Hike: Tung Chung to Discovery Bay
Second hike over to Discovery Bay over Tigers Head this week; 7.5 miles. This time with Jan Rutten and strangely enough we hiked slower than I did before, two days earlier.
The day Cathay Dragon ceased to exist!
Wednesday, 21st October 2020 will be seared in the minds of all those who worked for Cathay Dragon, as this was the day it ceased to exist. I knew it as Dragonair and I feel the pain for my ex-colleges. There are questions that need answering, such as what happens…
Hike: Peng Chau Hash
Was invited to a Hash Run on Peng Chau by Marcel Van Houten and Jamie Day. Just shy of 4 miles and then a quick refreshment and food afterwards. Excellent day out and probably the longest I have run in years.
Hike: Olympic Trail Again
Yet another hike to Mui Wo from Tung Chung, Lantau, with Marcel and Pipi. Never appreciated there was the large waterfall before. Clearly, being managed in the past to collect water for local distribution.
6R4 to GR4 Yaris
Decided, this will be every day driver. It’s a brilliant small car, ideal in these times for parking in busy cities, unfortunately its not a hybrid or electric, but sill very efficient. Developed directly from world rally activity with Tommi Mäkinen Racing. It reminds a little of the 6R4 and the…
Tung Chung Land Reclamation.
Out of window today, looks like the break water for the reclaimed land is being constructed. Although it’s difficult to know as the trucks seem to deposit dirt, and then the next week collect it and move it somewhere else. More pictures here.
14 days Quarantine
After visiting the UK from Hong Kong, I have now returned to HK for work, but before I can do any work, I have to spend two weeks isolated in my own apartment to ensure I am free of COVID-19. I travelled 4 weeks ago and Hong Kong airport was…
Ariel – homeward bound!
Collected the Nomad from the factory on Wednesday. Was an absolute glorious day for collection, arguably too hot, however this soon changed to rain later. Really impressed with the factory and the hand over from Henry. He was very meticulous and witty at the same time. Fortunately, Andrew my son…
Hike: Century Link to Mui Wo (again)
I don’t take my camera every day on walks. This one I did and you will see how clear the Hong Kong skies are without the factories working. Sad to see the beach in Mui Wo shut down and enlightening to see the huge spiders spinning their webs.
MG ZT260 – Rear Suspension
After spending £8000 to have the front and rear suspension refurbished by a Rally Prep company in Witney, Oxfordshire called RPS Rally, I discovered a major flaw in their reassembly of the rear suspension. I am truly surprised this was never noticed during the reassembly of the car and their…
MG XPower SV No:115
Overview and Reason for posting: Many moons ago I was excited with everything MG had to offer and one such car was the XPower SV. I ordered the car on launch at the Birmingham Motor Show with a £1000 deposit and then subsequently cancelled as the price increased exorbitantly. Needless, to…
Hike – Century Link to Mui Wo
Hike to Mui Wo on the 21st June 2020 in pictures.
Nomad in production
2 August 2020: Nomad is now complete, except for the exhaust guard. Will be collected any day now. COVID-19 as we know has affected many. One such item is the Ariel Nomad I ordered over 2 years ago. Well fantastic to report it’s now in production and I anticipate delivery…
Rain storm in Tung Chung
These pictures are from the 29th floor in apartment block. In front of Century Link they are reclaiming land which looks somewhat waterlogged after and during the storm. You can see reclaimed soil, washing away into the sea. This story is from the South China Morning Post: Flash floods across…
Hike: Century Link to Play Park
Short hike with two friends to local playwark then Handi Restuarant.
Looking back – Miss Bitchi
This was the last EVO I bought, having previously had a brand new EVO 6 GSR on launch into the UK and a VII. Awesome cars for the period in time that they were launched into and still hanger after one today.
Nimrod Nostalgia
Nigel May of Nimrod fame has just started a Maritime Facebook Group and its fascinating to see pictures from the period I was on Nimrods (1979-89). It’s also interesting to see the maritime escapades before and after my time on Nimrods, right until the end in 2010. This Facebook group…
Remembering the CEE63
Owned this car for 3 years and is another I should have considered keeping, seem to be prone to making mistakes. Fitted with an LSD and of course the 6.2 NA V8. In that time I covered only around 14,000 miles and this was in the last year as I…