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I hadn't realised before this that Jack Taylor ever made one. They must have needed a lot of persuasion - the brothers had strong ideas about what worked and what didn't.

Yes -
https://www.phoenixpianos.co.uk/

Whatever the preposition, the proposition would be impossible. Strangely enough, that may not always be so. After 150 years of evolutionary development, the fundamentals of grand piano design became virtually frozen after the Steinway Model D was launched c. 1900, despite some unresolved basic engi...

Oldjohnw wrote:I might have difficulty moving a grand piano.

Tried moving a grand in a car?

Derbyshire Police... The most telling thing about this latest episode, and the thing that should really make you think is: The police were already there and waiting. That pretty much confirms in my mind that their intention from the start was a PR exercise in appearing to be strict. They weren't th...

I see that both Hancock and Patel have today doubled down on hardline policing, citing the Derbys. incident and saying they want to see more of it. Whatever the rights and wrongs of this, it would be prudent to assume that anybody taking the liberal approach to the guidelines which several here have...

And, (from another report - Press & Journal) "A large police and forensic presence has been reported at a farm in the area where Parsons was last seen".

Oh dear.

But are you genuinely not aware of the disadvantages of paper maps? Thanks Jonathan Indeed. For the OS 1:50k series, the scale most likely to be used by road cyclists, and by comparison with equivalent products from peer national mapping agencies in Europe, the practical shortcomings include bulk, ...

sjs wrote:
In the end though the best way for me is to spend time with paper OS maps spread out on a table, to pick my own set of yellow roads, and then to turn them into a gpx. A bit time-consuming though.

So why not just carry the paper map?

We did this on the tandem c.1998, with a bottom gear of 34 x 28 (ie 32"), carrying touring (but not camping) gear. As others have said, the largely uniform gradient made it feel like an Alpine climb, not too bad at all. And yes, the coast road onward from Applecross (then only recently opened) ...

. For walking I've switched to Harveys 1:40K where possible because I find they're just better for the job than either OS 1:25K or 1:50K (the latter has insufficient detail in steep areas with too close a contour interval and no depiction of boulder fields, the former has far too much irrelevant de...

I often wonder how I should react to a sign which warns me of falling rocks, though. Should I put up an umbrella, perhaps? I used to have the same reaction, until somebody in the Alps (where those signs are frequent) pointed out that the sign was actually advising you to look out for fallen rocks a...

Mick F wrote:Rime?

Don't you mean rhyme?

Rime's OK for you Ancient Mariners, Mick.

On the rare occasions when you see a thoroughbred performance car (Ferrari etc), as distinct from go-faster versions of mass market cars, they seem to be driven as you imagine your prim and proper granny might drive. I can only suppose that's because of the cost implications of the smallest bump.

I've just read Cycling UK's response to the Planning White Paper. An excellent piece of work - far better and to the point than others I've seen from sources rather more obviously impacted by planning policy. The new planning system is likely to have a more far-reaching effect on the future of cycli...