I’ll be wearing a ‘Guillain-Barré Syndrome Support Group’ shirt – their logo is – rather appropriatly – a green tortoise

Met Office says dry and a nice tail wind – lets hope they are correct

I’m on my first attempt at this event and will also be on a brown Roadrat. I may regret doing this singlespeed but I’m using it as an opportunity to raise funds for charity, so the pain’ll be worth it. See you all on the road or in a cafe somewhere.

as it says on the first page “if they give you lined paper, then write the other way”……….wise words indeed and my approach to life

Its a lid over the chimney. It doesnt really have a useful function but I thought it would look good. I did have plans to fit a damper in the chimney but experiments showed it wasn’t a good idea. The whole thing gets extremely hot with lots of ineffiecient and wasted radiant heat off the firebox but with a big fire the flames come out of the chimey and it looks really great in the dark.

Lighting up is much easier when you burn wood

[Apoogies for the improvised stand]

The chocolate didn’t quite work for me either, not too noticeble when eating it but a definate marmitey aftertaste. Nice enough but not how I like my chocolate

I have graduated to XO the even marmite-ier marmite

There is a surprising amount of singletrack in Bacton Woods considering its size but much of it is hard to spot though. Get in touch if you are in the area.

Thanks for your support for the whole concept of tea trays and the important part they play in everyday life.
As an engineer I am aware of the importance of the client’s requirements in producing a design. Obviously ‘product selectors’ are not. :wink:

…..and now Crossrail are getting truck drivers onto two wheels to do cycle awareness training. That can only be a good thing but it really needs to be applied to drivers of all trucks and buses and in my experience to quite a few car drivers too.

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I use an old rake head with a short handle fastened with a bolt and wing nut. It does mean you have to lean a bit to use it but the head fits in my pack and the handle can be bungeed to the frame.

Hard work in north norfolk’s powdery snow but a great ride – and no mud to clean off for a change

Recipe for banana flapjack from the ‘Eleven Westgate’ hotel/ Big Bear Bikes at Pickering. A great moist type flapjack that has sucessfully powered us around Dusk til Dawn and other epic rides.

100g Butter
80g brown sugar
3 tablespoons honey
1 banana
250g oats
Raisins or sultanas
OR for bigger batch
250g Butter
200g brown sugar
7 or 8 tablespoons honey
2 or 3 bananas
625g oats
Raisins or sultanas
Mix together the butter, honey, add mashed banana and sugar, mix well then add the oats
Cook 150o C for 35 ish mins

I’m in the ‘other’ group that rides in Bacton Woods, as well as various places Sheringham-Holt areas. Mail me if you want any info

I’ll avoid the dried fish flakes next time I go – they seemed like an interesting alternative to crisps – but they were not.
Apart from that Iceland is a really great place, although the guys I saw having to pedal down a 1:10 hill because of the strong headwind may not have agreed with me.

what animal says “ooo” ……….. a cow with no lips

Sheet B could use vlookup and an if statemment to give 1 or 0 in a new column and then conditional format the town cells based on that

I overtook the landspeed record holding ThrustSSC on the M3 – it was on a lorry though

and they can be hi-viz too

you could ride the D2D course itself, that way you will avoid any head on collisions and enjoy a good circuit before it gets cut up by 1000s of wheels

If it was late afternoon then it was GWR Castle Class 4-6-0 no 5043 ‘Earl of Mount Edgcumbe’, running between Tyseley Warwick Rd and Liverpool Lime St

an unusual bike/ canoe trip but a great video – I now feel inspired to do something similar

I sometimes put a vending machine cup of hot chocolate into a bowl of lunchtime porridge – works well in a chocolatey sort of way

18 each way = 36

The king of marmites

so if they could also do XO cashews then that would be just perfect

train station may well be a reasonable term – but its not British nor historically correct

its a railway station and was for at least 150 years before train station crept across the water

and what’s for free meant to mean ? what’s the for for ? if there is no cost its simply free
and don’t get me started on train station

What you need is Paste special / Microsoft Excel Worksheet object, this pastes it in as a resizable ‘image’ and retains the formatting of the original.

I was there a few weeks ago and did a route down into Lee by road then along the coast path with great views (its bridleway here) to Torrs Park/ Ilfracombe and back up to Willingcott on the railway path. Not a classic off road route I know but OK as a short ride if you dont want to drive over to Exmoor.

Animated lego is something I never had but try these
Lego production line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ3AcPEPbH0
Lego car chase

Actually the North Norfolk Ridge is just as steep as Simonfbarnes photo, just not as high – but its easier to get to the summit. Beeston Bump is OK but Muckelburgh hill is a harder climb

A great event – you'll enjoy it, even though this year its gone soft with proper toilets and a cafe.

I'll be there with a bucketful of banana flapjack if you're passing.

Inspiring words Trail-Rat, I was considering the short – 18 mile – route home but perhaps another 35 is the honourable thing to do

One of the bike hire places on the Tarka trail has a rickshaw if you want to try something different

Me too, team 335, look for the Soul, there may some flapjack left !

Its either dustmasks or raincoats for Saturday night……just enjoy it

look here http://www.forestry.gov.uk/rendlesham

I think there is some decent rides in Rendelsham Forest though I havn't been there myself. Thats much closer to Minsmere than Thetford

I think the traditional idea is that they warm the cold air next to the colder glass. If they were elsewhere then you’d have warmer and colder sides to a room. Convection of the warmed up air distributes the heat around the room to keep you cosy