Apparently so..

Damn it. now I’ve got more reason to be cynical. I tell thee – I’m gonna be Victor Meldrew before I’m 35 at this rate!

they gave their cash to a fund and said “try and make us some more money with this”

Is it right that a charity can gamble with donations like this in the first place – I think this is the elephant in the room.

Am I naive to think that when I donate my £1 for a red nose, that money is used to help someone in need and not passed to an investment manager to gamble on stocks and shares?

Give money to cause =+1 social benefit
Invest money in ethical business =+1 social benefit
Invest money in non-ethical business =-1 social benefit

‘Do the math'(s)

1+1-1=1 still better than 0

Should be easy enough to do, just import into LR and filter according to your requirements.

I’ve never had them sorts call back after winding them up – good job, you must have really annoyed them!

I would just accept getting wet feet – waterproof running shoes are not waterproof on account of the huge hole you put your foot in!

depending on how much of the run is off road I would avoid road type running trainers and opt for a pair of dedicated trail runners. Take a look at (and go and try on) some Inov8 shoes.

Edit: if it’s all muddy etc then go for full fell type shoes with deep open cleats like the Inov8 Mudclaws or X-Talons

Would recommend to avoid the train track as the whole area is hugely unstable and liable to collapse any time soon

This +1.

I’d also like to highlight that the OP even said the dog was merely ‘poorly controlled’ and not ‘out of control’

I’m wondering in what possible world that statement makes sense. Are you assuming the owner told the dog to bite?

I was trying to highlight the difference between an owner that cannot control their dog and a dog that is out of control i.e. a dog that is normally obedient but has been startled and is responding with instinct and a dog that is dangerously out of control. I suspect the OP has been an unfortunate victim of the former and nothing that needs more than a bit of advice given to the owner. I genuinely think the talk of executing a dog that has nipped someone is OTT – we’re not talking gaping wounds and faces being ripped off as easygirl seems to think this is.

So it WAS out of control?

yes, but was it dangerously out of control?

By the way, I don’t blame the dog.

me neither and I’m not defending the poor dog owners out there, my point is there’s not enough information in the OP to conclude the dog was ‘dangerously out of control’.

This owner clearly didn’t, because it bit someone

You weren’t there. Just because a dog bit someone doesn’t mean it was out of control. Dogs bite for a variety of reasons and if you weren’t there, you cannot say whether or not it was out of control. From what I read of the OP, the dog was minding it’s own business, the OP rode along and the dog felt threatened by their presence and instincts took over, the owner grabbed the dog but the OP was unfortunately bit before they could regain control of the dog.

The owner clearly needs to reassess their handling of their dog, The OP should report the incident regardless and he should probably get their wound looked at but I don’t believe that this dog was dangerously out of control – just one that doesn’t like cyclists. Maybe we should euthanise some HGV drivers with similar thoughts on cyclists!

So letting it bite the OP in first place is OK?

I don’t think the owner let their dog bite the OP – they didn’t set the dog on them, – and I certainly didn’t suggest that they should!

Judging by the OP’s account, the dog was not dangerously out of control. The dog was obviously feeling threatened by the OP’s presence and was reacting instinctively.

I, as a dog owner, would object to the suggestion of euthanasia for something that could be avoided by a little bit of training of the dog and owner.

It’s not like the owner just let their dog continue attacking the OP.

I use salomon speed cross off road and find they have a good grip but with a wider footprint than fell shoes which I found very unstable.

They gave me a knee tendinopathy because of the unstability.

Some fell/trail shoes would be my suggestion. probably about as much as a good pair of runners TBH. Trainers will be alright if the ground is firm; they’ll be worse than nothing if it’s wet and muddy mind.

Indeed, There’s a lot of people out there that don’t know what a risk is even if it came and tripped them up! I’m a big fan of Risk benefit analyses and in the Outdoor education sector, for example, they make much more sense due to the fact that you can’t have adventurous activities without some risk! If you take away the risks, there’s no point to the activity!

