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Subcontracting currently only Mercedes, but have worked for Jordan, Toyota, Caterham, Red bull and Williams. Also making current Tommi makinen rally car.

Senior composite technician in F1

Browning 525 Lightweight 12b Webley & Scott 700 12b sxs Ugarchea 12b sxs Miroku MK60 20b Belgian sxs .410 hammer Winchester 9410 3 shot BSA Lightning XL .22 Gamo .177

mgr guns in woodhall spa. specialise in winchesters.

my 12b browning 525 lightweight game 28" is just under 7lbs (stock has been extended). Just about right to carry all day and not kick me like a mule.

My dad has just bought a brand new forester, 2 litre petrol, its his 4th subaru in a row and second forester, he was a farm manager before he retired, and he went literally everywhere and anywhere in it. Loves these motors and wont touch any other maker now. Tried all sorts of other 4wds over the years but wouldn't change. Highly recommended.

Financial Underwriter for Standard Life Healthcare (7 years) Groundsman then Grounds Manager at Bisley Shooting ground (5 years) General Maintenance worker at a small stables and riding school (1 year) Currently a Composite Laminator, motorsport mainly with a bit of aerospace and comms work (5 years and counting). Looking for something different now

12b Browning 525 Lightweight game 28". Only gun i've ever had the stock adjusted to fit me, and hence the one I like the most. Its also the best gun i've owned so far, I tend not to keep them for very long, but this one will be mine for some time I think.

You'll love it in Norfolk. As close to a shooters paradise as you will get in England.... .....Holt is wonderful, if a bit set up for the london/weekend crowd, catch the steam train to Sheringham for a day by the seaside. Lovely on a weekday in term time. Any of the places you have looked at will not disappoint you. Seconded the mention of mid norfolk shooting ground for tuition, have enjoyed it there when i have been, but I prefer chalk farm (probably too far for you). Fakenham has a rifle club if you want somewhere to do that too (.22 only). All the best. p.s. if you like Beretta, you really LOVE Browning.......

I have both a browning windsor jacket (over one year old) and an xpo lightweight (bought this year). They are (so far) very good in terms of value and comfort. Time will tell if they last like my old deerhunter waterproof, but i like them.

Very fond memories of watching his films like haunted honeymoon, silver streak, hear no evil see no evil, blazing saddles and many others when I was growing up. A fine actor and great comedian, they dont make them like him any more. RIP Gene.

I like them, providing it has some history and looks okay (no visible leaks in engine, panels all okay, interior as it should be), then go for it. Its not the swiftest motor in the world and at the more 'oil burner' end of the diesel spectrum, but shouldn't give you any problems, and if you do want to go off road, is very capable in the rough stuff (switchable 4wd, high/low range). Wouldn't pay much more than £1000, maybe a little more with a years MOT. Good luck

theres one in East Runton, not sure what its called, between Cromer and Sheringham. I know a couple of people who have static homes there and they love it. Edit: its called woodhill park, just looked it up. Looks nice.

i second the triathlete posts. Requires a level of all around fitness that is way above that of most sports. My brother does Iron Man events and he is the fittest person I know.

In the recent past, and the short term future, the short answer is money. Simply getting 10 kilograms of payload into orbit currently costs $10000s and isn't cost effective enough for many interested parties to get involved. Recent developments with the spacex reusable rockets and similar projects are starting to bring the cost down, but in reality, now agencies like NASA no longer have bottomless budgets, its going to be a while before technology moves forward enough to make it really worthwhile. There is hope though, you only have to see how much the ISS has developed since it was first placed into orbit to see the will is still there, and with more private companies starting to take an interest, the future looks much brighter. However, whilst interstellar travel wont happen for centuries (for the reasons already posted elsewhere), at least without a quantum leap in technology, interplanetary (well around our solar system at least) is well within reach and more than worth the cost. Once we have sorted out a cheaper, reliable method of gaining orbit (space elevator, single stage to orbit, space plane), the rest of the planets in orbit around the sun are only a step away. This technology, is in theory already in existence, there is even a british company leading the way in relation to space planes (see Skylon, the reaction engines ltd project), and recent advances in carbon nano tube technology and ceramic plating make super strong, ultra thin wire that can be hundreds of miles long and capable of lifting huge weight a reality. I would say that with craft already being designed, past the proof of concept stage, or even in active development, we will see a reliable, (relatively) cheap method of ground-to-orbit transit within the next 25 years, cheap enough even for ordinary people to take an orbital flight with the same ease that they hop on a transatlantic flight. Once in orbit, existing technology can be developed and refined (such as solar sails or ion engines), and planets like mars and venus will literally be a couple of months away and return trips can become routine. Craft constructed in orbit can be many times larger than ground launched payloads, with no gravity to overcome, and be far more hospitable and conducive to medium/long term travel, to the outer solar system and eventually beyond. Reserves of H3 on the moon, heavy metals in asteroids and volatile compounds in comets can be fully exploited to build space stations and bases, provide oxygen and fuel for propulsion and habitation, ultimately its just a question of economics and willpower. I have great faith in the ingenuity of the human race and have no doubt that there is someone out there, or at least someone who will be born soon who can invent the technology that will get us out there among the stars and really start exploring. I think there needs to be a change in attitude around the world and a greater willingness for governments and private companies to work together to make all this happen, but I do believe it will happen as resources on earth start to become exhausted, and pressure on what remains becomes too great to ignore. I hope we will go down the cooperation route rather than fighting over what is left, I think that many people are starting to realise this, and thats why even with the frosty relationship between the USA and Russia, their space agencies have never been closer. I'm not an expert, just a space enthusiast and dreamer, but i really believe this will happen in my lifetime, and instead of going to greece for two weeks in the summer, I will be touring the canyons of mars, or maybe even taking a scenic cruise around the upper atmosphere of Jupiter.

