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...I'm off there next weekend with my brother and Dad to celebrate his 70th birthday. Dad's still only 75% fit after breaking his leg earlier this year so we won't be up for too much walking around....

...and have a horse and carrige ride down the Long Walk? BoB x

I really want to see the Banksy exhibition but will struggle to get to Bristol until the last day of the show which is Bank Holiday Monday (31st). I've heard it's been crazy busy so wondered are we...

Two transactions this week have screwed up - one was me paying for a Fleabay item, the other a Hitcher paying me for something. The help section is rubbish too. Anybody else having issues?

Hi Just wondering if you had any tips for what to do in North Devon? We are going to Ilfracombe for 1 week next week and I wanted to make the most of our time there (just me and my H). We are open to...

My book group wants to read an amusing book for a change but we're struggling to think of anything. Does anyone have any ideas? We're thinking maybe something which isn't 'comedy', but is amusing...

..is that what they're called? Surely spas are just pampery things, or is it a spa? I want to go somewhere in the south east (pref) for a long weekend where I can do fit things and torture myself in...

We're planning a picnic for the late May Bank Holiday weekend and need a suitable location for 3 sets of twins and 2 babies (all children under 1) and associated parents. Somewhere free or cheap to...

I had a row with a bloke this morning. Was walking to tube station and sorting out my ipod when I heard a bell. Man in 50s is cycling on pavement towards me. Made me jump and the first words out of my...

Does anybody know what would constitute grounds for charging somebody for wasting police time? If, for example, this person was suffering delusions and paranoia and regularly writing letters to the...

I took my son a couple of times when he was a lot younger (just to local friends and neighbours), but now he is 10, I have said that he is too old for it, as it I feel it is not "cute" at that age and...

I'm away for a week soon and have no idea what I'm going to take to read. I like all sorts other than chick lit and detective fiction really, but recent faves have been The Kite Runner and The Book...

We have a large front garden with a sweet chestnut tree on it. It's dropping it's *fruit* aplenty at the moment but MrBoB & I haven't got round to raking any up yet so the whole lawn is pretty...

If you had the choice to stay anywhere you could for 2 nights in the UK where would you choose? Im partly curious and partly looking for inspiration for somewhere to stay for our first anniversary...

I don't know what it is. I only have a tortoise and i know it's not that. There's a big shit in my front room ? Guess what my H found behind the piano?? A big white cat. Poor thing was a bit scared...

We went to see them on tour last year, November in Glasgow. They were selling CDs of the performance but we didn't bother to buy it thinking the quality wouldn't be great. Turns out a firend who was...

I work in a team of 3. I start at 8am, and I'm at work by 7.40am every day (to ensure I have time to eat my breakfast and have a coffee!). One of my colleagues starts at 9am, the other at 9.30 (her...

I've just got my mum to tend with and I love her to bits (as my thread on bt yesterday shows!) but I'm struggling with the amount of time she wants to spend chatting to me every day. While she was...

Always amusing (especially mine!) 1. Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You - S Club ? 2. Tears on My Pillow - Kylie Minogue ? 3. Darkshines - Muse 4. Sober - Muse 5. Uncomfortably Slow - Newton Faulkner 6....

I find it terribly fascinating but completely incomprehensible (and a little scary) I know its a momentous experiment but part of me thinks some of the things they want to find out about are so...

Dear Hitchers Roll up, roll up. Join this one night only opportunity to tell someone what you really think of them by the medium of the faux letter. Normal service resumes tomorrow, but for...

I've just had a friend request from the MIL. That's okay, I don't mind her so much, just that I know that once she's added me (or I've added her), then the SIL will want added adn that's just a step...

Hmmmmmm? tasty tasty man Sorry

Friends you call on in a crisis, who you would do anything for and will be in your life for a long time sort of friends I have and I really count myself lucky. While I was slicing potatoes before (?)...

Fuck me. I've not been on steroids for ages and I had forgotten how much of a pig they make me. I only had my dinner about 2 hours ago and now I am tucking into more toast. I must have had about half...

I am looking to book a holiday for myself, MrS and our LO. Now I am terrified of flying, I usually go on holiday to Spain by coach [:I] but I dont think it is good idea dragging a 1 year old on a 36...

Hello fellow runners - come and tell your Auntie PuP about this week's running successes, injuries and challenges. I got unbelievably wet and demoralised this morning, grinding out 15 soggy miles in...