A hugely talented man, sad to see him leave us.

Used these guys – https://corfucarrentals.com/ – a few years ago. They were good and I’d use them again.

Andy Pandy

Done.

Hettie on Dow Crag today

Thanks all. So being a cheapskate doesn’t seem the way to go!

Monch or Jungfrau both fit the bill, though it’s a few years since I was on them so don’t know what the conditions are like these days.

Suggest Ian McDonald’s Luna series (also Brasyl and River of God’s, but they’re properly demanding reads). I enjoyed Tade Thompson’s Wormwood trilogy – Earth bound sci fi set in Nigeria.

‘Quartered safe out here’ by George McDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman books.

Can I also recommend his MacAuslan series, I think there are 3. Affectionate, funny and slightly biographical stories of a postwar Scottish regiment.

This little champ is 9½ weeks old now, we’ve had him a week.

Fox red lab? Here’s ours, Hettie, 2 years old and only occasionally a dick.

Gosh there’s some memorable stuff there. Thanks for the heads up.

Bulb customer here and just had the AFP paid into my account, which is nice.

I was treasurer for a running club. Cash was the bane of my life for the first few years. I gradually excised it altogether. At the very least try to make cash use the exception. Good luck!

In pm here and obliged to use it. By and large I find the more complex features too clunky and time consuming. So I simply maintain a set of notebooks organised by high level concepts (Compliance, People, ProjectX etc) and then have specific pages within those that I use for content. I sort of like it now but it took time to get there…

How many of us are on kero?

Me also thanks!

He’s just perfect 🙂

I’m a programme manager for a software company in the Lakes. Herding cats squared. In previous lives I was a programmer (incompetent), an outdoor instructor (barely competent) and a geologist (competent but frequently ill with exotic diseases).

Had a new bunded tank installed in October – easy access and connections – cost was £2,500. This was a 1200l tank replacing the old single skin 2,500l tank. Not the best timed decision with hindsight!

Time, Forward by Sviridov. Soviet motivational musical, just right for doing taxes.

My girl has just come to see what I’m doing. Only 9 months old and already so much part of our life. I can only send the OP best wishes. Some lovely thoughts from the team here.

A great and special man. Ntle yokugqibela.

Have just opened a NatWest account for exactly the same purpose. Very easy to do and now appears within the NatWest mobile app. Zero cost and comes with free book keeping softwarw. Can’t comment on long term suitability but all good so far.

Give it a go with normal paraffin?

I did exactly that with the very switch Northernmatt linked to. Easy to do.

Try the Themis trilogy by Sylvain Neuvel. Unusual style.

Son is using a Lenovo ideapad duo Chromebook. He says it’s very good and is using it for remote schooling (A-levels). I think they’re around £250…

Had a 9T pro for 18 months. I think it’s a cracking phone: nice size, good screen, quick, good camera and I think MIUI is fine. It comes with some embedded apps but no more than a Galaxy say and I’ve never had to use any of them. It’s no Galaxy 10 or iPhone 12, but at the price point I think its hard to beat.

Like JD my Charge 3 has been largely trouble free. Certainly doesn’t randomly stop recording. Works nicely with Strava. The screen timeout thing is a pain but I guess is the price you get for +1 week runtime between charges.

Wet Sleddale near Shap – you can get near the bottom. If it’s been very wet the spillover is good to watch.

To answer the OP question, I’m with Pedal Cover Axa – their Extras package covers loss of oil and consequent remediation costs. There’s no restriction on type of oil tank.

I’ve got one of these ISM PR 1 on my road and mtb bikes. Until you get used to them they feel really weird. On a mountain bike I suspect you might feel you have less control on your body position than with a conventional saddle. I don’t ride hard mtb so not a problem for me.

You need to be able to position the seat further back than you normally would so that the sit bones are on the prongs. I find that if I get tired and sit more upright on the bike I tend to slide back a bit – the prongs then rub on the inner thighs which is uncomfortable.

It seems that destroying them with a sledge hammer was a popular activity in the 1960s

I remember as a kid at the local village gala there’d be the piano smashing competition. Two teams of young blokes with sledge hammers dismantling pianos against the clock. Sad really.

Yes, also stalled, but at 13500. Five o’clock shift change 🙂

Started at 75000 at 8.15 this morning. Now at 29,000 at 15.40. Apparently still 7,000 slots available across the country. How very exciting it all is.

Older Android phones had a feature whereby you could reset a pin via the associated Google account. Newer phones and I think you’re stuck. If you’ve been able to get into the associated Gmail account you can get into all Google app data…might that gave everything you’re looking for?

Maybe did an app update during your ride? My routes are usually 2 to 3 hours and I’ll lose maybe 10 to 20% battery during that time (Xiaomi Android phone) – so that 70% drop doesn’t seem normal.

Did you ever go ahead with buying from PriceLulu – did it work out OK? Son’s after a new Samsung and prices are £100 cheaper than the best price I can see from the usual stores.

Second for soda bread. No rise needed so quick to bake. How about flat breads for something different?

Already subscribed, but feel the need to do some shopping now! Good luck and shout out again if needed.

as Nicholas Dlamini found out the hard way

Yes, that was pretty shocking. Last I’d heard was that the national park were taking action?