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Hope the show.s go well BB.

Yes, blustery and wet overnight but 6°c and becoming more dry as the morning goes on. Should get a bit of sunshine too which always helps to lighten the mood. Shopping day for us.

Take it easy

Same for me, having lived in Retford for twenty years, being based in Doncaster for many of those, building a temporary rail station for the Finningley air show every year and regularly having lunch parked at the end of one of the Lincolnshire RAF bases, I cant imagine how I've missed it.

PS: Just found out that it didn't open on that site till 1999. I was actually based back in Doncaster from 1997 to 2002 but spent most of my working time in Berkshire/London.

Below is me on car roof at Finningley sometime late 80's I think:

VX2300 GLS - I'd had it about 15 years at the time.  It hadn't done a lot of miles as most long distance trips used rail staff travel card.  A friend had done a major body refurb but by then the rust was getting back in charge.  

With the exception of a VW Passat Estate for a couple of years I was exclusively Vauxhall from 1973 to 2020, Dad was stores manager in a Vauxhall main dealer from the inception after WW2 till he retired.  

I went up through the 24 valve 3l Senator (wicked) to a series of 3.2l Omega Elites; at that time I also had a BMW 5 series as a company car but not allowed to use it for leisure (still having free rail travel) both good cars but I wouldn't have paid the third extra for the BMW.

When the Insignia came out in 2009 got the 2.8l V6 4WD Elite, fastest car I've owned but looked bog standard from the outside.

Oh - its nice and sunny here but a bit nippy.

It was one of the first production cars with a digital speedometer.

A police Senator dropped off the A1 to follow me on the Worksop - Retford route, a straight 2 miles to Babworth, I was keen to get home late at night but fortunately saw him drop in behind me.

Welcome back GH, you don't want to get too used to the sunny weather stuff 

Brisk cold wind blowing with a little precipitation mixed in. Dull and cloudy, the gauge says 6°c but it feels much colder outside. Still doing bits and pieces around the house, so keeping busy.

Take it easy

8°c too down here in weegeeland and dry now after overnight rain. Pretty cloudy but the forecast suggests it getting a bit warmer with some clear spells later.

Good luck with the concert, hope it goes well. Just thinking that the closest I got to a live musical performance when I was small was when the ragman came round on his horse and cart