2022 Roundup

A little more activity in 2022,  332 miles this year. Local events  - Wanborough Show, Shalbourne Car Show again plus iand nformal Cotswolds  steam car tour, a Veteran Car Club of Great Britain  tour, and the Kop Hill Climb in Buckinghamshire. . One breakdown -needing a trip back on the trailer  - a broken perch pole bolt on the first day of the Cotswold Tour (replaced later the same day thanks to J R Goold Steam Ltd )  and a near breakdown  on the VCCGB tour - an almost blocked boiler feed check valve fitting. This was a repeat of a problem we had in 2019, so an annual descale will be added to the car's checklist. The brake bands needed relining at the end of the season too, one patch on the driver's side band was down from 5mm  to about 1mm of lining. The bands wear unevenly, with most of the wear at the bottom.  They were last relined as the start of the 2019 season, and have lasted about 1200 miles.