Archev's adventures in the Berlingo

[Rolfe]

Don't come it.

 

[Archev]

Wore the Berlingo’s traction battery right down to 5% this afternoon. Plugged in about three and asked Ohme to have it at 100% for me at 07:30 tomorrow :-

That, allied by the polish added all around and under the bonnet and the ability to actually see through the windows ought to ensure a few cheap miles. If I also remove the 8 foot fence post and two bags of concrete mix I’m guessing flight may even be possible?

 

[decrep]

Buses, Buses, Buses!!!!!

Buses, Buses, Buses!!!!!

Every body sing it now.
Buses, buses, buses!

 

[Ian Key]

Nurse. NURSE!! @decrep not been taking his tablets again

 

[T1 Terry]

The Wheels on the bus go round and round?

T1 Terry

 

[Archev]

The Wheels on the bus go round and round?

T1 Terry

Yes I can verify that as fact

 

[decrep]

you guys are so slow, it's aimed at Archev, obviously, and you are all supposed to join in, otherwise we'll never get the buses story, and die wonder what it was all about.

 

[Archev]

you guys are so slow, it's aimed at Archev, obviously, and you are all supposed to join in, otherwise we'll never get the busses story, and die wonder what it was all about.

Yeah but I’ll be first

Yeah but I’ll be first

At last - for something in my li ..???

 

[MG Clive]

At last - for something in my li ..???

I'll get you for this Butler.

 

[T1 Terry]

Yes I can verify that as fact

Well, not on the Winnie, front brake pads still haven't turned up from the USA, the $150 expedited delivery doesn't seem to have had much of an effect, I think the package is still in the USA

T1 Terry

you guys are so slow, it's aimed at Archev, obviously, and you are all supposed to join in, otherwise we'll never get the busses story, and die wonder what it was all about.

You do realise there never was a bus story, it was just to get people to keep looking at his travels thread

T1 Terry

 

[OriginalBigAl]

I think there is a bus story. Its just that his book publishers have said, leave it until nearer Christmas to put out any more teasers , that should increase sales at the peak times. ?

 

[Archev]

Watching Tesla chargers
In the peein’ rain
Not quite ready chargers
Isn’t it a pain
If I could only plug in
I wouldn’t go insane
I’d charge my little Citroen up
And make it home again.

 

[Archev]

My son’s camping in the Hills of the Moon canyon in Anza Borrego desert California.

I asked for a swap but he said no.

 

[OriginalBigAl]

" Still driving to Oban" ? You need to work that right foot a bit harder if Google is questioning you about time/distance calculations !

 

[MG Clive]

It's good to see teddy sat up again, he should have a little seat belt really.

 

[Archev]

In Oban there’s a pod point
A Berlingo feeds there on
And very soon I’ll homeward wend
Not long and I’ll be gone
The Oban weather’s very good
Dry and blue and great
I need another twenty miles
So not long now to wait

 

[Archev]

In Oban there’s a pod point
A Berlingo feeds there on
And very soon I’ll homeward wend
Not long and I’ll be gone
The Oban weather’s very good
Dry and blue and great
I need another twenty miles
So not long now to wait

Well I nearly screwed up there. As I drove home I recalculated and decided I was 10 miles short of power to get home. I collected 10kWh of power from the pod point at Oban Tesco (and got Tesco points) for £4.62 and set off home. The GOM said I’d be about 10 miles short. So I started ticking off the chargers I would pass en route - Tyndrum - Crianlarich - Callander - various options in Stirling.
But as I proceeded, the Berlingo trip and GOM mileages converged as regen started to come in to play. Just after Callander I was one mile in hand. By Stirling it was three - how much do I trust it ?? Did I feel lucky punk??
So, I’m home and just plugged in to the Ohme charger with eight miles in reserve. Fortuitous I’d say.
What a great day’s drive and I’m not sure if I’ve seen much more than twenty or thirty other vehicles on the road in either direction.
One unfortunate soul had left the road through Glen Lochy with what appeared to be a fairly new hatchback car and piled it through a tree. Police had just arrived and I met an ambulance in a hurry later down the road. Didn’t look good.

 

[Rolfe]

That sounds bad.

I don't dare play your game on that road. I might be fine as far as Stirling, but after Stirling I have nearly 40 miles of motorway, then a climb up the side of the Pentlands. You can imagine what that does to my range. Last time (last week) was had 12 miles in hand according to the GOM, but it didn't have the information I had. I stopped at the Ospreys in Stirling for about five minutes, and I was still on 6% when I got home.

 

[Archev]

I just remembered - somewhere around Bonny Strathyre on my way home last night the Berlingo reported it had done an OTA update.
No idea what it was about, I’ll check it out later but it’s strange because I don’t even get much of a cellphone signal around there or along the length of Loch Lubnaig. (Our black Labrador, Bracken, used to go crazy until we stopped if we were over that way. He would leap out and swim for a while. He had one beautiful soft coat for a while after that.)

 

[Rolfe]

I was thinking of cycling the west bank of Loch Lubnaig next week. Depending.

Oh, and WHAT ABOUT THE BUSES?????