I always get my cat flea and worm treatment online from vet-medic.com.
Can recommend.

Kenda small block 8. are very good for this sort of thing. They come as standard on Islabikes. Roll well on the road but my son gets on fine with them on Gisburn Red route on his Bein24.

Sounds like a fault with the grinder. I have the same setup and use frozen beans. If I set my Dualit (older model) on the finest setting it’s so fine that the Gaggia (Classic) cannot espress any coffee at all. It needs to be a couple of notches off. If you have the older model it can be modified for a finer grind.

Very easy to swap the Honeywell. Loads of guides online.
The existing stat had live, switched live, neutral and earth.
All I needed to do was ditch the earth as not needed then wire in the other three wires. Also needed to bridge two terminals in the receiver with a short piece of wire.
Other configurations are possible with the Honeywell unit and one of the reasons I chose it are that there is loads of help available on the internet.

I’ve just done this. I simply replaced the Thermostat in the hall with the 7-day programable thermostat receiver using the existing wiring. I can now move the wireles thermostat to wherever i want it. I kept the existing time clock so that it would operate the water heating side of things, but set the heating part to constant ON. Works like a charm. Used a Honeywell CM927

As above, Bowland Outdoors for my Gore Oxygen Jacket. Cheaper than elsewhere and arrived really quickly.

We started out with a second hand Trek mountain train. It worked but it was single speed, incredibly heavy and badly built. Replaced it with a new Adventure Echo 6 which was fabulous. Light weight alloy, six speed, folding pedals and nicely finished.

I did something similar recently on an old Dawes. I kept the 7-speed cassette but stuck on some Alivio 8-speed shifters. Works absolutely fine.

AS mentioned above, the side effects depend not only on the drugs given but on the individual. With some chemo regimes some people can continue to work with very few side effects whereas the same drugs for others can be quite harsh. It just depends. The good news is that the side effects are generally nowhere near as bad as they used to be because there are some very good drugs available to control the nausea and vomiting which is probably the worst side-effect.
In my case I found that the worst side-effects came about four days after each treatment. The first treatment was the easiest and the last was the hardest. In between….it was different every time, even though the drugs and dose were the same. With me the worst times were if I didn’t eat enough; the key seemed to be to keep a reasonably full stomach at all times. But everyone seems to respond differently!
Chances are it will be nowhere near as bad as you think it’s going to be.

My experience was that it it was a walk in the park compared to chemo.
It was a bit tiring but that was probably just due to the daily routine of driving to and from the hospital. The actual procedure tAkes only a few seconds and is completely painless. Side effects were “sunburn” over the treated area which was treated with a moisturising cream and also damage to my gullet which made swallowing difficult. I was given some medicine which helped with this so I could eat properly. Overall, not too bad at all and certainly no problem driving myself to the hospital for treatment. Much, much easier than chemo!
Hope it all goes well for you too.

“That was great fun but my bike needs an epic clean!”

LOL my bike is still encased in a frozen block of mud!

Yes I “raced” on my trusty steel hardtail. A great event and really well run. A bit tricky mixing MTB with Cross bikes though. On my MTB with Mud tyres I found myself wanting to overtake on the technical sections and able to hop over the obstructions, but then being absolutely destroyed by Cross bikes on the tarmac. First time so I don’t know if it was typical. Good fun though.

3 months back to doing drops and jumps sounds very optimistic. I think three months back to riding a bike on the road is maybe a more realistic target. You are already on “plan B” with a tendon transfer and there is no “plan C”. You really don’t want it to rupture again so just take it easy and listen to your physio. They will get you mobile as soon as possible without further damage.
Having said all that, I don’t know the details of your injury and it doesn’t sound too bad. They are probably just augmenting the existing damaged tendon with a short piece of FHL (Flexor Hallucis Longus – big toe tendon). They will probably make an incision in the side of your foot and up your calf and you will probably lose all or some of your ability to move the end joint of your big toe downwards but that’s no big deal for the majority of activities.
My situation was different in that the entire length of my achilles had been removed due to infection about 9 months previously and during this time my calf muscles had atrophied to nothing. The surgeon then used the entire length of the FHL to construct a replacement achilles.
To do this, they detach the FHL from the end of the toe, pull it out of the calf, drill a hole through the heel bone, run the FHL through the hole, secure with screws, double the FHL back on itself and stich it to the calf muscles. My full recovery (i.e full confidence on a mountain bike) took about 18 months but like I said, your repair sounds more straightforward and recovery will be far quicker.
Biggest problem is getting strength back in the calf muscles, firstly so that you can support your weight on bike pedals and later, so that you can put all your weight on your outside pedal when cornering. I still havn’t really got to this point.
My top tips are firstly: if it is at all possible see a physio that specialises in sports injury privately (they will spend more time with you and have higher expectaions for your recovery).
Get an indoor turbo trainer and also buy or borrow one of those trampette things (mini indoor trampaline). They are great because you can run on them long before you can run on a hard surface and they mobilise the calf muscles quickly.
All the best.

