Hi from the UK

Am in Tamworth Staffordshire just North East of Birmingham, bang smack in the middle of the country

And another g'day stuartmuk...

My wife was born in Biddulf and still has rellies in Mowcop..

Gotta tell ya that it is cold where I am, 2plus hours north from
Adelaide SA and it was ' scrape the ice off the car' this morning:(((

Cheers
Michael J

Hi Michael I was born in tunstall and I have relatives in Pits hill and I think its called Harishead(not to sure about the spelling) near mowcop.
David

Hi David,

It sure is a small world, make you wonder just how people can vanish.

SWMBO was just a little thingy when her family came over here.
We went over for a visit a few years ago, lovely countryside and top people too. Taylor is her family name and there are quite a few of them in that area.

Cheers
Michael

My mum was one of them! Cost her ten pounds...
But I reckon that there were poms arriving here over 200 years ago and didn't get to go home....

One of our Family Members, came over a while back, on a Cruise Ship,
she was a bit of a Naughty Girl, she lifted a couple of items that wern't hers, and the Beak in London didn't think it was funny, so
she got a one way ticket, paid for by the Crown.
My Grand Parents came over from London just before the First World
War, they owned a Grocery Store at Anakie in Queensland, they
just settled in it when my Grand Father joined the Light Horse and
went of to war, these mad poms lol.

Cheers
Daza

I used to tow with a Ford Maverick 4x4 but then the fuel shot up and changed to a Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCI car and as much as I liked the 4x4 I dont regret it as I am saving a bucket load on fuel now, that said the Mondeo is front wheel drive and is just hopeless on wet grass but I seem to get by.

Looks like there is a bit in my profile I can post some pictures up, will have a go when I get some spare time

Land's End to John o' Groats (Or ass about)


Land's End is the extreme southwestward (but not southern or western) point of Great Britain, situated in western Cornwall at the end of the Penwith Peninsula.
John o' Groats is the traditionally acknowledged extreme northern point of Scotland, in northeastern Caithness. The actual northernmost point is at nearby Dunnet Head. The point which is actually furthest by road from Land's End is Duncansby Head, about 2 miles from John o' Groats.

The distance by road is 874 miles (1406 km), according to the much-photographed signposts at each end.
The driving record once stood at just under 12 hours drive, or there abouts. I think it was a team from Vauxhall racing team then.

Hope this answers your question Eric.

I did it myself, more leisurely, in 2000 in a Ford Focus 1.3ltr and took 2.5 days.

Thanks I won the bet I said It was about 1500ks

All the best
Eric