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I am moving from Ipswich to Pendeen (between St Ives and Land's end) and also retiring next year may/june time. I am thinking about commemorating the event, and also move my bike, by cycling from Ipswich to Pendeen (few km north of Penzance).
I know the way by car and by train, but don't fancy the M25 and A303 on a bike and train seems a bit of a cop-out.
I am not looking for someone to provide me a detailed blow by blow route, but any broad brush suggestions, for or against particular routes/waypoints, or where to find on-line routes, would be appreciated.
May need to add a few teeth to sprocket also....
Peter
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In the last two or three of weeks I have had a couple of near misses with other bikes - nearly creamed by a RLJ at a cross roads and nearly rear-ended when I stopped at a red.
Are bike on bike accidents common? Getting more common?
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Good luck. My daughter volunteered on witness support for some time: it is an unsung service.
I echo the sentiment that the potential sentence is a bit feeble, but perhaps if you drive professionally points on license might be more important than to the rest of us.
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ban pies, fried chicken and doughnuts.
Nah! I'd die.
I am 1.780 and 60kg and live on that stuff. Blood pressure ok and cholesterol ok(ish) too.
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My take on this is:
I buy a calendar most years, or at least signal strongly to Father Christmas that one would go down well. But it has to have stunning production values: big, good colour, good paper, great pix. Phases of the moon, National Days of Mourning, or even dates (!) are secondary. This sort of thing: http://www.nouvellesimages.com/Lighthouses_Jean-GUICHARD_art~CY12011_id~calendriers_mode~zoom (Oops! no bikes)
I think they are gift (or self-indulgence) items and should be seen as such. No reason why a calendar shouldn't be June to May following year...
I would say that the medium should be paper and not "e-". There is a strong reluctance to pay for e-thingys, unless you are confident of large enough volume (huge) to make the price really low like 99p on PayPal
I suppose I am saying that a calendar is a marketing ploy for selling a batch of prints to people who do not see themselves as print buyers
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I've used a laptop exclusively professionally for >10 years. About 6 hours a day with extensive travel. IBM (and then Lenovo) Thinkpads are light and reliable and have long guarantees, which get honored without fuss when needed. I have had 3 Thinkpads in about 11 years. The current one, an X60s, is 3 years old and still fine, previous two have been handed down and are still working, if a bit small and slow now.
My guidelines are:
- It must be light (a house brick weighs about 2.5kg - same as a light-ish laptop. Try a house brick in your courier bag!)
- Remember the weight of the charger too!
- Don't bother with DVD drive - extra weight; just mount one over the network if you need it and copy the files over.
- Get max installed memory from the outset. This allows for caching and increases battery life.
- Laptops are expensive to repair so get one with 3 year guarantee
- It must be light (a house brick weighs about 2.5kg - same as a light-ish laptop. Try a house brick in your courier bag!)
Thanks for all that. Didn't go to ctc after going on a holiday/trip with them to Italy years ago and getting dressed down by the leader 'cause we had good maps and knew how to use them.
Links are useful, and previously unknown to me.
Hadn't thought about headwinds - should have realized since we have sailed from East Coast to Cornwall a few times, and it is up-hill!