14/02/2026
The first photo isn't a photo of my car, the 2nd one is.
The first shot is a photo of a car in the same colour and type as I used to own. This was 15 years ago, at a time when money was tight for me.
It was bought to keep me mobile, for the princely sum of £300.00. It was awful, had about a million miles on it, the boot and sunroof leaked, the back seats were damp, it was rusting in parts and it was held together by good intentions and hope. It was all legal and documented, stopped and started.
But, it was a car, just. It kept me able to go and earn a little money. It served a purpose. It helped me to keep the roof over our heads, food in our bellies and clothes on our backs. A tool, a facilitator.
I ran it on an absolute shoestring.
When I eventually sorted the finances out, it was replaced by another Honda, black one I still own.
This one is a preservation project. It has had many thousands of pounds spent on it.
I'm going outside now, to work on that car, while I have the weather.
I'm not showing off, no. What the whole point of this post is, it is aimed to help people see that it won't always be dark at 4 o'clock, as my Grandfather used to say.
Keep going, no matter how grim life is. Things can and will get better with determination, self belief and patience with yourself.
