Archev's adventures in the Berlingo

[securespark]

...but my eyes are not what they once were!

 

[Susanna]

@securespark - I thought they were deer…….

 

[Archev]

...but my eyes are not what they once were!

The eyes are reasonable, it’s the rest that’s concerning

 

[Archev]

Gotta book to see a play coming up in Edinburgh called The Croft based on a true story from Applecross.

 

[securespark]

@securespark - I thought they were deer…….

I told you my eyes were no good!

 

[MG Clive]

I told you my eyes were no good!

Oh deer.

 

[Archev]

Oh deer.

I was just checking if anybody was awake and still reading this stuff

 

[OriginalBigAl]

@securespark - I thought they were deer…….

They were deer, they are now venison and chilling inside Archevs freezer.

 

[Susanna]

@OriginalBigAl - haha! I thought I was just ignorant about (weird looking) breeds of sheep in Scotland

 

[Susanna]

I was just checking if anybody was awake and still reading this stuff

Of course, I look forward to reading about your adventures

 

[Archev]

They were deer, they are now venison and chilling inside Archevs freezer.

Not ALL of them, I’ve only got a wee freezers don’t have a beef at me

 

[MG Clive]

I was just checking if anybody was awake and still reading this stuff

I was just looking at the nice pictures mate.

 

[Archev]

The Berlingo notched up another point on the economy scale today. It’s up to 3.6 miles per kW. Not in the same ballpark as the MG5 but it is a bigger car and has less of an aerodynamic aspect. On the plus side for Berlingo is the fact that it’s totally crap as a sports car but still a delight to weave along A roads in a very comfortable manner at 45 to 55 mph. The regen braking is about equal to that of the MG5 and works well once the top 10 to 15% of the battery storage is used up.
The lofty driving position is fantastic for driving and sightseeing in equal measure. The seats themselves are grand and on my car there’s five individual units and the rears all but disappear into the floor when required.
I saw a few different tailgate and side awning tents at the two campsites I stayed at and will continue to think about them.
I’m no further forward converting my Daughter to an ev. She is on the cusp of changing from her manual diesel Hyundai hatchback to a Citroen/ Peugeot/ Vauxhall/Fiat/Toyota clone MPV van. It will most likely be diesel and manual. I’ve tried to persuade her to at least go for the eight speed semi automatic gearbox which I found on the two six speed diesel versions I had to be faultless and very frugal. She baulks at that saying she feels more in control (with a clutch and gear-lever as extra bits to take up one’s attention ??). Her Mum was exactly the same so an ev conversion to Daughter might take a while yet.

 

[Archev]

@OriginalBigAl - haha! I thought I was just ignorant about (weird looking) breeds of sheep in Scotland

Sheep / deer - looks / taste I’m ambitastsrous myself.

 

[T1 Terry]

Deer is a bit like kangaroo, you have to be careful cooking to avoid it being tough as they have very little to no fat marbling the meat. Either very hot plate and sear the sides with the inside looking as though a bandaid could have them back in the paddock, or real slow, but don't keep turning the meat, that will make it tough ......

T1 Terry

 

[T1 Terry]

"What do they eat when they can't get tourist?" "The locals."

When I started my last job as a Veterinary Investigation Officer in Edinburgh, management was stressing its brains out over the possibility of West Nile Disease (or was it Bluetongue? possibly both) getting into a' meanbh-chuileagan. The thinking being that we haven't been able to make a dent in them despite our best efforts when the only reason for doing it was that they're a bloody annoying pest. The prospect of them carrying serious disease as well is not a happy one.

You win, the only thing Google could come up with was a female poet, and I'm guessing that wasn't a correct translation of what ever one of those creatures is .....

T1 Terry