The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

I have returned. Now raining and looks set in for the day.

Had to go to the crappy Co Op for some carrots and onions. We are having braised beef in carrots and onions today.

 

[Dave7]

I wandered round to the supermarket. Nearly out of loo roll! Back to Cushelle. Seems better than Andrex now and lasts longer. Got a little Soreen loaf and having a chunk with a cuppa just now. Might have a wander before lunch.

When you say it lasts longer......just how many times can you use each piece

 

[Dave7]

I have returned. Now raining and looks set in for the day.

Had to go to the crappy Co Op for some carrots and onions. We are having braised beef in carrots and onions today.

We are on curry, rice and chips later.

 

[gavroche]

Still trying to contact my insurance. My call is held in a queue and I will be contacted by the next available agent.
I did fill in a claim form on the internet though. Why is it so hard to speak to a human being ?

 

[welsh dragon]

Still trying to contact my insurance. My call is held in a queue and I will be contacted by the next available agent.
I did fill in a claim form on the internet though. Why is it so hard to speak to a human being ?

Do you have an excess on your policy. If you do then that Will reduce the Amount they will pay you and if the shower door costs less than the excess, you won't get anything as I'm sure you know.

 

[Mo1959]

When you say it lasts longer......just how many times can you use each piece

Lol. I think Cushelle is thicker so don’t need as many pieces.

 

[gavroche]

Do you have an excess on your policy. If you do then that Will reduce the Amount they will pay you and if the shower door costs less than the excess, you won't get anything as I'm sure you know.

I am aware of this but I want confirmation from them so I know what to do next.

 

[Mo1959]

Faffed about that much that decided to leave a walk till after lunch now. Really gusty out there but will be ok for walking.

 

[Dave7]

I am aware of this but I want confirmation from them so I know what to do next.

In my experience... if you even ask them about a possible claim, even if you don't actually make the claim, if will bump next years price up as you are considered a risk.

 

[gavroche]

In my experience... if you even ask them about a possible claim, even if you don't actually make the claim, if will bump next years price up as you are considered a risk.

So, what is insurance for if you just pay up every year? I haven't had a claim in over 20 years so feel quite justified in finding out if it is worth it.

 

[ColinJ]

Have to be honest.........on the few holidays we have had up your way.....we have planned them around midge season. Myself, I am not badly affected like some but I still hate them.

My skin is very sensitive so I come up in big red spots from insect bites/stings etc.

This is only the second time I've heard mention of the name Black Hill. Leaving Sabden one can go over The Nick or in the opposite direction towards Padiham. Just outside of Sabden, in the Padiham direction, there's a left turn, Back Lane?, which leads to another left, Haddings Lane. Is this Black Hill?

Only ask because in decades of riding the area with maybe 200 different people I've only heard two refer to Black Hill. Both come from outside the area.

It looks like 'Padiham Heights' would be more accurate.

I was trying to work out where I heard it referred to as Black Hill and finally remembered... It was when I did the ultra-hard Pendle Pedal over a decade ago. (I did the longer version AND cycled to event HQ in Colne and back from Hebden Bridge so I did 200 kms on the day, with about 3,500 m of steep climbing!)

There followed a screaming bumpy descent into the village of Sabden, where we thought the climbing was all but over, save for some gentle undulations back to Colne. We couldn't have been more wrong as the climb out of Sabden to Black Hill reduced the Pendle Pedal, once again, to the Pendle Walk. Once at the top, the road bobbed and weaved between hedgerows following the contours of the hillside, with Blackburn, Burnley and Colne distant in the valley below, finally tracing it's way back to the event HQ.

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Haddings Lane...? (Looks it up.) Ah, that nasty climb From Lower Sabden Fold to Newchurch-in-Pendle. We did that one as well. IIRC, the route took in Waddington Fell, Cross of Greet, Quernmore, Trough of Bowland, Wild Board Park route to Chipping, Longridge Fell, Nick o'Pendle, Black Hill/Padiham Heights, Haddings Ln and quite a few other climbs - a tough day out on the bike!

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

There’s a Black Hill here too, not far from White Hill, Green Cleugh, and Red Moss. The Pentlands, twinned with Palestine.

 

[Dave7]

So, what is insurance for if you just pay up every year? I haven't had a claim in over 20 years so feel quite justified in finding out if it is worth it.

There is a difference between what is right & fair and what those b*stards can screw you for.
A few years ago someone banged into MrsDs car in the hospital.
She got the reg and we contacted police and insurance.
•Police would take no action as is was private land.
•driver simply denied it.
•we told insurance company we were not pursuing it and they said tough sh*t..... you have reported it so your next years fee is jumping up.

 

[Paulus]

Same here, forecast says cloudy with a little sun, reality, steady rain. They (BBC) should be on payment by results

The BBC get there meteorological information from a company called MeteoGroup, They changed from the Met. office a year back.
Maybe they should change back.

 

[Tenkaykev]

The BBC get there meteorological information from a company called MeteoGroup, They changed from the Met. office a year back.
Maybe they should change back.

Yes, I use the Met Office weather app and don't bother with the BBC data.
I also use a Weather app called "YR" it really is very good. Provided by the Norwegian Met Office it seems to be the most accurate the most often