I think https://thequietsite.co.uk/ is open over the new year and has a pub on site.  I’ve used it a few times and it’s been fine.

Well I’m watching it because visually it’s stunningly good but the acting is doing nothing for me, this may mostly be because the dialogue is so poor and explain why so far the best performance has been from Isuldur’s horse. I’m also finding the plot to be incoherent, I’m thinking ‘what is going on’ most of the time.

As an alternative approach you could look at a Framework laptop. https://frame.work/gb/en

You can spec it how you like and they are upgradeable and repairable.  I’ve a 2 year old one for personal use and they are as easy to take apart and upgrade as Framework claim.

Never used AXS myself but one of the guys I ride with has it on his Atherton.  He recently replaced it with12 speed XT and a cable shifter, that lasted for about a week before the AXS went back on.  He said that the  AXS was just so much better.

Another vote for BPW. However; I don’t know anything about your riding experience or skill level so feel free to ignore this but if you are not 100% comfortable with the idea of BPW then look at the half day coaching courses.  These don’t cost much more than a days uplift and include a full day pass.  So a mornings coaching on the trails and an afternoon riding what you want.

You could look at https://puremountains.com/ . They have dates from early March though April.  I went in October this year and enjoyed it.

I’m just back from a four day trip with Pure Mountains https://puremountains.com/
Great natural riding and a lovely part of the world.  Not sure what the max group size is but we were a party of eight.

Parking at Bike Park Wales. 

A pair of running tights, you can get Ron Hill tracksters for under £20.

Long day at BPW

You could try E  F Foster’s Modern Ireland 1600 to 1972.  I found it very readable and it covers a good chunk of what you want to know.

For something to do solving some of the Project Euler problems might work especially for someone with a maths back ground. https://projecteuler.net/about

The first 50 problems are all pretty straightforward, after that they start getting trickier.

I believe it’s analog as in analog versus digital.  Before we had digital, 1s and 0s, computers we had analog, based on varying physical quantities.  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer

So basically pedals equates to analog

May not apply but first thing I do with a new router is fire up a tool like WiFi Analyser on my phone and make sure the router has picked channels that my neighbours aren’t using.

This AI image generation stuff is well spooky.

Maybe CIX? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIX_(website)

If anyone is hankering after some RPN calculation action then you can try this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.efalk.rpncalc

Favourite though is my very first one.  From 1976 a Rockwell.

If I needed a calculator these days it would be one of these https://www.swissmicros.com/product/dm42 or maybe the 41X.

There’s lots of information on the gov.uk site about registered vehicles, their type and age, https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tables

There’s also the 2022 report that does some analysis of this data https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/vehicle-licensing-statistics-2022/vehicle-licensing-statistics-2022

Any net revenue raised through the ULEZ will be reinvested back into public transport, including on the expansion of bus services in outer London.  The ULEZ is expected not to raise any net revenue by the 2026/2027 financial year as the percentage of compliant vehicles continues to rise.

So as per the London mayor site: https://www.london.gov.uk/Ultra%20Low%20Emission%20Zone%20expands%20London-wide%20in%20a%20landmark%20moment%20for%20the%20capital

If after a year this is raising significant amounts of cash then in my opinion it will have failed.  The measure of success is less air pollution not ULEZ revenue.

Looking at the current rules we have.

12.2 Bike changes are permitted for mechanical reasons only. Any bike changes must
therefore take place on the off-road sections of the course.

and also

15.1 No cyclists or support riders (except competitors) have permission to go on the
following sections of the course:
1.Gill Garth – Ingelborough
2.Brunscar (Chapel-le-Dale)-Whernside-Blea Moor
3.Up and down Pen-y-Ghent from from the gate half way up.
Commissaires to enforce this regulation. Any competitor in the race connected with a
cyclist caught breaking this rule will either be penalised or disqualified.

So gaming the system with balsa wood bikes is a non starter.

I’ve ridden the event 5 times now and helped out, either marshalling or supporting club riders quite a few times as well.  When you have a team of people supporting multiple riders it quite easy to do it in a considerate way.  Last time I helped we had 5 or 6 riders and put support in after Ingleborough, before and after Wherneside and at Phenygent so we didn’t have people trying to keep ahead of their rider by dashing between locations.  For individuals being supported by a single other person this is harder – especially as your sharing some sections of the route with the riders.

It used to be that marshalling the event guaranteed you an entry for the following year, if you wanted it, but I don’t know if that is still the case.

If your camping then have a look at Small Batch campsite.  Two good pubs within easy walking distance and a lovely location.

I remember exactly when my sense of smell started to come back, riding along the canal and detecting a group of youths by the smell of the weed they were smoking!

Yes, an odd ashy smell for several things since Covid in 2022.  Nothing for a while then this as you say weird smell and then odd things are coming back properly now.

How about the northern end of Lake Garda? Plenty of mountain biking or just pootle around the lake by ferry.  Maybe somewhere in the Dolomites if you fancy a second centre?  Lake Garda in September has always been good.

I suggest you look at GPSBabel https://www.gpsbabel.org/capabilities.html This has a Simplify routes filter that should allow you to reduce the size of a track or route before you then upload it.  Also see https://www.gpsbabel.org/htmldoc-development/filter_simplify.html

I used the MRP boost adapter when I changed to boost fork.  Was completely painless, old ends caps off, new ones on and done.

Had to be this one for me

https://pwsafe.org/

afterlife aftershave don’t hold with any of ’em”. He glared at great aunt Florrie who was of quite a different opinion and almost chandelier with Pisces, St Christopher, crucifix, rabbits foot, and lucky whales teeth about her neck. “I don’t give a toss what you do with me when I have shrugged me mortal coil. Shove a bit of flex up my back passage, stick a light bulb in my mouth, and stand me in the hall.