On the Road Again!

I had to stretch my lunch break to er, breaking point to get the Post office part of things done so I have a taxed but unusable bike. It wasn't as straightforward as the DVLA website would have you believe though. As I don't have a V11 (the tax reminder they send out) and as the bike was SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification) there was no record of it being taxed for a few years. On visit one the guy at the PO took the V5C (log book as we call it) and the V112 (MoT exemption declaration) and the printout of the web page,. He couldn't get past the first hurdle, telling me to call the DVLA. I walked briskly back to work and called. Amazingly it took around a half dozen "press 1 for blah-blah, 2 for blah-blah" before I got a human person to speak to.  She listed to my problem.  "On page 2 of the V5C, section 7, write HISTORIC in the box and sign and date it, then go to the PO". I did. Visit 2.  In and five minutes a different bloke had given me a receipt fo...

I had to stretch my lunch break to er, breaking point to get the Post office part of things done so I have a taxed but unusable bike. It wasn't as straightforward as the DVLA website would have you believe though. As I don't have a V11 (the tax reminder they send out) and as the bike was SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification) there was no record of it being taxed for a few years. On visit one the guy at the PO took the V5C (log book as we call it) and the V112 (MoT exemption declaration) and the printout of the web page,. He couldn't get past the first hurdle, telling me to call the DVLA. I walked briskly back to work and called. Amazingly it took around a half dozen "press 1 for blah-blah, 2 for blah-blah" before I got a human person to speak to.  She listed to my problem.  "On page 2 of the V5C, section 7, write HISTORIC in the box and sign and date it, then go to the PO". I did. Visit 2.  In and five minutes a different bloke had give...

In happier days It seems like I have been here before.    It's all come about after a comment from my old buddy John Storrie once he entered the 21st century and got email and even the dreaded social media.... I have toyed with this before, and as Claire wants rid of it from the garage, I guess the first step is to get it running and in a position to possibly sell it. Possibly. As it is 42 years since it was first registered it can be classed under tax and MoT standards as a historic vehicle.  That designation applies to all vehicles registered on UK roads before 1st January 1979. It is a 40 year rolling date. I thought it would be automatic, but reading up is less straightforward. The bike has to have tax, even though it is free for historic vehicles.  It no longer needs to have the annual MoT. Instead of applying for the tax online and the DVLA have all the details I have to go to a post office that can handle vehicle tax and take the log b...

In happier days It seems like I have been here before. It's all come about after a comment from my old buddy John Storrie once he entered the 21st century and got email and even the dreaded social media.... I have toyed with this before, and as Claire wants rid of it from the garage, I guess the first step is to get it running and in a position to possibly sell it. Possibly. As it is 42 years since it was first registered it can be classed under tax and MoT standards as a historic vehicle.  That designation applies to all vehicles registered on UK roads before 1st January 1979. It is a 40 year rolling date. I thought it would be automatic, but reading up is less straightforward. The bike has to have tax, even though it is free for historic vehicles.  It no longer needs to have the annual MoT. Instead of applying for the tax online and the DVLA have all the details I have to go to a post office that can handle vehicle tax and take the log book (V5C) and a form (V112)  to s...

Clipped over on the way home from work. 40000 since I bought the Insignia in January 2014.

Today a short ride out to the  Blue & White Café  to meet Cal and Ian G from the Meldrews for breakfast.  Afterwards I had a short ride around Ashford and the back across country and home. I hadn't intended the Tour D'Ashford but I was in the wrong lane and a guy in an Audi stopped me changing. When I say stopped he almost ran into the back of the car in front to block me from slipping in front of him.....  Rather than give the wanker the opportunity to think he had won I went a different way. A warm day and hopefully the start of another attempt at summer.

Say You're Sorry: Book One by Ian C.P. Irvine My rating: 4 of 5 stars Good read I couldn't help seeing Rebus' face when following McKenzie around Edinburgh. Another Hibees fan? The Hibs bit grated a bit. C'mon The Cabbage. Swiss Insurance. The standard it seems that all call centres that migrate to India seem to be aspiring to. I was expecting Jonathon to get to see his car but there you go. McN will be sorry one day. I had almost expected the twist near the end. No spoiler here. McN had to be one step ahead somehow. View all my reviews