Welcome

To all those who may stumble across this diatribe of a blog, you are periously close to the abyss of intelligence.

On a more serious note, I intend to expand over the period of this blog my passionate beliefs in many subjects and opportunities. You will come to understand my nature as time goes by.

I will however use this facility to promote my hobby and passion, which is preservation of OUR heritage. Whilst we cannot stand in the way of progess, we must never forget the past and our historical treasures.

I do own two vintage tractors, a Ford 2000 Pre-Force built in 1966 at Baslidon, Essex, and a Nuffield 3/45 which is still under restoration. This is a 1967 built tractor from Bathgate in Scotland.

I am currently Chairman of the National Vintage Tractor and Engine Club and also Chairman of the North Worcestershire Group within the National.

But my greatest passion is for steam motive power. I am a great admirer of Victorian and Edwardian engineering skills. Isambard Kindom Brunel is an engineer that I also greatly admire.

Railways, canals, bridges, tunnels, cuttings and other construction examples, together with the locomotives and other steam motive methods were all designed and built without the aid a computer. It was heavy hard work, men died or were severely injured during these days. No Health and Safety breathing down you neck. Long dark hours of toil during the industrial revolution built this country to what it was. Now look at us, almost a third world nation!

Over the years, developement has forced upon us many changes. The internal cumbustion engine has rapidly disposed of earlier methods of manufacture, agriculture and conveyance.

Man has the ability to develope and create new inventions. Science is a knowledge that sadly I have not got, but where will it lead us? Populations are increasing worldwide, we shall all need feeding. Water will run out in many parts of the world. The climate is changing, although in this country it is always a conversation topic.

Governments will come and go, and the sooner the better for this mob and the menace of Gordon Brown. However, governmental, no sorry, EU policies decide our future now and what a poor assembled lot of buffoons they are.

However, in there defence, it must be difficult without the presence of a clairvoyance to predict the future. The future most always be planned for in all departments. Now when it comes to transportaion, none of them have a clue. Conjestion is a menace, parking is impossible. Now to me it does not need rocket science to create a 'ball park' estimate of future transport needs.

Lets look at the average household. 2 + 2. OK the old man has a car, possibly a company car lets say. The good lady of the house, yes you know the one, she who must be obeyed also has a car, then there are the kids, they grow up, pass the driving tests and guess what, go out and buy a car each. So we now have a situation where the family home drive way just holds two cars, and we now have potentially two cars in the street, outside the house. The offspring may also decide to go to university, thats after they've had a gap year of course, so their car now goes to the university location.

Get a grip people, multiply this by many over the entire United Kingdom and we have a time bomb.

Those in authority must not dily daly and fart about debating cost cutting, we must create a public transport system to be proud of. Rebuild the railways, open up some of Beechings disused lines, demolish all those premises that have been built on the disgarded track beds and permanent ways and move the country once again by rail. Its simple but effective. What numbskull and imbecile agreed to property being built on old trackbeds, it now makes it harder to reopen many lines. Are we complete idiots within these shores.

Now I have effectivley turned folks away from this site, I will finish for now and have a coffee.

But the principle of this blog is National Heritage of motive power. I shall also cover many events and meetings I attend just to bore you further.