4900 for me so far this year… A big slump in mileage for a few months due to baby/ childcare issues. But overall I’m generally pleased with my year.

Well done everyone

Just wondering why the fireys need winter tyres ?

Surely the fires stations have heating ..? And surely it would be more cost effective to throw down some rock salt between the valeting bay and the parking bay ?

Just wondering why the fireys need winter tyres ?

Surely the fires stations have heating ..? And surely it would be more cost effective to throw down some rock salt between the valeting bay and the parking bay ?

John B … Might sound a thick question but the whole rear facing debate has me puzzled.. And you might be able to help.

But

Given that most RTC’s involve two cars and the rear end shunt being the most common.
Therefore each car will have differing kinetics ie acceleration vs deceleration characteristics on the occupants ?

Surely a child in the front car would benefit from a forward facing seat over the child in the rear car a rear facing one ?

This making the choosing of one over the other pointless as we can’t predict the mechanics of any given collision .

Without question the maxi cosi axxis..

Or ones that have a swivel base… Bloomin back savers !

Thanks guys

Cheers guys…

I will persevere but hope it’s the last as this is a bit of a faff.

Brave crew leaving him on scene…
It sounds as if he had mental capacity and a scenario was escalated. Irrespective of this I generally strongly advise patients in this situation to see the on call psych to screen his mental health slightly further than would have been possible on scene.

If only to cover my backside

:@)) handbag is brown

Frame a sand colour

Haha how funny

I was asked a few months ago to do exactly the same.

A very good mate was getting married at a registry office and he wanted me to be in the room – but there was only enough room for family.

I was quite touched.

On the day and with all the family arriving – I seriously started to feel uncomfortable with the prospect. The registrar announced me as the official wedding photographer and my bottom nearly fell out.

I’m very laid back and have in my 43 years ‘got away with it’ …managing to blag most situations. But this was different..the camera I’d borrowed that morning was non zoom, but this didn’t really dawn on me until I found myself at the front taking pictures !

The day was beautiful and more family arrived for the wedding photos.

Taking the odd travel photo is one thing but organising a family unknown to me was beginning to get stressful – blokes wandering round with ‘expensive cameras’ were giving me tips and I feared that my cover ( if I had any to start with) was getting blown.

At the evening do and with alcohol flowing one of the by now drunk family members sauntered up to my and whispered in my ear…

‘you didn’t have an f’ing clue did you’

The photos were actually bloody superb – if a tad abstract and Ive been assured that they were well received by all.

My advice..?

Get to know your camera, the venue, the wedding couples desires from your shots…

Oh and don’t do it :^))

Fear

Out of control fear be that rational or irrational is terrifying and maddening.

Once found myself alone in a very very remote wooded mountain hut in New Zealand.

Realised as the sun was setting that it had been the location for a very horrific murder, and to make matters worse had read that the killer had been released from prison that week.

Once the realisation of this had taken hold of my mind… I seriously thought I was going mad with fear.

Horrible

If you pull it off and party hard – getting to know loads of the locals/ visitors ….then yes you’ll be the cool Englishman.

If you are doing it to tick a box, spend a miserable few days and even less on the slopes because you are wet and cold, and don’t mingle because you have believed your own hype more than reality…then no one will care less, and you’ll just return home feeling like a sad loner.

I’ve done both

I’ve counted 16 have left our two local stations this last year .

3 have handed their notice this week !!!!

I can’t keep up with all the leaving do’s.

Alu standard size

8 years old

Waking up aching and battered.

Jeez I was sooo lucky yesterday ! Mates are disagreeing with my choice of a new bar..

What would be best ? Carbon vs Alu ?

New stem and carbon bars me thinks

14 hr day for me..today.

I’m a Paramedic Practitioner. Similar wage to Drac. 3 years Uni and 2 years post grad.

One hell of a job being a frontline Paramedic these days… Especially the lone working aspect. At times I feel overwhelmed by the amount of work I will need to do at an incident.

Take today

An elderly lady dropped sharp object on her foot… By the time I’d driven there on blue lights, gained entry with all my bags…stopped the bleeding and reassured her. Then started to clean her blood filled house as best as I could, made her a brew, complete set of observations..and sutured the wound it was an hour and a half.

It’s then paperwork, calls to her family/ carers/ GP and setting up a community care package, antibiotics and analgesia.

Then off to the next job… And repeat 10 times!!

Whatever happened to the positive Drac ?