That would be me. Had it done a couple of years ago following an infection of the initial repair. It’s a very successful procedure and in some ways the result is better that the original repair. Any questions fire away.

Your consultant will hopefully give you the best prediction of the likely success of the procedure, but I do know that tendon transfer can be remarkably good. A couple of years ago I had the entire length of my achilles tendon removed and, in a separate operation, replace with the tendon that normally operates the big toe. The result is better than I would ever have hoped. It’s not 100% but it’s not far off and good enough for short runs, mountain biking and 100 mile road rides.
Hope it goes well.

I agree with the above. I’ve had this injury and the problem is not so much riding the bike afterwards, it’s the chances of re-rupture when you have to put a foot down in a hurry, particularly if you had the non-surgical treatment. It makes sense to stick to road riding for a good few months until your calf muscle and tendon have re-gained strength. My top tip is to move the cleat on your shoe as far back as it will go or if you use flats keep your foot far forward. It’s actually possible to cycle like this with no achilles tendon present (long story!), though not very efficient.

Thanks for the advice, very useful. I’ll start investigating these packages but it sounds like I need to choose my accountant first and talk to them about it

Thanks Craig. The business will be a consultancy, limited, 2 directors no other employees and financially very simple so I’m looking for something very straightforward but that will still keep the books in a format that will keep accountoing costs to a minimum.

Thanks for that Geoff. Clearbooks looks good, anyone any experience of it?

Spitfire. Great fun but it’s not a family car so I’m thinking of selling mine after a happy 17 years of ownership.
You’ve got to enjoy spannering though because they are high maintenance compared to modern cars. Very easy to work on though and nearly all spares still available

MF. You asked when the side effects start. Not sure if it’s the same but I had ABVD chemo. The one aspect that seemed to be similar with each cycle and for the other patients i spoke to was that the effects started 3 of 4 days after infusion. As mentioned by others, the side effects vary from person to person. In my case they were also different with each cycle but the main theme was extreme tiredness and constant nausea. The strange thing is that you are so pumped full of steroids that you eat like a horse even when you feel like puking!. You can get lots of other weird minor side-effects. e.g my sense of taste went haywire. Water tasted vile so I could only drink orange-squash which I don’t normally like. It helps to be adaptable around this sort of thing.

Depends on how much you are going to use it. If you want to use it regularly then see above and get a good quality Husky or Stihl. If you only use it a few times a year then (dare I say it) a McCulloch is far cheaper and will do the job. The come with Oregon chains and bars and cut very well. Problems come with higher use when the cheap plastic parts wear out and they can get difficult to tune consistently.

I had a 2000 318i which I sold at 150,000 miles. It was excellent, very reliable. Did all repairs and servicing myself using cheapish OEM parts from Eurocarparts, mostly very easy to work on. Watch out for broken rear springs (cheap and easy to fix), corroded steel brake pipes at the rear (a bit of a pain to fit but not too bad), leaking radiator (cheap and east to fit), worn front wishbone bushes (easiest to replace whole wishbone and not too expensive. Only sold mine because I picked up a leg injury and needed an automatic. The car drove like new even at this mileage and certainly no body corrosion (galvanized panels).

British made, based in Ilkley. Very impressed with the quality of their stuff and their customer service. I’ve bought a couple of pairs of their Standard bib shorts; great value.

So long as it’s airtight it will pass. Either seam weld it up or get a kit from Halfords etc to patch it up.

Vw Corrado VR6……..if only for the sound Of the engine!

