Bran and that girl that’s dragging him. Quick glimpse of someone on a horse bowling in to save them…

Trailer for episode 6:

It all still seems a bit rushed for me. There’s no way that in the first few seasons we would have had Bran see the White Walkers and then them turn up on the doorstep in the same episode.

True, but at the original pace it would be going on for about 20 series… (not that this would be a bad thing!)

They dont stop for lunch now, its staggered

This sounds good…

so less buses running.

but this sounds less good…

So does this work better than before in terms of time spent waiting for uplift or not?

My tip would be to ride up the first run after lunch instead of waiting for the uplift.
For some reason that I can’t work out they stop the uplift for an hour for lunch (and hence the cafe is rammed and there’s a big queue) and then after lunch every single person on the hill is in the uplift queue at once. Ride up and you’ll get to the top quicker, and you’ll get back to the uplift just as the queue dies down.

Thanks for the info guys – makes a lot more sense now!

Ride a bit slower so you don’t sweat?

Thanks for the replies.

So the rubber rim strip is not actually to seal the spoke holes then? Seems not as it would appear you always need the tape for that.
In that case the rubber rim strip just seems to be unnecessary excess weight…?

Another vote for Boardman Pro 29er. I have one and it’s amazing for the money. Can’t fault it (apart from the fact they don’t make an XL).

Great – thanks

Thanks – will check those out.

Do people manage to install these things without the official tools, or is that a bad idea?

I loved Under the skin.
Have not seen any of the others mentioned so will check those out.
Any other recommendations in this vein?

That Hustler on CRC is a total bargain. Head angle 68 degrees.

Probably you are never fully “winding” it if you’re not moving around much. You should wind it up to full and then leave it and see how long it lasts. If it’s still less than a day then time for a service.

This really is the best TV series that’s been on for ages. Really enjoying it.

I entered as an incentive to get myself in shape again and do more riding… it didn’t work, and I have barely done anything!
Still on the fence as to whether I’m actually going to do it or not…
I did it about 10 years back when I was a lot fitter and I remember it being pretty tough then…

I like this plan as I think it is inflation proof, the only way I see that it could fail catastrophically is if the price of housing everywhere else rises much more then the price of housing in London, trapping me in the house.

The price of housing in areas which are not easily commutable into london (or other big city) will always be much lower than in commutable areas.
Nothing is going to change that.
So I’d say you are right as long as you are happy with moving to such an area.

I guess the question is what shape will the housing market as a whole be in when you decide to cash out? If the whole UK housing market has collapsed massively then you might get a lot less than you think.
My personal (completely uneducated) opinion is that a long-term collapse will not happen. Prices in London and the SE will have to level off at some point but I think will always remain high within our lifetimes.

I’ve done it but found it impossible to do without some light brushmarks showing. Looks fine from across the room but can be seen up close which kinda ruins the effect.
I would do it again but would spray the paint on next time.

Agree on the Nukeproof nylon ones – they are great.

Not having a pop at you personally but the assumptions people are making about property prices never crashing/falling/progressing ever upwards are heroic.

No I agree with you – as I said I’m pretty screwed!

However, whatever happens to the housing market one thing will remain true and that’s that a large 4-bed house will always cost more that a small 2-bed one, so releasing cash to fund retirement that way will always be an option.
The question will just be how much that ends up being.

Another one screwed here.
I’m 39 and only started a pension a few years back so it will never be worth much.
As with others here the only thing I can see working for me is that we have a nice house in the South east and when we retire we can downsize and move to a cheaper part of the country.

what happened to sam dale?

Had a crash on saturday and had to go to hospital, so did not ride on sunday. He’s ok though. (saw this on Wyn TV, or maybe it was Eddie TV).

Wow – thats a bargain! Thank you!

Love the colour!

Thanks. Good news.

I was looking at the “2” version… “3” version appears to be the same but with needle bearing on the inside instead of bushing, which sounds like a better idea… £80 on CRC though – ouch.

Please admit Gravity Goons to the league!

Strapcode are the best value for money in my experience

Guide R any good or are they the cheap/rubbish versions?

I’m surprised how many people won’t even entertain the idea of switching to a more environmentally friendly car until it’s cheaper for them than the fossil fuel variety…

I’d be prepared to pay a premium over a petrol/diesel car to have one of these. Would definitely consider getting one on a lease if/when that’s an option.

Decision made then! :)

All great bikes though – don’t think you can go wrong really.

Hard to argue with the half price Cannondale… unless Lefty puts you off I guess.

Hubsan X4

Rule of thumb – halve your age, that’s the percentage of your gross salary that you should be allocating to retirement planning of some sort.

Wow. Really? This may be good advice, but I wonder what percentage of the population are even coming close to this.

We’ve had ours for over 4 years. Fitted it myself.
Have been really happy with it. No problems installing and no complaints 4 years on.
I thought it was really reasonably priced and they also offered interest free credit on it.
Just about to move house and we will get another one for the new place.
Can’t comment on the appliances as I didn’t buy any of those.

Mount on a wall as permanent music control panel for Spotify etc.

it may actually be acrylic sheet, not perspex

Same thing – Perspex is a brand name.

If your options for somewhere to live are either rent or buy with a mortgage, then I don’t think there are many situations where renting is the better option for your long term financial health.

Did you decide to go ahead with this?
I’d like to do something similar…

Week in the alps