Ah, he's a fraud then crispy bacon ?

possibly ernie – perhaps he's a QS 😆

ernie IIRC Plum is not actually a plumber 🙂

out in the middle of no-where in the mist & then…..

'Sorry guys I think we're lost!!!' 😕

Blimey a chick with a dick 😉

you might find some of the info & STW posters in this recent thread useful 🙂

Mark

Sorry to hear that you had a row with your old man, to be honest mate he'll get over it. You need to be positive & concentrate all your thoughts & energy on beating this illness. You don't want/need to be worrying about an upset parent.

I know where you are coming from with fearing the worse at this stage. The journey you are now going through is full of highs & deep lows, exactly the same thing happened to me earlier this year during my fight with Cancer too. I always thought that I was a switched on level headed kind of bloke but when one minute I was happy as Larry & then breaking down & crying like a baby the next it was very scary. I was lucky in that I was able to talk to some guys off STW who had also been through this & they told me that this was 'normal' for the emotional roller-coaster you are now riding. It’s not an easy journey but it is one that you can win – you cocky surly b*stard 😉

As has already been said take it one day at a time, keep yourself occupied & don’t dwell on matters, don’t put off those things which you can do today, set yourself small but achieveable goals, don’t bottle things up, speak to people & share your hopes & fears, be strong, be positive & be focused on your future together with Meg.

Good luck mate & I hope to catch up someday on a ‘petesgaff/Mark & Meg STW ride’

😉

Oops I forgot to mention the Plymouth based YOGI Cycling Club who organise a variety of road/off road rides each week.

You might also want to enter the Newnham 60 [/url] as this event will give you a good insight as to what S.Dartmoor has to offer.

As Sponging-Machine says there are a few more STW regulars who live in the area & who know where the best trails are, just ask for someone to guide you round.

my birthday ride last year with a mate up at Haldon, we rode all the cheeky stuff & then for the first time I really pinned it warp speed styli down St Andrews Lane – great day, great company & great memory 😀

Hi MartynS I live at Callington about 9 miles north of Saltash, in fact I passed through Saltash on my commute into Plymouth today, I know Dartmoor fairly well plus some stuff on Bodmin Moor. If you want to hook up sometime then my email is in my profile.

You might want to look at the Cornwall MTB Club website & the 'Meet sheet' they organise rides each week somewhere in Cornwall & are a great bunch to ride with.

rain? wot rain? it's been as dry as a nuns chuff down here for the last 6 days 🙂

I have used both sintered & organic with no problems & you can't really beat the price 😀

It's a shame that Fruit has gone quiet, I used to love his posts on customer complaints 😆

Have a look at the HMRC Website there is lots of useful info on there.

If you want to complain then this should point you in the right direction. You might get more joy if someone senior reviews the case.

Don't give up it's your tax that has been overpaid so you are entitled to have it back. Ask them to prove that Mrs A was working 2 x jobs rather than just the 1, it could be that someone has used her name instead of their own or a computer error.

Good luck.

"Mazda 1" – LOL

'err NO!! it's a MX-5 2ltr sport & man does it f'ing shift 😛

went & picked up the wife's new car today – zoom zoom zoom 😀 & I got to drive it 😆 😆

With Exmoor on Minehead's doorstep & the Quantocks not too far away I'd say bring yer bike & have some fun 😆

I'm sure the Exmoor & Q's STW regulars will be along soon to tell all about it….

Mark

It's very hard not to think about the worse case scenario but you really must try to think & stay positive mate until you are told otherwise. I was visited by the big C this year & as others have said if it is caught early enough then most Cancers are treatable, as you can see/read I'm still here so it must be true.

If you are given the bad news then I can recommend the MacMillan Website which I found to be very informative on the subject & very helpful. I was also helped by two very kind members off STW (you know who you are – Thanks once again) who were kind enough to give me help & support when I was at my lowest, I honestly don't know what I would have done without them. I actually found that 'talking' to someone outside of my immediate family, who had gone through a similar journey, easier than talking to those closest to me who I didn't want to hurt/upset.

