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Daft question, but why's that an issue? No point him speccing a £xxk kitchen if you're looking at a different price point.

Another approach we use with ours is to do divert them from dogs/people we don't want them near. Rather than 'come here' we'll use 'this way' (with a wave or walking a different way) to change her direction. Means she can keep running around without coming all the way back, but gives others space where needed.

Trained her by essentially randomly changing direction when out walking and calling at the same time. Let's her know we're heading this way now.

It's fairly easy. One of those jobs with several steps, each of which has to be done right, but each is fairly straightforward. Do some you-tubing for how to fit the hinges and handles and, if it seems ok for you, would give it a try. Only thing I would do is hire or buy a circular/track saw for it, think it would be hard to get a good finish with a handsaw.

Feels high to me. We paid about £3k in Bristol to have ceilings in 4/5 rooms reboarded and the rest of them skimmed.

For what it's worth, I don't put much by the whole 10%/ week thing. Bodies take time to adapt to new loads and a week is not long in the scheme of things. I generally take the approach of only upping distance or intensity when I feel good/easy running current distances. Can be as much as 6 weeks between steps.

Real or AI?

... and the dog...

Got round to processing pics from the last year or so. Some favorites -

TBF I've fitted these types of latches before with no prior experience. It was fine - drill the hole then chisel out a little bit for the face. Took 20/30 mins.

Thanks, good to know.

Anyone managed to aggravate their Achilles running - how long did it take to heal? Have been resting it a couple of weeks, but still aches and am steadily moving from pragmatic to fed up of it.

Jeepers, imagine the second one could have caused a bit of a moment..?

On the spiked roller, it just didn't seem to do much. Understand they help break the surface tension to help level, and remove air pockets. It may have removed air (and I would use it again, just in case) but it didn't make much difference to the levelling.

It's honestly ok. Kinda like icing a big cake, where the icing wants to co-operate.

I have. Found the stuff we used did self-level, so long as you put enough down. I only needed a couple of mm, but found I got a much better finish once the thickness got closer to a cm - think it was just the mass overcoming the surface tension. Below this it took some care to get a smooth outcome. Found plastering trowels useful, the spikey rakes not so much.

Not an expert, but it came out ok. Oh, and very much a task to do with someone. One person mixes, one pours and levels.

^ also, suggest a thick pair of gloves to handle any and all glass. Edges can be v. sharp.

It could also be familiarity. Had similar issues with ours and the flashy tube lights people/dogs/cyclists wear after dark. Trained ours via lots of reassurance - soon as she saw one told her to heel or sit, then gave lots of praise/strokes until it was gone. In time started walking up to people wearing them, asking if my dog could say hi. After a while she relaxed, and now just ignores them.

Would move the saddle back, then raise the bars a bit.

^ speaking to a colleague the other day, whose husband decided he needed cow manure to put on his garden. Went and made a deal with a local farmer, a trailer-load for £50 or something.

Farmer turned up with a full construction-style tipping trailor and dumped it all on their drive. The pics showed it towering above their front door. Apparently it took two days to shift.

Interesting. Very much not looking to copy.. did our floors over the winter, and was wondering if I'd missed a trick somewhere. No way in hell I'm doing that again.

Looks good. Any reason for doing the edge in non-herrongbone, rather than taking the skirting off and going to the edges? Seems like a lot more to get perfect.

I wish I could see salads as being as satisfying as pretty much anything else on a menu, but I just don't. I do know what you mean, especially the satisfaction of good decisions, but salads are more of a head decision than heart (stomach) decision. Easy to stick to when rested and relaxed, less so after a day's work & travel.

That's fantastic ^

^ thanks both, helpful. Always used to see time away for work as treat time, which was fine when it was twice/yr, less great when it's >twice/month. Finding it surprisingly hard to adjust my mentality.

Question - how do you manage your eating when not at home? I'm travelling a lot for work at the moment, and finding it hard to keep on the wagon when I don't have the option of cooking for myself. Ordering salads at a restaurant feels wrong somehow.

To me, that sounds like a sensible and healthy day's food. Weight can and will fluctuate day to day. Personally I'd keep on that track and monitor over a few weeks, and adjustable according to the overall trend.