Walk across the Millenium Bridge and go into the Tate Modern
Ludlow – medieval architecture
Stamford – England's best stone town
Crickhowell for a pint outside The Bear
Soho – pint in the Coach and Horses and eat in the Gay Hussar

Delighted with the scheme. First time round I got a Tricross Comp which I didn't really get on with and it was ebayed for more than it cost me. Recently I got a Genesis Core 40 which has been amazing and has freed up my Maverick for my gf. My employer set it up with Evans but we've a relationship with the lbs who will act on the basis of a phone call and the bike's there 3 days later (much better than messing with vouchers etc).

Catch a wave on a longboard in Saunton, walk round Baggy Point to Putsborough and spend the night in Croyde.

Don't do it. I had a type 2 and it took all of my money plus some. You're much better off getting a tent. I could make a very long list of reasons but believe me tents are more flexible and there are lots of dodgy campervans out there waiting to bankrupt and depress you.

I had a Hyundai Getz for a month last summer in Aus and was impressed with it, fast enough and cheap. I'd buy one of those.

Nothing wrong with oysters on their own. Had 6 on Friday with a big bottle of Leffe blonde, superb!

The water pumping substation in Conyers Road, Streatham, a masterpiece!

Faure's Requiem

The Condition of Postmodernity by David Harvey

My hardtail is triple butted alloy and that seems to make it amazingly comfortable to the point where I barely notice the difference from my full suss.

Bankers appear not to have reduced their conditions of service and rewards despite having done not a very good job. Why should it be assumed that the employees and tax payers are always the ones to carry the can for crises in the system. J M Keynes showed us how it's not a good idea to reduce people's income in a recession because that gives them less money to spend.

'seem to be as think as'….you?

I say fair play to BA workers defending their conditions of service and jobs (even though I've two flights booked with them in April).

GJ I probably agree with you on dags.

Sharing the endorphin rush of mountainbiking with a beautiful female adds a unique dimension to a relationship. Plus if it's followed by a few ales whilst perving over bikes etc etc then it's unbeatable (in my humble opinion).

I got a Genesis Core on the same kind of thinking and nearly a year on I still can't get over how amazing it is, best grand I've ever spent.

Captain Bee Fart??

'bed knee'? lol

look at the amazing historic buildings

The Rolling Stones pre-dated the Bob Dylan track.

In my workplace it's introduced a good number of people to cycling. Plus we have a very healthy relationship with the lbs, Pitsford Cycles, and it's all done on trust and a phone call. Bike sorted in a couple of days rather than all the fuss of vouchers etc that we had to go through with Evans.
As a PAYE employee there aren't any opportunities to 'take the pee', I can't see anything wrong with doing it every year. It pales in comparison with the potential bike collection of Baroness Uddin and, incidentally, she looks like she could benefit from getting a bike.

Sanctimonious bllx.

Steak for Chicken by the Mouldy Peaches, very funny and a bit rude

In and around Northampton you have factory shops like Church's, Cheaneys (Desborough), Crockett and Jones, Trickers. People drive from all over the country and buy several pais and they're set up for years. I noticed in Italy the most expensive/best shoes on offer were from Norhampton.

Startfitness have some Inov8 shoes knocked down to £30.

'my gut feeling'… ho ho

Allegri's 'Miserere', first bootleg album ever (transcribed by a very young Mozart and flogged to an English dealer in sheet music.)
Beautiful and relaxing stuff.

Blimey, the Red Lion. You could drink six pints of Watneys in there and go home stone cold sober. I was in the same class as Stephen Harris in primary and secondary school in Leytonstone and Leyton, nice guy but very quiet then.

Stopped making knives when i was a student, very pleasurable pastime however.

It should be Blake's 'Jerusalem', particularly since its Swedenborgian undertones offend the Church of England….I only found out about this after they strongly dissuaded me from having it sung at my wedding claiming that it was better suied to the WI etc etc. Great man, great anthem.

Any books that anyone would recommend?

Zinc puts extra lead in your pencil and it's cheaper than oysters (though not as nice.)

Carphone warehouse are doing Samsung N140 notebooks for 229.

I've got an R reg one. It never lets me down, goes alarmingly fast (for me) and I regard it as a free car. I'd certainly have another.

I've done GP to osteo to choropractor and then acupuncture last week. I know it's different for everyone but acupuncture did SFA for me, chiro seems to be the most effective plus spacing out the drugs, antis and pain killers at different intervals.

NHS, no problems there or down there. I happen to know a consultant urologist who said he wouldn't have it done because he's seen too many people with complications. Mind you, I've never met anyone who had a problem with it.

Woodbine cottages in Hope and then walk up the road for exquisite beer in the Cheshire Cheese.

I'm there in April, useful tips. Quite a pleasant walk across the bridge and on to Harvard….seem to remember a pretty good bike shop en route.

He won't be prosecuted. He took a calculated risk and just hopes to get a long stiff talking to.

This thread has inspired me and I've gone and laid out a load of quids for a new camera. Blimey, I'd better be careful about what I look at.

It surprises me to see so many people low down the scale when mtb can really deliver 'flow' experiences that eradicate depression. Research I've read suggests that depression is closely associated with materialistic and competitive attitudes. Conclusion? Whatever your circumstances or amount of bling you have, get out there and be a flaneur both on and off the bike and things will cheer up.