{"id":184,"date":"2013-06-26T18:15:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T17:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/?p=184"},"modified":"2013-10-25T19:19:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T18:19:20","slug":"cuckooland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/?p=184","title":{"rendered":"Cuckooland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The great British weather yet again\u00a0conspired against us on the annual gathering of Sunbeams organised by Archie Beggs at\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cuckoolanduk.net\">Cuckooland <\/a>museum near Tabley in Cheshire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-185\" title=\"DSC_0002\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0002-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0002-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0002-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0002-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After tea and biscuits our expert hosts Roman and Maz showed us a selection of their many hundreds of cuckoo clocks that all originated from the same 25 square mile region of the Black Forest. The two brothers have amassed and restored a staggering collection of these beautiful clocks including my own personal favourite that would have originally had pride of place in a castle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-186\" title=\"DSC_0006\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0006-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0006-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0006-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0006.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back outside with the rain easing off\u00a0it was left to redoubtable Richard Jones to unload and fire up his Sunbeam Model 9 cum 90.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-187\" title=\"DSC_0019\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0019-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0019-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0019-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0019-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bike started, ran and ticked over extremely well despite its sporty and needless TT carburettor. Lots of &#8220;patina&#8221; and period accessories including a remarkable rear-wheel driven speedo drive mechanism made this a bike to linger over.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-188\" title=\"DSC_0020\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0020-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0020-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0020-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0020-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0bike must have been local originally judging by the Liverpool, Bold Street address of the dealer on the front mudguard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-189\" title=\"DSC_0022\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0022-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0022-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0022-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_0022-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great British weather yet again\u00a0conspired against us on the annual gathering of Sunbeams organised by Archie Beggs at\u00a0the Cuckooland museum near Tabley in Cheshire. 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