Reply to: Good morning all how are we

[BlueSharp]

If your wife hasn't already bankrupted you, head to https://www.nkuku.com , it's just south of Totnes. Also https://www.weavergreen.com when you're on your way to Salcombe with the rest of the tourists.
I tend to stick the other side of the river, so Lympstone Manor and The River Exe Cafe would be high on my list. Avoid The Pig, it's nowhere near as good as it used to be.
Hope you've been drinking Jail Ale and Avocet, along with our local still & sparkling wines (Dalwood being a favourite of mine).

I have family connections to the River Exe, so I go down 2-3 times a year and don't stray too far from it, but I stayed on the 'other side' this trip. Typically, we stay in Cockwood and visit the Anchor Inn - sad news about the Ship Inn next door. The River Exe Cafe is brilliant, but a PITA to get to from the Cockwood side. Of course, Jail Ale was consumed!

We do the Exe estuary trail if the weather is nice, with the Exmouth Ferry crossing and always stop off at The Passage House Inn, The Turf somewhere next to Exeter Quay.

[ladymuck]

TFA Milan!

Well nothing to complain about here. Yea olde jalopy had a load of work done recently and it now drives like it used when it was a young whippersnapper. My fears that it was EOL were unfounded.

[ladymuck]

WSES



And this for tulipty family:

[SueEllen]

No, in all the circles of hell at the same time. My Mother has just passed and I'm in the merry go round as I'm sure many have been on here. She's been getting phone slammed for god knows how long by premier talk, apparently she made 56 calls in hospital from her landline in the two weeks she was in hospital dying.

Anyway stopped all that but now got to endure toxic close relatives I've cut myself off from, who will no doubt create at the tea after when I still maintain that I want nothing ever to do with them.

Ah well.....

And she asked me to do the eulogy.....

[Gibbon]

all doing on this fine Thursday morning ?

Well in my ignorance is bliss little world everything is hunky dory, enjoying the new contract, and looking forward to the weekend

Milan.

No, in all the circles of hell at the same time. My Mother has just passed and I'm in the merry go round as I'm sure many have been on here. She's been getting phone slammed for god knows how long by premier talk, apparently she made 56 calls in hospital from her landline in the two weeks she was in hospital dying.

Anyway stopped all that but now got to endure toxic close relatives I've cut myself off from, who will no doubt create at the tea after when I still maintain that I want nothing ever to do with them.

Ah well.....

And she asked me to do the eulogy.....

[WTFH]

Spot on!

I actually went for a Gallette in the end.

Salmon, cream cheese, dill, lemon, emmental.

Had lunch at The Turff, which IMO is the best beer garden in England.

If your wife hasn't already bankrupted you, head to https://www.nkuku.com , it's just south of Totnes. Also https://www.weavergreen.com when you're on your way to Salcombe with the rest of the tourists.
I tend to stick the other side of the river, so Lympstone Manor and The River Exe Cafe would be high on my list. Avoid The Pig, it's nowhere near as good as it used to be.
Hope you've been drinking Jail Ale and Avocet, along with our local still & sparkling wines (Dalwood being a favourite of mine).

[tazdevil]

Paid extra for the adaptive cruise / traffic assist. I've got to say, it's great in traffic jams although it is good to be ready on the brake just incase; I've really not come to trust it 100%, but that's probably me. I'm used to driving a decade old manual car with no automation.

One gripe is that the stop/start defaults to 'active'. So I'm forever turning it off for local driving since the start lag annoys me at junctions. The automatic headlight dipping is just brilliant and makes night driving much easier. It's taken me a while to adapt to driving a modern car, and I can still park better with mirrors than the camera!

I've the latest Civic eHev and agree on adaptive cruise but I find that if I trust it it works. However it can be jerky in certain situations and spot things such as parked cars up front as obstacles and brakes so I switch it off then. But for cruising and jams its great.

Adaptive lights the same, just brilliant. However unlike with ICE no issues with stop/start as although its got an onboard 2 litre generator it's drive is electric with instant torque and no lags

[milanbenes]

You work in Europe. Today is a holiday.

Fake news!

ha ha not where I am - kerching

but you are right and the majority of my DACH colleagues were off yesterday and it allowed me to ease off a little :-)

Milan.

[BlueSharp]

Boathouse Cafe Topsham?

Spot on!

I actually went for a Gallette in the end.

Salmon, cream cheese, dill, lemon, emmental.

Had lunch at The Turff, which IMO is the best beer garden in England.

[NotAllThere]

all doing on this fine Thursday morning ?

Well in my ignorance is bliss little world everything is hunky dory, enjoying the new contract, and looking forward to the weekend

Milan.

You work in Europe. Today is a holiday.

Fake news!

[Zigenare]

Paid extra for the adaptive cruise / traffic assist. I've got to say, it's great in traffic jams although it is good to be ready on the brake just incase; I've really not come to trust it 100%, but that's probably me. I'm used to driving a decade old manual car with no automation.

One gripe is that the stop/start defaults to 'active'. So I'm forever turning it off for local driving since the start lag annoys me at junctions. The automatic headlight dipping is just brilliant and makes night driving much easier. It's taken me a while to adapt to driving a modern car, and I can still park better with mirrors than the camera!

My other half has a Tucson petrol hybrid. No lag from stop-start at all. Not my cup of tea but it's a no brainer when driving in traffic jams into and out of the citeh!

[Protagoras]

Yes, that was the one I was looking at, basically she'd be going from a 2l Q3 quattro to a 2l Q3 quattro with a different badge on it and a lot more goodies, for about ten grand less.

Paid extra for the adaptive cruise / traffic assist. I've got to say, it's great in traffic jams although it is good to be ready on the brake just incase; I've really not come to trust it 100%, but that's probably me. I'm used to driving a decade old manual car with no automation.

One gripe is that the stop/start defaults to 'active'. So I'm forever turning it off for local driving since the start lag annoys me at junctions. The automatic headlight dipping is just brilliant and makes night driving much easier. It's taken me a while to adapt to driving a modern car, and I can still park better with mirrors than the camera!

[milanbenes]

I'm thinking about replacing the wife's Q3 with a Karoq

that, would be, nothing short of, a, clever thing to do 👍

I am sure even Dayve Ramzee would approve, he'd probably say, it's the kind of decision clever people make

Milan.

[WTFH]

My wife has a Karoq. Very pleased with it.
The 2l petrol automatic mpg is as one might expect - not great, but milage is low anyway and performance is good in sport mode

Yes, that was the one I was looking at, basically she'd be going from a 2l Q3 quattro to a 2l Q3 quattro with a different badge on it and a lot more goodies, for about ten grand less.

[Zigenare]

TFA, currently enjoying a week in Rhosneigr with the family and pooch!

Had to visit client site on Tuesday and charged accordingly.