https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/ccbb0c7f-47f6-41fe-a48b-fcd7fec61bd1?intc_type=singletheme&intc_location=bbcthree&intc_campaign=bbcthree&intc_linkname=article_flyertravelhack_contentcard3 He'll be setting up a hammock, on the plane, next - or sleeping in one of the overhead lockers.

Burton's?!!!

Younger viewers may not understand this (are Burton's still in existence, in some god- forsaken corner of the country?)

What size is it - larch?

whitestone wrote:An old trick that works with any vessel is to tilt it so the liquid touches both the lip and the upper edge of the base. This is exactly half the volume of the vessel

Doesn't this rely on the vessel being a uniform cross section, all the way down?

(Sneaks off to check...)

Circular aluminium plate with 4 holes, 90 degrees apart - 2 oriented for the light and 2 oriented for the mount. Attach plate to light, with countersunk screws, offer the plate up to the mount and screw from below. ? Hmmm... could work if the alu plate eas thick enough to get a thread going. But fi...

Circular aluminium plate with 4 holes, 90 degrees apart - 2 oriented for the light and 2 oriented for the mount.
Attach plate to light, with countersunk screws, offer the plate up to the mount and screw from below.

?

+1 for the marks on the spork - kind of like a dipstick. Just need to remember that it'll be calibrated for that diameter of pot, so you'll have to repeat the process if you get a pot with a different diameter

And then apply loads of helicopter tape ( or similar) where the new strap will rub against your frame.
(Currently devising a solution to this, myself)

If you were truly OCD, such a large list of jobs would never have accumulated

You had me at "Selina Scott"

#oldgit

belugabob wrote:
Pretty much always "Morning madam/sir/kids/little dog/Mr magpie

And do you salute the latter?

Of course, unless I'm pulling a super-rad manoeuvre that requires both hands on the bars

Pretty much always "Morning madam/sir/kids/little dog/Mr magpie/horsey/sunrise/whatever !" If they don't react appropriately, then they're the one with a problem. Being out and about on a bike is such a joyous thing (despite the best efforts of the weather/terrain) you need to have somethi...

Excellent effort!

Maybe I should buy a breast pump - I've got the moobs for it...

Nice work!

Put the kettle on spooky

Ta very muchly - something to read during my next Bothy visit

I was going to suggest beard shavings, but you're a bike packer, so probably don't shave your beard

Bearbonesnorm wrote:A Monkii clip probably won't open up enough to go round the forks.

It will, but that decathlon mount looks pretty good

Monki-clip and monki-cage?

Not quite the end of the year, but I popped out for a 38 mile road ride, yesterday, to get to 11x11 - turned out to be a 46 mile rile, thanks to a fairly short connecting road being closed and the diversion being a long way round. It was a great day to be out, though, so the extra miles weren't a gr...

RIP wrote:And all because the lady loves......

(maybe it's only me who remembers that one)

With that checked shirt, he's more likely to be delivering shortbread biscuits than chocolates

Starting from an 8x8 state, I popped out - yesterday - to fill in some gaps at one edge, with the intention of it being preparation for another ride to extend the other edge. Accidentally progressed to 9x9 - but, surprisingly, not including the original 8x8. Also managed to ride completely round two...

Made it up from 7 overlapping 14x14 squares to 3 times 15x15 today. It's mostly road work to expand the square at the moment so it depends if I've been feeling like it. I think 16 shouldn't take much more effort, although one of them is still in the middle of Crawley, then it gets much harder again...

Filled in one missing tile (which was awkward to get to, due to proximity to a busy dual carriageway), to jump from 6x6 to 8x8.

Got some more rides planned over the Xmas break - I can see this becoming quite addictive :)

My brain is trying to work out some kind of e-bike/tag-along hybrid, to allow others to take the strain for Rich. (And I've not been drinking)

Chin up, Rich - does sound like you've got a good attitude to what is basically crap news.

Good advice on the Carpe Diem front, too.