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Perhaps you have an obsession (meant in jest pls note)

That said my car has those A pillar obscuring blind spots you mention,I'm aware of them and move my head and whole upper body at times to get a clear view. I do the same in modern cars. A very poor idea of 'safety' on the car of the designers/manufacturers to think of just minimising the effects of...

Having the windscreen cluttered and obscuring the required range of vision, and bearing in mind both he and the company had been informed that this was unacceptable, means that he and the company were wilfully committing an offence whether or not any incident occurred or not. It is clear that police...

“This would only really bother those drivers who hate been told what to do, hate having to obey speed limits and hate leaving a sensible distance to the vehicle in front” And they will continue to drive dreadfully even if they are brought to the attention our lax enforcement/punishment system be tha...

We have had our first frost down south over the weekend so really handy to have had a local source earlier than normal.

A 4 mile commute, just do it in your normal clothes on a basic hybrid or MTB. No need for expensive or specialty kit. Some cheap waterproofs for when it is really chucking down might be worth it but to be honest is doesn’t really rain very hard very often. Don’t over complicate this, you will only b...

DWR coatings can be ‘refreshed’ by cool ironing or a cool just warm tumble dry. Nikwax make products that can reapply the DWR coating. Just remember though effect ventilation is far more effective than any ‘breathable’ fabric and in rain (when you would expect to wear these things) the breathability...

For best performance: Use high quality air bed (like Therma Rest Neo Air series, they have various cold ratings and they are very durable and easily repaired if worst happens) Use down quilt - down underneath is waste of time as it compresses to nothing - with sufficient rating for expected temperat...

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Fuel used on deep ocean shipping needs to be heated and filtered on board the ship in order to make it usable.

I am living without one of these internal combusion engines

You are living with them if you buy any imported goods.

Why don’t you cycle to Portsmouth, it would only take a day and a bit of easy cycling maybe less depending on your fitness and gear weights? You seem quite happy to be cycling multiple days in France?

20 minutes from Paddington to Moorgate during working hours? That sound very optimistic! Euston road would be the easiest road, but it's not great. I am not very familiar with the "Cycle Highways" or whateverthey call them, but I'd probably try to go through back roads to Regent's park, P...

Forgot to mention there is a secure bike cage at Maidenhead Stn - 10yds down the alleyway to right of main Stn entrance.

I commuted from Maidenhead to London (Westminster) through Paddington for a few years and used two cheap bikes, one at each end. Both were scratched second hand hybrids but drivetrains were good and I looked after them so reasonably efficient. No hills on your London route to speak off so no real ne...

‘Using’ a mobile phone in your hand clearly includes any and all of its functionality irrespective of what purpose you are pursuing. This judgement simply ignores the intent behind the legislation that typing or pressing any buttons on a phone or the screen itself is distracting the driver from what...

If cycle lane is closed I’d just cycle on the road where the cars go - is that actually illegal in any circumstances (other than motorway)?