If you need/want to talk to someone else mate then my email is in my profile.

Good luck

Riding in the middle of no-where through the mist suddenly this lady appeared carrying two heavy TESCO shopping bags full of food. After riding past I stopped & had another look to make sure I was seeing right. I was 3 miles from the nearest road & 10 miles from the nearest TESCO – flippin strange that 😕

a bit of gaffa tape on that & it'll be as good as new 😉

the info you need is on the HMRC Website at the bottom of the page.

It looks like you only need to keep records for 22 months from the end of the relevant tax year to which they relate.

….. tickle 😉

Hiya dropoff nice one, my mate wants to come back sometime soon to have another bash on Exmoor – hopefully not including some/most of those killer climbs on the Explorer tho 😕 – when we get our act together I'll drop you a txt/email & we can take things from there.

Happy trails

always worth a quick check on the HMRC Website for the latest scams.

FYI HMRC will never contact you regarding a refund by email that's far too 21st Century 😉

Saturday's ride & I didn't like the look of that stream cos it looked blinkin deep at the far side

Sunday riding the same woods & my bonkers mate Rob decides to find out just how deep the stream was ……

I'm glad now I didn't try it the day before 😆

……not worth stealing even in Bristol 😉

The Pastyland collective – I rode in some nearby woods today courtesy of HRH Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor of London – super chap letting me ride on his land only don't tell him 😉

I'm going there again tomorrow with a mate – so no grassing me up to Chaz 😕

Hi Jenga – I'm on the Cornish side of the river Tamar, have fun on the Long Mynd

duck head

hmmmmmmm my thoughts too when I saw your painted helmet 😉

nice bike Ton……… I'll give you £100 for it in a months time 😉

Thanks spinout – I'm glad he's OK as it looked pretty bad as he high sided it over the bars. Maybe he'll be back next year?

Milkie, great pics especially the second one with the guy having a P in the background.:) Anyone we know ?

He must be either putting the fire out on his bike or cleaning his broken down bike cos it's upside down 😆

Great event yet again but a bit too tough for me with lots of killer climbing & I suffered big styli 😕

I stopped to help out rider No. 200 – Nigel P – who had a big off on a sharp switchback close to the T stop. I saw him at the T stop later & he didn't look a happy bunny but I left soon after. If anyone knows if he's OK I'd be grateful to know.

I did the Exmoor Explorer yesterday all 37 miles with a MK 2.4 up front with no issues although I was using the Protection version, maybe a bit stronger than the non-protection flavour.

In fact I haven't had a flat or pinch flat on these yet………….Oops I better put a spare tube in my pack coz I'm bound to get one now.

Soloing the 12hr next year – nice. Rummour has it you were practicing this year during the pairs…………..if you know what I mean 😉

Steve

Can you confirm that the route will be marked again this year.

I will be bringing an OS map which i've marked but I hope not to have to use it.

Rob is this you???

soz it's a bit blurry you wuz really going for it on your last lap 🙂

PS I did email this pic to Tom but he obviously hasn't passed it on 😕

When I had my detatched double garage built 10 years ago it cost 17K (the garage door alone was 2K), it's 7m x 5m with a tiled pitched roof. It has a breeze block inner, a brick outer & if we insulated the cavity you could live in it 🙂

Personally I'd suggest that you build the garage as big as you can get away with on the ground available, I'd also go for a flat roof as you may wish to, in time, build on top of the garage to make more bedrooms/nursery rather than say moving elsewhere. If this is a possibility then make sure the garage foundations put in now are able to take the extra weight of any future extention of the garage upwards.

runaway & join the circus 😕

Had a brand new pair of 3/4 Hummvee shorts circ £50 & the waist popper kept on undoing very easily to the point that I was stopping every 5 mins to do them up again. I checked all 3 other pairs of Endura shorts I have & there was no issue with the popper coming undone easily. I took them back & the LBS exchanged them for a new pair with a much smaller popper which holds fine. I did wonder whether Endura had found the larger popper wasn't working & went back to the smaller ones instead. Apart from that the kit is excellent value, does what it's supposed to & I'll buy from them again.