND only live for 2 years from diagnosis so it is usually terminal. 

Over the years Club Triumph has raised over 700 thousand pounds for several charities. This year’s event takes place from Friday 1st to Sunday 7rd October with over 130 classic Triumphs due to take part. 

Please consider helping  me to support the Motor Neurone Disease Association for the amazing work they do, because MND is such a debilitating condition that means a difficult end to a severely shortened life. 

Donating to our JustGiving page is easy - just follow this link and click Donate: 

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Mark-Smith-RBRR2021  

As I have done before I intend to provide updates during the event via this blog, so please follow our progress!

It's not supossed to wobble like that!

 So, now the lockdowns are starting to ease I've been starting to use the GT6 again. It started off last month by deciding that it wanted to penalise me for the lack of use by having a clutch hydraulics failure, so the seals were all replaced yet again. The last lot of master cylinder seals failed within a year, probably due to lack of use during the Covid lockdowns.

Anyway, with it back on the road, I've now started to use it for some local events/meets.

Out for a Run with Fleet Classic Car Club on Drive it Day

At TSSC East Berks local area Mmeet up

Now I've started using the car again I noticed a bit of a knocking sound on tickover. I investigated and found that the waterpump bearing is shot, what is surprising it that it's not actually leaking. 

Checking the waterpump, it's not supposed to wobble like that!

A new Water Pump has been ordered and will be the next little job on my list. The last one was installed in 2012 but has only done about 15,000 miles. I think the one before was original and had done 160,000 miles, even at that point he bearing was still OK but the seal had just started to weep. The quality of replacements is just not up to the original standard!