Pretty sure you can pay to use the pool at Whitecross Bay caravan park, two miles out of Ambleside near Brockhole.

Bloke did the same to me , Trek Liquid 30 ,eventually sent the bike with anything decent replaced with crap,wheels the lot, paid £750 I think back in 2005, he got kicked off eBay and I got £200 off PayPal, basically still got shafted!! Report him and don’t pay if I were you

Fair enough squirrelking , doesn’t take long for a few to die

squirelking, PUBG is a basket case right now?? still very playable. what is your gripe with it. it is not marketed as the finished article!! it is a work in progress, with it being introduced to the console market it will hopefully help it reach fruition!!

Listened to hundreds of albums and never found one that has has every song a minimum 9/10 like The Crossing, masterpiece

guitarhero , save Porrohman for a long tough climb, it will be a breeze!!

Probably worth 5K if left as a low miles VP!!

Stuart Adamson , Legend, gone way too soon. great story Cody saw them live in 83 Lanc uni , with a great cycling friend who is no longer with us as green as grass 16yr olds,then many more times DezB Stuart can`t sing??

Never seen them but would be a good hour at a festival

What is the commonest Owl in the world?

After several guesses Barn, Tawny, Snowy tell them the answer “Teat” :-)

Do you think it might be quite serious bikebuoy?

I think it must be :lol: someone hurry up and give to charity.

Unbelievable performance but great reading, my local driver is absolutely brilliant, leaves things when she can, comes back several times a day if she has to and as we approach Christmas she will bend over backwards to see we get anything that she has never knew who she worked for then coincidentally she just called at lunch and I said to the wife “where is she from?”, “My Hermes”, so we must have one of the few good ones :-)

Thank God it is only this, from the title I was expecting to see him in a provocative pose in a revealing santa suit, and was wondering why I was actually drawn to open the thread!! Let us hope its cleared up for Christmas and he will be able to take his new bike out. :-)

I have had pretty good success previously 3 x 2 stud frame wall about 40mm in from existing wall , screw nothing to old wall at all leaving a void with nothing bridging old and new, fill the gaps in the studding completely with 50mm polystyrene then mount soundblock plasterboard onto the timber, probably loose 125 mm max, not ideal but sound will be considerably reduced.

Ulverston?

Just had a replacement fitted in a 2 bed terrace, had 2 quotes both within pounds of £1200 and i went for an extra of 5 years parts and labour for an extra £200, so £1400 all in with 5 years peace of mind.

Sorry frank :(

I am surprised the office cleaner has not come forward saying she was emptying a waste bin full of tissues everyday!!

That’s the plan if kids Saturday morning footy is called off any time soon

Not wanting to restart the thread but wanted to personally thank all the contributors.
Trip done and dusted, 4 beautiful days one drizzly morning. JFK immigration was about 45-60 minutes so not too bad. Couldn’t be bothered with carting cases on public transport so joined the yellow cab queue , $65 inc tips tolls to Novotel hotel in Times Square. $75 for the return yellow cab arranged by concierge, maybe extra for Thanksgiving day? Only took one taxi in the 4 days that was after a meal in the Oyster bar in Grand Central and we had done 30000 steps. Averaged 21000 steps a day over the 4.5 days.
After arriving in NY late afternoon we collected the New York pass from the Big bus shop in Times square , headed to MOMA but it was 4.45 and shut at 5 so we wandered around just taking it all in and having a few beers here and there, ended up in Rosie Ogradys.
Day 2 was up early in Dunhills for breakfast then a stroll and onto the Intrepid museum (excellent) , lovely walk along the Highline to the end and into Greenwich village and Blind Tiger for drinks and lunch. wandered up to Flat Iron and this was my favourite building in New York. Went up the Empire State for sunset, beautiful views but bloody freezing up top. Then went to 230 5th rooftop bar in the igloos for amazing views of Empire States. Meal in Olunneys times square, sports type bar with ok food.
Day 3 was up early again and our one and only tube (where a kind tube worker showed us how to use the ticket machine and then finished with here is your change but I will keep $3 for my trouble and was gone before I knew what had happened) trip down to South Ferry for our Helicopter flight, that was an amazing 15 minute $240 not cheap but that was my main present loved every minute of it as it was a bluebird day so views to die for and got 2 front seats next to pilot. Next was $2.75 ferry to Dumbo where we ate the nicest burger ever in Sugar Cane(sister restaurant to Duck and Waffle in Heron Tower London, never eaten there but drank in Sushi Samba) a new establishment in this up and coming lovely area. Walked back over Brooklyn Bridge and visited 9 11 , didn’t have time for the museum as there was a big queue and I wanted to surprise the good lady with an afternoon of LFC in Carraghers bar, it was rammed with a great atmosphere and we both had a good time. Bryant park was next before heading up the Top of the Rock for drinks and onto Grand Central Station and the Oyster bar for food.
We had wanted to go to Ellens Stardust diner for a meal but every night there was 50 plus in the queue so kept avoiding it.
Day 4 we walked out in the rain round the corner at 8 am only 5 in the queue so joined it and were in Ellens five minutes later in to an already bouncing atmosphere, cracking Breakfast of sirloin steak eggs and hash browns and superb entertainment from very talented singing staff looking for a Broadway break. Next was an open top bus tour up to Natural History Museum, what a collection buy way too much to see, a nice wander through Central Park to the Solomon Guggenheim Museum, amazing building but the contents were not for us, the highlight being a Lavazza coffee and a carrot cake. Walked down 5th Avenue , museum mile past the Central Park zoo and past Trump Tower and the posh shops and finally to Jimmy`s corner a bar owned by a trainer who Ali and the other champs used to look up when in New York for a bit of training. Great traditional bar with everyone sat at the bar and best value in The city $7 for a pint and a bottle of Corona, we abused the cheap beer for a few hrs before heading back. It was Thanksgiving Eve and rammed so we settled for a little pizza restaurant nothing special but $107 for 2 pizza and 4 bottle $10 each drink WTF, felt ripped off .
Cheapest round Jimmy`s $7 dearest Top of the rock $22 (always two beers without the tip.)Rudest bar Playwright Celtic pub where barman talked to another punter from asking what we would like and then threw 4 one dollar bills back at me which landed all over, needless to say he got none of them and we decked the drinks and left. Most meals about $60 average with 4 beers on it. Always had time to go back get changed maybe have a kip each evening for an hour or so. Times Square is manic and everyone wants your dollar but no one over pushy.
Last morning was a stroll away from the Macys parade down empty streets to a cruise round Lady Liberty on another bluebird day on a near empty boat, this was amazing and the perfect end, had an excellent lunch at The Beer authority by the magnificent Penn Station opposite the New York Times/ Madison Square Gardens then wandered up 42nd street seeing the remnants of the parade and back to the hotel and the taxi. Thank you so much for all the tips it defo helped us have an amazing time and left us chomping at the bit to return in the not too distant future.

