'Aft'noon pb from Greenhead, Northumberland. I am attempting to cycle from coast to coast of England - from Rockcliffe, near Carlisle, where the Eden turns tidal to Wylam, Northumberland, w… (View Post)

I went twice - '97 (mudbath) and '98 (three days of absolutely torrential rain). Even so, I remember the then fondly and rail at the now by comparison. It's not just that it's mai… (View Post)

Bless you. (Sorry, it's my instinctive reaction to whenever someone uses the word 'eschew'. Which sadly happens far too rarely.) (View Post)

One way to do that would be to spread the spending on infrastructure around a little more evenly. (View Post)

If we as a country want more engineering* graduates ... all we need to do is put x amount of money towards it and say that there will be y scholarships available to study engineering. We persist in a… (View Post)