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Mick
@mickgallacher.bsky.social
Dad of the Dug & the Wunderkind. Husband of the Most Patient 1996, Custodian of the crayons, listener of the tunes, reader of the scribbles & geek of the cars. MD ANT.
Bit of a Fanny.
Sylvia at 07:55 yesterday giving a fairly clear indication of her thoughts on my 4th “Time to go to work” attempt if the morning.
August 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Scotland welcomes you (back), Jim.
We’re keeping the big yellow thing in the sky a bit longer for you this weekend too. What a summer it’s been. We had to harvest the aippuls early this year. My most wholesome activity of the year.
August 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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One of the most beautiful cars I have owned. Never tired of looking at it from any angle. Not sure those Clint Eastwood squinting triple headlights have ever been surpassed. Still miss it
August 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Cats do cats.
Dogs do dogs

This geezer in Genoa today doing precisely what we all wanted to😎😂😎😂
July 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In my continuing attempts to, ‘Be More Jim’, we are indulging in more Italyland with extra points for scoring the Panda in rentacarlottery.
Trying to find a GrandePanda to sow the seeds in (the current - see what I did there?) MrsG’s mind
July 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
@creatinglightly.art
Happy Birthday to the masters of design and emotion
June 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
May 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Laws are being broken there, for sure, M’lud!

Sold our MX-5 on Saturday -beautiful sunny day of 21 deg, which is tropical for Scotland - and the fella drove away with the roof up. I nearly chased him to say the deal was off!
May 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Delta Integrale post went down so well that I thought I’d throw in a few other highlights from the Heritage Hub tour. Stratos in the flesh still stirs.
Flávio Manzoni did the sumptuous interior of the Diàlagos concept-sexiest saloon of the 90s?
Criminally overlooked Fulvia concept. Barchettaaaa
May 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Wee Rid Motor off to a new home tonight🥲
An excited young man has windswept summer nights in his eyes while we have tears in ours. Even Sylvia looked upset.
Wishing Daniel as many happy miles and smiles as we have enjoyed.
(Book now open on how long it takes me to buy another MX-5…)
May 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The cars in the Stellantis Heritage Hub collection😍😍
May 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Bella machina!

Wrote a whole wee story about my pilgrimage to see this very car. Never did anything with it but I can send it to you if you like?
May 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“…FannyAir regret to inform passenger on Flight FA00 from Strathaven to Edinburgh-Leith that this evening’s departure will be delayed. This is due to a co-pilot strike. Negotiations are ongoing. FannyAir apologise for any inconvenience caused…”
April 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Still stuck in analogue mode, but Testdriving a very unusual Porsche today…

Handles well with decent fingertip control and tasty in the curves, but strangely the best bit always seems to be at the back🤔
April 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Here’s a few to tide you over, then🫡
April 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Nice. And I give you 500 500s on a 500.
February 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
@marcustward.bsky.social
Loving your encyclopaedic knowledge sir🫡
What about this baby? Concept looks awfully like it might have been peddled across town too and became a Lancia Montecarlo?
February 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Trips on continental Europe (from my Scottish base) always throw up everyday models that never make RHD spec UK.
Always thought this Clio looked like the perfect size for so much of small family life. Handsome wee thing too
February 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Roof of the Lingotto Factory in Turin. Now an outdoor art gallery and sometime test track/photo op for electric Fiats.
Had a dream weekend on my own travelling the collections and sights of Milan and Turin areas, flights courtesy of a fab birthday present from The Wean & Mrs G.
I’m a very Lucky Boy🍀
February 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Better idea maybe? Saw this curious study during the - utterly fabulous - tour of the archive that’s an option at the Alfa Romeo Museo in Arese yesterday.
Makes me want to know a lot more.
Got loads of questions from what I saw, so I might have to follow Missy Elliot’s advice and 🎶Get my Geek On🎵
February 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
February 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🎶Oh what a night 🎵
January 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Top of the list for an Orange purchase. When I retire to the north of Italy, this baby will be parked up outside my tiny apartment.
Oh yes, one day…
January 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Do it! Man logic trumps man maths. Back in pre-daughter days we had a great wee NA that we bought cheaply while saving to get married.
Later needed 2nd car, viewed Leon Cupra/Golfs then Mrs G mooned over a TT & that was that. Best 2 car family until baby buggies etc.
Back in Mazda-land with NC now🤗
December 24, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Christmas Eve tradition of decorating random household object with ragged-edged slivers of sellotape, anyone?
December 24, 2024 at 12:54 PM