Lump sum, definitely. Bear in mind that at 67 you will also get the state OAP, so another £100-£145 pw after tax.

I watched a short youtube video the other day about a chap fatbiking in Idaho in Winter. Staff at a ski area ‘piste bashes’ loads of normally ‘un-skied’ tracks and you pay $15 to spend the day using them. Seemed like a good idea

What an interesting thread. We’ve had our gas boiler for 13 years. It still works very well and we have a warm house in c15 minutes. It is also a combi boiler so no need for a water tank (Which in a smallish house gives us a decent sized bathroom). We have a 1910s mid terraced 3 bedroomed house with good loft insulation. Running costs are very low (£65 pcm for Gas and Electric)
We’ve looked at alternatives to the gas boiler when it packs in but the numbers soon mount up if we go down the ASHP route. Simple install – £5k ? Some new bigger radiators and fitting – £1500, new water tank and fitting ££??. I could see it costing £10k rather than £2k for a new gas boiler…and a doubling of our energy bills.
A chap I know was looking at an electric combi boiler and the running costs were staggering (4 x that of a gas combi https://www.greenmatch.co.uk/boilers/combi-boilers/electric-combi-boilers )
It is a bit of a minefield unless you really know what you’re looking at but at least the Nations electricity supply will cope with it all….

I think you’re right….it is exactly what I am looking at with/for my wife for pretty much the same riding.
Would they want mudguards etc…

https://www.rutlandcycling.com/bikes/electric-bikes/specialized-turbo-vado-30-2020-electric-hybrid-bike-charcoal_475481?currency=GBP&chosenAttribute=95020-7903&gclid=CjwKCAiAxp-ABhALEiwAXm6IyWe_4zsjbmXZomCFMpY8zxXlp4WlZinCoOqkey9y03gshJME4nuQTRoCBm8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Lengthy but the lad is a genius

We had a 28mm 5 x 3 for about 15 yrs. It was OK. Replaced it with a 44mm, 4 x 3 this last Spring (From Dunster House) and spent the extra time insulating the floor and ceiling with 40mm celotex/kingspan.
I’d definitely recommend the thicker timber, far more solid obviously and better insulation. With a small 1kw fan heater we can get it from minus 3 to plus 15 within an hour. Cheap roller blinds over the windows (£30 for 3 from Argos)

What a load of nonsense.

Giant Escaper
Raleigh Dynatech
GT Richter
Marin Team
Cannondale Caad2 Headshox
Dawes Tandem
Klein Attitude
ProFlex 856
Dave Lloyd Tandem
Coyote HT (commuter)
Ventana Tandem
On One Ti456
Marin Mt Vision Pro
Whyte c29
Cannondale Trigger 2

Reminds me of that bloke in Vis who has to put his nuts in a wheelbarrow because they are too big.

Buster Gonads

You are bleeding the radiators with the heating switched OFF aren’t you?

I bought one of these Sprayway Torridon, this time last year. Very impressed with it. On offer here so just about at budget @£210
https://www.nevisport.com/sprayway-mens-torridon-jacket?gclid=Cj0KCQiA3NX_BRDQARIsALA3fIImA90uxUjwW4DFqoylx8awVtOTa8XLaoiCS3894s5b5U6ufxu3eFIaAs_HEALw_wcB#color_code=Lightning-Blazer&size_legacy=S

Good luck with that bear-uk.
Mine is around 65, never been much lower (managed some top 20 ‘Polaris’ placings many years ago). Still fairly fit 54 yr but 4 cardioversions and 1 catheter ablation (seems to have sorted my AF) since 2002 may have taken their toll.

Words seem so inadequate. So sorry for your loss.

Is rapid charging at home something that’s needed? I thought most would charge overnight when they’re in bed so 3 or 7kw would be sufficient?

Bad start to the year with a medical diagnosis…then lockdown and isolation but managed 400 miles and 40000 feet in June and July before more isolation pre-op….then nothing since. 2021 has got to be better. No target setting, just improving health and more than 400/40k ft.
Some great figures posted by others. Chapeau

We have the 4 x 3 version of the one you’re getting, really impressed with it.
I cheated with power and simply use an extension plugged in via an RCD. In the ‘shed’ I’ve attached a couple of doubled sockets to the wall with simple plug in lights. I’ve no real power load in the shed and no computer so manage to stream youtube to a TV for the turbo trainer, via a pair of plug in wifi extenders. I used sikkens wood preserver on the outside, 4 coats to date.
I insulated floor and ceiling but not the walls…we have the 44mm wall version, way more solid a construction than the 28mm it replaced. (Painted the walls) But we don’t spend hours in their thru winter so perhaps see how you go on thru the coming months before committing to more work/expense?
I bought a roll of roofing membrane and attached that to the roof first, then the roof felt. Happy enough with it so far.
Good luck with it

In the hierarchy of safety PPE is the last measure.

I don’t ride in positions that leave me vulnerable.

I would rather be alive than “right”.

The motto of assuming everyone is an idiot and going to pull out on you makes life easier.

