@molgrips I didn’t get my licence till 2004 so all the rules had changed by then. I need to do a new test for car and trailer

@ElShalimo I will need to get my B+E licence, it’s not too expensive tbh

Where I am in Hampshire there are loads of viable tracks and tow paths…. the Basingstoke canal toe path runs for bloody miles!

All pointing to me getting one, may even persuade the boss at this rate!

It’s all sounding like I should fix and service my full sis and sell the bugger! Look for a what gravel bike thread soon!

@tiger6791 I spotted that thread last night! 😁

@djflexure that is also a possibility on the cards….

I do have a 29er Stanton that I could put carbon rigid forks on, lighter and skinnier wheels but it wouldn’t have the new bike smell! 😇😇😇

Are we still having Friday kylie?

i had a cx bike for a while. didnt quite feel right.

@molegrips we have various sized of tent, from a weekend robens green cone and a massive 6 man family thing. but as the kids are getting bigger they take more room, plus if they want bikes etc thats extra hassle as they wont fit on the roof with the roof box there etc etc. hence the choice (now) between motorhome or caravan.

having been in both the camper and the caravan with my brother in law… bot seem to take the same time….

i am exactly the same… i put it down to 11 years as a postie… come home from a day and have a snooze

@slowoldman that’s EXACTLY what I’m after…. now to convince the long haired general!

@tjagain I mostly wear shorts so I COULD get some of those trousers!

@nbt same here

@nbt it’s mostly that I want a newer car as mine is a little beaten and old! 😇

wwaswas yeah, I think a trailer tent is out of the picture…

I have the alpkit one and it’s great. However, you NEED a decent mat to go under it, and it is only really good in the summer, tho I have got chilly feet At times

Tbh it’s mostly an issue of space. My estate with roofbox isn’t quite big enough for a family of 4, dog and camping gear for more than a weekend… I would be happy getting an i800/transit custom type of thing and then upgrading all our camping gear. Or a caravan and a better car for towing (I have an avensis estate petrol which doesn’t quite have the grunt for towing) that then gives us the freedom of not having to worry so much about going places after set up…

The knives are surviving… not going well from a financial way but from an everyone is very happy, they’re flying!
Still no like button either! 😂

3 quid a bottle

That’s not too bad, my local wanted £6 for an orange juice and bitter lemon… I suspect you can imagine what they were told! 😂

Wait4me… it’s 99p a can in marks and Spencer… that’s not too bad imo

It’s like putting on an old pair of trainers… comfortable with an odd smell! It’s good to be back!

Morning slackalice!!! I’m good ish cheers, been up and down as it goes… the knives are alright, surviving but not thriving, tho I am going a different direction with them towards Xmas…. so the flatlands are still flat then, are you still in the same bit or have you moved again???

Nice! Cheers Rusty! Not looked at the mag yet, but it’s on the to do list….

Niki Lauder you say?? What about Bruce Forsyth?
As for e bikes I know about them, I ride swinley, so they’ve pretty much taken over!

Again?!?!? What are we on now????

Infinite sessions IPA and american pale ale are the ones for me….

I figured that would be the case…

Thanks for the replay people! I looked at the Lidl one but figured going for somewhere that have them in stock more than once a year would be better… going to get the 2 seater one. Gives me a bit more to spend on paddles and buoyancy.

I know they’d be harder to paddle. But I don’t want to be left with a double kayak that I can’t paddle on my own. I will be getting a single sot for me as a fishing/play boat but I’m trading a custom knife for that. But need a budget option for me and the lad to do stuff on the canal, and a couple of hundred meters off shore for a bit of mackereling over the summer

There in lies the issue. I have a limited budget of about 300…. the gumotex Ines are waaaaaay more than that, even second hand

Cheers for that. I figured it was a good deal….

Bump

Are you on the swinley FB page? If not I’ll post it for you…

I’m going in entirely the wrong way. :cry: I have been struggling over the last month with my depression and anxiety which leads me to eat, lots. After this weekend at the bushcraft show I am going to be trying to get on my bike ready for the IOM end to end…

200mb???? 200!!!!!!! we only get 1mb and that if we are lucky and the rest of the world isn’t online. My phone is so much faster than our pc

Pustules is a great word!

Frank, he owes me a fiver….