East coast wise you could look at places like Elie/Kilconquhar/St. Monans/Crail/Anstruther/Pittenweem/St. Andrews. Lots to do with kids as there water sports centre in Elie, good beaches, tennis courts, golf etc. Wet weather plans sea life centre in St. Andrews, swimming baths, strawberry picking (outdoor/indoor poly tunnel type). If you need more info let me know.

My memories of Lochgoilhead on a calm summers evening are of black clouds of midges and tonnes of folk hovering round either my Uncle Jimmy’s cigar or practically hugging the barbecue.

East coast tends to have less of them. Fife is a great spot for holidays in Summer with plenty for kids to do and there is some good riding around the place too.

Glencoe could be worth a shout as could Lochgoilhead. Plenty of riding near both I’d imagine not sure about accommodation or stuff for kids but I’m sure someone with more knowledge than me will be along shortly. Oh yeah, midgies will no doubt be brutal!

My sister has got a NEFF induction hob and having used it myself I think it’s class. The temp changes are instant, it still looks like new, is easy to clean and looks really sleek.

so the checking of size and weight of the bag is once you’re on the plane? Wasn’t like that last time I flew (which was with RyanAir). The bags were checked before you went through the gate. There was no checking once you were through the gate. Has this changed?

At Glasgow Prestwick they check after the security check on the way to the plane. At Dublin they didn’t check at the gate.

As an aside on a recent Dublin to Prestwick flight the flight was delayed by 20 odd mins then the first officer did his preflight safety walk round and went atse over tit putting a gash in his head. Cue flashing lights for the paramedics and another 40 minute delay to find a replacement first officer!

First batch of Pam “the jam” seville orange marmalade made today. 8 jars for the pantry. Next week will be the orange and ginger then maybe some whisky marmalade which should see us out to the end of the year!

duckman has nailed it with the tablet!

Thanks ski I might email you in the morning after I’ve thought of more questions and taken some photos if that’s cool?

meehaja – sorry but when you say go ASAP when cutting green do you mean turn it as a soft wood now and leave as an almost finished bowl until it is dry?

Not sure if this helps but you could try this stuff A2 Milk[/url]?

Cheers rick – good to know as we spend a good bit of time in Fife as well.

ton how much you after for the XXL one?

Cheers guys much appreciated!

Guy I sit next to at work has just got a Hiace cab van. Rear is decked out in plywood and seems pretty good space wise. He was talking about reselling as non-commercial tax on it is huge (in Ireland by the way). Think he was talking about €6000 odd for it. Low mileage too…if you’re interested let me know and I can send pics and details. Not sure what it would cost to clear it in the uk?

mcmoonters tree or woodstore.
The chap who built a balance bike for the older lad

Agree with this

Johnny Flynn
Matthew and the Atlas
Karine Polwart

those parents, i can’t bear to think of what they must be going through.

According to the news I’ve just seen the guy killed his dad at home and shot his mum who is a teacher at the school…

Good shout lunge on the pea purée-cheeky bit of mint thrown in?

If you can try and get hold of Stornoway black pudding – and don’t forget the dressing!

That should be nae bother. Any particular type of apple? Big fan of Braeburns myself!

cheers yossarian sounds class…if you find the recipe can you pass it on please?

Battered haddock goujons with a creamy curry sauce

yossarian details please!? 🙂

Shell fish are a no due to a pesky sibling’s allergy…

Chicken liver pate and black pudding with apple are the favourites…keep them coming though.

Is the sliced apple raw?

ton that’s on the shortlist!

5 adults 1 6 year old. We always do soup so looking for something different.

A TNF Nuptse vest from Cotswold for £99. A baking or cooking course. A session with Jedi (there are other MTB schools available). A first aid or survival course. A magazine subscription. Nice bottle of gin or malt. The new forks you are getting get them tuned specifically for you. Some new hiking boots. A green wood furniture making (or insert any man type stuff) course….

i now need to find some improvised bar bells. Perhaps I up could reduce the weight and up the weights.

Get on freecycle there’s bound to be some fat overweight guy who got injured doing DIY that’s trying to get rid of some 😉

WCA that programme I just sent should be good (I think) for fat burning as its low weight, high reps.

WCA I will send that this evening.

I’ve got a great shoulder complex weight training programme provided by a previous Bristol RFC fitness and conditioning coach which should be ok to complete sitting down. The good thing is the weights used are small 4-7kg. I found it great for posture and core. Let me know if you want a copy and I can send it on, it’s an excel file.

Dropped around 9lbs to 17 stone dead and body fat to just above 25%. Going to the gym 4-5 days a week and only major changes to diet is less bread and cheese is a weekend treat. Lightest I’ve been for probably around 14 years!

Ask for a cracked MTB frame to butcher and a local welder could knock something up for you…(I’ve a cracked Cove but I’m in Ireland otherwise you would have been welcome to it)

Try some echinacea, manuka honey as well

Peddlers dirty truth is pretty interesting on BBC 5 Live plus there is a follow up following Lance. I like stuff you should know, BBC Radio 4 Comedy, Fighting Talk (although this season ain’t as good)

Not sure on kids stuff

If he wants to increase his popularity he should reinvent himself in the manner that Jennifer Lopez did.

Release a fragrance?

I found out from my biomechanist last night that engaging my core isn’t the same as trying to do things while holding it tense and locked.
everything feels so much easier now.

Interested in hearing more if you care to divulge?

Haggis, neeps and tatties
Leek & Tomato Soup
Beef Stew
Sausage, Tomato, Lentil Casserole

Dunlop here round about £12 a pair I think if not less.

Rice cakes (no oatcakes left) with homemade mackerel pâté, tomatoes, peppers and 2 carrots. Then a yoghurt and satsuma.

I had a fact sheet which recommended a drag factor of 125-140 which equates to 5-7 on the rowers in our gym. Used to be a 10 setting man until about 4 weeks ago when I started the drag factor business, I noticed a big difference straight away and the 20 second intervals are grim with 10 seconds rest.

I was doing 30:30Rest intervals and 8 interval took me to just over 2000m. Now doing 3 sets of 8 20:10Rest intervals and getting to around 3500m and I’m absolutely shafted at that. Not sure if these figures are any good!? Both of those setting drag factor at 125 thanks to some advice previously on here.