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On Route…

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sat, September 26, 2020Sun, September 27, 2020
  • NC 500
  • Uncategorised

At the crack of dawn the pair of us pretended we were happy to be leaving on the journey north to begin our North Coast […]

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Furlough Day One Hundred and Seventy Maybe…

By Nicky SmithPosted on Tue, May 05, 2020Tue, May 05, 2020
  • Musings

How are you all holding up then? I have to admit I am still all good, I mean everyday is a Saturday on some strange […]

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The Toylander Build

By Nicky SmithPosted on Wed, April 15, 2020Wed, April 15, 2020
  • Toylander Build

It has been a while since I last had a chance to do any sort of project really let alone sit down and write about […]

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Furlough Day 4 – 10

By Nicky SmithPosted on Tue, April 14, 2020Tue, April 14, 2020
  • Musings

OK we have reached the end of the first week proper and taking into account the weekends themselves have hit the end of day 10. […]

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Furlough Day 3

By Nicky SmithPosted on Mon, April 06, 2020Tue, May 05, 2020
  • Musings

Is it me or do we seem to be living through the start of an end of the world book? You know the sort “It […]

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By Nicky SmithPosted on Sat, March 28, 2020
  • Musings

OK then it has been more than a while since I last wrote anything at all, and in that time it seems that my website […]

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Pugs & Poo

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sat, October 20, 2018
  • Musings

So, I have been away from writing for quite some time. The bit of my brain where the creative juices flow from has sort of […]

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Well That’s a Bit Of a Mess.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sun, July 15, 2018
  • Mini Days.

Yea I know I haven’t been around much lately and I will not apologise for that because I have been out and about enjoying the […]

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Replace the Old With the Old.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sun, May 20, 2018
  • Mini Days.

Anyone else got a puppy that’s a bit of a twat? I have to ask because I really don’t want to be the only person […]

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Maybe a Convertible?

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sun, May 20, 2018
  • Mini Days.

I finished work mid afternoon on Friday and quickly found myself stood in my garage looking at the unruly and unkempt state of the place. […]

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I Can’t Sit Still.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Fri, May 18, 2018
  • Mini Days.

I have only just finished the campervan conversion so my plan was to take a few months off and make JD the mini an Autumn/Winter […]

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Mini To Spain Part 6.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sun, May 06, 2018
  • Mini Days.

Part 6. I don’t know if you have ever driven off of a ferry into a foreign country but it can be a bit hectic. […]

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A Mini to Spain Part.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sat, April 07, 2018
  • Mini Days.

Part 5. The clear blue cloudless sky’s lasted for the whole trip. I don’t mean just to Portsmouth but the entire trip from the UK […]

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It’s Arrived!

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sun, March 18, 2018
  • Mini Days.

Why is it that whenever I want to move a motor around the weather turns bitterly cold or wet? I figure that someone somewhere is […]

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Something a bit different.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sun, March 04, 2018
  • Mini Days.

I have been wondering what sort of project to do next for some time now or even if I should bother for a while and […]

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A Mini to Spain Part 4.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sun, March 04, 2018
  • Musings

It was a dull grey late winter morning when the tyres started turning on the tarmac heading towards Portsmouth from Northamptonshire. The engine was ticking […]

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A Mini to Spain Part.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sun, February 25, 2018
  • Musings

With the challenge accepted the hunt was on for a decent little mini that would be taken to southern Spain as a surprise 40th Birthday […]

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Dear Janice.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Thu, February 15, 2018
  • Musings

Dear Janice, It would appear you would like to play online games especially Bingo. Now I understand we all need a hobby in life to […]

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A Mini To SPain Part 2

By Nicky SmithPosted on Thu, February 15, 2018
  • Musings

For a short while I worked in Southern Spain on the Ports as a Shipping agent. I loved the job but like all good things […]

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A Mini To Spain Part 1.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Tue, February 13, 2018
  • Musings

A Mini To Spain. For those of you that may not have noticed I like to rebuild things. I am not saying I do it […]

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Puppy Perspective

By Nicky SmithPosted on Tue, February 06, 2018
  • Musings

I think we should live life like a puppy. Seriously everything from a puppies perspective is fantastic. Have you ever seen anything else that is […]

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Puppy Performance.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Fri, January 19, 2018
  • Musings

A couple of weeks into the whole “Stupidly broken my foot” thing now and I can honestly say I am going a little stir crazy. […]

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A Hell of a Way to Start!

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sun, January 07, 2018
  • Musings

Well folks, we are at the end of the first week into 2018 and to say the last twelve months have been a challenge would […]

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In Remembrance

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sat, November 11, 2017
  • Musings

The soldier stood and faced his God, which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining, just as brightly as his brass. […]

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It’s up for sale :(

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sun, July 30, 2017
  • The 110

Well due to personal circumstances I am having to sell “The 110”. This has not been a decision that has been taken lightly, in fact […]

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WEEK 15 & I am stupid.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Mon, July 10, 2017
  • Musings

Honestly why do I do these things to myself? I think that deep down somewhere in there I am some sort of sycophant.Oh I am […]

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WEEK 13

By Nicky SmithPosted on Thu, June 29, 2017
  • Musings

We are already well into week 13 of the hair growing now and I am beginning to look like a yeti! As always please drop […]

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Rain…

By Nicky SmithPosted on Thu, June 29, 2017
  • Pic of the Day.

It’s raining it’s pouring the old man is snoring…well I’m not really but I was feeling a little stir crazy stuck indoors so I grabbed […]

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First Drive.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Sat, June 10, 2017
  • The 110

I woke up to the sound of rain hitting the roof hard above my head. I didn’t care at first as I turned back over […]

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No it has not….

By Nicky SmithPosted on Thu, June 01, 2017
  • The 110

Bit of an issue really and not with The 110…There was a problem with the trailer so The 110 has been rebooked in for a […]

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The Time Has Come.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Wed, May 31, 2017
  • The 110

The 110 is going for it’s MOT tomorrow.Time to see what I missed….

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Time Flies.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Mon, May 08, 2017
  • The 110

Doesn’t time fly by! It only seems like last week I was writing away about The 110 but after having a quick nose through the […]

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Power Steering & Parts

By Nicky SmithPosted on Thu, April 20, 2017
  • The 110

It’s ok I am still around. I am not in the middle of what’s become commonly known in our household as “The 110 despair cycle”, […]

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#yetismith Week 2 & Week 3

By Nicky SmithPosted on Thu, April 13, 2017
  • Musings

Well good morning to you all! We fast heading towards the end of the first month of me not cutting the hair on my head […]

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Bits & Bobs.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Mon, April 03, 2017
  • The 110

Now you may think that I have not been doing a deal on The 110 but you would be mistaken. The evenings have become warmer […]

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Week 1

By Nicky SmithPosted on Mon, April 03, 2017
  • Musings

Well I have made it to the end of week one of “growing my hair for a year”. It’s already itching and a mate has […]

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Hair Growing…

By Nicky SmithPosted on Wed, March 29, 2017
  • Musings

I have sat here for the last ten minutes trying to figure out how to write this and I am still none the wiser so […]

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Grieving.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Wed, March 15, 2017
  • Musings

I have a tale to tell but I don’t know the best way to put into words that would do it justice. To start with […]

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Tough Day. Lots Done.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Wed, March 15, 2017
  • The 110

Once again I found myself sat in bed looking at the bottom of a brew thinking about The 110.I had to go and buy some […]

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Humpty Dumpty Day.

By Nicky SmithPosted on Tue, March 14, 2017
  • The 110

I get up really early in the morning for work which in itself is ok. I like to see the start of each new fresh […]

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