I run a conti flow at inners and GT no matter the conditions in the summer and swap to Mountain Kings for winter and natural stuff (if i can be bothered).

And then the BBC lead the sports page with Bolt. Don't get me wrong astounding but show a little pride in your own please.

Going to see "Silence of the Trams" tonight seen them a couple of times quite to very funny. Got a couple of big namers lined up for next week. But that's it. Festival time just means it takes longer for me to get out of town to get on me bike.

Made a point of trying to see lots of stuff last year but most of it was sh1t, Even saw a well known face who's daughter was in something and she admitted it was sh1t.

Kirroughtree is my new favourite, followed by Dalbeattie then inners/GT, but then i have ridden inner/GT many many times as it's just down the road so maybe the novelty factor needs to be taken into account.

Ktree because the trail has a fantastic mix of fast and swoopy and technical and rocky, everything catered for.

DBT because it is pretty flat but you need to work through all of it and then it throws some really nice stuff at you.

GT red bit of a motorway but fast and fun the black is always entertaining.

Inners xc is just a lot of fun and there's massive opportunity to explore off the top of the Minchmoor and returning to the trail on the return.

I was stunned at his stupidity with regards to his feet. It's not hard, hot spot, stop and sort it. And where did he learn to do the strapping? Lots of folds and corners and it looked too tight on his toes.

Dr. Ed should have just told him to do one.

Mrk V GT-TDI 2.0.

Brilliant piece of kit. Plenty fast enough in the twisty stuff. Easily went from Provence to Amsterdam in a day and on just about a tank and a half of fuel with some heavyish spells of right foot. £120 road tax (i know it's not road tax but whatever…..)

My only complaint was the fact i had to get the discs and pads replaced and then the radiator went within 15 miles of that, but got a £150 voucher for the next service.

Oh and for some reason the rear driver side doorseal comes off. Seen it on at least three, seal hanging out the bottom of the door

i use mine with a bivvy bag if not camping out the back of the car. Did use it for several 3 or 4 dayers with tent was fine but did leave the little room in the rucksack.

I've got one that's still going strong after 8 years. Pretty good but then i got it for free. Was bivvy'ing at easter in hard frost and was pretty comfortable.

Got Festina'd a few weeks back. Customs stop at a peage ticket point. They took one look at the pile of kit in the back and sent us on our way. tHink it was lunchtime or something.

A lot of the whirley bird fleet needs to be made "High 'n' Hot" ready.

Exposure. All in onesness is a positive boon. No need to try and find places to strap the battery pack to.

Different latex gunk? Read somewhere that the gunk can lead to delamination and i'd have thought rubber perishing.

It's pretty hard to spot now. Wonder if someone with a spray can might pop up and spot it in the not so distant. (NB this is not me encouraging vandalism of a royal(?) park thingy, just idle ponderings)

Not on the parts or work which was not carried out by the approved dealer/service centre. And if the service was done properly i woul dthink that that would include a lot of things you’d want to still be under warranty

Self healing scars!?! As opposed to what perpetually gaping wounds? Bionic eyes with HUD? How would that work then, surely bionic eye with data overlay (it’s the eye, internal to the head, having a Head Up Display, part i don’t get.)

Get it done. It’s not massively expensive and keeps things sweet with VW. Mine was part of the service schedule.

Clear from here

18 people volunteered before it was withdrawn now people are being squeezed out. Late as in 10 minutes late due to problems getting through staff security.

Personal favoutrite one person taking day off to interview for a job after deciding to take redundancy now in office for a “chat”.

Oh and agree with Smee. If i was your cabin crew i’d get off straight away.

If the dental implant is when they put a pin in the bone then put a ceramic tooth in the gap. Then i have one.

It does the job. Feels odd at times and wasn’t fun to get done and it was pretty pricey.

Nice red wedding dress (traditional Scots colour)

THat i can do teh “teh” thing instead of the “the”. Actually i know this already and it is the only thing that i habitualy spell wrong. Can’t help it it just happens.

Oh and that 6 pints of Deuchar’s IPA make you stagger down teh water o’ leith walkway.

I’m not one of teh famed “most people”.

As in, “well most of our customers work that out for themselves”.

(If it’s in teh box it’s only in teh box if you get the thing from teh www site not from phoning even thought they suggest you use the www site to compare items.)

The furthest point from a metalled road in Great Britain is on the hillside of Ruadh Stac Beag, between Letterwe Forest and Fisherfield Forest in Wester Ross, Highland, Scotland. The distance from here to the nearest road (A832) is 11 km (7 miles).

Are we including air space or just foot on ground?

You’ll be lucky in early July TdF is going through. Lots of places are booked up well in advance.

Mid-late July take you pick.

unless import duty is being paid by wiggle at source.

+1

17days in France, 2 weeks in Oz + 1 week in Japan. Then Mtb’ing in teh Highlands followed by Tour of Ireland. Then a wee rest.

Rowley Birkin, the “serious/sad” one. Tear to the eye when you’re used to the funny comedy of all teh others.

Just sad really. She ran around and was happy until the end, although she did sleep a lot and she was coughing due to an enlarged heart pushing on her windpipe. HR was down to 40bpm, as opposed to 90ish. To be fair tho at the end she just lloved dozing in the sun, if dogs could knit she’d have been sitting on the chair knitting in her lap. Sounds silly but it’s true. Anyway she lived well didn’t annoy people or animals, apart from the odd rabbit, and wagged her tail everyday (yes, nay sayers probably just in a pavolovian response to someone who provided food and warmth).

My sister had them when young and now has them again at 35. Under virtual house arrest in spain. Doc not letting her go awandering (she’s a primar school teacher).

My Exposure interferes with my polar hrm, which explains the 220bpm i peaked at a few weeks ago. Usually struggle to get above 180bpm

Soap solution used in Chemistry is “Wanklyn’s soap solution” sometime the kids don’t laugh. I always do.

Happened to me as well but it was the seal in eth resevoir had a wee split in it. 5 minute job then back to solid brakes.

Sorry nope:

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Urban-myth-Bristol-Zoo-parking-attendant/article-1073841-detail/article.html

Depends on whether you live in Scotland or elsewhere.

used to be that the ticket covered you for them all. so buy one ticket visit many stanes. Probably changed now tho 🙁

THat looks deliberate and avoidable and therefore an offence.

Yeah enterprise for me. Saved me a grand on recent vehicle hire and good service.

RAS syndrome