First time on HA

[Martini...LB]

I once went out with a girl who sold Avon. She could make me shudder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Is that the same.

That would be Avon tyres then...perhaps the shudder was because you needed your wheels balancing!!!...

>Martini...

[Nordic]

Hey, i used to have an MR2, (SW20) even after 10 years (not bad for an impulse purchase that I hadnt realised only had 2 seats!)  I loved to see it as I passed a shop window!  - I literally cried when i p/ex'd it for a Corolla - Manchester insurance costs exceeding the value of the car combined with various maintenance/repair issues pending forced sale!

F
(p.s. i am not a hairdresser, just for the record!) 

My MR2 on the grid back in 89.

Great car.

PS I was not a haidresser then either, far worse I was an Estate Agent!

[MIKE C (Liverpool Boys)]

Never had a MR2. I did have an Avenger Tiger once do any of you remember them?

[Barry]

Never had a MR2. I did have an Avenger Tiger once do any of you remember them?

I regret to say I do, and when they were in production. My only defence is that I was a teenager, or does that make it worse.

[Andy Zarse]

The Avenger is v cool, it's a close relative of the commer.

http://www.rootes-chrysler.co.uk/hill-ave.html

[MIKE C (Liverpool Boys)]

Barry I was only 19 when I had mine, I though I was the DB's. 

[Barry]

Barry I was only 19 when I had mine, I though I was the DB's. 

The insurance companies were a bit kinder in those days, my first car was a Morris 1100 in 1974 (£40 FULLY comp), so looked at things like Avenger Tigers, 2.3 litre Vauxhall's, Mexico's etc and drooled.

[MIKE C (Liverpool Boys)]

I cheated, I was on my Dads Insurance. As I was at college.

[Barry]

Probably the same loophole we used, where you could be insured as the main driver on someone else's insurance. The only fear was if you had a prang, your Dad lost his NCB.
Can't do that these days unfortunatly, I think the thought of facing my Dad if I had a crash made me more careful the first year after I passed my test.

[Lorry]

The Avenger is v cool, it's a close relative of the commer.

Not so sure about the Avenger, but the Plymouth Cricket I'll agree on.

[MIKE C (Liverpool Boys)]

I know we were talking about cars, and my pal used to race round in his dads commer van, because he would not buy him a car. We used to hide in the back and sneek into Oulton Park, to watch Jerry Marshall and Gordon Spicer. Jerry in a dolly mint and gordon driving a capri. I alao remember when the British Rally was a rally not a trip in Wales, and they went around Oulton the wrong way, on there way to the Lakes.
 Oh sh-t I am waffling again I only came on to ask what is the water supply like on HA, are there a few taps.
Thanks Mike

[chrisbeatty]

...I only came on to ask what is the water supply like on HA, are there a few taps.

Mike there's the usual standpipes every once in a while, if you get there early enough (?Thursday am?) you may be able to camp close by (but up hill!!) of them

[MIKE C (Liverpool Boys)]

I would like to say thanks to all of you, who have offered advice on camping on HA. I now have a confession to make. I have now managed to get passes to MB, which is were we stayed last year. I will come and visit HA, to meet you all.
Thanks again,
Mike

[Ferrari Spider]

I would like to say thanks to all of you, who have offered advice on camping on HA. I now have a confession to make. I have now managed to get passes to MB, which is were we stayed last year. I will come and visit HA, to meet you all.
Thanks again,
Mike

Mike, hope the tin hat and cast iron breeches are on!  Mind you it is the right choice