and all through the pub
not a word could be heard properly,
not even a shout…

so to do the day backwards hubbs and i ended up in the swan hotel in stafford having a rather pleasant social with mick from kinky micks wheel shack, wayne from volksheaven, folksy and jane from bluebird, retro steve and emma and a load of others. I think lee from LA performance was there with some friends too…

loveley evening, very agreeable though i think i should have shelled out and bought some champagne. they had chilled veuve cliquot and it’s my favourite….
and it was going to be my birthday the next day…

anyhow, earlier in the day i got all the gear and stuff loaded into the hightop and set off for stafford. I stopped in at raceshack as it’s on the way to say hi…

conor and kevo proudly shoed me the progress on kevos rail… it’s all been stripped, powder coated and it being refitted and looks fantastic…

captain botch was finishing off bits of the new double cab split….

which has a very cool new hatch in the rear load bed… access to what plans to be something very special!

kelster was there with his dad (called Jim if i remember rightly, if not then sorry kelsters dad who is not called Jim…) working on his 356 speedster bodied car… it is another amazing piece of work.. i promised not to say too much so i won’t post the pictures i took…

then off to get set up for dubfreeze.
dude from cardiff was helping stateside tuning out and then helped me set up the stall for the next day. chatting over a cup of tea later i found out what he does during the week…!
…what a cool/unusual/meaningful job, completely not what i would have expected. i like it when things like that happen…

top bloke.