Oast House and Tax

Nothing much exciting this week, however an article in some trade journal or other mentioned Tower 12 in Spinningfields. It rang a bell then it went on to mention it used to be called Manchester House, CLANG! a building I'd been involved in the redesign of. It had been a tatty eyesore outside the Crown Court in Manchester and there had been lots of problems with the servicing due to the courts wanting to park illegaly as their court building prisoner reception was poorly designed so they didn't want extra vehicles in the area. All sorted with the planners and a pat on the back for yours truly. Well the bottom part is open and looks better, Waitrose esconced in the building and a shopping experience walk through arcade thingy.

 

 

Over the road, where my bike is parked, there is planning for another tower. They wished to put up some sort of temp catering until they got round to the tower and I think the temporary catering looks pretty cool. Well done Allied London, the pretentiously named, for the middle of Manchester, Oast House looks great. Lovely smells emanatiung from the outside kitchens and a relaxed atmosphere in the Manc sunshine. (is that an oxymoron).

 Finaly the loading bay, that looks one heck of a drop and there may be a few frazzled white van clutches coming out of there.

So now onto more taxing matters. The tyres on Tigger are looking and feeling a little ropey to say the least.

Front

Rear

Still legal but white lining and getting a bit twitchy.. Trumpy sat there with brand new tyres on so get him out for a wash and brush up and away we go. well, not quite, tax disc run out. damn I'd forgotten. Now the Griff finances are a little tight at the moment, it seems every thing wants taxing and mending and stuff. Garden wall being the latest expense. So leave tax until payday, it's the 15th so should get away with it just. Tax online on the 15th oh bugger! no MOT, damn damn damn cant get it in til Tues, threatening letters arrived from DVLA so SORN it is. Will tax it from 1st April the day of the Egg Run so saved a month and all should be fine.

Trumpy hiding in the corner MOT and Taxless

Right that all sorted out for now.

Midget been reading her paper and something in the horoscopes caught her eye. She never normally reads such tosh but she read this one out over the boiled eggs and soldiers. You will have 3 bits of good fortune it said. Well she is just about to get her profit share from Morrissons and they have had an excellent year according to the financial pundits Ker-ching! Apparently HMRC have been overtaxing her for years so another Ker-ching and we had a visitor this morning who owes us £1100, he said his poor nan has handed in her dinner pail and left him the lot. Ker-ching. Not holding breath on the last one though.

All this cash flooding into the Midget's sweaty palms has prompted he to say if the tax refund is as large as hoped she will pay for the powder coating of the Beeza

Beeza frame hanging on shed wall

Ancillary bits and bobs

The Rest

This has prompted me to try and source the missing parts. Peo is tracking down the bearings and I am looking for side panels, sump guard and head steady. Will probably make the latter myself. Search for parts led me to Burton Bike Bits  with whom I have done a little bit of trade in the past and BINGO! Side panels £36 each and sump guard £25, the guard I reckon is a real bargain.Had the wheels rebuilt the other year then ran out of energy a bit plus didn't have a spare £120 for the powder coating in Altami as there always seemed to be something else coming up, or falling down like the garden wall

So now I'm off to fix the puncture on the sack truck so we can load up the old washing machines and fly tip, as if I would, take them to the council tip along with other accumulated junk out back then visit the aging relative in her nursing home.