floydraser

I think we all know you only had the best of intentions. Thanks for posting, it has provoked some interesting points.

Anyone feeling strong enough about it can easily post in the comments section below his video on Youtube. However, he does have the ability to remove any comments he wants to, which may be why there are no negative ones.

This clever use of Youtube. He has 181K subscribers and if that's not enough to support his adventures maybe this is: https://simon-a-bloke-in-the-woods.teemill.com/ I read an old book about this kind of adventure, dating from the 1930s I think. Nothing new under the sun.

...smashing up a caravan then driving a Ferarri. The week after he drove a Ferarri then smashed up a caravan. The following week he raced a kid on a toy tractor against a Typhoon jet fighter. His imagination knows no bounds.

Let the rich folk spend all their money there and keep the place open for all us cheapskates! Thanks to the free parking Horning is a nice place to visit anyway, depending on how much you want to drink. Is it possible to moor for free near to Horning and walk to the pub?

Sounds rather complicated that. I think it would come down to how big and aggressive the other crew are.

Pete Waterman, the well known train enthusiast explained the Beeching cuts very well. A big contributer to the economics of it was the increase in the number of people owning their own cars and therefore reducing the number of passengers on the rails.

Unfortunately we are obsessed by vanity. Isn't it the case that we could do with a basic, no frills, small EV for local running around, shopping, kids to school etc. as a second car. Wind your own windows up, fold the mirrors yourself and forget waving your foot under the rear bumper to open the chuffing tailgate! Make it easy to repair after minor bumps to keep the insurance down. Surely we would all consider one? Not happening. I remember a few years ago seeing a new electric scooter for cities, especially London. Most noticable feature were the bright red painted Brembo brake calipers. Just what you need! They're once again using climate change and the environment to sell us loads of bling we don't actually need. Cleverly, they don't provide us with any practical alternative to prove them wrong either.

Absolutely! Not much of a saving though, just a day or two's fishing but welcome all the same. Bigger saving is the bus pass. While it's cold a day's fishing is jumping on the bus to find a new tackle shop I haven't seen before, then a pint in the nearest pub. Same economy I guess; the bus fare just goes to the pub! For me the closed season is whenever the weather forecast says it's going to be below 10 degrees C.

But we can still fish on still waters - lakes and canals. Licence renews on my birthday. How often does anyone get asked to show their licence? In the last 12 months since I got mine I've never been asked for it. Worse though, I've never been asked to prove I'm over 65 either.

I can see "panic charging" whenever there's snow in the forecast.

"Oh it's beginning to look a lot like......"

I was close.

I reckon this new ship is being fitted out at John Browns, Clydebank. The dark crane in the middle is the Titan and still there as a museum.

One for the bikers.

What if we turned off the heating in all gyms and replaced all the running machines with human sized hamster wheels connected to alternators. Just saying. You could keep the large windows so that we can all laugh at you in your flashy new, tight Lycra, expensive earbuds and fashionable water bottle. Wouldn't want to spoil it.

Wow, thank you Vaughan. We'll definitely have a look at the Queens Hotel next time we're thinking of a break down there, and I'll also take a closer look at the memorial too.

Langstone Harbour: I looked and thought the Mulberry relic would be best seen by boat, but then found a good view on Google. Unfortunately, I can't embed the link. If you find it on Google and drag the little man over the Mulberry you will just see a little blue circle nearby. Drop the man on that for an aerial view.

So the flip side of V8s and sports cars: I've seen this before while driving but the consumption always seems to go up towards the end of the journey to around 70mpg. On Saturday I drove from home in Leicestershire down to Farnborough and this was the screen when I pulled up at the FAST aero museum. Corsa 1.3 eco diesel. Feet on the ground; other forums reckon these instruments are out by about 10% but I'll take that. Mostly motorway, gentle acceleration then set the cruise to 72 - the satnav says 68 - sit and watch the World go by the other way. Not bad for 92K. No road tax and about £160 insurance, I'll keep it until it goes bang. Insurance: Came through from Esure at £160. It was about right with the search engines so I decided to go with it but I rang to see about changing my details. I am down as a self employed draughtsman but there is no work and I now get state pension. I told the operative and he said that "semi retired" was an option so we went for that. I also dropped the annual mileage from 12K to 7K. He then told me it was £165, "but I haven't applied any discounts yet". OK, go for it... "I've looked and there are no discounts I can apply". So by being semi retired and staying off the road for long periods, I have become more of a risk. Hmm. The guy was friendly enough but I explained I thought that was a bit pathetic and petty, so I'll be a self employed draughtsman doing 12K for another 12 months if it's all the same.

Probably to match the horrible grey that everyone seems to have on their houses these days.

Nice but how long was the course to learn how to use it? On the right of the steering wheel I think is the weapons system??

I remember the original carboard cut-out series as being the best and back then all those names were quite innocent. We've all had a few laughs with them since though. Nice boat Ray. Lovely big windows will generate some heat when the sun comes out, it'll take some cooling in the summer. Good excuse for libation if any excuse were needed.

Apparently the 13% rise is based partly on the premise that the National Park Grant would not increase. Now it has it'll be interesting to see if anything changes. Too late to reduce the tolls I guess but they could quietly drop the idea of charging for mooring at Ranworth etc?? I'm not part of the FB group but I do keep an eye on it occasionally. They seem to be making steady progress by being organised. They have responses from MPs who seem to be listening with sympathetic ears. I should think Dr Packman and Mr Dickson are a bit nervy at last.

Mine's gone up £80.36. Definitely my last year.

Unless we went to stay with out grandparents. Then it was a tin bath with a brick under one end and as the youngest of three, I was in the shallow end.