Thanks guys, will check the Smorgasbord / chunky monkey tyres out and give them a call to see what combo they recommend.

A relative beginner to the world of DSLR photography, but here’s a few I’m proud of so far –
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Looking for an sleeping mat and not too fussed about the insulation as only for summer use – wondering how comfy the numo mat is versus the dirtbag?

4G Moto G for reasons stated above – best value for money phone by a mile!

I chose the Mk7 Golf GTD over the Leon FR mainly because both the interior and exterior are of a better quality and it just looks better. I went for the Carbon Grey colour which looks awesome too. Yes the Leon is probably better value for money but the Golf is a step up IMO. No regrets from me.

PS. It is a company car though, so money was less of an issue.

Cheers guys, it’s going to be really congested whichever way but will avoid the A27 after last year and come down from A3 way on one of suggested routes A283 etc.

Do you have any specific system models in mind fluxhutchinson? What’s the turn down ratio?

Vaillant over WB everytime for me. If your replacing a powermax your probably going to want to replace it witbh a system boiler and unvented cylinder rather than a combi.

Would a combi not be suitable then?

I’ve no idea what that is tizzzzle??

Thanks guys, appreciate your suggestions.

Not a maths app but for a great maths website try Mathletics

Is the Williams arms the pub in Braunton? The one that does the epic pies?

I’ve got a Nexus 7 it’s awesome but be mindful a Nexus 8 is around the corner apparently

I have a Montane Dyno jacket for sale in black, size medium if anyone’s interested? Email in profile.

Yeah I was thinking that but potentially quite handy??

Thanks for all your suggestions, I’ve bought Cannery Row to read next off the back of several endorsements but will refer back to this thread for future reads v shortly as plenty of them look well worth a read!!! :D

Thanks, there’s some good suggestions so far – which I’m browsing at on Amazon.

avdave2 – are Steinbeck’s other books anywhere near as good as ‘Of mice and men’?

Drac – LOL!

Fulton make great umbrellas for modest price

I find I have to make my coffee and let it cool without the lid on for about 5-10 mins before I leave otherwise it stays too hot to drink. Oh and coffee always seems to taste better than tea, which I find stews a bit in a travel mug or is that just my poor preparation!?

I can heartily recommend the Starbucks stainless steel travel mug – keeps a coffee warm for ages. So much so I have to let the coffee cool a bit before I put the lid on or I don’t have time to drink it before I get to work – and that’s an hour away!

I really enjoyed The Expendables and that got panned at the time by most critics!

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I love my SanDisk Sansa Clip too – great sound, very small with useful clip and retro style display with graphic equalizer – buy one!

Some moments of brilliance with much laughter and other moments of plain wrongness….unsure what to make of it, go make up your own minds :)

RROD is a bummer, mine was out of warranty when it happened and was almost as economical to get a new one, so that’s what I got and they have fixed the RROD issue on these which is a relief!

We have a policy where birthdays is one or two large presents where as Christmas, just over a month later, is loads of smaller things, probably Sylvanian Families stuff this year.

You don’t have to justify your purchase to anyone here, none of their business.

For what it’s worth I’m in a similar position, but my girls are 5 and 8 – I’ve been looking at the Hudl from Tesco too but you can get the Kindle Fire HD from Amazon for the same price now (unless you’re using clubcard points or have a Tesco CC) and from what I’ve read online it’s a bit better. The Nexus 7 looks great though and if you can set up multiple users as said above that’s quite a handy feature.

AM by the Arctic Monkeys – quality

@dknwhy I did take a look at the DHB M1.0 but was a little put off by a number of the reviews mentioning durability issues but sounds like your experience has been ok so far.

@cycl1ngjb Forgot about Specialized, will have a browse online in a moment

Rachel Riley :P

Have you found that your fitness has improved on the mountain bike?

In answer to your question, yes I have, even at a ‘nimble’ 15 mph average I have seen improvement in my fitness which has helped me keep up better with the local MTB club.

PS. I got some SPD’s for the bike too which helped to improve my speed and efficiency.

Bonty Mud X – classic mud shredding tyre and rolls surprisingly fast when dry too!

Nice bike….I recently bought a Triban 3 from Decathlon (red one) for the same reason and love it!

Lol @ some rather interesting ideas – some more serious ones too would be good :)

I don’t think you will find a better bike than a Decathlon BTwin Triban 3 for less than £500 – if you’re lucky you might find the red one with a carbon fork like I did last week :D

That title sounds wrong :p

Here’s a link http://www.johnlewis.com/toys/micro-scooter/maxi-micro/c8000024600

my daughters had one for 2 years – she’s a smallish 7 y.o. and loves it. Lots of her friends at school have them too. Plus when you want to get rid they still sell well second hand.

I play in one of the leagues at my local Goals – I really enjoy it, the pitches and facilities are top notch but the games are VERY competitive and referees of varying standard. Having said all that, still love it and wouldn’t want it any other way. Look away if you don’t want to get roughed up a bit though!

The Maxi Micro Scooter – the same, just bigger :)

nickswolves – this is it: Note the own brew beer in the website detail: http://the-old-nags-head.co.uk/

Never realised that – obviously enjoying the food and cider too much to notice!! :D

Old Man Cooper is an entertainment on his own and worth the camping fee.

Like a comedy character!

If Nickcwolves one is the same one I’ve stayed at, the pub over the road is really good for food too, and also has its own micro brewery on site (or did several years ago).

Not sure about micro brewery but they do awesome German beer called Dortmunder and a nice Hereford Cider