Dad had a Wartburg two stroke years ago,young lad at garage offered to check his oil for him.

Another garage ,back when they put the petrol in for you,he put measured amount of oil in tank first from a domestos bottle he used to decant the oil from a bigger drum much to the curiosity of the attendant,dad reassured him it kept the engine clean.

Big olde torch that took 4 D cells tied to handle bars and a under BB dynamo that ran on tyre tread was my best set up when riding the lanes n tracks of Zomerset back in the 80s.

Far cry from my cree lights of today .

Rear triangle with a bit of Gaffa tape either end of light on chain side is my solution .(light is 5″ long)

Drivers who don’t know that wonderful stork on the steering column activates an INDICATOR that tells other drivers where you might be GOING!

Over here it’s the Dublin Mountains where bodies are stored.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/scene-of-natural-beauty-reveals-terrifying-secrets-243762.html

A lot of sidewalls seem extremely flimsy,shredded a conti mountain king 2.2 last week,ok it was 3 years old!

Went into halfords and came out with a conti Baron seems more the beast,performed well enough in the forest n across rough fire road type surface.

pedelecs.co.uk/forum is the place to go .
loads of advice n info from many suppliers or diy type advice if you fancy a build.

Pedelecs.co.uk/forum
a host of info n advice on there .http://pedelecs.co.uk/forum/

Mountain kings 2.2 ,with tubes here and split at bead too ,but they are 3 years old now,bead broken when i had spectacular flat as a large blackthorn spine ripped into the rear tyre as i came out of a cutting locally.Back end of the bike just went awol on me,had to call the wife to collect me as fair way from home too.
Too bad i had to wait in the convenient pub with excellent guinness . too

Plus is to use side door,not opening front door with all goodies on view,don’t forget to start strava or similar from different location/private .

Or store bikes inside house spare bedroom.

Roast slowly in cover cast pot(thicker the better),low heat 4 hours or so depending on size,bones in ,done when bones start to lift clean ,drain of excess fat.
Then coat in coarse grain mustard n honey with mint jelly mixed in ,back in oven on higher heat ,open top and allow to brown off.
Lovely juices then as it rests,use those to make gravy.
Roast pots n veg in juices too.

Good merlot to wash down with .MMMMMMMMM

Just had complete oil combi system fitted(external boiler),from scatch as no water tank as no useable loft space for it.Grant combi.
For 5k ,thats euro’s so guess 4.5k sterling .

Plus have wood burner for lounge use too.Old irish cottage with added conservatory so 9 rads plus towel rail all pipes in copper.

Lamb rogan josh , naan bread home made ,washed down with Guinness.

Surprised no-one mentioned Pigeon Pie ,stout gravy goes well too.

Problem is the public demand lean pork and everyone knows to get good scratchings the pork needs to have fat !

Home reared gloucester old spot or tamworth pigs make excellent crackling,rarely gets as far as the table in our house.

I know it’s not UK ,but vodaphone here in Ireland is the better provider mobile and mobile broadband,only grudge is limited to 20 gb month, but don’t stream films or anything like that so manageable.rural location so fibre not available with Eir the BT equivalent.

The best quality you can get ,but practice on a chanter first,find local pipe band,to try a few out.

Irish pipes use a bellows instead of a bag as quite hard to inflate the bag.

And a remote shed or a long garden if the wife does not support your enthusiasm,why do you think you always see pipers on remote hills.

Are you with that supplier now,if not tell em to go away politely or charge the new tenant for their power n not send you the bill.

How does the VOO DOO zobop and canzoo compare ,looks as thou no lock out on rear shock ,weight wise abt 1kilo in it

I know that here in Eire the courts and RSA cannot apply points to Uk licences for speed offence’s.A reciprocle arrangement was never agreed and is less likely to be now post brexit.
As for other things like bans ,not sure .
But i’m keeping my Uk licence for the foreseeable.

Glad it’s not just me then.

Tho coffee could contribute to this too.

Similar size car old honda civic,got 2x 26″ mtbs in with wheels off ,n 2x 6ft males .Back seats down n change of clothes n brew kit.

Tight wrap n an old toestrap used to be the solution,leather ones are the boys!

Don’t take this the wrong way, but your dog is a bit of a dick.

Our dog knows where he’s well off.

We have a neighbour who does not understand dogs too.
Got himself 2 husky pups as guard dogs (both soft as could be) realized they were no good for intended purpose,so he sold them.
Next got a GSD pup ,outside compound and constsantly shouts at said dog ,it comes over to ours 3 down for attention when he lets it out in garden/field,when he went away he asked me to feed it ,poor thing craves a bit of love,and is made to stay out all weathers with just open crate for a bed.Most nights it is barking crazy a local rabbits etc as they are outside his compound laughing at her.
Then he says to me one day were selling up ,can’t take the dog with us ,do you want to buy her?
I polity declined and suggested the he take her to local dog shelter.

6 months on he’s still there and the broken dog (example of bad GSD breeding )

Our Dog laughs each time we walk past his gate i’m sure in smugness as he was a stray ,now has luxury n warm bed indoors every night.

So your not alone.

And we live in the country, well 3 houses in our lane.

Cycle to work scheme ,and you don’t have to dig deep and pay for it tax free.

My wife comes home and tells me the maintenance man at work has a stack of pallets come help yourself usually every 2 mnths .

My wood shed and next tool shed will be pallet based.

Scaffold planks can be picked up for 2-3 euro depending on condition ,or building sites concrete shuttering is usually free for the asking.

Moto is ask around !

Another for the “Monks Trod” ,tefi pools provides wild camping too if your sensible about times etc.

Our local river holds a mountain bike,visible at low tide by the car park.
Wife told me “No your not fishing that out “.

Broke 3 phones in space of 2 mnths ,falling off getting used to SPDs on mountain bike,usually when stopping and forgetting to clip out.
Orange insurance replaced 2 ,3rd was down to me as i didn’t want to push another claim /lie to get it replaced,so e-bay cheapo replacement .

It was dark, and I thought I knew where the path was, and confidently cycled straight into a drainage ditch.

Did this other day as entered the woods after being in bright sunlight was like entering another world,n track was well overgrown since my last visit there earlier in may .

Brambles n bracken not good.

Sunshine ?

What’s that

The bright spells between the showers,usually occurs just as you return home soaked n cold.

Fast spin 1400 here and practically dry then .
1/2 hr on line in sunshine job done.

I just go for a compromise of what works on the trail,mix of mud n forest tracks at present and some stretches of tarmac between tracks as mostly cheeky single track in local colite estate.

Aldi co2 inflater comes in use full when need to give a boost in presure.

running 2.2 on conti’s and weigh 90 kilo

Running lower on tarmac gives that shredding sound or tyre hum so warns dog walkers of my appearance behind em too.

Preseli hills ,was an article while back too in mag with routes.

Golf MK 3 takes cx bike or mountain bike with front wheel out .
Hyundai santa fe takes any bike with wheels on n can leave 1/3 rear seat up too.
Good mpg to 40 plus on 2.0 litre diesel

At a guess i’d say it was Bobcat related ?

Staff at Antur Sriniog on Thursday told us they were voting leave, despite the centre existing because of European funding. Their main motivation for wanting to leave was around immigration. In Blaneau Ffestioniog. I was lost for words

Were the staff local welsh ? Need i say more !

Anyone not from that area of Wales is considered an immigrant or seisneg .

plus will be doinghttp://www.deisegreenway.com/routemap.php some of this tomorrow.

Ridiculous prices too here for Dublin ,not that much of a fan to pay silly money .
Saw them back in the 80s in Bristol Colsten Hall think it was £10 a ticket .