....I had to make the effort and get 'Nellie' out for a run regardless of a temperature that seemed to my weak and frail body to be more akin to the tundra rather than Lancashire.
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| Preparing to leave. |
It is so important that cars that are used infrequently during the winter months are taken out for a drive as it is easy for tyres to develop flat spots when they have been standing for a long period and the Morgan suspension is basic enough without having to drive with square tyres!!
Another remedy for this eventuality is to increase the tyre pressures, the other option being to get it up on axle stands and take it off the road which I am not prepared to do.
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| Fleetwood seafront with the Lake District mountains clear across Morecambe Bay. |
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| Another view towards Morecambe. |
Anyway I gritted my tooth, no, my teeth aren't that bad really, lowered myself into the machine, dressed rather like Roald Amundsen or Scott on their forays into the Antarctic and drove off to Fleetwood, jewel of the Fylde coast of Lancashire.
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| The Morgan dwarfed by Pharos Lighthouse. |
Thank goodness for the magnificent heating system in the Morgan which kept me warm.
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| The small lighthouse at Fleetwood which, when lined up with the large lighthouse, get seafarers safely down the Wyre channel and into harbour. |
The sun shone , the wind whistled passed my ears, the tears poured from my eyes but apart from those minor inconveniences it was a great drive....and my conscience is now clear. Another winter drive will take place in the not too distant future to keep the car in good shape.
