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In the name of balance: I am constantly staggered by the lack of knowledge and ability shown by professional (private and public sector) firearms users who really should know better. Likewise, there are plenty of unsafe civilian users. Only one of the above groups responds well to constructive criticism though... And well done, Dean Lofthouse. The Country needs more shooters.

Good stuff! You could have taken the vest off to go swimming though. What's that?! You did?! Holy tanlines Batman! All the best people are heading North (East). Glad to hear you're paddling your own canoe, so to speak.

Cowbell mount to satisfy the Austrian health and safety executive.

I wish! From memory, about that is the BR UK or world record. I'm talking about standard TR roundels. I think the v bull is 1 MOA, so about 10" at that range. What targets have a 3" v bull at 1000 yards btw? F class is 5" and that's pretty small.

That should say 1000 yards, not 100.

Have you got a licence for those?! Great looking work btw.

I've spent time around lots of nice guns; modern custom builds, high end factory guns, new and old English best shotguns and rifles and what was my favourite? My Weihrauch 100S! PCPs rock. I honestly enjoyed pinging bottle tops at 50 yards with the HW100 more than drilling the middle out of the v-bull at 100 yards with my 6.5x47.

I didn't need to meet him to make my reasonably generic statement but yes, I have. His arrival was not marked by earthquakes or thunder and he wears his pants under his trousers but he's a good guy.

Temperature's rising!

Whose side charging conversion is that?

This with bells on! Our German Shepherd is great off it but instantly competitive on it. On the lead, she'll walk to heel for me pretty well but usually only after a bit of persuasion. For mum, she's crap on the lead full stop. Without the lead, fine to heel for both of us. I go off the lead 99% of the time.

Thanks. Any other recommendations?

If no machines, maybe get to know your local scout groups, cadet forces etc. A lot of hands make light work (you can do the final finish yourself after they've done the legwork) and you can offer them use of your woods for their fun and games as payment. Great opportunity for them and might work OK for you.

Murderer found after accidentally posting picture of head on garden table!

I spy cut knuckles!

Silky Fox pruning saw.

Need a gardener for my grandmother near Farnham, Surrey. A day or so blitz to get the garden under control then a couple of hours a week. Nothing clever; just weeding, mowing, trimming etc. Doesn't need to be high class manicured lawns etc, just tidy. Recommendations on here or by PM please.

Folkin' classic.

The man on the far right of this photo understands that it is both gripped and sorted. For the uninitiated: http://youtu.be/EbPERR2aybc.

Wayne Tanswell Traditional Signwriter - Home In Suffolk.

In before the naysayers. Innovative and efficient.

That'd probably get you stabbed on the London underground. No emotion, all ye who enter there!

Assuming you mean panel van (so not just unglazed 4x4s) then I know exactly how you keep coming back to the Delica. I recently did the same search and ended up at the same place. However, I couldn't find a manual that I wanted so went with a Land Rover Discovery instead. That was **** so changed to a Ford Transit. I'm annoyed to not have 4wd or any offroad capability but I currently need the space more than I need to go offroad. Snow is going to hack me off next winter - I've always taken pride in being able to get around whatever the weather. Kangoo etc, yeah all 4 wheels can have power going to them but they're not very offroady. Ground clearance and diffs both lacking. There was a heavily modified Mercedes Sprinter on here a few weeks ago and I believe Iveco are doing more offroad dedicated stuff. I don't know what you need it for but an option could be a £500 small Jap jeep (Vitaras are great) and a £2000 van. Cover the extra tax and insurance with the change. If you're happy with automatic and a vehicle of that age (L400s are all glazed so you'd realistically be looking at L300 if you wanted a panel van), Delica is pretty much the only option. Got more money? Next stop, Pinzgauer!

If I was going the big kit owning route (unless I went with agricultural vehicles), that's exactly what I'd do (to start with). Laugh as much as you like - zero wages, makes tea/lunch, errand runner on hand. Of course that's the plain reality of it (at the moment) but it doesn't make it any less unfair. Moot point anyway. Give it a few years and all the pre 1997 licence holders will have retired/died. Then everything's "fair," people will forget about the silly 3.5 tonne/7.5 tonne difference and the government can get on with the next round of nannying (and grandfathering of course) for political gain.

Of course you can but it is still prohibitive on the grounds of cost and not wanting the indignity of paying for something your mum got for free.