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Didn't want to tariff you on the path , it looks awfully slippery and muddy, some more mats might work, or maybe some fine gravel to raise the path up a little...

Spent a few more hours on the Sprint this morning. When I got the bike the oil light worked but after a few starts it went out but sort of glowed when the motor was running. I didn’t worry to much it didn’t run badly at all, I thought electrical gremlin more than low oil pressure. A gamble I know but that was the choice. Anyway when I changed the clocks I put new bulbs in the idiot lights as there were some cheap LEDs in the old clocks. The oil light never worked again. I checked the oil light bulb again and it was fine. Oil pressure switch is a known weak point I was advised by the Triumph cognoscenti. So replaced that and no joy it made no difference. I got the manual out and studied the wiring diagram. Traced the wiring runs from joint to joint. All good until I checked the last one between the pressure switch to the first connector behind the battery box. So simple enough to fix, ran a new wire and replaced the connector. Covered everything in dielectric grease reassembled everything and the job was done. All technically simple enough but it took bloody ages tracking the different connections on the loom and making sense of the wiring diagram next to the bike. I got there in the end but what made it more of a ball ache was that some of the wiring colours were different to the illustration in the Triumph workshop manual. Yes I checked I was using the right diagram with the bikes Vin. Must have just been a random week that mine was built in Hinckley Works perfectly now though. Next job is to sort the low fuel light.

It's the main route up through the garden, the dog is charging up and down there several times a day, it's also the main route to get my bikes put away so it's hard on the grass this time of year. You can get grow through vehicle matting to lay on the grass to stabilise it. I think I will be buying some of that soon as I don't want to take my bikes out because it's almost impossible to get them back up the path on my own they just spin up and tear the grass up more.

Well it's called a polar vortex, anyway to cold to be doing anything outside today , ill probably be watching the temperature in Greenland today...lol.

Make this make sence , 3c in Greenland and Im stuck in the -20 c wich feels like - 35c and its so further north...+3 I'd be walking around in shorts and hoodie.. ffs...lol

What happened there Saul , looks like a bear has been through your backyard...lol.

Wow just learned something new today....its actually warmer in Greeland than it is here...lol

Like the bloody Somme out there today. Going stir crazy waiting to get out on two wheels

After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to the local grocery store. Unfortunately, like most men; I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse. Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter, from the local store manager: Dear Mrs. Harris: Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion, in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to, ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Harris, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras: 1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking. 2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals. 3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom. 4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money. We don't have a Code 3. 5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway. 6. August 14: Moved a, 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area. 7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged. 8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called. 9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose. 10.October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while, loudly humming the, 'Mission Impossible' theme. 11.October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his, 'Madonna Look' using different sizes of funnels. 12.October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!' 13.October 22: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed; 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!' 14.Took a box of condoms to the checkout clerk and asked where is the fitting room? And last, but not least: 15.October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile; then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.

The real trick is to Gradually turn the heat up under the hot tap... Ask me how I know...

To my knowledge, they're made for fishing...

That's exactly what I did, and did it ever bloody hurt. Won't be doing that again. My heated gloves are Keis 601, and the cold went right through them. I have some polar expedition type mits which are great at -25 C but even those I needed a chemical hand warmer in each one below that temp.

Viking genes ....

Its like a thousand needles piercing your skin at the same time...lol.

They look like scooba gear , is that what it is Scott ?

This is what we got going on for the weekend....looks like Ill be indoors....lol.

And here is something to remember what ever you do if you have very cold hands never ever put them under a hot tap i have done i and never again the aching was phenominal , you learn from your mistakes i certainly did that day never done it again since

BillyRay here was fitting his prosthetic leg...lol.