Recent content by andya700

If I was 45 years younger, then given the way most drivers treat cyclists, there is no way I would have taken up cycling, let alone cycle racing.

Something happened yesterday which really annoyed me. We haven't watched TV since mid 2020 and have notified the BBC twice in that time. Yesterday there was a knock on the door and my wife answered it. Apparently, it was a guy in his fifties/sixties, dressed in blue (no badges), who handed my...

There is also the Midlands Air Festival over Ragley Hall, near Alcester in Warwickshire, today and tomorrow. Down here in Kent we have had a few spitfires over today, including the one which belly landed in a field early last year. https://www.midlandsairfestival.com/

That is awful about your mate. We have just changed surgeries, to one much closer and they managed to give my wife a blood test within three days of joining, whereas the previous surgery couldn't get her one for two months. Apparently the new surgery doesn't use Anima, so, we will see how we get...

before my health troubles, I loved my garden, keeping it tidy, doing hanging baskets etc. However, the last gardening was done three years ago and the garden is a complete mess. I went out just now for an hour and I am completely done in, nearly filled the large brown waste bin with brambles. I...

I have spent the last two days indoors, with the curtains pulled and the windows open, this weather doesn't suit my ticker.

I still cannot believe that we drove to Sorrento back in 2012, some of the roads were quite intimidating, as was the Gottard Pass, which we drove over. I have no doubt that I wouldn't be able to do that now, I would be a quivering wreck. We used the Circumvesuviana railway to visit Naples and...

Following my multiple bad reactions from the first AZ Covid jab on 27th February 2021, one of the reactions, was extreme vertigo, to the extent, that I have to plan journeys and days out very carefully. To give an example, in September 2022, we were coming back from Dinard, our first holiday...

2 ton SUV's do far more damage to the roads than a 1 ton car, it really is that simple. Both our cars weigh around 1.4 tons. https://cleancitiescampaign.org/1-million-cars-sold-every-year-too-big-to-park/

I would have confronted him immediately about the damage to the car, because if you don't, then it will escalate, because he will see you as a soft touch. Some people are just nasty.

We went to Le Touquet last year and the roads in France put our to shame. I reckon ours are the worst in Europe, comparable to places like Albania. https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/uk-potholes-put-drivers-off/

The following could happen to any car, not just EV's, but it is an area of concern, given the numbers of Chinese EV's being imported by the UK. On February 17th, Poland banned Chinese made vehicles from entering sensitive military facilities. There are reports of large numbers of Porches in...

You can, but the dealer who sold us the Mercedes (I was driving my Alfa today), told us to put the lights on auto all the time. I prefer my 2008 Alfa, where the driver is in control of the various settings.

Who gets to decide that though?

I agree, I think the people who try to become politicians, are now the very people who should not be in positions of power.