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We're doing the shadow hop that's for certain. Also the tree shadow hop is even better as under trees it's cooler then other forma of shades. Transpiration IIRC is the effect caused by the pores opening under the leaves releasing gases and a little water too. It's surprisingly noticeable too...

There's good evidence backing up milk as being as effective or nearly as affective as electrolyte tablets for hydration / rehydration. In fact milk is actually very close to the electrolytes tablets formulated to rehydrate was the summary of one study. It seems fats and proteins in milk slow...

Think of the poor cyclists! Now we've got driverless cars to hurl abuse at us. First time I hear a robotic voice from a driverless car take more time than the delay they thought I caused them but didn't to wind the window down to tell me to get off the roads you freeloader or get a bloody car...

Oh I did something voice activated on one of our cars a few months ago. I think on the Skoda we have but it could have also been the pug we got rid of (seriously the 208 is too small for me. It's days were doomed with us after I realised that to drive it I have to almost lie back and have no...

I didn't know people used the old satnavs these days. We bought one then got given a better one then nobody knows where they went but we stopped using them as Google maps on our phones, a cable for power and a suitable stand was so much better anyway. Now we're two cars into built in satnav...

We're at the back end of a Lanzarote trip and I'll tell you straight I don't think I can cope with heat like I could even last year. I'm really sweating at times and tiredness kicks in. I suspect it's medication I'm now on that is having an effect. I wonder what advice people might have for me...

There is one solution. An ex MOD lease 2018 Skoda Octavia estate car. We got one and it has almost nothing. Headlights are turned on by twisty switch past side lights only option. Sure there's daylight running LEDs but dipped beam lights need turning on manually. It has auto stop/start but...

This started off as a question about river access and now it's about flytippers beating up locals and land users having BBQs and fires. I'm struggling to see the link personally. To get back to the topic a bit more, in the past local access officers within the BCU negotiated access agreements...

Do you pay for access to the hills? Why rivers? You could argue similar to towns and cities people visit. Even our village gets loads of tourists at times. Shall we charge them to come here. Perhaps London should charge tourists. Perhaps Bristol, Bath, Edinburgh, York, etc do the same. Let's...

So we're in the stage of a potential review of access to the outdoors again. BCU are talking about access to water, to clean water, etc. That's along with joining the BMC and the ramblers in presenting to the all parliamentary committee on outdoor access. Do you think that the water access...

Just seen a thread that sounds similar but their smaller capacity,tall person sack is 45-55litres. I am looking for a lot smaller capacity at 20 - 25litre instead. For me 45-55 litres is a good wildcamping / backpacking size not a smaller capacity. So I think this thread is different and worthy...

I was in Farrers today and they have a mesh strainer on the end of a stick with a little holding cup for it when not in use. The idea is you put your favourite coffee in there and filll your mug or cup of choice with boiling water. Then you put the mesh strainer in the cup and swirl it around...

I don't think carrying secateurs round your house to cut your hedge back is equivalent. And without making assumptions as to your age but I doubt you were a child during these more recent years when knife crime has risen so markedly. I wonder if when you were a child kids being stabbed hit the...

Oh I am nowhere near as flexible as back then but not many are! I had a form of hyper extension of joints such that things could bend and stretch in ways people got shocked about. My son has it too at his elbows, indeed more than me. I can't do it all now but I am more flexible than I should be...

The Brompton Metro bag I have is good on the Brompton I commute on (untill repairs were needed that I did not want to do just now). Ortlieb panniers are the best out there. I have a pair offering 20 litres capacity in each one and I have another set that offers 35 litres per pannier with...

Nah AI is revitalising it all. You do not need to go to links AI hands you the answers although to `pay lipservice to what the OP wants they do show the links with clickies to go to them directly. Me? I use an app. In the garden it tells me if the plant is in distress too. If it isn't then more...

I have all the kit from when I last paddled but it is of course well used from when I did paddle and of course a good number of years old. So I am curious as to what could still be used and what is perhaps best left to my past. Kayak - plastic white water / play boat from a shortlived brand. It...

You can but always better to have a solid front light with a flashing one. Just have the flashing on lower setting perhaps. Cateye are pretty poor really unless you get the German spec versions that have a fresnel lens to direct moree of the light to the ground like a dipped car beam. That is...

In some ways looking like a tit is better than bad sunburn and even skin cancer if your hair style has less opportunity for styling than in your youth shal we say (diplomatically way of putting it for a very low follicle count). I do not have that comfidence so whilst I have a Tilly TMO5...

Olight or rechargeable NiMH ones too.