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I hope every body got home ok. I was a bit confused I thought the route was St Marys Loch and then Moffat via the Megget reservoir and the Beeftub?

Should be a great run through the best of the borders but alas I'm well south of Moffat. Give my regards to Buck Ruxtons ghost as you pass the Beef Tub!

Could be the Stacks internal battery.

I always have lots of the wrong items but consumables in the past have included a brake light switch and exhaust bobbins. I also find Scotsmen come in handy i.e. 3 kindly pushed me through Castle Douglas to a distant petrol station.

You can get a box of 200 assorted grub screws from Amazon cost about £7.

John V I'll have to get back to you post lockdown to answer your questions as I never hang around for the test but head off in a courtesy car. I always take it in 'hot' after a circitous route to the test station which is only 6 miles away. However the car might sit around for a few hours before he does the test so I've no idea if a warm engine makes any difference.

I ditched the cat on my R400d four years ago and it seems a bit freer revving and less of a plumbers nightmare. No problem with MOT's.

Mike I've used the campsite at Ullapool and it tends to be breezy so that should keep the blighters at bay.

On my morning run over Hardknott this morning when my Jimmy Choo eco sandals were cruelly splashed by a passing Chelsea tractor! Blow me if it wasn't Roger Abbott aged doyen of L7C no doubt en route Sharrow Bay for afternoon tea (£43). I rated a brief acknowledgement as he roared off.

There's a garage on the airfield estate at Kirton in Lindsey which does a lot of Caterham work . http://www.ctsmotorsport.com/

Alan I was told that the event will be continuing but Roberto has resigned as organiser so what the format will be remains to be seen.

I'm heading back also and am now in Heidelberg after crossing the Gt St Bernard pass in sunny weather. Excellent weekend in lively company! Stelvio was crossed in bright sunshine and only had rain on the way back.

The Bornio road was closed as of yesterday Thursday I had to descend via the Umbrail pass and then south over the Majola towards the lake.

I'm en route for Como and about to pass into Austria and on to St Anton tomorrow. Just been checking on the Stelvio and Majola passes and both are clear about 16C at the Stelvio summit a while ago. So anybody with plans for the Italian crossings shouldn't have problems. Very warm in southern Germany today about 17C at my accommodation in Rothenburg .

I'm told the Kit Car Solutions version is a Mazda part but seems better quality than the black CC offering.