What the feck have you done today?

took Elsie and our dog (Lucy) to Bamburgh Castle - I'm ashamed to say that I have never been there before.

Elsie took the dog onto the beautiful beach for a paddle (the dog, not Elsie) - I stayed in the car park having paid £6 to use that facility.

We would have toured the castle, but they restrict dogs to the outer grounds :(
I'm even more ashamed to say that I haven't been there either as I've always wanted to and I don't live that far away.
I took myself up there on the Triumph two years ago for my birthday. I fully intended to have a walk along the beach, look round the grounds and tour the castle. I'd only seen the place on TV and I imagined it stood in glorious isolation above the shore like Dunstunburgh. I didn't realise it came with a full village attached. It was the first sunny weekend of the spring and the place was rammed. Couldn't even find a spot to park the bike so I rode straight on - I hate crowds. I meant to stop and get fish and chips at Seahouses too but that was rammed as well. I'm afraid I just went home.
Must make the effort to do it soon and I'd like to go to Chillingham as well - maybe stay the night in one of their haunted rooms...
 
I'm even more ashamed to say that I haven't been there either as I've always wanted to and I don't live that far away.
I took myself up there on the Triumph two years ago for my birthday. I fully intended to have a walk along the beach, look round the grounds and tour the castle. I'd only seen the place on TV and I imagined it stood in glorious isolation above the shore like Dunstunburgh. I didn't realise it came with a full village attached. It was the first sunny weekend of the spring and the place was rammed. Couldn't even find a spot to park the bike so I rode straight on - I hate crowds. I meant to stop and get fish and chips at Seahouses too but that was rammed as well. I'm afraid I just went home.
Must make the effort to do it soon and I'd like to go to Chillingham as well - maybe stay the night in one of their haunted rooms...

We called at Seahouses for Fish and Chips but Elsie refused to pay the £18 (they didn't do the smaller portions) - so we ended up in Tynemouth and she paid (with my money) £11-50.
 
Kinell Ron, even I've been there 🤣

Who hasn’t! 😁
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We called at Seahouses for Fish and Chips but Elsie refused to pay the £18 (they didn't do the smaller portions) - so we ended up in Tynemouth and she paid (with my money) £11-50.
You're always going to pay top dollar in places like Seahouses. Whitby I imagine is the same - though again I've never stopped there because it's so busy. I know I should..
When I visit the Northumberland coast I prefer to head for Craster and get myself a consignment of Craster kippers. As soon as you get out of the car you can smell the smoke house. A sunny autumn day mid-week is the best time to go to Craster. It's usually quiet.

Tynemouth is a nice spot. The end point of the coast-to-coast path.
 
A while back I decide to rearrange my garage s it was easier to get my new to me bike in. It meant i had to back my boxster out.
I left it running while I shifted a couple of cabinets
When I went back to it it seemed to be missing white smoke from underneath and a strong "electric" smell then it cut out. It wouldn't restart.
Anyhow I pushed it back in disconnected the battery and left it.
With all that hot sun the bikes were used a lot.
Anyway a week or so ago I got it up on my quick Jack's and started looking for a fault. I found the fuse for the DME was blown. Fitted a new fuse and it blew straight away. Somewhere there was a short on a sensor. So over the last few days I've been disconnecting things
Today i finally found it.
 
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Had an email from Ancestry after a big October update!!:unsure:
Kind of makes sense but have lost some dna area's that i'm happy about, the 1% Africa bullshit!! I now seem to have Denmark.🤷‍♂️


https://www.ancestry.co.uk/dna/origins/B5CC8DED-202A-4204-BFDC-A137DF9E2104/regions/06501
What? Do people just keep updating until they get a favourable result?
 
Had an email from Ancestry after a big October update!!:unsure:
Kind of makes sense but have lost some dna area's that i'm happy about, the 1% Africa bullshit!! I now seem to have Denmark.🤷‍♂️


https://www.ancestry.co.uk/dna/origins/B5CC8DED-202A-4204-BFDC-A137DF9E2104/regions/06501
What a fucking mongrel
 
So was it wrong before…or wrong now…or both wrong?
The bit before that was wrong was the 1% African that i tried to work out and my only conclusion was the Moors. The Moors that people always get wrong is they were not black Aficans they are the Berbers or correct name is Amazigh with red hair white skin and incredible eyes. They call themselves European and still live in North Africa and have 15-20% RHD- Negative blood type. A blood type that is still a mystery as to where it comes from.
Now with the Nordic turning up makes better sense as the Nordics traded with the Celts so speaks for itself.
 
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The bit before that was wrong was the 1% African that i tried to work out and my only conclusion was the Moors. The Moors that people always get wrong is they were not black Aficans they are the Berbers or correct name is Amazigh with red hair white skin and incredible eyes. They call themselves European and still live in North Africa and have 15-20% RHD- Negative blood type. A blood type that is still a mystery as to where the blood type comes from.
Now with the Nordic turning up makes better sense as the Nordics traded with the Celts so speaks for itself.
Next up - star signs.

You're talking nonsense. You're fifty-fifty pygmy and chihuahua, stop wasting your cash on mumbo jumbo.
 
Next up - star signs.

You're talking nonsense. You're fifty-fifty pygmy and chihuahua, stop wasting your cash on mumbo jumbo.
Hold on! You are saying he has gone from half mumbo and half jumbo to half pygmy and half chihuahua? Fuxache, what is going on?
No. Victorinox, I believe.

Oh, and the Danish part explains the love of hammers...
So part hammer and part sharp bladey things?
I am beginning to think that some of this ancestry stuff might be a little bogus!
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