I calculate risk constantly, I will ride in the middle of the lane through road works or past a bit of crap road that I know is coming up.

Hi-vis won’t make a blind bit of difference if you snake down the inside of a driver following sat nav.

This.

Great uplifting thread, glad you’re just about mended.

With regard to the post above by Monksie…..how did it end at the 10 minute point? Did you tell them who you were or did they give in and let you walk off?

I have a pair of the Sony ones mentioned about. For the money (Mine were £60 a pair) they really are very good

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/trekking-tunnel-tent-trek-900-ultralight-2-person-grey/_/R-p-323505

I have the 1 man version, well made and very light

I was trying to think of a harder climb…but couldn’t. Stunning, when the helicopter sat off and you saw the whole climb.

I’ve just bought an Epson ET 2710 with the eco tank. £170 delivered. Hoping the reviews and recommendations are right as it is always the ink that hammers you on printing. Seems fine so far

God, he is one annoying feller, I managed about 11 seconds of that….and presumably it is a theoretical 500kmh ?

Apart from Gunther above….from what I have read, the vast majority of world travellers end up bored with travelling. What would you do at say age 56 having sold up, spent lots of the cash and are now in a 150k mile 6 yr old campervan ?
If you’re happy go lucky and would just get a job and crack on, great. If it would make you sit back and think about it….you need to sit back and really think about long term implications

Lindley, Birchencliffe, Salendine Nook and Outlane/Sowood are all OK…Barkisland is tipping over into Calderdale but is nice and gives you the option of Huddersfield for trains or dropping down to Sowerby Bridge/Halifax. Are you wanting to be a walk/cycle distance to the station or a drive and if a drive, will it be two cars so two stations are do-able, or one car and you need on station for both of you (hope that makes sense)

I haven’t had to do a search, as I don’t actually need anything so would only be buying for the sake of it…which is bonkers

Just sign up and do one. (I did a CX race in my mid 40s, for several laps the folk on the start finish cheered me on with a hearty ‘Come on old feller….’ I was utterly f##### but thoroughly enjoyed it. Did a few more but then life and shifts got in the way.)

I’ve looked at the NC500 before, and pretty much have been put off to honest. Granted, great scenery – but lots of negatives so have decided to give it a miss.

What has put you off? And were you planning on a 2 wheeled or 4 wheeled trip there?

Picos de Europa and then head West in ‘Green Spain’

Convert….absolutely spot on.

May and September are great times to tour in Scotland, and because of that it can get busy…but a local way up Norths idea of busy differs from most of us South of the border.
It is very easy to plan normally…let alone when you’re retired. If you MUST do the NC500 then fill your boots, but there are as nice, far quieter roads up there. Accommodation can be an issue, especially in the NW but a bit of planning solves that (i.e a longer/shorter days ride than usual)

Some of you guys would love seeing the fastest bike lap of 7:10 then

With a clear trck he was hopeful for a sub 7min. It never happened

I suspect the OP was thinking more along the lines of life after a big off rather than a legal requirement to wear one. Kubica had approached another local supplier of vehicles/tuition who wouldn’t let him take one of their fast cars with one of their instructors….they needed to know he was capable of driving such a vehicle….If only they’d asked for his name and perhaps checked who he was.

How long do you think you’ll be stood in the back for at any one time ? That one criteria narrows down your choice massively.

So sorry for your loss.

I suspect ‘BULB and their great reviews’ will soon be altering to ‘BULB and their mediocre reviews’as there is much annoyance at how they currently operate. I’ve been with them for around 15 mths. Just got the email telling me their prices are rising and that as a consequence my DD will go up £13 a month to cover the estimated winter usage. I A nice graoh shows what they expect me to use). The trouble is that I am £171 in credit with a further chunk going in next week. Couple with their poor estimation of my summer use ( I spent some of it in hospital and don’t use much in any case) so they owe me for over estimating both gas and electric use. In a nutshell I am £200 in credit and am supposed to use about £100 more over the coming Winter than I will pay in…so by March I will still be £100 in credit. Couldn’t get thru to speak to anyone, their online chat thing is currently unavailable so sod ’em. I’ve moved across to Avro where I should save about £100 a year

Spekkie, looking at the website for the camping, rather oddly it has the distance from Toulouse as 755km…google says 220km. Great thread by the way.

I can’t really add to the many great posts other than for me ( 3 weeks post op for Pancreatic Cancer, a Whipple procedure) I am getting most of my useful advice from fellow sufferers via a facebook group. I really don’t do social media but made an exception. I’m finding real life 1st hand experience is what I need re day to day living and diet etc. Positive thoughts being sent your way and hats off to your eldest for being the rock you all need….at some point she will need someone to lean on I suspect. All the very best to you all.

I’d 2nd the Yam 700

Or perhaps a CB500
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/202003027932708?advertising-location=at_bikes&price-to=4000&make=HONDA&sort=price-desc&radius=1500&model=CB500&postcode=bd229ql&page=1