Ulysses

Dull stuff yesterday; oil and filter change. Just posting it so I have a date to remember by.

Gearstick has gone really heavy/stiff to get in or out of 2nd, 4th and reverse. Checked the oil and its full, so bit of a head scratcher for today. Have new oil to see if that helps and spare gearstick bushes. Hope its not the clutch or the box itself...

The Gearstick problem turned out to be fairly simple thankfully:

The gearstick itself, or rather the box it goes into turns out to be the problem. Took it off and opened it up to find loads of gunk and water/rust:







so stripped to bits and cleaned it all. There is a bearing in the selector shaft bit of the housing which has gone with the rust. Ive picked out all the loose bits, packed it with grease and been out for a play fairly succesfully today. Its still a bit stiff sometimes, maybe the heat is making the grease too soft. New bearings needed really:



However it worked enough to get out for a play around some lanes that had no comments on Trailwise in far North East Cumbria...

Having [strike]fixed[/strike] bodged the gearstick it was time for some lanes, solo unfortunately, so nothing strenuous allowed :laugh:

This was mainly a voyage of discovery because the lanes chosen for this route are ones that have no trailwise comments to them (I will be duly updating them soon).

Cargo, NW of Carlisle:


Travelling further in towards Longtown:





:blink: Not trying that on my own :woohoo:


Quite a few former fords that have been let go. No way in or out of them:






and some on the normal roads, more scenic than anything:



And a fair few dull tarmac lanes through livestock fields with plenty of gates:


Some blocked by overgrowth to the point chainsaws are required:










An absolute pearl of a river crossing though. Lane of the day for me, even though its really short:








Then to end the day a trip up to the top of the fell NW of Bewcastle, where you get the most amazing views (even if the track is rather dull and full of gates):






In all, not a bad day out on my lonesome. Social distancing wasnt an issue at least :laugh: The odd people I saw out & about were friendly and waving back too

Bah!

Looks like you had a great wander Riccy!

Firstly I haven't got the Jimny Buggy finished yet, and secondly we in Wales are still on lockdowm, so we're not allowed out and about

So very jealous! :lol:

Soon though....

Few more pics from the top. It was beautiful up there today, I could have quite happily camped there if it wasn't for work tomorrow... and the army comms post ontop of the hill 200mtrs away :whistle:



Mad disused quarry there that looks like its seen its share of off-piste activity, no harm done really I guess :ohmy: I didn't feel the need to venture for a play, the scenery and sounds of birds was enough

That's some lovely scenery right there. When covid19 lifts and I have time I would love to have a bimble up there if you fancy a bit of tour guiding?