I've been framed

I imagined I would be posting a picture in this posting of a large picture of Mecca framed by me and hanging on a wall I am instead writing how I had an unsuccessful attempt today at framing a rather large picture of Mecca (2.02 metres x 1.43 metres) and I thought it was all going so well when the weather happened to be nice enough for me to take the top down on my car (a great buy 5 years ago, now fully bought and paid for, remarkably well running and still attracting admiring glances from girls and boys alike - I read somewhere that England has the highest average number of days of rain per year of any country in Europe and also the highest percentage of car owners who own convertibles thus proving I and many others are nothing if not optimistic). Especially good fortune as taking the roof off was the only way to fit the wood in the car in order for it to make it's journey from Leeds to Manchester, extra good fortune that it wasn't raining on the Manchester side of the Pennines as would normally be the case. I also marvelled how I was travelling at 70 miles per hour with no roof on the care as I reached the summit of the M62 motorway (1221 feet above sea water for those pub quiz goers out there) and still felt remarkably warm and safe. The same could not have been said 6 years ago with the roof on when attempting the same journey (minus the wood) in my Ford Ka when I would have been holding my breath and hoping I didn't get blown by the ever present wind into a passing lorry. Only spotted one other brave sole attempting the same crossing with no roof - I assume their car was new and still a novelty but don't understand the car registration system these days so couldn't tell for sure.

Attempt 2 to frame 2 pictures of Mecca, same size should take place first full week of April with bigger moulding, more care and better communication between all involved (that's 2020mm not 2200mm for the length of mdf back board).

Unsuccessful framing exploits but great journey, great company and great curry.