Mo Murphy

Thank you, James for that heartfelt and frank admission of your guilt. I have gone ahead and made arrangements for myself for the first few days of the trip, namely hotels. I have booked an overnight on the 9th in the Angouleme F1 and I have booked myself into the Auberge de l'étable for the nights of the 10,11,12 and 13th May. Mo

The good old readers forum - what rubbish ! Mo

Erm, erm, wasn't me, it was er, Tim, that's who it was, and James as well. I'm innocent ... allegedly Mo

Bish old boy, do read the whole thread will you, there's a good chap Formule 1 on the first page, Auberge de l'étable in Montory further up on this page I agree, Formule 1 are pretty hard to beat in the cheap and cheerful stakes ! For our southbound group I would suggest a night stop at Angouleme where there is a formule 1 hotel, and from then on to Montory (which is within striking distance of the northernmost 3 days of the roadbook route) for perhaps 4 nights (half board, demi pension). Then on eastwards toward Andorra via the roadbook over the remaining days. I have prepared an Itinery file for tomtom from home to Montory, if anyone wants a copy of it just email; you'll just have to change the first waypoint to your home (easy). Mo

Ah, I see, that kind of cleaner Mo

Glad you've got it all sorted now Tony. Mo

Fridge, why does a generator have to be cleaner ? Mo

About 20 quid but I'd be happy to give 30 to help a student get on. There I go again, always thinking of others ... Mo

£40 !!!!!! What a bargain for a piece of moulded plastic !!!!!!!! Mo

I suspect a small generator would do the job better, David, and probably be cheaper too. Mo

I didn't do the t pieces in the bearing cap because I didn't know about them Would they cause the main rear seal to fail ? Les, mine didn't separate but the Britpart one leaked like buggery ! so much so that a week later on the day of a trip to Wales I pulled it all out again to fit a genuine one which didn't leak as much. Mo

Both times that I had to replace my clutch I just eyed the centre up but the engine was hanging on the hoist at the time. Mo

Nice work, Steve, very thorough !! Mo

Blimey, that's a bit rum ! Tony's idea sounds good, ring them and ask for the ombudsman's phone number. Mo

That's incredibly sad Ali, no wonder they sent the criminals to Oz, that bull bar is a crime Mo

Perhaps it may help some of the more troublesome v8s run better Mo

Bungee Mo

Get a 90, saves a lot of ****ing about ! Mo

ABS ! Adrian, that's soft Mo

The day out on the quads looks good too ! Mo

Good one Steve, nicely located compared to the road book too. What our our fellow participants think ? And could someone brighter than me explain the tariff I think I've fathomed the tariff now, it looks like there is a room price, then there is a half or full board supplement per person to be added to the room rate. Mo

Crumbs Tim, that's doing things the hard way ! I had thought about going down to St Jean Pied de Port, stopping overnight in perhaps in Saintes which is quite doable (I did it 2 up on a Vespa 200 15 years ago !). Several days then of the roadbook, staying in hotels along the way whilst working our way toward Andorra, where we stay for a couple of days whilst Chris bankrupts himself on duty free Then home via Carcasonne perhaps (a must see in my book) and the Millau bridge. It's a shame we don't have a couple more days to spend at the Gorge Du Tarn before going home A more or less circular route which I thought would make the best use of our time. Your thoughts Chaps ? Mo

Why not just buy another TD5 90 ? With a bit of protection and a front winch it'll be your daily driver, a greenlaning tool and you could enter winch challenges if you fancied a taste of the rough stuff. Without knowledge, experience and the ability to do most of it yourself (including critical design work), trying to build something extreme will result in a inflexible and expensive oddity that may or may not do all you want of it. Just my thoughts Mo

Good one Tony. V8 Freak, you are not alone Mo

Yup, replacements are carp ! Mo