At that time Notalot and his company was paying.
Another friend was based at Unst on a similar rotation. His trusty BMC 1100 was having severe problems with regards to its MOT. Usual stuff; sills, subframe, handbrake and it was going to cost a bomb. Without an MOT he could not tax it for the minimal running it did daun sauf.
So he transferred the keepership to him at his Unst address.
The Island of Unst did not have an MOT tester so vehicles registered in Unst were exempt from requiring an MOT for road tax purposes. There was a proviso that if the vehicle departed Unst for the Shetland mainland then it required an MOT. His excuse was that it wasn't departing Unst, it was in Hampshire already, so he ignored that. He therefore continued to use this 1100 for a further year before the age started to get serious.
His time at Unst coincided with that so he bid farewell as it went to that car park in the sky.
Last edited by Fareastdriver; 8th Oct 2015 at 14:58.