Some good advice there ^. Only thing I would add is, as it is ultimately a leadership award, don’t underestimate the soft-skills required to pass the course. If you’ve never led a group in the mountains, try and get some experience in that area too. There’s generally scouts and cadets groups that you might be able to shadow/lead to do this.

Also, having good campcraft and exped skills will make your experience more enjoyable, not to mention decent kit that’s light but effective – there was one girl on my assessment and her bag was bigger than her and it soon became apparent why – massive sleeping bag and a huge tent!

Never too late to start to learn to do anything. Old dogs and all that!

Hi, I’m an ML. It doesn’t matter where you log your QMDs so long as they are in some format that’s easy to understand and printable. They aren’t looking for War and Piece on each day on the hil, just the pertinent facts – WEather, terrain, location, rough date.

I would spend as much time as possible on navigating in poor conditions.

It’s all in the navigation. Try and get out with someone who’s done the assessment before hand (if you’re in North Wales any time, drop me an email).

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I thought you meant like sitting on it normal but going backwards. This is still impressive mind!

I absolutely hate risk assessments for the very reason that they encourage people to look for hazards that are insignificant compared to the benefits whilst simultaneously disregarding those benefits!

The cotton wool brigade have been allowed to propagate due to misinterpretations of the HS documentation made by over-cautious middle managers trying to cover their asses

I’ve not been displaying my ‘tax’ disc for about 6 months. not been stopped yet. wasn’t even noticed on my MOT (whether they check that or not?).

Leg of Welsh Lamb for us. did it last year. much more british than that american import!

It’s got the same colours as the Jamacian Bobsleigh team (apart from the red, that is).

Just need a first aid kit now though.

My advice would be to not buy a ready-made one off the shelf. It’s often cheaper and more effective to put one together yourself. for example, my first aid kit comprises of various bandages, some scissors, gaffa tape and some safety pins. I also have a flexible SAM splint which are excellent. If you look online you can get military type dressings which come in sterile, durable pouches – much better, and more absorbant than most civvy dressings.

flange!

beat me to it so I’m gonna add ‘flump’ to the rankings.

good on you. Mine expires in two months so I need to get on one soonish.

I, like many teachers, would love us to move to a school system more like Finland. Private schools are illegal, they don’t start school until they’re 7, there are no formal exams until age 18, and their equivalent of Ofsted was abolished years ago. Basically, it’s the opposite of what Gove wants to introduce, and they consistently out perform us in league tables.

Gove wants all this but to wants to keep all of this!

The MBLA courses have a very big backing from British Cycling so they are probably the ones to get as they have just been overhauled with changes to the remit/syllabus. The only other ones I know of are the MIAS courses which are equally as good but in different ways.

MBLA courses

MIAS courses

It’s just another stick for the government to beat us teachers with.
“we should prepare students for the PISA tests” was one headline. I suppose we have to do that inbetween teaching the syllabus, marking, revision clubs, lesson planning and preparation.

They are pointless – you can’t compare china with the uk in this way especially when it comes to language.

one man’s good CV is another’s nightmare. it’s very subjective. If you keep it short but to the point and it has no spulling mistaks then that’s all you can do. Do not include a ‘personal Statement’ they are pointless and annoying. Say what you have to in the covering letter and make sure you sell yourself there without the use of cliches and tag lines [shudders].

Make sure it has at least 2 modes of contact info on it – nothing worse than not being able to get in contact!

Currys have the KM336 for £169. might have to push the boat out for her!

Ignore the budget and get one of these:

unfortunately, she would probably go mental for spending over £100 on her and I really can’t afford any more than £150 tops.

apologies if it’s been done already:

just found this. I have no idea if this is any good or not!

It doesn’t matter who you ask that question as on the face of it, wearing a helmet cycling sounds like a good idea to most people I suspect.

You need to build a woodshed forthwith and don’t stop building one woodshed. You have to have enough woodsheds to keep you supplied with wood until the day of the apocalypse. Follow McMoonter’s example. You cannot claim you are a woodburnerist unless you have n+1 woodsheds where n is a integer number of woodsheds that will keep you going until the apocalypse and the +1 is to see you through it (assuming the zombies don’t get you).