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• The best cover version

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 20 hours

  

  This is the earliest version of this I could find. If you like this (and I love it) there are other versions of this covered by the Morente family, and other Cohen songs covered by them as well.
  https://youtu.be/kx_Cdv5nTmM
  
  

• Digital photography

  in Photography • 1 day, 22 hours

  

  I spent some time on Tuesday at a small weir under a bridge. Just doing the PP now. So far, this is one of the best. I haven't done landscape photography for a long time, and it felt like I had to re-learn everything I once knew. Must spend more time with a tripod taking carefully considered shots.

• In the news

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 days, 20 hours

  

  Except that no one has yet said how much these hugely important Legal Aid lawyers should make. If a person decided to only do Legal Aid work, how much is reasonable for them to make? How much should you earn for getting very good degrees from very good universities, getting yourself into crippling amounts of debt to (possibly) defend people who are guilty, at the expense of the public purse?

• Hiking, Scrambling, Mountaineering, and Climbing

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 4 weeks

  

  TBH I don’t know. It was a long time ago, we only did HVS / E1, and we did ok with a 50m rope. We probably used the guidebook you’ve just bought.

• Hiking, Scrambling, Mountaineering, and Climbing

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months

  

  I went a long time ago as part of a party. We hired the lighthouse. Everything that Booga has said is correct, and there are loads of UK Classics at reasonable grades. I remember the trip out there being a bit of an epic. There really isn't much to do for a "rest day", you will have walked most of the island going to and from crags. The whole place is recommended, and if you can take some binoculars for seal / puffin / bird watching, so much the better.

• Generic Touring Thread

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 2 months, 2 weeks

  

  yes, it's fine!! UK border control don't care what you take out. They care about what you bring in. Bury it amongst the tent pegs when you return to the UK.

• Knife porn thread

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 months

  

  It might be helpful to see what Clint used...

• Hiking, Scrambling, Mountaineering, and Climbing

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 months, 1 week

  

  Fair enough

• Hiking, Scrambling, Mountaineering, and Climbing

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 months, 1 week

  

  But you can't tie two ropes together with an alpine butterfly, so it fails the "knot" test.

• EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 months, 2 weeks

  

  We've started insisting upon a receipt from Correo, then photographing the labelling, and the receipt, and writing to Correo for an explanation of the charges, and asking for a refund. Some people have had success with this ( if you believe the facebook groups).

  And congrats on the little one!