Many thanks for your helpful comments and practical advice. It's here to stay for the time being, but if I have anything adverse to report in the future, I'll let you know. A photo follows. The long railway sleepers are 2.6 metres (8ft 6in) so the whole thing is a very decent size. End on end the sl...

I spent most of last weekend building a substantial raised vegetable garden from old reclaimed railway sleepers. I am very pleased with the result and it is now fully planted out with a good assortment of vegetable plugs from the garden centre, and some newly sown seeds. However, a friend has sugges...

I recently purchased this machine as a non-runner. The previous owner thought the problem was the ignition coil, and he was right. The new ignition module cost a cool £80.00! The machine appears in very good condition but had been unused for several years, so I had to remove and clean the carb to cl...