I’m looking forward to a yes vote, then we can get on with the time zone change, getting in more evening cycling/drinking time in the sun :-)

Think I have got it, it’s a race. Might be round a field, might be timed down but not up. Either way its on a bike :-)
Oh, and there is some marketing for some enduro specific bike related stuff, but who knows what sort of style that is aimed at…still, roll the Garrick autumn and winter series :-)

So.. with the oil then.. isn’t it being extracted by private companies? What revenue does the govt get? And surely some of the companies involved with extraction and refining are British?

The government gets lots of tax on the oil… after the cost of extraction is removed from the barrel price, governments get up to 95% of the remaining profit on a barrel depending on what was agreed at the time of the production license was granted. In some parts of the world e.g. iraq the private companies are just paid a flat rate of a couple of dollars for each barrel they produce, with all the oil going direct to the government. I don’t know the UK figures, but I do know the Norwegians have a flat 75% tax rate on the barrel price (after extraction deductions).

It does amuse me when people keep on going on about the profits the oil companies make… but its a pittance compared with the various governments takes!

iS would have to renegotiate all the productions contracts I would guess ? But I would imagine that they would probably just rubber stamp all the ones currently in place.

If only… Still, it’s marginally better TOWIE… But apparently that’s for another night :-(

Did that twice when living in The Hague… Thought I was so clever using a mountain bike in the city as the tyres would not fit down the grooves, but forgot about the wider bits on points…. And the other time I forgot I was riding a mates bike, with the thinner tyres…. That time I needed to get a new wheel :-(

We do… pay a little bit in, and if you remember/can be bothered to fill in a very very simple form, get a lot more back…
cons…. not remembering… losing receipts… and lastly, not bothering to fill out a very very simple form…

They make their money by people not being bothered to claim…

In for the 6hr… first attempt solo… :-)

Got my first 29er about two months ago… I think its the dogs bollocks, but then again it did cost 4 times as much as my 26er. And If strata was anything to go by, then it’s still the dogs bollocks… Smashing times up, down, sideways, tech or non tech… However I thinks is probably more to do with better geometry… So only one real solution test ride if at all possible…

There was a great programme on the House of Lords recently, basically saying they were good for the country because they lacked ‘party’ political affiliation, leaving them free to approve or discredit ideas on merit*.

voting for the house of lords would be a disaster, we already have a bunch to self serving politicians only looking after their own career… Salmond included…
Anyway, back to Scotland… good luck, go independent, cos if you don’t there will only be continued whining about it…

Hope they had VED/road tax…

Go to jump gully, see someone on his own who is quite handy and ask them ? Follow them down and get them to explain what they are doing ?
Oh, and practice a lot…
Oh, and don’t ask me… :-)

We have a huge climbing frame, and a huge trampoline… The trampoline is used at least three times as much as the climbing frame… But my kids (4 and 5 year old girls) use both… a lot! And the wife uses the trampoline after a few beers :-)
Would not have got either with out ebay though…

taking home 40% more

If he really is ‘taking home’ about 40% more that you he’s doing well…
But for a contractor, not massively….
I looked at the figures once, and I reckon I needed the gross figure to be almost double to get the same take home pay after all the ‘hidden’ bits are taken into account i.e.

holidays paid, a company car, sick pay, bonus, healthcare, pension

as well as NI, paying for my own training, paying for an accountant etc etc

I suspect that cutting down on the night riding would also be appreciated…

Stephen Lloyd of the Fleet News & Mail will be attending…

Emailed Surrey local access group and a couple of papers to find out if they know anything/are going… Will post response if I get one :-)

Would love to enter that, but family commitments are in the way, sadly :-(

Our kids have been camping since about 11 months old… Great memories of holding smallest one by the hands while she was learning to walk and chasing some ducks round a field at a Campsite near a pub in Devon…
Keep them warm, they will have a great time… We have an Outwell tent bought from ebay, and we all survived the last weekend at erlestoke :-)
Get a tent with a carpet, makes a big difference… Definitely need a big space inside, and we also find a gazebo/event shelter also makes a difference on the rainy days!

You went out first, did a lap in just over an hour,(taking an hour off your time, as that’s the elapsed time from the 12 hour start) then went out again for the teams 4th lap, in nearly 1 hour 10. You did two laps. From the line above yours, the extra number is the teams finishing place of 2nd.

