classic33
Leg End Member
You were lucky getting your new telly then.
The Retirement Thread
- Thread starter Dirk
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I have the 245M. ( the “ M” designates Music, it has extra storage so you can listen to music / podcasts via Bluetooth without needing to carry a phone, I don’t, it just happened to be on offer when I was looking )
If you’re a runner then it has 90% of the functionality of the top of the range model, a true runners watch ( though it does swimming/ cycling/ walking/ etc too )
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Just come on here to post something interesting/important
read to the end to catch up
now I have no idea what I was going to post
read to the end to catch up
now I have no idea what I was going to post
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I've just been upstairs...........and come down again.............I'll try again later.......if I remember why I went upstairs.Just come on here to post something interesting/important
read to the end to catch up
now I have no idea what I was going to post
classic33
Leg End Member
I thought you said you lived in a bungalow type house.I've just been upstairs...........and come down again.............I'll try again later.......if I remember why I went upstairs.
Are you in the right house?
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
No, we live in a terraced cottage. My wife has just come home so I'm confident I'm in the right place!
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Not the first time something has come to mind that I want to check on Google and I’ve forgotten what it was by the time I open the page.Just come on here to post something interesting/important
read to the end to catch up
now I have no idea what I was going to post
Just watching the news then I think I will put the TV off as there’s nothing I fancy watching.
classic33
Leg End Member
No murders being committed before they've managed to clear the opening credits!Not the first time something has come to mind that I want to check on Google and I’ve forgotten what it was by the time I open the page.
Just watching the news then I think I will put the TV off as there’s nothing I fancy watching.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
There’s a Vera repeat on ITV3 at 8. Suppose I could watch it. I’ll see. Might just play on the ipad.
classic33
Leg End Member
Same people will still end up being murdered you know.
Our journey to Wimborne proved very fortuitous, our favourite ground coffee was on offer in the Co-Op and we managed to miss our bus by less than a minute, necessitating taking refuge in the pub while waiting for the next one.
The pub has been refurbished since our last visit, I popped to the gents and saw that the decorations include illustrations from the Daily Sketch supplements circa 1949.
Very risqué. I had my hands full at the time, but did manage to snap this before I left.
The pub has been refurbished since our last visit, I popped to the gents and saw that the decorations include illustrations from the Daily Sketch supplements circa 1949.
Very risqué. I had my hands full at the time, but did manage to snap this before I left.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Northern (trains) cancelled the train that I was going to catch home from my recent Forest of Bowland forum ride. I ended up riding an extra 37 km to get home when I was already very tired, and 45 minutes of that was after dark - fortunately, I had emergency lights in my bag. I was NOT happy about it! 
I just got an email from Northern accepting my claim for compensation and telling me that a ticket for any return trip on the Northern network is in the post. If it arrives in time (which it should), I will use it for my trip to York on September 11th for the Humber Bridge forum ride.
I paid £8.05 for my original return ticket to Clitheroe but only got to use it for the outward leg. My ticket to York would normally cost me more than that even if I were to book the cheapest combination of Advance tickets, and doing that would commit me to trains that I might miss if there were problems/delays on the ride. This way, I can hop on any Northern train I like.
So, it is like I got my trip to Clitheroe free, and am saving money on my York journey AND getting flexible travel times. I'm happy with that!
I just got an email from Northern accepting my claim for compensation and telling me that a ticket for any return trip on the Northern network is in the post. If it arrives in time (which it should), I will use it for my trip to York on September 11th for the Humber Bridge forum ride.
I paid £8.05 for my original return ticket to Clitheroe but only got to use it for the outward leg. My ticket to York would normally cost me more than that even if I were to book the cheapest combination of Advance tickets, and doing that would commit me to trains that I might miss if there were problems/delays on the ride. This way, I can hop on any Northern train I like.
So, it is like I got my trip to Clitheroe free, and am saving money on my York journey AND getting flexible travel times. I'm happy with that!
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Exlaser2
Veteran
So I have been told , but I’ve never see it because it always rains on me . North or South Wales is fine , but with mid wales as soon as I get to Montgomery ( where one of my grandads came from ) it starts to cloud over. By the time I get to Newtown it’s raining and by the time I get to Aberystwyth it’s like I am in some kind of weather based disaster movie.😂😂😂
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
PS
Different rail companies have different compensation policies.
If you have problems with a journey on Northern, keep your ticket(s). You will need to photograph it/them if you make a claim. 'Delay Repay' details HERE.
You may be offered a half or full fare refund. Don't take it! Go for the free ticket option instead as long as you will make another journey within the validity period of such a ticket. Then use the ticket on a more expensive journey. I could go to Carlisle or Newcastle to the north, or Stoke-on-Trent, Sheffield or Nottingham to the south, Scarborough to the east and so on...
Different rail companies have different compensation policies.
If you have problems with a journey on Northern, keep your ticket(s). You will need to photograph it/them if you make a claim. 'Delay Repay' details HERE.
You may be offered a half or full fare refund. Don't take it! Go for the free ticket option instead as long as you will make another journey within the validity period of such a ticket. Then use the ticket on a more expensive journey. I could go to Carlisle or Newcastle to the north, or Stoke-on-Trent, Sheffield or Nottingham to the south, Scarborough to the east and so on...
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I have been to north and south Wales 5 times in my life.
Every time the weather has been atrocious.
The last time, 4 years back, I never got to see the Brecon Beacons, the roads leading up were just rivers of water flowing down.
We stayed at Newgale in Pembrokeshire, for 3 days, we saw the sun for a couple of hours before breakfast, then down came the rain for the next few days.
We came home two days early. As we crossed the Severn bridge back into England, the rain stopped and the sun came out. No word of a lie.
Somewhere on the Beacons.
