The journey is the destination. I regularly head up that way for no other reason than the drive/ride, So switch off and enjoy the rolling scenery

Scotland
Summer Isles, park up around Auchiltibuie and this is your morning view. The nearest hotel has a Michelin star and sells the same food in the bar as the restaurant.

Road to the Isles

which leads to

I love Scotland, so am biased.
As you say, weather could be cak, meaning a holiday here could be a couple of weeks stuck in camper van listening to the steady drum of rain on roof,
BUT, if the weather’s in your favour, you’ll see stunning scemery, gorgeous sunsets (and sunrises if you get up early enough) and long, long days.

So, of your options, Scotland’s either the best or the worst, depending on the weather.

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As qualified as a homeopathist is to talk about medicines.

So not at all then?But if you’re going to discuss this with someone who believes in homotherapy/crystals/black magic, why not take an unfunny “comedian” as a starting point, that’ll strengthen your argument no end

Tim Minchin is an Australian musician, composer, songwriter, actor, comedian and writer. He has been performing his unique brand of musical comedy in front of appropriately excitable and ever-growing audiences since starting out in South Melbourne’s Butterfly Club in 2005.

Qualfied to comment on homeopathy then?

EDIT
Then again, isn’t Mr Minchin’s brand of comedy homeopathic – delivered in such small doses it doesn’t really have any effect?

I smoked. I stopped. It wasn’t luck. It was trying diffferent things till i found the thing that worked.
If you wnat to stop enough you will, if you don’t, you won’t. It’s that simple. making it more complicated just gives excuses to fail. “I’m going to try to stop” or “I’m going to stop”

Smoking and fertility
Not to mention that, having watched a loving parent coughing their blood up whilst plugged in to tobes and masks, a child might not be inclined to inflicting that on their own children.

It’s partly cool because you are being told not to do it

Like drrunk driving? You’re told not to do it so it’s cool? I must have missed that.
And if you want to give up, it’s not about luck, it’s about having eough of a reason to want not to die a slow ugly death.

Smoking kills
Choosing to smoke is Darwinism in action.

I hated living in Aberdeen.
Do you need to live in a city ot just ne near enough one to get the city vibe? I left Aberdeeen for Stonehaven and loved it. Ok, way not a city, but a short train or bus trip (weekend last bus back was 2AM), and even a taxi back wasn’t too bad

Loved Glasgow though

I also really like adding seeds etc to the outside which you can’t do with a bread maker.

For those that find lifting the lid and chucking some seeds in too difficult

daftvader – Member
I got some bike shaped pasta for Christmas…..
What sauce for….?

mint?

tayside 23:45 – just in, mostly clear night, nothing apart from a couple of shooting stars. guy i was chatting to said his camera was recording a light green haze but nothing was visible.

+1 for the Eye. Also, have a look at the Tower Bridge exhibition, I’d love to see the engineering.
St Paul’s – climb to the top for stuning views and the whispering gallery should keep the kids entertained for a few minutes. London Dungeon’s cool with plenty of scary sh*t. water taxi to greenwich, wander around, walk back. Water taxi from Richmond to Camden Lock. Science Museum has bucket loads of sciece-y toys for kids to play with

What is this PCP thing?

It seems to be a way for people to say they want to buy a new £30k car to end up with a car that isn’t new, doesn’t fit the original spec and is worth considerably less than £30k, but still costs £30k.
handy way to think you’re impressing the neighbours though

so where do the bikes go?

every box ticked,

day to day – nice clean cut grass type smell, doesn’t last long though

or (but not so keen on, a bit sweeetie shop’ish, but OH liked it)

For going out, Astor from Geo F Trumper.

but I’ve got a pile of samplers from Floris from my local shave shop that I need to try out

We took one for a short break (3 or days) from trevor on the llangollen canal. Wasn’t that expensive bearing in mind that beds and fuel are ncluded. Straight out over the Pontcysyllte aueduct which was the most amazing thing. A coule of nights tying up at some fine canal-side pubs and one remote stop at he the Meres near Ellesmere. I’d do it again.

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There’s a lot of tea out there and you’ll need to try a few types, including blends, to find what you like. Assam and my local tea/coffe shops Breakfast Blend work for me.

heh, my boots are out as I’m heading outb tomorrow. Looks like cleaning them is a “life skill” I’ve yet to acquire.

I do have one of thse though if you’d like to borrow it cbmotorsport

wot? no death traps and suicide raps?

You think THAT’s evil? pshaw, you should visit the Walkers bakery shortbread shop (seconds section) which not only sells massive bags of chocolate shorbread for next to nothing but it’s in Aberlour, so surrounded by distilleries so you;ll probably be pretty hammered by the time you get there.

Get Carter on ITV4

QUADROPHENIA – OMG

Shut the door behind you, pal. There’s a bit of a draft

The last straw… Believing some toss about No more log fires in pubs because it’s a health and safety issue. **** right off Europe. We are an island of Daily mail readers, We shall defend our island ignorance and inability to use google whatever the cost may be in making us look foolish…

Freedom Education and free thinking! Not round here, thank you very much

BOOOOOOM

Burton is great as the classic English under-hero.

Clint steals it fr me. Underplays it perfectly. Too much shouty from Burton

Shakira or Ingrid – Fight!

I’d change channels for that

..and we can’t use machinery to make shirts in this country because..?

I went the other way Outlook to Thunderbird. IIRC, export to .pst then import, should work the other way

You what? Since when?
That sounds like a Mail made-up story

Quite – it’s Christmas, great time for spreading some fear-based bs

Is that better or worse than sneering at people’s clothing choice on an internet forum? I can’t tell, help me out.

Well you don’t get the awesome smugness that you get from letting the world know of your brand-free existence, before reeling off a list of branded goods you own and why they don’t count.

And about time this came round again

By Shinto, magnificent. BANZAI!!

Also like to see Monkey return and tales of the water margin.

Might as well close the thread now