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Adding a 2nd as I love the photo!!!

Got to get out before the salt comes! Bit wet so slippery fun times. Had to put the lid on as it was a bit nippy

Snetterton last week!

I picked up Andrew in the petrol station and the red arrows soon arrived, followed by Dave E shortly after. Luke and Rob Meeting at Hassop we had our first breakfast of the day in the ambirad heated outside area, overlooking the cars. Soon on the road, we made our way towards Winnats Pass, the autumn sunshine catching the colours of the trees beautifully. Approaching Winnats Pass The roads were quiet now that South Yorkshire is in tier 3 lockdown. I was quite licking my lips thinking of the run we would get up the Pass. With no traffic behind us I held the start and.... damn, there was very soon a constant stream of traffic on the Pass, but it was fun at the beginning. Up to the junction We had a great run for the rest of the way Passing the 'Cathedral of the Peak' the pretty, oversized church in Tideswell, I pointed it out in case you missed it! Steady through the village And back to it It was a lovely run, the roads were amazingly dry and we soon arrived at The Fountain Cafe, Bonsall where I had booked a table in the covered outdoor seating area. We at least had shelter from the cold wind, at the time of booking the forecast was showers so I thought we would be dry too. In fact the day never even looked like rain would arrive, it was sun, sun, sun. The Fountain puddle parking Did I just say the roads were dry? mmm yes, I never mentioned clean though did I? Wheel arch envy enabled. After a second breakfast (I never realised that the lunch menu would not be on yet did I?) it got as messy as a Peak District wheel arch at the cafe, CAKES ARRIVED! The Pear and Ginger cake tasted a bit like Parkin, very moist and the chocolate fudge cake had real cream on the topping, home baked heaven. I can't speak for Dave's almond and apple crumble but when his phone rang and he left the table it nearly got stolen. So here is hoping that Rob's new horse box will not be too 'expensively deer' and Dave will not be 'beaten by the fools experience' oh such a laugh, it must be the petrol fumes. Thanks guys for a most excellent day out and hope to see you all again very soon.

A wee 270 mile jaunt out , here’s a couple before I hit the rain lol

Just popped up on my Spotify “Discover Weekly” 👍

Thanks @Julie Hall - Peak District AO for organising yet another great run. Even if it did involve washing cow poo off the car in the rain when I got home 👌🏼

Took a early morning run to my old college, Harper Adam’s in Newport Shropshire. Place has changed quite a bit since I was there many moons ago! The old part still looking great.

New shoes and rims!

Left a 9.30 and just home now 270 miles. Left in lovely autumn sunshine and made a bad decision to go west !!!! raining and windy at Fort William where I fuelled up then onto the Corran ferry and then along the loch and mountain side, a single track road with sheep and cattle on it and so much water a boat would have been better, but so enjoyable. At the mallaig road I turned back towards Fort William and you could see the snow line just under the clouds. Back along loch laggan with the weather brightening and stopped for a fish supper in aviemore then home. Here’s a few pictures from today

I had exactly the same earlier this tear with my r1rs . On my list to swap this winter

Thanks Tim. I forgot to measure my tank inlet yesterday, so will measure next weekend.

Where the loss of life is preventable, guidance (and legislation) are brought in. In Scotland, where there's a Landlord (be it HMO or single private), it's the responsibility of the Landlord to ensure that the dwelling meets the fire safety criteria for HMO licencing or the standards set out for single domestic under the Repairing Standard, the latter of which will take it's lead from the new (now 2022 legislation). Local Authority and housing associations will need to pick up the tab for their properties. Privately owned houses will be a cost to the resident. I'm going to assume at this stage, that should a private homeowner struggle financially to come up to the new standard then there are charitable organisations to which they can (and should apply) .. a bit like what many can do now with Handy Helpers, etc. Unfortunately, for the likes of many of us, we'll be expected to foot the bill ourselves. Whether we see this as 'fair' or not, I don't find a lot of what goes on in society as fair but there you have it! Governments are under pressure from their own policies to drive down fire deaths and legislation is the ultimate (final) weapon in their arsenal. Will it 'drive down' fire deaths, I don't think so. Will it save more lives, absolutely.

An interesting stat... Rab, I don't think anyone is arguing against the principle of fitting modern smoke alarms to premises and if i was a landlord, I'd fit them simply out of a desire to attempt to do all I could to try and ensure safety for my tenants as well as my investment. The discussion is more to do with who pays, how they pay and whether this has been thought through adequately. I do agree with Don about "comatose" people not hearing it. I had a colleague who fell asleep in the hotel room above me. He'd left the shower on very hot and as heat and steam built up the smoke alarm in his room sounded. He never heard it. We had to get a manager to open the room and sort him out. And he wasn't even drunk, just really tired...

