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wondering which of the two accents is easier to understand... probably Eninburgh too

Why I would be asking for advice from you lot I have no idea, but here goes; N01 daughter has been given the opportunity to study in the UK for 6 months next year at some point. We were hoping that Warwick was oing to be an option cos I have family not too far away which is always reassuring, but she has been offered Liverpool or Edinburgh, either of which I know vey little about having only visited either of them by boat for a 24h stopover. Anybody any toughts or suggestions?

The one bonus of having children old enough to drive!

any corroberating sources? I have no clue who the person posting that is and she doesnt cite her sources, the fact that it is not in the mainstream media is not in itself a proof of reliability. I dont trust the mainstream media either by the way as they all without exception have their own agenda and bias which dictates their interpretation of events.

maybe I'm confusing it with tiktoktwat or whatever it's called.

great pics Yen, that first one is a corker!

Nope But I know all the professional Youtoobers are desperate for us all to follow them on twitter as well as sign up for their U-teube channels and I'm damn certain they wouldn't bother if they didn't make money from it. there's already been a plethora of fake photos and info on farcebuke so why should twatter or slapcat or any of the other social media plateforms be any different?

OH FFS! the worse the news the more likes and followers you get, the more money you can make. make stuff up, fuck it if it makes me money its good right?

yep, it even has a "Museum of middle ages technicalProgress" which alleges to chronicle the progress of technical inventions through the middle ages. https://www.burgundy-tourism.com/sit/chateau-de-faulin

stop watching the bloody news, their income increases with viewing figures and those figures increase with fear and angst. That is a basic conflict of interest, tell the truth factually and honestly or earn more money and prestige by embellishing it with menace and threat using words like " violate" "threatened" and "repercussions".

great pics there Fred

2 hours and a bit doing a southwards loop using almost exclusively minor backroads. temps were around 10 to 12deg with 7/10ths cloud cover and almost no wind. a chateau that you,ve seen before , Chateau de Faulin, built in the 15th century. Main difference between a !5th century French chateau fort and an english 15th century castle? look closely at the tower on the right The arrow slits are horizontal. Adapted for crossbow use rather than the english longbow which needed vertical slits. ( I know you really needed to know that and will all sleep better for knowing it ) and a very enjoyable 2 hours it was!

sooner or later yes, but don't tell anyone I agreed with you ok?

s'funny how none of these "predictions" were ever bandied about before the events themselves. They are also ALWAYS negative. ( they are also ALWAYS absolute bollox, but that's just my opinion)

never had an automatic before so can't really compare ( though have driven plenty of autos with flappy ears or tiptronic boxes but couldn;t really see the point. I CAN see the point howevr if you're gettting into 4WD and diff lock situations where I wouldn't want an automatic at all. I haven't yet driven the CVT in a mountainous region so can't say how effective it is, except that wth the hybrid version, the electric motor recuperates energy from the wheels to recharge the batteries which makes the engine braking more apparent than most auto boxes.

That actually makes more sense than how it was explained to me last week, sounds like personal bias was getting in the way of factual knowlege. Thanks

my Toyota Auris, which is hybrid and obviously has their CVT ( continuous Variable Transmission) which is a bizarre type of automatic box ( but doesn't actually have "staged" gears as such, has no manual mode. It does have a position with enhanced engine braking and increased energy recuperation via the wheels to recharge the batteries for use in moutainous areas which reduces the amount of actual brake needed.

yes indeed, 2 years since we saw them last, almost to the day.

a report in the UK last week suggested that the majority of todays university students will be repaying their student loans well into their 60's...! average cost of a years at university inthe UK now at somewhere between 10 and 15 thousand pounds?! I'm sooooglad i refused that path when it was offered me. Here I pay about 250€ a year administration fee for N01 Daughter and the rest is free ( I obviously pay board and lodging) adn as a scholarship student she can eat in the University restaurant for 1€ per meal. To reply to Grace's original post, we don't do Valentines day gifts either but I used it as an excuse to buy her a bracelet which has "over the MooN" picked out in morse code...

got back from the UK late last night and today so far i'm into the third machine of washing, have removed roof box and bars from the car, washed the car and done the twins maths and French homework with them. weather is positively summery but looks like I won't get out on the bike if we all want to get back to work / School in good order tomorrow. Then I'll just need a weeks holiday to get over this one...

I had some pics but they were on my pooter which I didn't have with me in blighty and we didn't get home till late last night so too late. t's got to be Tango's new trumpet for me, though I like @Tym's pic, and I reckon @XTreme stopped where he did in order to pick up his topbox which just fell off in the road so it was unintentional and doesn't count.

Having spent yesterday shouting at the computer due to stoopid bloody paperwork issues, that is now sorted ( still a lot of unanswered questions but you cant submit the paperwork online until 48hrs before travelling so you discover their stupid website at that moment and they dont work weekends so you can’t ask anyone wtf they mean) our documents have apparently been validated, which is a bonus! today i am mostly winning the “Who’s got the biggest top box” competition and then having a snooze

You know it makes sense! let is know what you think after roding it for a while

that would be funny if it wasn't true