I understand that the original Hughie is no longer with us. Which reminds me of Greyfriars Bobby, the loyal terrier who is immortalised as a statue in Edinburgh, for mourning his master's death by showing up at his regular haunts for more than a decade after his passing.
Old Hughie waits patiently on a side street in the village of Marysville for his owner to pump his tires, boost his battery and fire him up.
And, apart from a cloud of blue smoke, I'm sure Old Hughie would eagerly comply.
Certainly emblematic of a different era - no electric cars , or ferries, in Old Hughie's heyday.
"Down the road in the rain and snow
The man and his machine would go..."
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