Steve_M

A wheel on my sack truck has broken and I can’t find a replacement wheel with the correct shaft diameter. Most seem to be 16 or 20mm dia. not the 12mm of my sack truck. It seems a new sack truck is needed. Of course, sack trucks are rarely needed but are vital on those few occasions when moving heavy objects, such as plant pots, is needed. I have a budget... Any recommendations on a suitable sack truck?

I was tempted to find something only available at the Penrith store. The shortest* route is using the B6413, which just happens to be quite scenic, rural with some interesting twists and turns. *The M6 route is quicker but I do feel the shorter route is the one I should take.

I went and collected some stuff from Screwfix on my bike. As Screwfix if 14miles away, and Google maps sends me a scenic route, it was a perfectly legal reason and Route. I didn’t even extend it to go get petrol. Damn.

Though I’m pleased it’s no longer required, it’s still bloody annoying that the need for delivering NHS scrubs has tapered off. I got a few good rides in during last year delivering stuff to various charities and care homes. Especially the places on the West of the Lake District. Returning home over the passes on nearly empty roads was wonderful.

All the best.

and your point is. Back on topic. @dynax A couple of thoughts. Some solicitors provide a short initial consultation for free. Norfolk has a community law service offering a free 15 minute consultation. Is there anything like that where you are?

Nick Sanders runs off road “adventure tours” in the Pyrenees. He insists that the riders joining him use soft luggage for a number of reasons. Mostly because of the safety aspect and also if you drop a bike on aluminium panniers they will permanently deform and become useless.

Errr... are you sure you don’t mean you’ve been in a court for soliciting?

Good evening. I’ve just watched This video and winced at the opening sequence. Interesting reviews, though.

Good morning. I had a strange conversation with my son last night. It’s his birthday soon and he’s asked me to buy him some noise cancelling earphones as a present, to replace the ones he lost. He’s an expert at losing stuff. It is, I would say, his core skill. On this occasion he claimed it wasn’t his fault. Yea, right! As it happens, they appear to have been stolen while he was trying to talk a girl out of jumping from a bridge. He’d taken them off and dropped them on a bench to talk to her. Another guy managed to grab hold of her and my lad then also grabbed hold of her and held her until the police arrived. His headphones had gone when he went back to retrieve them. Dead proud of the boy. He said it was the scariest thing he’s ever done in his life. He will be getting a case of wine to go along with the earplugs for his birthday.

Therein lies the problem with having a clean car. The slightest bit of Saharan desert shows up.

Good evening. I had a nice little trip out to Screwfix on the bike today. Out by the shortest route, and return by the route that Google maps recommends (it doesn’t think that a road on the shortest route is passable). This view makes me stop and pause for a moment every time I see it.

Interesting article. The change your Google settings link embedded in the article is handy I just want to find the setting which stops the YouTube adverts for finance headed by Farage. Like I’d trust his opinion.

I take it you don’t use Google.

You’re just not trying. There’s still plaster on the walls.

Now that takes me back. Saturdays, walking over to Villa Park from Aston Cross, past the (Mitchell and Butlers?) brewery with a fabulous smell of hops then, shortly after, past the HP factory which stank to high heaven.

Camping? I thought this was a decent, civilised forum. Such language.

Err, yes. We had a slight odour in our dining room not long after we bought the house. We employed someone to sort it out. It seems bodgit and scarper builders incorporated had done some dodgy plumbing to take the stack out of the house and it had broken as it passed through the wall underground. The guy doing the work, familiar as he was with this sort of situation, was working on it in five minute shifts pausing to get breath at regular intervals. I stayed out of the house other than to offer him cups of tea.

You leave my bollox out of this, they’re out of sight and doing no one any harm...

More Peter Sellers...

Welcome to my world. Tyre pressure gauge, mobile phone and good quality European breakdown cover has worked for me so far.

Some years ago I joined the Old Gits on one of their tours. I have since based my own touring checklist on theirs, modified slightly to our particular needs. This Checklist link is indicative of what we carry.

In your position I would join the Trail Riders Federation.

Adnams Broadside. Always good. The programme is excellent. Highly recommended and, if you have Amazon Prime (I get it as part of my Vodafone mobile phone package) it’s free.

Good point. Well made. I blame the beer.