A cloudless blue sky.....

.....in early Autumn, with a temperature of 20+ means only one thing, Helen and Chris are Morgan motoring!

My wife suggested a tavern, one we hadn't visited before, where we could have a light lunch after a little pootle around the Duke of Westminster's garden, the Bowland Forest. Interesting that en route we spotted a rather new Range Rover or Discovery with the registration 'DW' !

The 'Fleece'

I aimed the car at the village of Dolphinholme where the hostelry is situated and then drove slowly around the area which, with the early autumn colours beginning to show in the trees was very beautiful.

'The Shepherds Church' in the distance.

We are so lucky to live where we do, often forgetting that countryside like this is just 35 minutes away, with the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales around one to one and a half hours distant.

Fabulous rich scenery.

By the River Wyre, a wonderful spot for paddling grandchildren and picnic in the future

The 'Fleece' pub with rooms is excellent. I had Whitebait with my wife choosing the soup, all washed down with Bowland Brewery Hen Harrier....yippee!

Returned home to give our Volvo a wash, in part to keep myself fit as I have recently fallen into the easy option of having it washed at a splendid facility in Blackpool, near my favourite 'Shell' garage.

Both cars are now impeccable!

Our little foray came after an interesting period with one of Nellie's tyres. When we had returned from our Lake District trip I checked the car and found that the rear offside tyre was as flat as a pancake, what is more I had a heck of a job getting my trolley jack under a suitable jacking point on the chassis because of the Morgan's low ground clearance. Oh joy!

Anyway, with the help of another standard type jack that was my father's I think I lifted the front of the car sufficiently to lift the rear and got the wheel off and down to my local Tyre dealer, 5 minutes walk away.

To cut this saga short, they could find nothing wrong with the tube after having it overnight, so back on the car it went. Checked after our return from a week in Norfolk and it was down again. Same procedure as before to no avail, so a new tube has been inserted but as far as I know the original remains fully inflated at the repairer.

Good test today and I am pleased to report all appears well.