Buy the one in the classifieds and help a fellow stwer to treat his mrs to drinks and nibbles!!!

Not good here, both not keen on preparing and cooking so it’s pretty much take away or cafe or bar lunch Thursday tea through to Sunday, 5 in family then usually a boyfriend or two of the daughters averaged out last year at about £200 a week on the above , then there’s usually 3 or 4 £25-£35 debits for the local Tesco express each week , obviously cleaning stuff and toiletries in that so if we said £75-£100 out of that then it’s £275-£300 a week, doesn’t look good but we have a great family time so more than happy to roll with it!!

@danradyr1 St Gervais is lovely village and big ski area under an hour from Geneva

It’s annoying when someone profits out of someone else’s car park, how do you actually pay if your staying over 2 hrs, can’t ever remember seeing a pay and display machine?

Cheers , Bought, another PSA to go in the cupboard :-) Always seems to be on a Friday morning when in work fed up and a bit of retail therapy is needed and the weekend can`t come quick enough!!

90 % of late as i’m Lone wolfing at the mo, taking a newbie up the Lakes Saturday so it’s back to the faff of remembering everything and driving to start point!!

Always thought it must be so much harder to actually delay shipping an item for the longer lead time delivery than actually receive order grab item box and out the door within a day.

I’m sat waiting and just read the small print, totally missed that Wiggle now own them

Yep had to go on Google maps for a bit

Does she have long legs and short arms?

Cheers wife been on about that park and ice rink

Cheers Tenfoot everything you mentioned is on my list , looked at the cruise as it’s on the “freebie” pass , did it take you up close to Liberty?

Cheers for all the latest update, I’ve a feeling I’m planning on doing too much and going to spoil it, going to thin my to do list down a bit as fancy getting a good few scoops in at a few random bars I stumble across one afternoon.

Appreciate that tenfoot, hope the rest has been good.Cheers

Appreciate that tenfoot, hope the rest has been good.Cheers

It’s a great game and I think out on Xbox one early December

Make sure it’s all clean and dry then buy a grout aerosol sealer and seal all the grout, I’ve seen it passing through grout that looked perfect, kept sealing and resealing the tray to shower gap and all the time it was passing through the grout and down behind the tray, it can be very porus

Trek Farley 9 with Bluto forks for Christmas last year, quick look on Strava and of 50 rides this year 45 have been on the Fatty. Enjoy the suspension to be fair, but never ridden one without to compare it with.

I use mine to fill micro SD cards with useless boarding or biking footage then take out card replace and fill another. Think you need to be time rich to convert into a nice short movie.

Cheers for more great tips overnight, much appreciated, We will not be touching an Oyster as we both despise shell fish!! there is stuff on the menu that we liked so probably give it a shot, a colleague says Ellens Stardust Diner is a must and is literally on our doorstep so this will probably be one nights entertainment. Will defo do the Highline probably after a visit to the Intrepid looking ata the map and Slaten Ferry. Do I seriously need my passport at 50 yrs old to drink!!
Why did you not start this thread tenfoot and save me a job, please add a detailed account on your return, enjoy :-)