Welcome to my new Blog.

Let’s make it a useful resource for both the Radio Amateur andhe Volkswagen Community in[1]

Cornwall and further afield.

A place to check on what activities are planned and when and where they will be taking place.

A place to seek assistance with a problem no matter how small it is the irritation is great and an answer could be a few keystrokes away.

On a less upbeat note, be warned, this could happen to you!

My Rallye replica will not be seen again on the roads of Cornwall as it has been totally destroyed in an arson attack at my local garage in Four Lanes where it had already had a new supercharger, coil over suspension, tyres and wheels, uprated cam kit etc. fitted. Just the dashboard had to be changed and an MOT carried out, then this………………………..aaargh!

Yes, the garage is insured but have you tried convincing them that the 1980’s VW was worth over £5,000.00? Have managed to negotiate them to a £5k area as a maximum but am also looking to them to cover the cost of the cherished number plate, paid £499.00 for it and as the car was not taxed and MOT’d it is unlikely that I can retain it!!!!!! also, as it is a Classic Insurance policy the 9 months remaining still have to be paid for as there are no refunds for a Classic plan upon cancellation.

My reaction was ‘WHY ME’ but it could be any of us, you have been warned.

There seems to be more and more vandalism taking place than ever before. I have lived in the village for 20 years and with the exception of having a car broken into about 16 years ago with radio gear taken and a shed some 5 years ago with computer gear taken I have been left alone until recently. I have had spotlight smashed, aerials broken off, amateur radio aerials stolen and, most recently had the tax disc stolen from the screen of my beach buggy…..reported that to Camborne Police and were they interested? not even a little bit I had to almost insist that it be logged and a reference issued. At least now when they stop a car and it has my old disc with my cars registration on it it can be explained sufficiently to keep them happy.

Latest development is that the DVLA only deal in black & white, there is no grey area or latitude to take extenuating circumstances such as arson into account. Rukes it appears are rules and although they happily took my £499 for the use of C4USB the ruling is that it stays with the wreck as the car had not been licenced and MOT’d during the previous 12 month period. Even though it has been on SORN as required by law that makes no difference it has to have been used on the road, what a con! do you get your money refunded? not a chance. Imagine if you had purchased a really expensive plate costing thousands of pounds aaargh!

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