Actually nothing to do with the new site!

After fitting the little upgrades, and passing the MOT, and enjoying a really great day out at Dunsfold hooning about and doing donuts, it's all over in the blink of an eye.

My little brother had a coming together with a gate catch, which clipped the sump, pushed the whole drivetrain back three inches or more, and mangled the chassis in the process. Andy Belcher at Tech7 was a bit of a hero in accepting the car so late on a Sunday and on assessing the damage, thought it was beyond economical repair. The insurance company agreed and that was that.

KGM, the underwriters for MSM, were pretty uncommunicative and for someone going through this for the first time I found this quite stressful - Caterhams are different to most cars, they are part of the family and when something like this happens you feel like someone has died. I can't expect everyone to understand that, but insurance companies would do well to realise that some people have more of an emotional attachment to their cars!

Anyway, the cheque is here, the car is on eBay, and now I'm wondering what to do with myself. Plenty of house improvements in the pipeline, new roof for the garage, and the 2CV needs a fair bit of work, so once I've tackled those and figured out what I've got left, I'll make a decision but for now a 7 seems unlikely unless the prices come down a bit over winter!

I'll still check in from time to time though. I know someone described the blog as a way to feed ones own ego, but I've found it a good way of documenting what I've been up to, if nothing else!

Cheerio!