I’ve had mine for six years and it’s been brilliant, no problems whatsoever. It gets ridden in all conditions including frequent river crossings. I get through a set of pivot bearings a year but they are cheap and easy to replace.

If it’s a metal shed then lining the roof with polystyrene panels can solve the problem.

Depends on the car. Some cars have very expensive platinum plugs that will last for anything up to 100k. Other cars have cheaper plugs that only last for 20k. It should tell you in the service booklet when yours need changing. At 80k I’d probably be tempted to change them but if they are long life be prepared for a shock at the price.

Reduce humidity in the house using kitchen/bathroom extractor fans.
Make sure the loft is sealed from the rest of the house e.g seal off downlighters, and gaps and seal the loft hatch so that warm humid air cannot get into the loft. Make sure any water tanks in the loft are covered. If this doesn’t work you need more ventilation in the roof. Get some tile vents installed. If you want to DIY then i’ve found LAPVENT to be a good product in that you can install them from inside the roof.

Been there done that and wished I’d gone for the non-surgical option. I ended up with a deep infection in the tendon that erupted several years after the original repair. The whole tendon had to be removed, then I had about a year with no tendon followed by reconstruction with the FHL tendon that normally operates the big toe. It’s rare for this to happen but it is worth considering.

Er….no. As in the publishers of factory workshop manuals.

Try Bentley. They publish factory repair manuals for a range of cars. Don’t know if they do one for yours but they are very comprehensive, much more detailed than Haynes and usually cost £70-80.

Dr JonM Invertebrate Cryobiology.

Sorry to hear that. I’ve had Lymphoma and was successfully treated with Chemo and radiotherapy because it was diagnosed at an early stage. Hard to say how the cat would suffer because it depends on the stage of the cancer and which organs are affected. If it was my cat I probably wouldn’t put it through chemo just to buy a few months.

HTH

I've had a GA for five different ops and the experience has been slightly different each time but always ok. You don't wake up feeling rested as such but you will probably doze on and off for hours after you wake and catch up on sleep then. If you have a lot of morphine, you might suddenly get very nauseated when you withdraw . A nurse can give you a shot of something which will deal with this.

I've got a Dice Silverline. Similar thing. When It's working it's fantastic but it is a bit "glitchy". Still worth it though.

Yes they are very good. Not as good as a wet shave but if you tend to get a rash with electric then the Philips Coolskin is the answer imo.

I have the same problem with my Yardmaster shed. Apparently the solution is to either build it on a concrete pad that incorporates a vapour barrier and silicone seal the base of the shed to the concrete or, raise the shed off the concrete using timber and exterior ply to give underfloor ventilation. You also need to stick polystyrene tiles to the roof. If you do all these things the problem will be solved (so I'm told).

I did mine about 7 years ago playing badminton. Similar experience to yours in that I looked around to see who had hit me but no real pain afterwards. I went down the surgical route because the risk of re-rupture is far higher with conservative treatment. The downside of the surgical route is the greater risk of infection. This is a major problem because the achilles is very poorly vascularised and infections in this area often never clear-up; antibiotics just don't reach the site of the infection. In my case bacteria got into my achilles during the repair but didn't multiply to any great extent until six years later when my leg "ballooned" (half-way through my SMBLA course). Unfortunately and entirely co-incidentally i was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma at around the same time and because I couldn't start chemotherapy with an infected wound, the whole achilles tendon was removed. I had it reconstructed nine months later (last August) using the Flexor Hallucis Longus from my big toe. Anyway, this is the second time around for me and my top tips would be:
Early mobilisation–get moving as early as the orthopod will allow you.
Listen to the physio and do the exercises and stretches they prescribe as regularly and for as long as you can (not so that it's painful but it can be "uncomfortable"). The cross-tissue massage that they get you to do is really important (first time around it was introduced to me as a bit of an afterthought) it is used to break down scar tissue. Do it as much as you can to avoid lumps of scar tissue that can rub against your shoes later on. Cycling as really good, I was able to get back on my bike before I was able to walk properly. Get hold of a turbo trainer if you can, also a wobble board for getting your balance back.

BTW, infections appearing years down the line like this are incredibly rare so don't be alarmed. I have just been given the go ahead by my physio to get back on my bike so I'll give it a go this week. Hope it all goes well for you,

Jonathan