The good news is that QLocal's lively Ormskirk news pages have never been more popular - but there's more.

Because the better news is that I've found time to do all those jobs which are by their very nature 'put off to the weekend' - you know, that weekend which never comes...

Anyway both front and back gardens are looking better than ever and my new shed is in tip top condition; next job is to catalogue hundreds of car books, car magazines, vintage 70's cassettes and my model car collection.

An initial tidy out last weekend revealed some rarities i'd almost forgotten about including this vintage trade magazine passed on by a pensioner friend in Westhead (he has some 30's Film Fun comics I'm buying too, soon) Try finding The Garage & Motor Agent on Ebay ... the only thing I discovered was this fascinating link: https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/garagemotoragent.htm

My copy dates from August 1937 and for an 80-odd-year old publication it might be a little worse for wear but still a great read; this Ormskirk court case featured on the news pages and I just love the vintage Fordson truck advert...

Very anorak-y I know but pictured is a collectable Diapet Mitsubishi Tredia I thought I'd lost (picked up for a song in the Dr. Barnardo's Formby children's shop) and a mint boxed 80's Ford Escort; the next few weeks will see me selling automobilia online … I'm just trying to think of a catchy trade name like 'stringbackeddrivinggloves' or something similar for my stock.

And coming soon - a 50 question Lancashire quiz (ten questions at a time, every day) to keep your brain ticking over .. with prizes too!