Is the Liverpool care pathway something to joke about ???

Lost my mum two years ago.. Sad circumstances but very quickly the LCP provided us with a clearer journey to ending mums suffering.

Come on guys… Bloody Stop and think !

Thank your lucky stars you don’t actually live there.

I live in an expensive area, have a good job with both my partner and I working. To get on the property market ladder we bought an ex council property several years ago. It is in a great location ( albeit next to a busy road) with beaches and trails nearby, we get on great with our neighbours who are all fantastic!

Until

The property next door ( council) changed hands. The family who are in there see shouting as THE only form of communication, and allowing their son to smoke cannabis to the rear of our property with his chivvy mates !

I love our house it’s gorgeous, and with a 200ft garden – perfect for our 1 year old.

Just a shame that I can see us selling, as things are only going to get worse.

It was mainly the inclusion of images emphasising the bad smell that was emitting from the corpses.

Just a dimension that if I were a relative would find deeply upsetting and unnecessary .

I apologise for using that term. I really do !

Cougars post just really annoyed me.. On the back of feeling upset about the images I’d just seen.

Again

Sorry

Absolutely no correlation between the two scenarios !

Think about it !

A personal story .

Vitiated the busier section of our local beach last week with our baby boy. We’ve preferred the quieter area just round the corner that requires a bit of a trek and so acts as a natural deterrent to the litter dropping types .

But baby means more loads to carry so nearest section of beach is chosen. Within minutes it becomes apparent that a group of approx 10 adults / children are loud and intent on causing problems. A group of girls nearby are the first to be challenged … As the ‘pikey’ kids decide to dig sand right next to the girls purposefully showerring the girls in sand .. Tge girls stay quiet despite this provocation. The children then start flooding kart wheels to flick more sand then throwing sand in the air..into the girls .

The girls start to politely request that they stop .

As if programmed to retaliate the kids ( ages between 5-14 ) swear, curse and continue to provocate.

The kids then run back to their parents ( unusual accents and Irish tones ensue)

And an aggressive fight almost ensues. !!???

The group leave the beach … Except for pretty much all of their towels, wrappings , beer cans, newspapers etc etc

Disgusting !!

2 weeks away and collecting more than ever!!

2500 now

One thing I just cant get my head round is this obsession with filming on a mobile phone?

Wait hours for the riders to come past and then not actually see it because you are peering through a phone screen ??!

Sadolin superdec

I took a look at that yuba boda boda online … Looks nice, very nice.

Only a few pairs of socks .. Waited 3 weeks then an email saying out of stock . Would I like to wait for the next delivery of items .

I said no

Refunded promptly enough but overall disappointed .

Yeah love it… Ignore the ‘niche. ‘ label .. It’s been around long enough to get past that cynical nonesense given out by city folk.

If you live by a beach, love the water and local waves aren’t 24/ 7 epic then why wouldn’t you ?

Think the most I’ve collected in one night and following rain, was 240.

Cant say I compute the logic in the research project…esp where the next year there were more – ?

Ive noticed a dramatic improvement in the productivity of crops this year since my cull…lets just hope their numbers don’t swell in 2015 ?

Found a nice linen suit ?

As one of the weddings is out in Portugal might be a nice choice ?

But ok for a uk wedding ?

5 ft 10 stocky

£300 for suit ?

Poor buggers.. No shower !!?

Don’t think I would bother cycling tbh. Part if the whole attraction for me is rolling out of bed… Sweaty on bike knowing I’ve got a hot shower to look forward to.

Oh and packs of biros, pencils and stickers…

If you’re planning to pass through the North West!?

The kids love them .

Didn’t have a single puncture but

– two tubes
-patches
– chain tool
-pump
– zip ties
-multi tool

That’s it really

Jogled in 07

Straight back from a rtw trip and living out of my van at the time.

No planning and a very relaxed approach ( bought the map at first petrol station upon leaving john O groats.

Some great advice so far esp the minimal kit and not wearing stuff twice!

Don’t spoil your journey by having constraints/ too much structure.

It’s a fabulous ‘journey’

Chichester harbour via canal and coastal path and villages. Back via Medmerry and route 88.

Let’s face it .. We really cannot make good coffee in this country..

‘Chocolate sprinkles on top?’

NO NO NO

I mainly ride cx and gave been looking at these.

Some of the reviews appear to be for the launch pros rather than the launch pro enduros…??

What do the ‘frequent fallers’ reckon abouth the rather limited padding in the enduros?