What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[David Stepney]

Copper pipes are always liable to fracture in old age so replacement worthwhile. In his plane Lindbergh insisted that all pipes were frequently interrupted by flexible joints. May be able to clear pipes with curtainn rod.
Always find photos of countryside interesting. Compared with the pop hare it always seems surprisng that so much is deserted. We do not have the web of minor roads and with 40 ton artic milk tankers and logging trucks it is becoming very difficult to find unspoiled  roads. Whenever there is slip damge tend to get straightend. A lot of the land area here is rugged moutain entirely unroaded.

Bob. It wasn't that the pipe had fractured, but that the lumen had somehow become constricted. I did think of rodding t through - I have a length of broken Landrover speedo cable that does the job quite well. Indeed, I used it to make sure that the tank pick up pipe was perfectly clear. The problem in rodding the main line through is that it has some quite interesting bends in it, including an expansion coil that i do not think one could get anything round.

With regard to the Welsh mountains, whilst rugged, they have been grazed by sheep for centuries. Indeed, in the middle ages, Wales was the main producer of wool in the British Isles. In consequence, there have been small summer farms (called 'Hafodydd' - singular 'Hafod') and tracks all over the place. As I hope you can see from the photos, they are ideal Austin Seven country!

Here are some photos that i took today that didn't make it into my original post: