Cheers, Dawsy. The further north you go in this sceptered isle, and beyond, the more beautiful it gets.
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We were very close to there …!
In fact it’s whisky country all around Craigellachie…!
Ironically…. It’s the one spirit I can’t drink . My mate tried this one last night and couldn’t drink it … “ Rough as a badgers arse “ was his eloquent description of it …!
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That’s just too funny! 
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…suffering from grinding and banging. No, not that. They’re removing the chimney.
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Father C******** won’t be able to deliver your pressies now!
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Bah, humbug!
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I’m always amiable to drinking someone else’s whisky or whiskey for them… I love the stuff
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It’s the generosity of spirit that makes this forum what it is. And by spirit, I mean…
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Waiting for parts, so thought I’d get on with this…
That’s my restored Record No.35 behind it. A rather large (I can hardly lift it) vice given to me from a garage full of rust
It’s a Woden all steel 190/8A with 6 inch jaws - cor…
…a right bollox to get to bits. But managed to get the jaws off - all threads are Whitworth - and only one bolt sheared. Lots of cleaning etc etc to do now. God knows where I’ll put it. I suppose one can’t have too many vices 
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My wife thinks I have… but she isn’t thinking about “bench” ones…
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Planning a ride to France next Spring. Inspired by the video below. A few gorges and balcony roads on the list now…
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We’re heading that way in June '25. Gorgeous roads!
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You should search “Les routes du vertige” located in “Le Vercors” just over Grenoble.
@TallPaul if you pass not too far from my place let me know, I’ll fire up the ST1050 to have a coffee somewhere.
For Wim I don’t need to tell, he knows how the house works.
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Thank you, I will add this to the “To ride” list.
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Mostly finishing off the Woden vice. Weighs in at 75lbs! Bloody great big thing it is.
Some nice new bolts to hold the jaws. They came up pretty well. (It does have a quick release, just not on in the photo below)
I like the patina but I’m probably not going to keep it so maybe a splash of specially mixed hammerite.
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Wow nice work, you would not recognise it.
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