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by simonw
Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:58 pm
Forum: TRAVEL
Topic: Travel Chaos.
Replies: 24
Views: 3668

Re: Travel Chaos.

Yep. Interesting replies, and I quite agree, Brexit is the issue. However the thrust of the question was to inquire how the bikers were faring during the long hot stationary waiting, Or we’re they prioritized in some way? Anyone know?? No, Brexit is only part of the issue. The design (as scott_ride...
by simonw
Mon Jul 25, 2022 1:35 pm
Forum: TRAVEL
Topic: Travel Chaos.
Replies: 24
Views: 3668

Re: Travel Chaos.

There's no single reason - it's a combination of those I listed.
by simonw
Mon Jul 25, 2022 9:24 am
Forum: TRAVEL
Topic: Travel Chaos.
Replies: 24
Views: 3668

Re: Travel Chaos.

I live not far from the Eurotunnel terminal. All tunnel traffic was being filtered onto the A20 entrance. The A20 is single carriageway and the entrance to the tunnel complex is also one lane wide. Whilst you might be able to carefully filter to the front (from either direction) it would be difficul...
by simonw
Fri Jun 03, 2022 1:37 pm
Forum: FOR SALE - WANTED
Topic: Bike security chain
Replies: 3
Views: 673

Re: Bike security chain

1.5m Oxford chain and combination lock, £3 in Halford's clearance sale, if there's one with stock near you: https://www.halfords.com/motoring/motor ... 07527.html
by simonw
Wed May 18, 2022 9:15 am
Forum: CLOTHING
Topic: Motolegends Discount Code - WANTED
Replies: 3
Views: 3387

Re: Motolegends Discount Code - WANTED

Just tell her it's an investment, for safety reasons. :-)
by simonw
Tue May 17, 2022 5:03 pm
Forum: CLOTHING
Topic: Motolegends Discount Code - WANTED
Replies: 3
Views: 3387

Re: Motolegends Discount Code - WANTED

I've never seen a code for them, but they do offer a price match guarantee: "Almost invariably, we sell goods at the manufacturers' recommended prices. But if you find an authorised dealer in the UK offering anything that we sell, for more than £5 less than our price, we'll beat that discounted...
by simonw
Mon Jan 31, 2022 7:08 pm
Forum: TRAVEL
Topic: Don’t crash in Europe
Replies: 59
Views: 14639

Re: Don’t crash in Europe

Ah, yes, understood. Should have said EU. Yes, all still possible, just not quite as easy as it was, that's all. On a sort of related note, I took out overseas recovery insurance when I had to drive to Germany a few months ago and noticed that in the small print it stated that they would only recove...
by simonw
Sun Jan 30, 2022 1:36 pm
Forum: TRAVEL
Topic: Don’t crash in Europe
Replies: 59
Views: 14639

Re: Don’t crash in Europe

I’m not quite sure of the intent of this post To clarify the points referred to in posts 1 & 2 and the post two prior to my reply, and to politely and respectfully repudiate the suggestion they were politically ill-informed. , but you do conflate the EU and Europe, which are not the same thing....
by simonw
Sat Jan 29, 2022 11:24 pm
Forum: TRAVEL
Topic: Don’t crash in Europe
Replies: 59
Views: 14639

Re: Don’t crash in Europe

Well, they're all relevant, not politically ill-informed, and arise from Britain's departure from the EU. But I think there's 3 issues here which appear to have become conflated. The first post relates to a change in the way in which damage or personal injury claims arising from an incident in Europ...
by simonw
Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:48 pm
Forum: THE PUB
Topic: Sunderland on the Gaser can he do it?
Replies: 10
Views: 2779

Re: Sunderland on the Gaser can he do it?

Pretty impressive for a first time! I caught some of it on Eurosport, who yet again managed to screw up the coverage by staying with the over-running snooker.

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