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Apologies from us too. Severe knee cramp to an old war-wound took us out of the meeting early. Thank heavens the Stag is an Auto.....

Bit out of date now, I know, but check the gauge! Pop it out of the dash pod and measure the resistance across the 3 studs on the rear. See picture below.

Thanks Tim. We'll be there.

At the fuel station! Only the brake hoses to replace and the brake shoes and we should be ready to roll.

Any idea as to start time?

Lots of interesting work done on this in Norway - amongst others, using solar panels. Shipping it within our existing gas transmissions network is more than possible now with plastic lining the existing steel and cast iron pipes and existing gas storage facilities. More interesting work done in storing Hydrogen - both in Shetland and Japan. Still a way to go though, but huge progress in a very short time in recent years.

An excellent response. Please may I quote this in my future work? Hi Chriss, of course you can, as a further thought, rather than planting trees/hedges/offsetting, is there any way that the club could assist in the development of Hydrogen technology? I have seen that this government is very keen on H2 and Sheffield(?) University is working on producing more green Hydrogen - fund raising/contibution to funds by a special run? Again, another thought!

It's only a thought, but maybe the FBVHC could have more of a role to play in negating the pollution concept? On a recent trip to Hereford in my Stag, I was accosted by a chap in the hotel car park and confronted with the idea that I was single-handedly killing the planet. Firstly, I pointed out that my car was 50 years old - or had lived the lifetimes of 8 -10 modern cars and was made mostly of steel, leather and wood. Not plastic, lithium, cadmium, nickel and all the other heavy metals or materials that really are polluting the planet. Neither did it require extra miles of copper (mined in Africa and shipped here) to allow it to plug in, let alone 1000 tons of concrete to keep a windmill upright. It was, therefore, the ultimate in re-use and recycling and was a lot more eco than the battery driven monster that he was driving. Not sure he accepted all, or indeed any, of my opinions but he did leave me alone. I was polite - I had a Club Triumph sticker in the window, but might media coverage be the real answer to avoid future problems and knee jerk reactions? The RBRR is a terrific event that raises money for worthy causes, it should have more media coverage and classic cars could be presented in a far more favourable light. Just a thought... Chas

Interesting differences. I agree that there shouldn't be much difference - especially as it's 'up to X%' in each type. But, when looking at the plugs at John O Groats (1 each side) they were completely white. Richening the mixture meant that by the Falls of Shin they were a very light tan and, following another adjustment, were normal tan. Of course, filling up with E5 on the way home at near empty, meant that on checking on the drive, they were as black as a coalhole. Not sure what else it could be. Maybe, we got a shot of genuine E10 (full 10%) somewhere?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS8z3lfJTgE Never done this before, so hope it works! Chas

As newcomers to the RBRR, we can only say that we thoroughly enjoyed the event - from start to finish. Even pre-start! excellent communication from the organisers - from phone calls to whatsapp. Plenty of information and we felt as though we were being treated as equals, even though it was our first run. Didn't notice any particular cliques - everyone we spoke to were friendly and helpful - focussed, yes, but at no time did we ever feel out of place. But, we too need to apologise for dazzling LEDs! I did get the cars headlights adjusted - with two blokes sat in the car, but shortly before Carter Bar, the master switch fell apart and plunged us in to darkness. Had to do some highly bodged wiring in pitch black while my co-driver helpfully munched his way through the M&Ms. For some reason that I still can't fathom, it made our headlights a heck of a lot brighter than they should have been. Did finally get it sorted in daylight when I could see what I was doing. So sincere apologies to anyone who was dazzled by our TR7. Admittedly, I don't understand the ire directed at some of those who fell by the wayside, excepting those who failed to contact the organisers to say they couldn't be bothered to turn up. I can fix most things mechanical, but struggle with the electrical side (see above) so what may be a minor electrical fault to some is a major spanner throwing event for me. My car is a daily driver and generally well maintained, but I didn't consider the effect on the car of a 2000 mile event - in one go. Everything having to work hard for a solid 48 hours. I have done a trip of 2500 miles around France - in two weeks, but never in 48 hours. I will make darned sure that I check the electrics as thoroughly as I check the mechanics for the next one. Yes, we echo everyone elses comment with a huge 'Thank You' to the organisers, but also to everyone who took part and made the event so memorable. Hopefully, we can do the next one too. Chas and Jim, Team84 TR7V8

For my TR7, the master light switch fell apart just before Carter Bar, plunging us in to darkness - not fun. A succession of bodges until a very nice chap called Pete gave us a replacement, which is working happily now. The heater, which had worked happily in the warm air up to Knebworth suddenly stopped working as we got to Wetherby and the temperature dropped. Flow and retrun pipes both red hot. Reading RobPearce above, could it be E10 fuel? We had to enrichen the Weber a lot to stop the rough running. Back on E5 and it was running way too rich, so put it back to where it was. Economy wise, we seemed to get roughly 25mpg out of E10 and 32mpg out of E5 - 3.5 V8.

Oh dear! Sorry to have started this thread. Did I read somewhere above that there is a guarantee that our cars will finish? 😉

I had a cunning plan! Any breakdown 'north' of Wales, could get recovered to home in Portishead and pick up spare car! I thought this to be a brilliant idea until my co-driver pointed out that someone might notice that we started in a blue TR7 and finished in a red Stag. What do you think? Workable?

Hi all, Just seen on the MSN newstream that Tesco and BP are closing fuel stations due to the lack of tanker drivers. Any one else have any news on this? Cheers Chas