[Closed] The Voyage of the Gnusmobile

Excellent.

We will need pictures

Nice work fella... Impressed.

Nice!!

Where's Stow? Stow-on-the-Wolds? That's a long way from Scotlandshire, if it is!

If it's Stow on the wold I am on the wrong train  where is my map?

I'd put pictures up if I could make Flickr work on my phone

It's like the opening of 'The Transporter', with TJ playing Jason Statham. My money's on there being a kidnap victim tied up in the boot. 🙂

It could be andrewh!

Thankyou to everyone for doing all this.

I have my own mini journey this morning too, riding Lyanda's electric wheelchair about a mile and a half to its new home. Feeling emotional about it, letting something significant of hers go. But i think it's going to the right person, and definitely something she would have wanted.

This needs live tracking... evidence of Ginster comsumption and Magic Tree placements

Apparently Danny Boyle is doing a film called Yarisspotting....

Well done Tj and the team....

Is there a tracking page where we can dot-watch?

"Apparently Danny Boyle is doing a film called Yarisspotting…."

I think this one is more Peter Jackson territory tbh. 🙂

Safe Journey & I doff my hat to you T.J.

Nice one fella 🙂

I'm laughing and crying in equal measure!!!

Superb effort by all involved. Well done people.

love this place (sometimes)

In a lay-by south of Selkirk.   Refuelling with a "breakfast pie" and a can of irn bru

Autumn mists and mellow fruitfulness all around.   Gonna be a good day

Brilliant story chaps - love & hugs to all involved making this happen!

Hope all goes smoothly Teej. You're clearly not as bad as everyone says are you! 😀

[thumbs up emoji]

Well done to all involved. 🙂

This whole story has really touched me and, I think, numerous others.

Bloody good effort, all!! 👍

I've missed the back-story to this (have had to work FFS) but sounds like a fantastic STW story.

I hope TJ is insured 🙂

Shout when you're passing Leeds, I shall stand to attention and salute the maiden voyage of the Gnusmobile!

I’ve missed the back-story to this

https://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/not-very-subtle-stealth-ad-what-would-you-like-to-do-with-this-car/

Good effort to all involved.

I like the idea of a live tracker and somebody else racing them to the final destination on a brompton/train/coach ala Top Gear 🙂

This thread needs garmin live track urgently

Needs a theme tune too!

I think TJ just passed us near Carlisle. He was speeding and swigging from a can of Special Brew.

And put some clothes on, for God's sake!

I’d put pictures up if I could make Flickr work on my phone

Use Post Image. Flickr is shit.

Damn it tj. If I'd been on the case you could have stopped in hawick for real cuppa and a cake. I'd even have put the dog in a different room. 😃

Good luck.

Fantastic thing to do by all concerned, well done everyone 😀

Southwaite services stocking up on pasties

Loving this thread.

x

All those pasties pies and irn bru - the suspension on that Yaris is going to be suffering something terrible.

- the upholstery might need a Febreze too......

God speed gnusmasmobil!

Well done to all involved.
It's good to be reminded that people can (and will) do nice things for no other reason than it's the right thing to do.

Si

Mixed emotions from MrsH this morning, very sad to see Little Yaris go after such a long time, got very fond of it, been to all kinds of places with it, but also pleased to know it's going to get a refurb and a new lease of life. And a new name apparently, we've always just called it 'Little Yaris' but Gnusmobile does sound good.

is it a silent 'G'?

Elibomsung?

Siray the Gnusmobile?

TJ earlier!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wGvYKtiwHlA

This is brilliant!  Top marks to all involved.

Siray the Gnusmobile?

Don't be silly, siray only works on i phones.

Just spoke to TJ and the car has been dropped off at mine

Stage 1 complete

This story is amazing.  Well done everyone!

Well done to all involved 😀

*doffs cap*

Bravo!

I do hope I found the right house or else some random has scored a Yaris

Nice drive down on a roads with a bit of nostalgia for me as I lived in Keighley when I was small

Nice one guys!

