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BMWs are a bit of a premium product right. OK so how come so many of them have indicators that don't work? Given the money you pay for one of these things, you would think that they could at least get that detail right.

Agreed re checking the glue. Got a wee visit after riding down the Strathblane section of the West Highland Way - an old railway. First in a while - the glue had gone, solvent evaporated. OK there was the spare - but of course I had loaded up the MTB spare in error. Got home by wrapping the PVC tape...

It has happened here in Scotland with the notorious A90 between Queensferry and Cramond. No alternative given, unless you count Sustrans' Route 1 which is a narrow pavement barely wide enough for one bike.

Shropshire is not far away - posesses a dense yellow road network.

A twist on this might be "Classic" routes, something akin to the 100 greatest climbs. Where I live (Nottingham) one classic ride is to Skegness. It is said that you are not a "proper" cyclist until you have done this ride. It's about 75 miles and there's a classic main road rout...

What a foul and lazy piece of journalism. Note how even the Olympics are being used to bash us. (some medals good, some medals bad?) Another posting says that Mitchell did not act to the high standards that we need to get a hearing. Trouble is, behave and you get the "sanctimonious, holier than...

"driving a Merc through a red light"

No case to answer - next.

What were the equivalents 50 years ago in the 1960s? At that time I was in grammar school with a strictish uniform code. It is still usual for this to be the case. As for the original incident, I was pushed off my bike and given a "good kicking" only a km away when I had the misfortune to...

The navigational uncertainty is the joy of Sustrans. You never know where you are going to end up.

Not for those who need to get somewhere.

Yes this is already being used by the bike haters. I have a feeling that some folk find the bike more offensive than the public school bullytalk.

wetterzentrale.de is a good place too.

I have a problem seeing the broken glass - at this time of year it is often hidden under hedgetrimmings.

Thank you all for some well considered and informative replies. The reason I asked is that it is now common for many photographs loaded onto the geograph.org.uk site to be taken through a windscreen of a moving vehicle. There has been some discussion of the legalities, but nobody is too sure over th...

largeallan wrote:At that time of year mate, I'd say camp sites being open is the least of your worries!!

Actually it is a rather good time to tour in Scotland - lovely colours, no midges, not usually too cold yet and reduced traffic.

I am in dispute in another place as to the legality or otherwise of using a camera while driving a car. I maintain, and seriously hope that this is illegal. I do not believe this to be covered by mobile telephone legislation unless the "camera" is a telephone, or otherwise capable of trans...