managed to research my dads side of the family all the way back to the early 1600s, my grandfathers family originally hailed from Manchester and were cabinet makers. My grandmothers family were grain dealers and tenant farmers from bedfordshire. How my ancestors met still remains a mystery. Did find a totally unknown branch of the family through my research, which shed more light on my Grandmothers side, who were big into the quaker movement, and those descendants still live in the Bedford area. My mothers side are an enigma. Both my grandparents were born in the east end of London, and their parents too, but before that the trail is completely stone cold. Both had unusual and rare surnames, with old english origins, which you would have thought would make things easier, but apparently not. My mum assumes they were from 18th century european immigrant families (possibly jewish) who adopted English names on arrival, as she recalls some family rumours regarding jewish ancestry, sadly her and her sister are all thats left of that branch of the family and lots of knowledge of the past was lost when the family home in Deptford was hit by a V1 in 1944. Everyone in the family (3 generations) were killed that night, except my grandmother, who had been evacuated with my infant aunt to somerset, where my mother was born. Its an absolutely fascinating subject and one i will surely return to when i have more time. Maybe i will find the clue that will finally unlock the mystery of my maternal ancestors. Good luck with any further research Scully.

i had a book from the 1960s handed to me when i was a child simply titled 'unexplained mysteries'. I was totally fascinated by it. It Had a lot of the usual stuff that appeals to children, like the Loch Ness monster and the Highgate Vampire, but one story which has never been publicized much that featured in the book was the disappearance of Colonel Fawcett and his party in the amazon jungle in the 1920s on an expedition to find the fabled lost city of 'Z' aka El Dorado. Really captured my imagination.

My wife is welsh, and fiercely proud of her country, but she loves England too. A proper Briton.

When I worked at Bisley, me and my workmates often went to the L&M for a drink after work, none of us were members and they didn't seem to mind us being scruffy. That always seemed to be the busiest club on the camp. Agree with previous posts though, these clubs can be a bit cliquey. Good luck with your search.

Growing up, my father was (and still is) a BTO bird ringer, he has done it since the mid 60s, and has been all over the world to do it. I have been lucky enough to see (amongst hundreds of other species both common and rare), dartford warblers and hawfinches in his hands as he ringed them. I could add crossbill, roller, chough, grey shrike, bearded tit (no, not bill oddie), serin, and many more (not bragging honest). I too would love to see a native quail, they are beautiful birds in their own way. I have seen a corncrake though, but that was 25+ years ago now. When I was a kid, family holidays used to revolve around bird ringing with trips all over the country and later abroad. I used to find it incredibly boring then, but I have a secret grudging interest in it now. I'd never tell him though because I made it abundantly clear at the time that I hated it. Luckily I inherited his other passion..... shooting. I wish you all the best in your attempts to see these beautiful birds JDog!

Good post OB, raised some interesting points there. I did have a good chat with a chap on the GWCT stand about woodcock ringing and tracking as this is something I am involved in, and also spent some time in the gundog tent talking to the owner of the delightful curly coat retrievers. 45 minutes was probably a slight exaggeration, and posted when I was still a bit 'hot', and I will admit I only spent the time to watch one demo (gundogs), but seeing how limited the opportunities for shopping were, my wife who was a big CLA fair fan was making threatening noises from the outset so I knew I was onto a loser pretty early on. I never expected it to be a smaller CLA as the organisers were deliberately trying to distance themselves from the previous events and I have no doubts that subsequent shows will be an improvement, but I haven't changed my mind about not going again when I have the sandringham show on my doorstep that offers more at this moment in time. hope you enjoy it next time round.

I went today with the other half, had been round it all in 45 minutes. Thought it was pretty rubbish, not much to see at all really and the 'gunmakers quarter' was laughably small. I know its the first one, but its not like these fairs are a new concept. I wont be going again. Bloody long way to go for a day out with an early start, and the mrs wasnt impressed either, so i'm in the dog house.

BSA Supersport .22 Lanber Sporting Deluxe 12b 28" Still have both of them 20 years on.

Well Bett is out of the running in Norfolk. Hope the Lab guy doesn't get in. Its between labour and the wonderfully named Lorne Green (Con) in the second round of voting.

ran over a nest of them once when i was flailing a ride in a wood once on an open tractor. First thing i knew about it i was being stung on the back of the head. Got me 7 times in all. Very painful and lucky i didn't have an allergic reaction. Ive never run quite so fast in my life once i realised what was happening.