{"id":13325,"date":"2024-06-27T13:22:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T13:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13325"},"modified":"2024-06-27T13:38:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T13:38:12","slug":"a-blast-from-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13325","title":{"rendered":"A blast from the past"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many years ago, when I was in my late twenties, I bought myself my first proper sports car. It was a Fiat X1\/9, in bright red. I loved that car; 2 seats, removable roof, pop-up headlights, mid-engined. You never see them in the U.K. anymore, as they were particularly prone to rust, so imagine my surprise when this 40 year-old beauty parked outside our apartment this afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8741.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8741-1024x678.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8741-1024x678.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8741-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8741-768x509.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8741-1536x1018.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8741-453x300.jpeg 453w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8741.jpeg 1855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8742.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8742-1024x740.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8742-1024x740.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8742-300x217.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8742-768x555.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8742-1536x1110.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8742-415x300.jpeg 415w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8742.jpeg 1692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kassiopi is pretty posh, and you can drive a Porsche through the village and nobody will give it a second glance. The moment the little Fiat appeared everyone stopped to take photos. Wonderful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many years ago, when I was in my late twenties, I bought myself my first proper sports car. It was a Fiat X1\/9, in bright red. I loved that car; 2 seats, removable roof, pop-up headlights, mid-engined. 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