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by belugabob
Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:59 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Replies: 7
Views: 1259

Re: Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Not sure, John, I just know there's a lot of open land that way (and that the research place is over there) but can't be more specific, I'm afraid.

Hadleigh is a better bet - rode over that way once, when visiting relatives
by belugabob
Wed Apr 14, 2021 8:28 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Replies: 7
Views: 1259

Re: Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Shoeburyness?
by belugabob
Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:03 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Veloviewer map - explorer tiles
Replies: 794
Views: 143673

Re: Veloviewer map - explorer tiles

Finally got a personal laptop so thought I'd download the VV extension for Chrome and have a browse on the strava route planner. Work laptop doesn't let me download any extra software. Just discovered that I can't get to it, guessing it's a premium feature only Have others been doing something to g...
by belugabob
Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:33 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: sub standard rant time
Replies: 59
Views: 5017

Re: sub standard rant time

Thank goodness for Tunnock's, they're still the same price.
If they're the same price, they're probably just a wee bit smaller (as has happened with Wagon Wheels & Curly Wurlies)
by belugabob
Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:02 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Suggest a posh 8L welded drybag?
Replies: 26
Views: 2955

Re: Suggest a posh 8L welded drybag?

I'm a lomo fan, but feel compelled to mention a slightly pricier (but flexible) option...

https://wildcat.cc/collections/dry-bags ... g-8l-black
by belugabob
Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:37 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Veloviewer map - explorer tiles
Replies: 794
Views: 143673

Re: Veloviewer map - explorer tiles

Blackhound wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:53 am Third post on page 70:

https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=108374.1725

We have all been there.
:lol:
by belugabob
Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:16 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Another busy summer of BBQ, campfires and litter?
Replies: 58
Views: 5655

Re: Another busy summer of BBQ, campfires and litter?

The drive through McDonald's, in our local supermarket carpark, has been "essential" for months.

As RIP said - depressing
by belugabob
Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:05 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Well that was a turn up!
Replies: 16
Views: 1574

Re: Well that was a turn up!

most on Wed got Pfiezer (always sounds to me like a fertiliser....).
Well, one of their products does make thing grow...
by belugabob
Fri Mar 26, 2021 2:47 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: OT question for the over 50's.
Replies: 59
Views: 5703

Re: OT question for the over 50's.

I've never heard it called a "metric" before, though :wink: .
It alway seems bigger, measured in metric ;)
by belugabob
Fri Mar 26, 2021 2:43 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: OT question for the over 50's.
Replies: 59
Views: 5703

Re: OT question for the over 50's.

58, going on 59, so kind of relate to what you're feeling. I think that it's a combination of things. When you're 10, the year is a tenth of your life, so seems like ages. When you're 50, it's 2 percent, so not so long. Each year that passed, the more sh*t there is to fill your thoughts, and the mor...
by belugabob
Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:41 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Another busy summer of BBQ, campfires and litter?
Replies: 58
Views: 5655

Re: Another busy summer of BBQ, campfires and litter?

Bearbonesnorm wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:48 am I'd start by cutting the tip of a finger off - nothing too harsh, I'd let people choose which finger and if they still persist, we could progress from there. :-bd
The missing fingers, coupled with extensive tattoos, should make them eligible for membership of the Japanese mafia :wink:
by belugabob
Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:35 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Wildlife
Replies: 699
Views: 145578

Re: Wildlife

Had a buzzard flap down out of the roadside trees, and into the undergrowth on the other side. Just then I saw what he was up to - red deer roadkill in the undergrowth. Must have disturbed the Buzzard, whilst he was eyeing it up. Saw a nicely active anthill, in the forest, too - things are livening up
by belugabob
Wed Mar 17, 2021 5:26 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Garmin route planning tools/techniques?
Replies: 6
Views: 806

Re: Garmin route planning tools/techniques?

Basecamp and Etrex 35touch, both with talkytoaster maps, here. I don't mind Basecamp, at all. If however, I'm planning Veloviewer tile bagging trip, then I use the route planner in the web version of Strava, so that I can take advantage of the 'already visited tiles' overlay - then I re-plot them in...
by belugabob
Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:43 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Building a PC
Replies: 10
Views: 1345

Re: Building a PC

Off the shelf PCs are likely to be slightly cheaper than self build, but are usually specced to achieve a particular price point. The compromises involved aren't always logical or beneficial. For example, they often come with a relatively small amount of memory, in favour of having a slightly faster...
by belugabob
Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:36 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: The post man's been ...
Replies: 11453
Views: 1965008

Re: The post man's been ...

The postman has been and, coupled with the fact that it's raining, I now feel compelled to go looking for a puddle...
by belugabob
Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:21 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: The post man's been ...
Replies: 11453
Views: 1965008

Re: The post man's been ...

Don't they all head out on the same night? I remember walking up the road to the school bus one year and there were dozens of squashed ones :sad:
I predict that the same will happen on June 21st ;)
by belugabob
Fri Mar 12, 2021 9:34 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Man's best friend
Replies: 53
Views: 5596

Re: Man's best friend

:-bd

Hoping to rehome a dog, soon - been nearly two years without the scrabble of claws on the kitchen floor, and that's too long
by belugabob
Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:15 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Railway Map
Replies: 4
Views: 610

Re: Railway Map

by belugabob
Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:34 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: New member saying hello, and a question about camping
Replies: 45
Views: 4637

Re: New member saying hello, and a question about camping

Cake flavoured beer?
I've saw 'Sticky toffee pudding" beer, in a supermarket, once.
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by belugabob
Tue Mar 02, 2021 9:39 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Stay at home ends
Replies: 45
Views: 3360

Re: Stay at home ends

RIP wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:37 pm "Are there any women here?"
They'll be the ones with the "bag of gravel" bikes
by belugabob
Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:12 pm
Forum: MYOG
Topic: Budget Mini Front Rack Hack - New photo
Replies: 5
Views: 1969

Re: Budget Mini Front Rack Hack - New photo

Depends what you call expensive.

https://wildcat.cc/collections/handleba ... ar-harness

Very well designed and constructed.

As Mr Rolls (or was it Mr Royce) said - "the quality will be remembered, long after the price is forgotten"
by belugabob
Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:00 pm
Forum: MYOG
Topic: sleeping bag anti-snag zip thingy
Replies: 11
Views: 6099

Re: sleeping bag anti-snag zip thingy

But yes fair enough, you're right, although it didn't always seem to work. Must have a faulty thumb.
Don't go hitchhiking, then :wink:
by belugabob
Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:29 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Am I right in thinking that ....
Replies: 75
Views: 6916

Re: Am I right in thinking that ....

htrider wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:24 pm It'll all be over by Christmas
Depends what you mean by 'over'
by belugabob
Thu Feb 18, 2021 2:39 pm
Forum: MYOG
Topic: sleeping bag anti-snag zip thingy
Replies: 11
Views: 6099

Re: sleeping bag anti-snag zip thingy

Use your thumb, in place if the anti-snag zip thingy.
by belugabob
Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:05 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: PSA - Helinox chairs
Replies: 12
Views: 826

PSA - Helinox chairs

Not sure if the prices are good or not, as I've never bought one, but I do know they are discussed on here, so thought I'd let you know that new stock is available at Taunton Leisure...

https://www.tauntonleisure.com/helinox? ... 72d5b0f2d6