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^ this.

interesting that there's recent timber up there - suggests the original could have rotted away?

it does look like the whole area is going to need to be exposed and put back right.

it matched the speed of slower vehicles in my lane far, far further back than I would have done given I wanted to approach them

i.e. it prevents tailgating which is a good safety feature however doesn't quite adapt to the dickhead driving style of many which means the space left in front becomes an opportunity for another driver to move into.

on the overtaking thing - i can't see the problem with that, just press the accelerator, complete the manoeuvre and then take your foot off the gas and ACC resumes doing its thing. it takes a small amount of time to get used to and then becomes second nature.

lane assist is one thing i've not got my head around yet. had it on a hire car (Suzuki something or other) and it was really odd, particularly when avoiding oncoming vehicles on narrow roads in Orkney. probably not the kind of environment it was designed for.

Definitely not Johnson - just a shambolic opportunist, did not change anything significant.

automation making things safer for whom?

everyone.

People in general are shit drivers

agreed.

How about making people more competent while driving?

good idea but very hard to achieve - it's easier and more effective to make the vehicles more competent.

are there any local facilities in the area which you could use? might be worth doing some exploring.

a good dinner fixes many things.

and maybe moving the next day...

got to agree that farage is quite consequential, as much as he is odious.

all public transport is pretty much love.

some of my favourites:
97 bus
Victoria line
East Coast Mainline
West Coast Mainline
Lizzy Line
Chingford branch
East Suffolk Line
High Speed One (debatable if this qualifies as public transport but it's pretty cool)

for context:

Road traffic incidents continue to be one of the leading causes of death in the world. According to data from the World Health Organisation, approximately 1.19 million people are killed each year in road traffic crashes – one person every 23 seconds.

Between 20 and 50 million are injured. Globally, car crashes are the number-one cause of death for people aged between five and 29.

More than half of global road traffic deaths are pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, making this a problem that continues to merit discussion, debate and action.

source - Dylan Campbell, some Australian motorist dude. I've not fact checked but it sounds about right.

I like it. A bit more fruity than Red Brick but not so acidic that I can't enjoy it - (i don't like super light roast acid bombs)

automation makes things safer.

we are late to the party in applying this to cars, but better late than never.

Fruitful :)

as i may have mentioned previously, my ceiling price wise is square mile who confusingly ship in 350g bags - but i prefer bigger bags to smaller bags. some roasters are now doing 200g and some even less than that.

Square Mile Red Brick is £13.00 plus p&p for 350g, their filter blend is £14.25.

ah yeah - 100% i am trying to bin the laptop. understand now; thanks!

ah, will it not run Roon?

it says "Roon ready" and "Use your Roon app as your remote to control music playback through WiiM Pro."

So I'm a bit unclear as to what that means. I'm not 100% committed to Roon but it's handy to integrate local files with Tidal.

anticipated that. just to complete:

the people we stayed with were building a wine business and we spent a lot of time visiting producers in chateauneuf du pape, gigondas and surrounding village appellations. we had an appointment with Domaine de Cristia which in those days were still newcomers, had a tour of the cellar including tasting barrel samples.

https://www.cristia.com/?lang=en

am I in yet?

Having uplugged / swapped a few things, it is evident that it is definitely the laptop which is introducing noise into the audio output. Not sure why but it was a fairly cheap HP and must be more than 5 years old now, could be more like 7 or 8.

Right now, I'm quite tempted to replace it with a wiim pro, but i've not fully researched his option and I have limited patience for interface management so that could be a challenge. One of the reasons that I went for a windows laptop + Roon was the plug and play aspect of it.

thanks - yes, i will make time sometime soon. probably going to move house next year which should free up cash and hopefully time as well.

was just thinking, first time we drove down we had a life expired Fiat Tipo which belonged to my mum's boyfriend, and it made it there and back. The second time we had a Ford Mondeo which I owned at the time, the third time I borrowed a Subaru Outback. One time we got the TGV to Avignon - that was the time I wrote off the Citroen belonging to the parents of the people we were staying with...

all these trips were memorable for different reasons.

This thread is giving me massive being in Southern France envy.

Years ago we had a few holidays in Provence; not been for 20 years or so now. I'd like to go back and check out some of the other places too.

adaptive cruise is nice. not sure I'd want non A CC now.

Budget option:

I have these (or very similar) and they have worked perfectly for several years.

Mini Kitchen Scales | Mafiti Mini Food Scales 3000g x 0.1g with LCD Display Stainless Steel Platform for Coffee, Cooking, Baking | Portable and Precise Weighing(Battery no Include) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B089SY2MDL?

depends how much you care about the outcome.

wash > polish > wax will improve appearance of low depth scratches.

personally i just live with it.

at the time i was working as a luxury aquarium designer and struggling with the lack of opportunity that afforded me to make an impact in my community

hilarious.

Single boiler machine - too much faff to do milk drinks
Get a stand alone coffee milk steamer - too much space waste, another gadget to clutter up the place
Answer - nice shiny dual boiler machine which looks great and gets you extra golf club points and saves you X*Y theoretical £3.90 cups of coffee from theoretical local artisanal coffee shop = big theoretical saving.

Does that work?