Merry Christmas everyone
Hope you all have the best christmas possible and start the new year with renewed anticipation of something/anything positive, because, as the record says—‘it can only get better’!!
Mike
Continuing the Lotus Cortina Rebuild
Work is going ok despite the cold weather and the front suspension is now going on. I had to use some wood blocks to raise it up under the wing as holding it with one hand and putting a bolt…
Community grants from a local fund
The Eastern Green Link 2 project brings a cable full of electricity from up in Scotland to a Convertor Station at the side of Drax Power Station. It is a huge project costing in the billions. To this end and…
Work on the Lotus!!
Just a little bit of progress as I am waiting for parts to arrive. So a little bit of work has been done on one of my other cars, namely MRO or Mr Orange as I know him. I have…
ACTION DAY SAT 25TH OCT
We have an action day coming up which involves a stall, regalia, people to talk to about Reform UK and to allow folk to understand what we are doing locally. There is an added bonus!! Whilst the party has been…
New Reform Cllr at North Yorkshire
I am more than pleased to announce the defection of Cllr Karl Arthur to Reform UK at North Yorkshire. Karls views have not changed but you only have to look at the Conservative Party to see how their views and…
Fiscal mess
Just want to give folk a perspective on where the country is with borrowing costs. Since Labour came to power last year 30 year Gilt Yields have steadily risen from 4.25% to 5.5%. The Government borrowed a further £18bn last…
Work at Long Drax on the river bank
The Environment Agency are doing the much needed repairs on the river bank at Main Rd Long Drax. When the banks were raised (rather than bother dredging lol) they tried to soften the appearance with the introduction of trees and…
Wind farms
Loads of free energy we were told and Labour said they would be slashing energy bills by £300 a year. So today we are told they are pushing up the price cap again despite it going down on the wholesale…
Update on the Lotus Cortina
Well I now have everything prepped ready to go back on the car. New wheel bearings on the half shafts, rebuilt back brakes, new back springs (gulp) as old ones were shot. At the front it didn’t have the straight…