Triumph - The Smartest Cars in the Land.

The Walking Cinema!

This is one of the many and brilliant inventions of Mr William Friese-Greene.  Every Edwardian gent had a moustache (and a tweed jacket with trailinjg wires everywhere!).

In the footsteps, or rather thyre tracks, of Claude Friese-Greene.

Mr. Claude Friese-Greene was a filmmaker and cinematographer who is best remembered for his 1926 collection of films entitled 'The Open Road'. The Open Road was a series of short films of his 1920s road trip from Land's End to John O'Groats and was filmed using the Biocolour process, a process pioneered by his father William Friese-Greene.

Bit more trivia. You'll thank me during the next pub quiz!

One of British Leyland's finest cars the Dolomite was designed by the italian Giovanni Michelotti code name 'Project Ajax'! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Dolomite

LEJOG Trivia.

Isn't this a marvellous piece of machinery?  What a way to travel!

In 1911 Mr.  Ivan Hart-Davis Esq rode his 3.5hp single-speed Triumph between Land’s End and John O’Groats.  He covered the 886 miles in 29 hours 12 minutes. Source: Wikipedia.

This emerald isle set in a silvery sea

Sunday evening:  a bottle of beer, a laptop that is a bit too hot on my lap, Dad watching 'Miami Twice' and I'm pouring over a map on the United Kingdom planning my route.  Maps a pretty items, also lovely to look at. I can here strains of 'Jerusalem'

Many thanks to those at the Echo.

Thanks to those at the fabulous Echo talking newspaper that have kindly sponsored me.  I'll give you a proper shout out after my next visit to the Echo (I forgot to write your names down on a piece of paper! Sorry!). Thanks again guys!.  I really do appreciate it. xxx

Moores Off Licence

Many thanks to Debbie and Richard at Moores Off Licence on Albert Street, Mansfield Woodhouse for putting a collecting tin on their counter.  Very kind of you both.  Still think hell might be more fun though Debbie (imagine the people you would meet!) xx

Captain of Industry!

Trying to start a Charity/Business account.  Feel I should be wearing a nice bit of pinstripe when ticking the box for 'Chairperson'.  My dressing gown will do nicely!

Thank you, thank you!!

Thanks to John B Tannen for hosting the Drive Time Show on Radio Mansfield http://www.mansfield103.co.uk/and chatting to me about my Land's End to John O'Groats charity event. Will hopefully be doing a couple live phone-ins to Radio Mansfield when en-route. Aren't mobile telephones and satellites great!?

Thanks also to Cathi Poole from http://www.yps-publishing.co.uk/ for her generous donation and who helped me publish my first book!

You can have a look at my fundraising page, with photographs of my desperately trying to restore a Triumph Dolomite at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/jonathanfoster

Riding the Air Waves!

Off to Mansfield 103.2 this afternoon to chat with the awesome John B Tannen about the forth coming motor car journey.  Have a look: http://www.mansfield103.co.uk/

The Media Juggernaut Roles on!

Fabulous.  My Virgin Money Giving Website is up an running (hopefully the car will be soon!) and so is my blog (never, ever thought I'd write a blog, I'm just not witty and erudite enough to do it properly).  The Virgin site is also talking to the blog so you get 2 for the price of 1!!!!!! 

A surgeon at work!

Which wire does one cut!?

Charity fund raising at the Oak Tree Pub, Mansfield on the Royal Wedding!

Congratulations to Janet, Bryan, Pluto and the team for raising £143.18 For the Guide Dogs and and huge thank you to those kind strangers who generously gave some sponsorship money to a bearded stranger who inerupted their quite lunch.

British Engineering!

Still working this out.  Now how does electricity work again and what is a micro-chip?

The process of asking people to make donations begins - from experience the kindness of strangers never fails to astound me and is always heart-warming.

The Dolomite?  Lies in the garage, covered with patches white primer (looks like I've crahed into a lorry carrying cases of Tipex!).  And their is a small electrical problem, the indicators are doing odd things but it's nothing a 'flasher unit' can't put right.  A 'flasher unit'!? sounds like something from a Carry On set!.

Bits keep dropping off the old Triumph!  But she's getting closer to a final top coat of British Leyland Inca Yellow!  A colour only the British can do, AND look good in.  Goes so well with a bit of sturdy tweed!

Getting everything ready!