I recently blogged about my efforts to replace most of the bulbs in my Fiesta with LEDs. Mostly this has gone well, but one area where there have been difficulties are the indicators. When I installed the first LED I immediately got “hyperflash” where the flash rate increases a great deal to practically produce a flickering effect. My supplier – Classic Car LEDs – had indeed predicted this problem and investigating and solving it taught me a great deal about
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LED lamps on the Mk 4 Fiesta
Recently, I’ve been trying to convert most of the lamps on my old Mk4 Fiesta over to LEDs. There are several motivations for this: A better quality of light. Reduced chance of a failed bulb attracting the attention of the Old Bill. Reduced possibility of a flat battery if I manage to leave the lights on. I have exclusively used products from Classic Car LEDs with whom I have no connections other than as a satisfied customer. They appear to
Isle of Wight 2022 Day 1
We had an uneventful crossing on the Wightlink ferry from Lymington to Yarmouth. It was so quick and easy that we really couldn’t understand why we hadn’t done so before. It was a relatively short drive to the cottage near Brighstone (but then everywhere is a short drive on the IoW) and we arrived soon after the check-in time. The cottage was clean and reasonably spacious but was one of these places with mean owners who can’t part with a
Lincolnshire 2022 Day 2
Today we drove over to Skegness to see their seal sanctuary. It is more of a mini zoo with a collection of other animals including penguins, reptiles, butterflies, goats and an aquarium. I will admit to a fondness for seals. Their rotund forms and tendency to laze about waiting for the next meal appeals to me! Overall it was worth the entrance fee and the lunch we had in their cafe was perfectly acceptable for such an establishment. It wasn’t
Lincolnshire 2022 Day 1
The first day of our short break in Baumber, Lincolnshire and we started with a trip to the local town of Horncastle. Sadly, many shops in Horncastle are closed on Mondays, but we managed to sample a number of charity shops. One had a nice selection of copies of Railway Modeller, mostly from the 1990s, so I bought a couple for 50p each. We then wandered into a junk shop in the old Coop building. The first room was as
2022 Trip – Day 7
Distance Average Speed Max Speed 31 km 11.7 km/h 51.2 km/h After a reasonable night at Janisvaara I was expecting that I would drive across the northern swamps once Timo had opened a trail. By 1000 there was no sign of Timo so I sent him a text asking what was happening. Unfortunately, I misunderstood the reply. Timo wanted to indicate that he would be along later to open the trails, but I understood him to be saying that he was
2022 Trip – Day 6
Distance Average Speed Max Speed 43.3 km 10.2 km/h 35.0 km/h There had been a lot of snow over night and more was forecast. As a result most trails were only partly open. I suggested to Timo that the best plan would be for me to head towards Saija. He wasn’t entirely sure but agreed to make a trail. First there was a short run to Janisvaara via some of the training trails and I dropped off a few items
2022 Trip – Day 5
Distance Average Speed Max Speed 29.6 km 14.2 km/h 26.1 km/h Got up at 0700 and found that the hut was a chilly but acceptable 11 deg C. After breakfast I was able to feed the dogs by adding hot water to the remains of last night’s food. I sent Timo a text to ask where I should be going and he replied that someone was out on a snowmobile making a route. A little while later two snowmobiles arrived
2022 Trip – Day 4
Distance Average Speed Max Speed 37.2 km 13.6 km/h 27 km/h There had been several cm of snow overnight and Timo had apparently gone outearly to make a fresh trail for me to follow. I left shortly after he returned at about 1100. The basic plan was to head up to Janisvaara first with a detour through the training loops then continue east across the swamps to the snow mobile trail. I would then turn south, cross Lohilampi and follow
2022 Trip – Day 3
Distance Average Speed Max Speed 43 km 14.2 km/h 33.2 km/h The “plan” was to drive up the snowmobile trail from Tilsa, across the Hameenvaara swamps and then proceed over to Kylkeinen to spend the night there. Mostly this was achieved! Timo had changed one dog from yesterday’s successful team but otherwise it looked good. With the alarm clock problem fixed I got off at a reasonable time but almost immediately stuck a problem. One of my team dogs, Muns,