Not Fed Up...

...in fact I'm quite happy with the results from my Fed5B even though I had problems with the film snapping whilst I was rewinding it.

Here's three pictures of the glasshouse at Wisley Gardens, got a nice muted vintage feel to them.

Sizzle

Remember these with the funky wheel release sytem?



I saw some rollerskates in a charity shop a few weeks back, wish I'd bought them now, they only wanted £5 for them.



Yep Mattel Sunrunners, same truck and wheel design.

Greg Gibbs R.I.P

pic by ~lox~

I heard last night that Greg died on Thursday.

He was a talented skateboarder, screen-printer, musician and a good internet friend and inspiration.
A co-founder of oldkookskating.com

R.I.P Greg your wisdom and insight will be missed

Guess Who?

You'll probably never believe it if I told you.

Now aged 50, pictured in 2004.

Clue: Turner Prize winner.

Powerflex 9's

Never had any myself but rode a mates board with some, nice wheels.

Interesting to see in this ad from July 1978's Skateboarder that they were still measuring them in inches.
My theory was that after Kyptonics came out measuring wheels in millimetres everybody followed suit, oh well bang goes that theory.

RS

Loving the micro cars in France.
This is a Ligier X-TOO RS.

Diesel 4 stroke twin cylinder 440 cm3
Aluminum block, camshaft head
Bore 68 mm - stroke 60.6 mm
Maximum power: 4 kW at 3700 rpm
Direct fuel injection with electronic control
Maximum torque 20.0 Nm at 1,800 rpm

Yep a whole 4kW @ 3700 rpm.

That's 5.6 horsepower.

Cheesymania

Stretch 2cv

Popped over to Coquelles via the Channel Tunnel to stock up on stuff.
Spotted this beast parked outside the McDonalds drive through. (I wasn't in there I was in a nearby shop)





Check out his website www.2cv4.eu and see his rad pick up and even radder narrowed 2cv along with the build pictures for this one.

Hot Sauce

I bought this great sauce from the Chilli Fiesta the other week.



It's made by the Upton Cheney Chilli Company.



Fruity and hot, not HOT as they say.
Really nice twang to it though.



I only opened it a week ago and it's nearly gone :-(



Tried it mixed with peanut butter today and spread on bread.

Winner

Goodwood Video

Here's a clip of the chicane at Goodwood immediately after the start, this is where I got taken out last year so I was very cautious this year.

I made sure I was closer to the front of the pack at the start.

See if you can spot me, red t-shirt, grey hair. Enter left of screen at 22 secs, exit right at 31 sec.

Cosmic Results (Man)

Got my prints back today from the Cosmic 35, not too bad, pleased with these 4 shots.
I ran a roll of Kodak Elitechrome through it then got it cross processed.

When I finished the film and was rewinding it I noticed that the back wasn't on properly, not sure if some shots have lens flare or it's a light leak.

More Goodwood

Well here I am cruising round the track at Goodwood, think this was the end of the 1st lap/start of the 2nd. (pic courtesy of dad)

Results are available now, didn't know what time I did until just now as a) didn't take my GPS with me and b) didn't look at the clock when I finished.

Anyway it was 1:09:56.39. and I was top longboarder in the midi race (5 laps/12.1 miles) 45th out of 137 finishers.

Yay me!

Goodwood Roller Marathon

Got sunburnt and blisters today at Goodwood Roller Marathon, wimped out of the full 11 laps (26.26 miles) and only entered the 5 lap (12.1 miles).



There was a little bit of this...



far too much of this...



And this guy was there...

Chilli Beer

Went to the Chilli Fiesta at West Dean house near Chichester today.

Amongst other things I bought some Chilli Beers. Both from Fallen Angel Brewery, I regretted not buying any of the 'Fire In The Hole' when I went last time 2 years ago.
Now it's been joined by 'Black Death'.

'Fire In The Hole' - Brewed using the hottest fresh green chillis - 4.0% abv.

'Black Death' - A jet black oatmeal stout infused with the Nagga or death chilli - 5.2% abv.

Both are brewed with no chemicals or preservatives, live, naturally carbonated.

Kooky Is As Kooky Does

My reaction to Ricardo's backside air at Unit1 yesterday.