English by birth, and by God's grace not from Yorkshire.

Other witticisms are available.

The market for 8 valve BMW boxer heads isn't what it was either

Buy a pair of J bars for the roof rack, canoes are quite easily deformed by too much tension on the straps.

Started the process of exchanging my UK driving licence for a German one. Very simple but I'll lose the small lorry and coach entitlements, I'd need to have medicals, both here and in the UK. I don't see a circumstance that I might need to drive a small lorry as an amateur.

It sounds similar to mine. What I've done is load all my music onto a USB stick and then prefixed a random number to each file. That's done by a small program running in Linux.

Could be. I'm usually not in a rush and the traffic is very light so not much need to overtake. The occasional pushbike,tractor or Simson moped(Faahsands of 'em).

Now comes the fun of trying to keep the weight off. As I mentioned before, in the course of a year I've lost over 25kgs, that's about a 1lb per week. A changed diet and lots of physical work, stress helps quite early on too. I haven't been this light since the late 1980s,

At last. This isn't the bit of road I first thought of but it's one I travel on frequently. It runs NNW-SSE

Yesterday was a party to celebrate the anniversary of my moving to Germany.

Today is a party at a friends house.

Tomorrow back to the shed

Monday, my spawn arrive and stay for a few days.

I probably shouldn't add anything,but it's the interwebz innit. :P

I don't care about food,other than it's fuel to keep you alive,so the least amount of time wasted,the better. The whole preparation and clearing up all for 15 minutes eating time,wears me down. Part of the reason I hate Xmas,it's ...

My spawn know if they bought me something like they'd be written out of my will.

KungFooBob wrote: Thu Jun 18, 2026 7:06 pm It's Gyles.

Not Giles, like what normal people are called.

That's what slithy toves do.

Happy? I tried it once, it's overrated.

gremlin wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2026 10:58 am Most exciting thing I do in laybys is stop for a prostate induced pee.

You're probably better at dribbling that any of the England football team.

I'll try to remember on the way back from work tonight. If I can find my compass, or download one I'll take a bearing on direction too.

What research is there on this? I ask as one my local roads has been patched, very well, it's still smooth, to the extent it looks like a monochrome Mondrian. Tree lined and gently undulating, it's mildly challenging to spot small dull coloured vehicles at a distance.

Too many to list. But then I've not lived in a city since 1988 and most of my holidays have been going to various cities.

The standout on for me is the Schwebebahn in Wupperthal. I've been twice now, both detours while nearby. https://schwebebahn.de/en

Going for a quick swim after work to rinse the dust off.

A red one.

An enjoyable afternoon. Quite a big event I think, not just local riders, there were teams from places a few hours drive away. Lot's a newish vans with awnings, caravans etc.. A good age range for the spectators, from small kids to old giffers. Three ambulances at strategic points, they got some use ...