Edric 64… Guess this it ?
Earlestoke 6hr
Race No Chip No Rider License # Team/Sponser Category Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps Complete
215 AS00223 Chris Kelly Off Camber Team (3 max) Male (18+) 05:14:14,958 06:13:45,700 2 1
215 AS00224 Mark Green Off Camber Team (3 max) Male (18+) 03:21:52,257 04:14:53,188 2
215 AS00225 Andy Parsons Off Camber Team (3 max) Male (18+) 01:38:35,125 02:29:58,379 2
213 AS00231 Oliver Childs Bike City T3 Team (3 max) Male (18+) 03:05:53,569 06:32:50,293 2 2
213 AS00232 Edric Hobbs Bike City T3 Team (3 max) Male (18+) 02:02:31,921 05:34:52,652 2
213 AS00233 Ian Chedgy Bike City T3 Team (3 max) Male (18+) 04:25:33,294 1

Take 1 hr off the first persons lap…
Guess your team came second :-) or last :-( depending on glass half full or half empty;-)

That just seems to be a entry list on the 12 and 6 hour “results”.,or am I looking at the wrong page?

it’s a tabbed excel spreadsheet, change the tab at the top :-)

Difficult to read results here http://www.ticktocktiming.co.uk/services.html
See to be missing some red bull times as well…. Not sure as hard to read, you need you chip number…
But once again, thanks loved the event :-)

Pain in the a**e that rain, but still had a load of fun… And I’m definitely average… We gave up at about 9 and had a beer or two, but it was raining hard!! and we did see someone wipe out heavily on the finish straight :-( hope they were ok, they took a while to get op. Back next year, thanks to all of the organising team !!!

Plastic wine glasses and a bottle opener…

Of course you should leave her. Your obviously a bad influence on a 3 year old child. And it sounds like she is using her democratic right to voice a (hopefully) protest vote, which is more that at least 60% of the population are going to do. That should be supported…

I’m in and can’t wait… Did Mayhem for the last two… And said never again…
Watched a course video for this last year and it looks so much better than either of the Mayhems…
But don’t mention the rain…

My wife never fakes errr well, you know.

Good job its not true then…I work in the UK oil and gas sector, and those figures and just b******s
well the oil and gas ones are…

No, simple answer.

From wikipedia…

Various classes and uses of vehicle are provided with a tax disc without charge. These include: electrically propelled vehicles, vehicles constructed before 1974, trams, vehicles which cannot convey people, police vehicles, fire engines, ambulances and health service vehicles, mine rescue vehicles, lifeboat vehicles, certain road construction and maintenance vehicles, vehicles for disabled people, certain agricultural and land maintenance vehicles, road gritters and snow ploughs, vehicles undergoing statutory tests, vehicles imported by members of foreign armed forces, and crown vehicles.[11] It should be noted that although police vehicles are in fact crown vehicles and therefore exempt from the requirement for a tax disc, they generally display them regardless to suppress complaints from members of the public who might be stopped for failure to display a valid tax disc on their own vehicle, and thus make accusations of double-standards, no matter the lack of merit.

Next time some one tells you you should not be on the road as you don’t have a ‘tax disc’ ‘smack them good and proper’ (see thread on using bicycle as a shield), then tell them that the police and ambulance cannot come to them as they don’t have a tax disc either…. :-)

Ultimately with IT you get what you pay for.

I’m reassuringly expensive if anyone wants to offer me a job :-)

Did this…. http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/global-strava-heatmap :-)

Freecycle…

Alternatively porridge pots hill and minley manor have good stuff…

An absolute bike shed load of short trails that can be linked together any which way you want… For a good starting point join a tunnel hill trolls ride… Details can be found on their web site…

You could try this…..
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/begin-programming-autumn-2014
There is other interesting stuff on future learn as well…

I’ve always sworn by the Pinnacle Cafe for breakfast (no marks for ambiance but sets you up for a day great!) and the bryntyrchinn.co.uk for all other meals/beer…

Hope they go soon then !! :-)

And thanks for the tip, will look over at simons woods – they are a similar age… but there are days when I’d say they are definitely not easily entertained :-( fortunately there are many that they are :-)

South of blackbush…
And if the logging is going to continue then I guess that will be it :-(
But if/when I wander that way again I’ll do some more clearing just in case :-)

What sort of bonus do people get who only turn up mid year ?

She will hate you! you will be wrong

Just this… good luck anyway!