The Somder El Camino looks nice – they have a sale on at the moment (10% off I think)

If you are anywhere near North Yorkshire you can have the one I have sitting around doing nothing. (was used in previous house)

I rode thee kast weekend and there was an waful lot of boggy crap. Hope it’s better for you !

Foo Fighters – It’s my genre of music but their songs never seem to develop after the into.

My understanding is that if you eventually remember then nowt to worry about, just age, stress, tiredness etc.

(My dad has dementia so had to read up on a few things)

I have a Pixel 7a. It’s great, Was a replacement to the Pixel 7 Pro which I killed. Hardly noticed the difference.

Last week , in Leeds – Stereo MCs, Inspiral carpets and Happy Mondays,

1st two were great, Happy Mondays werent good, forgot how few of their songs were actually decent.

I’ve had a few bits and pieces from them over the years. A wheelset that sounded like a load of angry wasps but worked well. Various chainrings, grips etc. I’d probably have got more if black stuff didnt seem to sell out first,

I loved living in the Basque country (10 years). Unfortunately aging, ill parents meant me and the OH needed to come back to England. Moved a bit around the North of England but now found a really good place for us. Cloughton, a village on the border of Scarborough/North York Moors. We’ve got proximity to countryside, decent pub,  facilities, transport, parents and we both work from home.

Chumba HX1

Very cheap to go thru late at night and then stay overnight in Formula 1 in Coquelles.
Nice to start your long drive close to motorway already in the right country.

I always book the cheapest ticket on the day i want, usually 2am. Non flexi

You are allowed to be 24 hrs late, they stickj you on the next available, never had to wait more than an hour.
Used the tunnel 20+ times.

USBCs – so you can easily plug in external SSD and external monitors etc.

https://www.yourparkingspace.co.uk/locations/show/611121127?start=2024-03-07T10%3A00%3A00%2B00%3A00&rental=short&end=2024-03-07T10%3A30%3A00%2B00%3A00

I parked here for 8 days. Behind a gate, 5 minutes walk to the metro just before the airport

As for Cascais…

The Castle thing looks quiet and nowty but there is a nice bar within it, nice  place to sit with a cold drink.

If you are on the beach and the locals all start packing away and leaving , that usually means they aer about to release a bull on to the beach.

Continue thru Cascais to the Atlantic coast (walakable), theres a lighthouse converted to a bar and the beach runs for miles with pretty wild waves, lots of surfers, goes all the way to Sintra (i think). Seom pretty good mtbing just off theat coastal stretch.

I lived in Cacais for a year or so, but was a while ago so memory a little fuzzy,

Some nice places to eat on the riverside at Las Docas.

Sintra is nice day trip

Bairro alto has some good bars an restaurants.

Tram up to the castle is good fun.

Zarautz, Sopelana, Plentzia. Homdaribbia, Gernika.

El secreto de sus ojos – Spamish

Could you not buy a house yourself, using the 20K from the pension and let your son rent it from you at a rate where he has enough left over to save for himself. Further down the line sell/gift it to him.

I subscribed since the appeal. Still find the mag a hard read, I rarely get through a full article.

Pictures are nice though,

FWIW – I’ve dipped back into it, app seems to be a lot more stable now. (on MacOs) 

My old cat was called “Sony” because everything I owned at the time seemed to have rthe Sony badge on it, phone, PS2, TV etc…

He was daft. I miss that cat.

Starmer has handled this badly. Should have been a free vote. I can see the arguments for and against a ceasefire, it’s not black and white and should have let MPs vote with what they think and accept that there is a difference of opinion in how to stop the deaths.

But, there are lots of people revelling in trying to make out that Labour MPs (but not Tories bizarrely) are pro genocide for voting against a ceasefire. Clearly this is bollocks it’s like saying pro ceasefire people are Hamas supporters, again bollocks.

It’s all very sad,

North-East / North Yorkshire / Northumberland a huge area but no reasonably close meeting.

That’s me, except I’ve been here a year now. Moved house because of new job, so location and my last year of fuckwittery are making it harder to get a new one.

Rouvy – When I started with it, was great. Preferred it to Zwift.

But they seemed to rush out a load of updates that basically broke it (at least for me, and I think others)

This was backend of last winter, I’m tempted to give it another go for the coming winter, see if it’s improved.

If you can get a trial, give it a go.

Groups of people who string themselves along the entire width of a trail/path, especially when combined with a complete lack of awareness of other people.

How long are the various trails?

There’s a Thai at bottom of Fossgate, just over bridge. Can’t rmemebr it’s name, always cheap always good.

Mallorca?
Costa dek sol?

From Sheffield – Dalby / and Sutton Bank.

Long weekend in Winchester.
Week in Athens.
Last weekend in Stirling.
Will be a few more long weekends in Scotland. Nothing booked in advance yet. Usually wait to see what’s reasonably priced

I’d be up for a meetup too. I live not far away (Malton), been walking there, saw some riders, asked them about trails and they were very vague about things as if they were doing something illegal.

I got an ESE pod specific machine from illy. Very happy with the convenience/quality ratio.
Only downside is having to get pods online rather than from shop. Plenty to choose from though

Southern Spain will still be mid teens to 20c.
Cheap at that time of year.
Good riding, easy to get to

oldnpastit is probably right, see if you can switch off adaptive battery.

And seriously, switch it off and on again. (to flush the BT cache)

I didn’t have a ride planned. I have now.

I was dubious about SRAM – but bike came with GX Eagle 12 speed. Over 2 years it’s been flawless, recently bent the mech and got the AXS upgrade kit. So far, so good.

Do a Saturday or Sunday ride, then Q & A in a pub. – Can be streamed.

One more sleep.