Where are you?

South of Bristol.

Lots of opportunities for quiet lanes, bridleways and stuff. I can make time to ride – that’s not the issue if I’m being honest – I think it’s just…I don’t know! Doesn’t help that nothing fits anymore, but then riding more will help with that!

Loads of great tips on here – thanks everyone :-)

Kayak, your dog is gorgeous!

Small steps, regularity, forming habits then.

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That is brilliant!

It’s testament to how long it’s been since I’ve been here that I just tried to ‘like’ your replies!

STW delivers once again! Thank you everyone – I’ll see if I can work out which is more important out of stars and starlings 😄

I would say mainly stars, with birds on the side if that’s possible with the same bit of kit. Defo not planes or hunting.

Oh god, I was supposed to send you some photos of ours and I completely forgot!

Bump for daytime viewers!

Trek FX and swap the tyres for something more knobbly!

I bloody love mine. It flies!

GORGEOUS!

Whoever said Spitfire – get in the sea! :)

Wilks is my least favourite in Bristol. Zero atmosphere. Also not central.

Go to BOX-E and book the kitchen table. If you can’t get in there Pasta Ripiena is excellent

Edit – sorry – missed the teenager element! They definitely wouldn’t like Wilks. I’d go with Pasta Ripiena, or The Ox.

So sorry to hear this has happened. I used to live just off St Lukes Road and never ever felt as though something like that could happen. WTF is wrong with people these days?

I spent way too long thinking it was the OP’s 50th birthday next year so how the hell could he have been 30 in 2011?

Well, the hoped-for marooning hasn’t happened yet. Just about to get on the plane home.

Guess who is due to fly home from Mallorca tomorrow on TC? 🙋‍♀️😂

Nothing. Have been in this situation before and you don’t need to tell them.

Is this north or southbound? I thought the butchery was right at the back of the shop!

Another zooplus user here. Waitrose Pet also surprisingly good value on some stuff.

Unicum. Unbelievably rank.

Enterprises for me when I was a teenager. I was lucky enough to be a member of Mounts Bay sailing club so my regular racing venue was St Michael’s Mount!

If it was a child, I’d frog match them over there to apologise…and the wife is acting like a child.

Yes, shaming her is likely to be a massive help!

WTF, this is your wife! She’s obviously going through a tough time (maybe the anxiety medication could be a clue) – stuff like that can make someone behave in ways which don’t seem rational to others. She needs kindness and support, not judgement.

Feb half term flight Liverpool to Salzburg – just under £600 per person!

We are heading that way for half term too but flying into Vienna instead – much cheaper!

We had a Tonk called George when I was a kid. He would literally never shut up. One day he disappeared and went and stayed at the local holiday park and then came back 6 months later!

Have you found them yet?

Whoop! Got one trip booked already.

Pete Tong and DJ Yoda was always my favourite back in the day.

made worse by drinking to try and self-medicate.

Not doing this is one of my biggest challenges at the moment – I can definitely tell that it makes me feel worse, but sometimes your desperate, emotional brain overrides the logical bit.

Refund but make them work for it – they have to bring it round and show you what’s wrong.

Sorry to hear this :-(

A small Brazilian?

And Garmin even before that!

And to you too, kilo.

Thanks mooman – your post makes a lot of sense.

Thanks Olly.

I just did a foundation year so not fully qualified – so I’m not really sure how it’s going to pan out. When I was training I was just about at the start of the situation I’m dealing with now, and I wasn’t open to discussing it to help resolve it, but the situation has moved on and there’s less I can do about it, so I’m more ready to talk about it now.

Interestingly, footflaps, I’m just about the same age as my mum was when she started on the citalopram so I’m not really surprised to be feeling like this.

Cheers all. Thanks for the positive tone in your posts!

Will you be getting a guide and going off piste or sticking to marked trails in Les Arcs/Tignes etc?

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