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A New Car is Born

Posted on May 5, 2013 by irishroverpei

Today was a special and busy day, we celebrated the Battle of the Atlantic in church this morning. In the afternoon we headed to town to see the first venture onto the road of Peter’s hand built car. You can … Continue reading →

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The Transportation my Daughters drive

Posted on March 8, 2013 by irishroverpei

My daughter Caroline started out her travelling life aboard a bicycle with training wheels. Since then her taste in forms of transport have changed a great deal!! Probably my fault, I taught her how to drive and my own interest … Continue reading →

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The Car of the Year

Posted on November 14, 2012 by irishroverpei

The Tesla Electric Car Manufacturer all new Tesla S sedan has been awarded Motor Trends Car of the Year for 2013. The first time ever an electric car has won this award. The Tesla company have been producing electric vehicles … Continue reading →

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Small-Smaller-Tiny????

Posted on October 3, 2012 by irishroverpei

How small can we go? When I first set foot on Canadian soil in 1963 cars were large, I mean really large. Even the small imports from Austin and Morris were large by today’s standards. The question is ,how small … Continue reading →

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Electric Vehicles

Posted on September 12, 2012 by irishroverpei

There was a lot of talk on Radio yesterday regarding electric cars. The very expensive Tesla electric car was on the island and the company were installing ten free charging points around the island. However, is the electric car the … Continue reading →

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McWatters Bakery of Belfast

Posted on July 9, 2012 by irishroverpei

This old children’s rhyme brought back memories of my childhood. We often chased behind the electric bread vans chanting the poem added below. Often the driver to get rid of us would pretend to chase us down the street. We … Continue reading →

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Summer Camping

Posted on May 23, 2012 by irishroverpei

If I were thinking about travelling and camping this would be the rig for me. Not because hot pink is my favourite colour, it isn’t. I think my first job would be changing the colour. However its not in my … Continue reading →

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Electric Vehicles-Hybrids

Posted on January 26, 2010 by irishroverpei

I remember growing up in Belfast shortly after the 2nd WW. In the city we had electric vehicles everywhere!!The city bakeries delivered fresh bread and pastries every day throughout Belfast using electric vans. Milk was delivered every day using electric … Continue reading →

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