Safe trip home TJ!

Spanners at the ready*

*Not really, just thought I'd better see if I can post a picture!

** What size should I make the 'constraints' in the edit box?

Very handy.   A previous train was delayed just enough for me to catch it at Leeds instead of having to wait an hour for the next one

Even the gods are helping.   No seat mind you but I have a can of cider to swig while sitting in the doorway and shouting at random people

Fine effort one and all, top, top work.

Well done one and all.  Top work TJ, enjoy that cider 🙂

I have a can of cider to swig while sitting in the doorway and shouting at random people

I bet you fit right in in scottishshire.

Well done!

Tj 👍👍👍👍👍. And everyone else involved.

Even the gods are helping.

Easy now - lets not have a thread derailment 🙂

No seat mind you but I have a can of cider to swig while sitting in the doorway and shouting at random people

You should have bought a paper.... Jeremy.

I missed the start of this whole story - but this forum is alright isn't it - some of the people here really are genuinely quite OK. 🙂

Nice work 👍

this forum is alright isn’t it – some of the people here really are genuinely quite OK.

I could probably count on my genitals the number of posters I wouldn't want to share a pint with.

Good people all round.

It take a lot of balls to say that

(Thats why you walk like John Wayne)

Where's the 'Mint' (awesome) button?

Awesome chaps.

How did the fund raising go in the end?

Any ideas??

I’m laughing and crying in equal measure

This.

I've a vision of tj with tandem on the Yaris, gnumas looking like the lead character from Waking Ned and Marko with full WRC pits ready...

How did the fund raising go in the end?

Current total over 800 quid. Great stuff all round.  Though not sure how much is left after tj's pasty and cider bill.

Fantastic work chaps, the best side of STW 👍

Yep, keys through the right letterbox. (Kinda feels like I should be at a swingers party......)

Current total over 800 quid.

Jeez! Car was only worth about £300! I'm astonished.

Should be loads to get it back into tip-top shape, Yaris bits are cheap, train fares and petrol money for those delivering, tax and insurance. Anything else we need? If there's any spare MrsH (car donor for those who missed that thread and just arrived here) and I have a pot for these guys http://radcliffedonkeysanctuary.co.uk.gridhosted.co.uk/ could we send the surplus there please? Everyone OK with that?

Great stuff from everyone involved. You all deserve some good karma, get some numbers on the lottery.

Mrs AndrewH  saying a tearful goodbye to her faithful car.

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Mind you there was also a slight air of concern as she handed it over to this reprobate
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Breakfast note the "breakfast pie" containing sausage egg and beans

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Entering England

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Elevenses

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Windswept and..........? on Shap summit

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Delivered

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Yes - sitting in the corridor with my can of cider shouting random gibberish at people walking past.
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Awesomeness all round guys.

TJ - love how you've really got into the spirit of this. Made me smile. And you kicked it all off.

if you are tandeming through mid Wales we have a bed and dinner waiting for you.

and well done to the rest of the relay team and spanner minkeys.

Superb work all.

so handsome TJ

Tj, you're a smouldering hunk in a RabC kind of a way... 😍😋😂

awesome work!

TJ, in that last photo you look like the nutter on the bus.

spanner minkeys

🙂

Had to have a can of irn bru  tj!

STW = Simply The Wonderous forum on the interent.

Be great  to do a pre pay fuel card , so the car is not a large ongoing cost and gets used to good effect by the family gnusmas. if such a thing exists .?

Chew - your turn now!  Is it Saturday you are heading south?  More ginsterfueled action please.

I really enjoyed my drive today in the end.  A gentle cruise down the A roads.  A7, bit of M6, A6 shap, A65 kirbylongsdale, skipton Halifax.

Sorry chaps - not technically literate enough to get live tracking - thats a challenge for Chew - especially as the 12 socket is borked

Top work TJ. Loopking forward to the next instalment & glad to have donated.