Yeah it’s like they’re colluding and deliberately choosing utter dross - but surely that can’t be happening, after all they’re British and not cads and bounders. Must just have crap taste then...

It'll come... I've had it when getting caught in aa torrential downpour on a dual carriageway on the way back from wales; kept trying to turn into the Armco, absolutely terrifying! But I've also had when going through a dip, underneath trees, on an otherwise dry road; the shade of the trees had kept the road surface slightly damp, was enough for the back to suddenly step out.

Tricky -> back to massive attack

But suffice it to say 2 Unlimited will never appear 😆

Arrived in post last week....

That is cracking value! Having set the car up I can confirm it's a good un. Yes it has been used plenty, but that just proves good reliability! Best of luck with the sale, Martin.

A tough time to sell a car that is ostensibly a toy, but this is just so much car for that money. If I didn't have one I'd snap this up. Just browse the spec, it is an assembly of parts you probably couldn't buy for 12k and some. If you don't desperately need the space or the money it is better in your garage until some post Covid spring, Jim

V70 Cross Country? Loved my V70 - had it for 13 years - took any amount of abuse and came back for more.

Au is the symbol for Gold on the periodic table, so, here is Golden Prayers by Leprous!

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. We are looking forward to meeting you. Ian & Nikki.

lovely, nice to see

A cracking day out again, thanks Julie! As expected, Colleen did indeed buy yet another form of horse transport.... A deep breath, fake smile applied and another row averted! Now to decide on my compensation 😂😂

So if average cost of say £400 per alarms installation (hopefully less) and 2.5 million dwellings, that equates to £1 Bn expenditure on new smoke/heat/co alarms. Is that proportionate to the risk? Will those laid off because of covid have the funds to meet additional expenditure especially as Martin Lewis answers plenty questions on mortgage holidays? It seems we are moving ever more rapidly into an idiocracy where cost will be irrelevant and every yard of coastline will require a lifeguard in case someone cannot swim in the sea, and every yard of coastal cliff will have to be fenced off in case the laws of gravity are too complex for some individuals to understand. This continues apace with cartons of Soya Milk requiring allergy advice stating "contains soya". Let's have a label on fish stating 'contains fish'. Anyone fancy starting a new thread for the most idiotic warnings?

But not influential enough to be able to persuade MP's to vote for it and/or have the jutzpa to defy the part whips for the good of the public? And the MP's who may have wanted to vote for it but were put off by a 3 line whip were themselves unable to make a persuasive case to their party for voting the bill through? I'm guessing the landlords involved weren't so much "tory MP landlords", the inference I took to mean many Tory MP's own and rent properties to supplement their income and feeds in to the "fat-cat" narrative, but more likely the landlords were the large construction industry, housing association and local council landlords who would definitely lobby their MP's to vote against. That's not to say that Tory (or indeed Labour) MP's don't sit on the boards of these companies/charities. I happen to know of 1 London MP of a Labour constituency who has influence within a large housing conglomerate. BUT my point is they are singular voices in these organisations rather than dictatorial leaders with the ability to force through anything they want. To me it sounds like this law would have meant that the Grenfell Tower disaster would automatically have been the "fault" of the local council. Whilst convenient, I don't see how that is fair, reasonable or proportionate. I am not sure it is possible to make a landlord (private, corporate, charity or local authority) responsible for the actions of tenants and even if it was possible, it will be policed once every 5 years, assuming the landlords (especially the big ones) actually get round to it. And lets face it the system might pass inspection at 10am on Monday and by 10.30 the kitchen detector has been removed or bypassed because it goes off when one burns the toast, an irritation that many of us live with and accept and that many others will take action to avoid. And to be clear here, I'm not against improved fire safety, of course not. But there is far more to this that "fat-cat Tory MP's" voting solely in their own interests.

You're obviously not trying hard enough Billy!😉😄

A moody day over the Lecht and then “ chasing dreams and rainbows “ lol

If we only allowed songs from the year 2000 onwards this would be a very quiet thread

Looks like you all had a great day out. Not jealous at all 😷

Just got bitten by r888r on a dry-then-damp-greasy road yesterday. My confidence in them was very high and they felt absolutely fine right up until the moment the back end went. Happened on a reasonably fast bend with no savage use of controls or throttle and totally surprised me! I was lucky enough to catch it - only scratched a wheel and cracked a rear arch from something thrown up under it by the scenery after some grass tracking action - but could have been so much worse!

Live in the North West and have 2 close friends Covid positive , both poorly and one in hospital. Brings home a bit the debate on what's acceptable and what's not.