Was back home at Christmas, the 110 swallowing Christmas pressies, couple of mountain bikes and all our gear for the week. As Chris says we were out offroading, Chris got horribly stuck but I managed to extricate him the old fashioned way with a hi-lift and waffles! (Note - I got stuck while trying to get back to help Graeme out of a horrible flat muddy section he managed to get stuck in! Chris)

Santa was good, new alloy tank guard which has already been fitted and a set of rock and tree sliders which are yet to be fitted.

Preparations continue with the 110 for the Mac and the trip to the Pyrenees in the summer. Been sorting out a few electrical gremlins and wiring in some new additional power sockets for electric coolbox, camera and phone chargers etc. Also planning on adding a hard wired inverter.

The rear of the 110 is now fully fitted out with internal window guards and a chequer plated rear door cover to replace the crap cardboard standard version, now much happier throwing mountain bikes in the back. The rear seats have been taken out as well and its surprising how much extra room this frees up. Still planning some sort of rear storage system which will still allow me to carry mountain bikes. Also considering options for the roof, possibly either a roof rack or bag, may also deck it out so that we can sit on it when we're watching the Tour de France.

Engine running well, started using Millers fuel additive and along with removing the EGR kit this seems to have made an improvement.

Few other modifications will be taking place in the coming weeks so I'll try and keep you updated.

Graeme