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Will have a look - thanks.

Thanks both.

I want it for the most basic things, really. To pretend I’m in the UK when I’m not (for example to use my Discovery+ subscription and watch the Vuelta) and to - possibly - have the benefit of cheaper flights etc by trying different locations.

Any added security it brings is an added bonus.

Effort-wise: little to none, if I’m being totally honest.

A slight adjunct to working Wi-Fi, but what’s the forum approved VPN?

I know of Nord and Surfshark, but are they any good and/or are there better alternatives?

They almost certainly don’t have two.

They made a good showing yesterday - in the break.

Ha that’s a cool little Vuelta side story!

Went to Deutschland Tour stage 2 today. Caja Rural’s team bus is… modest.

Lotto Kern-Haus - a development team, I believe - just had a Ducato with an awning.

Agreed. He was exceptional for Germany at the Euros (I haven't watched much La Liga recently).

Why don’t you compile a list of things we shouldn’t talk about?

I went for a pint in Stokey on Saturday teatime. That’s two buses from my house, which is usually fine - about 40mins.

I got off and walked - quicker than the bus - because it seems most people actually drive to the Emirates on match day. I mean, WTAF?

“Water spout”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74jzd22dkno

Temporarily airborne coconuts.

Lardons are a fine addition to a salad for most people. :)

Yeh, a bit disappointing and I won't be suggesting we visit soon!

Mucke is mosquito, is it not?

Bookmarking this response for when my used bicycle [frame from the 90s made in Italy] is sent over in a few days!

EDIT: it’s been shipped and a photo of the customs form tells me it’s been coded properly.

Thanks to @gojira54 - I got the EveryTile app working properly. 🦖

Picked a few squares on a Radlett, Hemel, Redbourn, Hatfield, Hadley route - didn’t extend the x by grid though.

Ekachai on York Way is decent. Not super cheap, but not expensive either.

We’re a broad church.

Yeh I think it’s a Lesser - the second one we saw in the garden was the same.

I think the general French disinterest in dietary requirements, that don’t line up with typical French cuisine, definitely contributed to the experience.

But I agree, I was a bit put out at the lack of trying to make me welcome on first time of meeting that particular branch of extended family, which I accept is not something to be attributed based on nationality!

The bread lunch was at a restaurant in a private function room, but don’t worry dinner back at their home saved the day - that was a vegetarian salad with lardons…

To give an idea what the French think of vegetarianism/veganism/allergies, I’ve sat and ate nothing but bread at a family gathering because “it’s no problem, he can push it to the side”.

I never remembered to post in here, but we’ve had two stag beetles (Lesser variety) in our garden in the past few weeks.

Reported through the London Wildlife Trust portal because they’re apparently quite rare!

Guy in the photo was actually just inside our patio door, next to the bed and had some dust on him. I moved him outside to the gravel, and then into some foliage.

but the whole US… thing is such a massive turn off

Hard agree

I’d definitely get rid of the en suite - they’re a bit 90s.

Land of the free.

We “transferred” at SFO, onto a domestic flight to LAX. Only trouble is our LHR-SFO flight was delayed and then the immigration queue was huge. And they didn’t give a single shite about those trying to “transfer”.

So we missed our planned SFO-LAX flight and went on standby (successfully) for another flight. It was the Thursday before Easter weekend and if we hadn’t got on that flight, that was it until Easter Monday.

And, again, no one gave a shite.

If our friends move back to London (she’s from SoCal, he’s from Melbourne) then I’ll happily never go to the US again.

“Transfer” - not really a thing in the US, given you have to enter the country before leaving again.