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Motor Museum Conservator/Detailer. Mobile Detailer/Valeter Heritage enthusiast, Lone car enthusiast Vespa Enthusiast Appreciate a good picture, motoring art and design, general art and landscapes, gin and a good history book Stay classy
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@craighughes.bsky.social sent a DM Craig, hope all well Neil

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Merry Christmas everyone Thank you for all your support this year, really I really pinched myself at some of the vehicles and automobilia I was entrusted with, and have had the pleasure of improving this year Neil Neil J Wood's Valeting

Eye in the sky. You're looking at the Ring Nebula, the remnant of a star that had the mass of 3 suns and exploded ~4,000 years ago. 🔭 🧪

Lots of movements at the museum today

How the fuck is everyone suddenly a project manager? Who and what are you managing? Who actually does all the work any more?

This is what sand looks like under a microscope. Mindblowing.

Voluntary work. Great, or a pit of despair?

Don't forget I have a #YouTube Channel, go and have a look. Please subscribe while there! here is one of my videos renovating Puma helicopter seats for Johnny Vegas. This was all filmed for TV, but plum pictures didn't use any of it! 🤷‍♂️ youtu.be/0CbvpP1SYX4?...

I bet the designer found sticking lights and a bumper on this Vauxhall a travesty. Stunning design

Ari Vatanen for FIA President. #ARIvolution

Post failed A-levels and pre Beginners Drawing Course, I occasionally drew cars. I hope these pictures give hope to all of you who say you can’t draw. Find a teacher, enjoy and immerse yourself in learning, and who knows where it’ll take you. It changed my life. ❤️💙 #ThrowbackThursday

Grizedale Stages is cancelled, just in case anyone was planning to go

My day

Vintage Cadillac V16 done a couple of years back, all brightwork cleaned/polished, undercarriage clean where reachable (most of it) under arches cleaned (acres!), painstaking removal of historical polish build up on lamps and badges, a full Carnauba wax of the splendid coachwork. Pre sale work.

Latest project, solid steel British Railways Loo roll holder, I think I'll do it in LMS colours with LMS logo on (London, Midland and Scottish Railway) 😀 This thing would survive a nuclear bomb 😬

🔊 Exciting news! The 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish #DarkSky Observatory will live again! We were all so upset when it burnt to a cinder back in 2021, but yesterday we bought the land for its new home, deep within the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park! 🧵1/3 🧪🔭 #astrophotography

www.facebook.com/jethydroplan... A good page to follow if on FB, a future World Speed Record Attempt

youtu.be/Dh359S3Eg1U?... Absolutely bonkers!

Organised classic chaos at the Lakeland Motor museum today, learnt I can adapt to most cars but Norton riders were really short 🤣 Can you name them all?

In memory of my daughter Chloe who would have been 19 today, fly on angel 💔

The Vitesse looks good there in its temporary home for the night, alas its off to my secret lair for a good detail tomorrow and will be off display for a while.

Tonight I'm thinking how much we all owe to museum staff and all those who facilitate access of artefacts , be wise without their work we wouldn't have anything worth talking about to tell.

Jamming 😅

Eek

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Now on sale from the Ruskin Museum shop is the specially commissioned book 'Flight Of The Bluebird' by David de Lara, lavishly illustrated with superb photos from the Ruskin and other collections. A beautiful souvenir of Bluebird. £10 + p&p ruskinmuseum.com/product/flig...

Bertrum and myself at the museum, put him in a few different places yesterday as we moved stuff around😀

No snow here, just rain and gale force winds, my Mum's 80th today, so a bit of a lunch happening here 🙂

I have some amazing news! The Ruskin Museum has announced Dave Warby as #BluebirdK7 pilot when the legendary speed record boats runs on Coniston Water in 2026. Warby is the son of current record holder Ken, and is challenging to set a new record himself www.facebook.com/share/17pU1e...

Hustling