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But random, but putting it in here: Twitter was up until very recently heavily advertising “close protection specialists for (my) trip to London”, I don’t know if this was because I was accessing the site from Singapore or some other part of the algorithm that thought I would be delighted to have a doorman accompany me as I wandered around town.

This is great- well done all involved

Where I live you have to pay £65,000 to register a cheap/small car for 10 years. There are approximately five residents per motor vehicle, and (compared to other large cities) congestion is vanishingly tiny.

It’s an authoritarian, quasi-democracy with de facto single party rule baked into the constitution (which also has roles defined by race, for all racism fans).

Snigger

I’m finding it is taking some time to get used to the gradient here- coming from the 11th flattest country in the world may it seems have had an impact

I’ve recently been using a Thule 599 and been impressed- most hassle free rack I have ever used.

Complacency is the enemy.

I agree, broken neck to putting five seconds into the best in the world. Amazing.

^^ Whenni was getting my car set up at Centre Gravity they had another customer there with odd handling - turned out he had different age tyres on the same axle, albeit same tread depth, and the different level of grip was causing the car to pull to one side under hard acceleration.

I have a pair of trail wides, mine have been fine tbh, just worked and been surprisingly light.

Ah, gotcha - hole in the seal seems the way to go.

Drill a hole in the bottom of the door, seal the bare metal with primer and paint and just let it get on with it?

Put a heating element in there and have the potential for a nice cup of tea in your next traffic jam?

Reviews differ from anecdotal evidence from owners I find- hard to give Pirelli’s away on performance car forums.

Much excite

If change all four, largely because Pirelli are awful and this is a chance to put all of them in the bin. Get Michelins and be happy.

Public school kids are significantly over represented in (some types of) sport and the Olympics- I’d suggest that in part that is due to many public schools doing some kind of sports each day/offering them to pupils.

I think that that aspect is a good worth bringing to the state sector- for the health benefit of nothing else.

On the Le Pen thing in France- is she associated with the Vichy regime at all in people’s minds, or is “far right” just a label without the associations that I as a foreign would draw?

Ok - not really Porsche related: both companies have a lady called Tina who handles bookings, which I didn’t have the mental acuity to process. So I must have decided all ladies called Tina worked for the company I had stayed with before.

I’m going to move later today I think.

Please- “fighting age men” is the correct term.

Ok, I think I know what the issue is/was- me being stupid, mainly.

I thought that Atlas Ski Co and Bike Morzine were the same company- changed names for different season/sport.

Looks like that’s not correct and it’s Atlas Ride Co in the summer. No idea how I managed this mix up.

Anyway, should have booked with Atlas as they’re way better value. Might move there next week.

It’s odd, the lady I booked with says that they don’t do the shared chalet model since Covid- but I stayed with them in ‘22, and I just walked past two of their shared chalets and they’re branded up and busy. Maybe they hire them out complete, but I can’t see how that’s easier than renting out rooms which was their old model.

I can move- but I lose the money I paid as it’s my mistake, which I admit it is.

Without an income that’s a bit of a step to take.

Totally my fault for making assumptions I’d point out, but it’s looking a bit miserable at the moment.

Seems I have made a silly mistake- assumed staying with Bike Morzine would be the same irrespective of the location, but the place I’m in has almost none of the amenities of previous years. No bike wash, no washing machine, no dinner, no fridge, no lounge, no kitchen, and just a single bed with the bike stored in an old nightclub.

Seven hours of driving and this is presenting a challenge to my moral fibre, which I hope will be addressed by having some dinner.

Arrived in Morzine.