Our magnificent 18 years old Mitsubishi Shogun has only done 40,000 miles and does not appear to have done much, if any, off-road work. It is the proverbial Chelsea Tractor indeed. It has just had four new tyres and simply does not look its age. Almost too good to be true. One problem with elderly Shoguns is rust underneath and I have been keen to have a look-see for myself.
Again, Settle Coal to the rescue for letting me have access to their immense set of concrete ramps up which even HGVs can go. Last week one hot dry day I plucked up courage and donned a set of overalls to inspect down under and to give it a spray of Lanoguard.
Took about half an hour and pleased to report that there was very little rust indeed. Sadly I did not take a picture of the car in the sky but I was able to record what minor areas of rust that were to be seen.
T'Tin'Ut? Well, we are getting rid of a lot of rubbish and generally tidying the place up. T'Tin'Ut was an unlovely but once useful storage place that predates the coal truck and the garage loft. It advertised it as a give-away on Settle Sell-and-Seek and in a flash, Lisa Smith at Settle station asked if they could have it as it would be ideal for storage of winter fuel pellets. Officialdom at Northern agreed and today, with help from the Last of the Summer Wine Gang at the signal box we lifted it bodily into position. Our combined ages were in the region of 400.
And one for the pot:
S&C-nery from the all-first-class Staycation Express which had an S&C test run during the week.
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