Why is the small claims court chucked about on here like confetti?
£50 to lodge a case…..and a whole heap more when the case is found against you.
Caveat Emptor.
You have to convince the civil court judge that it was reasonable to expect the seller to know about the serious fault with the vehicle and you took reasonable measures to ensure your were satisfied with the thing that you were purchasing.
Have a good long hard think before filing your small claims complaint.
Small claims is not a safety net for people who take a gamble when purchasing somethng 2nd hand and lose.
Also, if it did end up in county court, the other guy will be able to show how he has made reasonable offer to resolve the dispute before it went before the court.
They’re dangerous things these barrack room lawyers.
monksie – Court and Bailiff officer.

Stanedge Edge was grim this afternoon. Cold, misty and wet. Very large puddles across the whole of the track meant getting soaking wet feet was inevitable and made for a very miserable ride home.

“Op can happily simply ignore any future letters from the debt collectors….”
and in the fullness of time (possibly)
“had hold of a lump of wood in case the bastards tried stepping over my threshold.”
It’s just my opinion like but that doesn’t seem like a very “happy” occurence.

I’ll come quietly if you promise to not chuck stuff at me :-)

“Are you a bailiff then Monksie?”

How very dare you! :-). No. I’m not a fit and proper person (mental health issues – oh the irony) so I can’t be and wouldn’t want to be a bailiff. I get paid to try and manage them.

Mr Nutt. As discussed at the time of your problems, bailiffs are not a nice breed but are a neccessary evil.
I won’t take your comments above personally :-)
I wasn’t going to comment more than I have but while I’m here I might as well.
Quite a lot of stuff on this thread is pretty accurate, some of it plain wrong, the odd bit quite dangerous and the little person with the big gob is (as usual) talking utter tripe but he’s a colourful character so hey ho, why not let him carry on. He will anyway in a sad kind of way.

Bailiffs? I’m up to here with them (points to selfs’ neck). It’s my job to unleash them and occasionally reel them back in again.
Bung an email over and I’ll go through some stuff with you tonight if you like,
DON’T IGNORE IT! Even though it’s not your debt, please don’t do nothing. Down that path lies tears and hassles before it gets sorted out. Why not get it sorted out before hand. It will save you a whole world of undeserved pain.
Just this morning I’ve spent quite a while trying to get a vehicle released that shouldn’t have been taken.

Just be sure that it is more than a two or three man company though. Otherwise, assuming you’re going to write to the company to complain and you include your address for a reply, you could be right in the shit as the nutter will have your address.
My mate owns a double glazing/conservatory company. 4 employees and three vans. The vans are numbered 12, 46 and 62 (or something like that). He says it gives the impression that the company is substantially bigger than it is. He reckon’s it gives potential customers more confidence in the company.

I’m taking my daughter to a pop group book signing tomorrow morning and then Man. City v Birmingham City at Eastlands tomorrow afternoon.
Sunday is an all day Peak District mountain bike ride despite the weather. I’m going to include Cut Gate in it.

You need to wonder about more interesting things.

Can I just ask, out of genuine concern: PeterPoddy. Is this your bad week or are you just having a bad week?
Calm down. You’ll do yourself an injury if shit as meaningless as this gets you all over excited.

“and not tell them about (2) (and then stick it in the small chainring and amble home)”

That’s the spirit!

You’ll proabably find that it’ll be a thanks but no thanks to (1) and and a thanks but no thanks to (2) if you tell them you intend to cycle 17 miles home and have no other means of making the journey.
I asked a health professional. Not really her area of expertise but the above was her verdict to both.

That website is top! Thank you.

Top stuff, thanks very much. I’ll get the map out tonight and start planning it.
I can’t get to your email until tonight Racing but thanks also in advance.

Cheers fella’s. Very helpfull

Thanks Badly, that does sound much nicer. I don’t mind Snake Pass at all but Woodhead as you are obviously aware, is an arse of a road on a bicycle.

Thanks for the replies. I’d be on the road to Langsett and then off road heading toward Ladybower as far as possible. Well, that was the idea anyway.

Oh great! That’ll be Marple Hall closing at the first whiff of it and my last few days of annual leave used up on child management duties. The staff car park is a on slope and the school grounds are on different levels.
I can’t see the issue myself but everybody else seems to think it’s good enough to close.

Phew! I’ve never (knowingly) killed anybody and I’m not aware I have any inclination to do so.
Anyway, I’ve been told and I don’t think it’s funny anymore. I am ashamed of myself and I am very sorry.

You’re quite right. I’m going to have a very stern word with myself.

I feel a sense of proportion is also in order.

“you sir, need to get a life!”

And you Sir/Madam need to get a sense of humour.
It’s a cat, not your mum.

This message board is so much more a part of your life than is healthy, isn’t it?

St. Ann’s Hospice has the pleasure of my servces 8 hours per week. Usually two 4 hours evenings per week, mostly on the wards. Just doing the basic, non medical stuff although I often get lumbered with the inmates children. It’s pretty boring for the youngsters so we go off and cause trouble somewhere.
I do it as penance for nearly emotionaly and financialy bankruptng my wife and she’s the boss of the wards.

If I was riding from Glossop I’d head up Chunal and then cut across and do something aroubd Robin Hood’s Picking Rods, Mellor, Rowarth and Hayfield.
The path along the Picking Rods wasn’t too squelchy today despite the rain that fell last week.
In fact, you could meet each other at Lantern Pike if you’re in Glossop and he’s in New Mills or vice versa

Peaks.
Bored, yawn. ZZZzzzz etc.

I’ll come round and do it for you Eddie. All mine are tubeless and I wouldn’t go back to tubes. No ghetto rubbish though.

Commute Monday to Friday. Mountain bike ride in the Peak District early every Saturday and usually a 3-4 hour road ride on Sunday

I only mentioned it as I rode over to Rudyard Lake last weekend to be shown round some trails. They were rubbish and Rudyard Lake was still fresh in my mind. Still, it got some Autumn miles in the legs.
Is there any good mountain bike routes over that way?

I’m in Stockport StillTortoise, sorry.

That up there should be all four routes of Llandegla non stop.

I’ve thought of another. Beat my current PB for the Sarn Helen. Hoping to do it in under 53 hours. Not the fastest but as above, that will be better than my previous best.

My daughter (13) would like an Ipad. Her Mum said no but I ordered her one yesterday.
That’s going to be an interesting scene on the morning of the 25th

Get into going out of your house, there’s loads of women in the world.

It makes me laugh that a person can type all sorts of stuff on either forum for a while and then post some stuff for sale on the classifieds and people will send money. How do you derive any security from that?
Ask for a postal address and home landline telephone number. Pay via Paypal (but not that silly gift thing. It’s not a gift, you’re buying it). I’ve even taken a photo of that day’s newspaper, a copy of our council tax bill and the computer screen with the email conversation in view (all in the same photo – that took some doing) for one uber security conscious person.
Ask for some I.D. and get it bought!
Even prolifc posters and buyers and sellers of old shit on here and on Ebay can be right tits when it comes to doing a deal….cough, cough.

I forgot to add although I doubt his family or friends will see it here;
My condolences to the family and friends of the guy killed on the motorbike at the junction of Greek Street and Wellington Rd (A6) this morning. I wish I’d taken the off road route this morning, That junction is also ovelooked by the late Jahwomble’s Stockport residence as well.
Sad times

No probs – dead easy. I’m guessing you do the singletrack next to the river, round the back of the cricket club and then the short but very steep climb through the woods to the flats and then the path over ‘Rooty Dip’ and then you drop steeply but very nicely to Pooh Sticks Bridge. Go over that and follow it up past the horses. It then meets the bridleway but instead of going right for Otterspool, go left for Bredbury Hall etc.
It’s a real gloopy mess in the woods at the moment though. I came in on the A6 today, instead.
Basically, if you stay high out of Woodbank, follow the path but keeping looking left for the big blue bridge over the Goyt, you’ve found it.
If you’ve got to the little bridge with the big stump (it’s just like the Marin Trail there, isn’t it?) you’ve come too far. Just as you ride up and then down to get to that little bridge, on your right is a path that goes up into a field. That’s Offerton High school. If you’re there, you’re about 20 yards too far. You need to turn round and go *steeply’ down and the bridge is there. straight over, follow the path and you go right for Otterspool or left for Bredbury Hall.

That’s my daily commute!
If I’ve got this right, you’re coming from Woodbank Park, past Woodlands Park, behind Offerton High school towards Bean Leach. If that’s the case, you cross the Goyt on the big blue (Pooh Sticks) Bridge at Dead Man’s Creek and turn right to follow the bridleway to Otterspool. Turn left and then nect right and Chadkirk singltrack awaits although ths land owner has barbed wired the path off so some hoisting is required.
I’ve just reread your question. Are you following the track all the way onto Marple Rd via Holiday Lane and then road riding past Seventeen Windows and back round to Otterspool?

I replaced my standard issue Formula rotors for some Ashima Air rotors.
Both the Formula and Ashima’s weighed 85 grams (160mm -6 bolt) on my digital scales and the Ashima’s pulsed horribly.
I won’t be buying them again.
XT discs for me.

“I’d be looking at a bigger cut”

So don’t take part then. You’ve just read the conditions. Comply or don’t bother.

An excellent business idea Romster. Genius in fact.