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That's a choice though, you could choose to wear trousers for sun protection. And many roles might be outdoors but in the shade e.g. dispatching from under a station canopy so suncream wouldn't be necessary.

Just had an amusing and interesting discussion with one of the customer service team at Horsham. I won't name drop on the off chance there could be repercussions (details to follow) but said gent (let's call him Bob) was wearing the usual Southern TOC shirt with a black skirt. This was much to...

The issue with Leaf batteries isn't their construction, it's the lack of thermal management which leads to increased rates of degradation. Nissan used NMC battery cells in the Leaf which actually have a higher energy density than more modern LFP batteries, but they don't like being at very high...

No, because there's no more sure fire way to burn money than taking your car to a dealership for servicing. I do more like 12,000 miles a year so my savings are considerably more substantial on servicing and fuel costs

My mechanic is a Euro vehicle specialist who has seen the light and now mainly deals with EVs. He openly admits that he'll have to service three times the number of cars to make money, but he also says he has far fewer parts to keep inventory for, and as a consequence he rents his garage out and...

An ICE mechanic saying EVs are bull***. Quelle surprise

I agree, replace the seats with something decently comfortable, which would also have the added benefit of providing some secondary suspension and you'd reduce the complaints by 90%. Do this and they are acceptable long distance people movers. The cabin ambience is ok provided harsh cool LED...

I find that as long as you aren't waiting in a queue, manned checkouts are far faster to get through than the self serve ones because you don't have to wait for the system to register the weight of what you have just scanned before you can move onto the next item. Fortunately given where I live...

Really enjoyed the Worksop to Nottingham video, as it's a part of the world I am quite familiar with thanks to the in-laws living nearby and the history is super interesting. The speeds seem quite low in a lot of sections for what is a pretty straight line. Is this mainly due to subsistence...

Even if cash is accepted the problem is when the networked tills go down, no payment of any sort can be accepted. My main issue with the move to a cashless society is the inevitable creep of card surcharges that get introduced. I live in Australia now which is further down the cashless road than...

I rode an LNER Azuma for the first time last year after not being in the UK since 2018. I was a frequent user of the ECML for many years living in Scotland and having in-laws who live in Southwell, Notts. I couldn't believe how uncomfortable they were for any journey over an hour, far too...

Virtually all EVs now have liquid thermal management systems for the battery. However in comparison with ICE vehicles they tend to be a lot simpler with smaller radiators and pumps, as even at high charge and discharge rates battery heating comes nowhere near ICE operating temperatures.

Car 1: 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Does around 200-250km per week. EV range when new was around 40km, now down to around 20km as the battery is pretty worn. Originally purchased as needed a one car family vehicle than could tow, and at the time there were very few EV options for this without...

Have they sorted out the vestibule doors yet? Last trip I was on they were locked open which made it rather brisk, noisy, and fragrant from the brake fumes

An equivalent tax called the Goods and Services Tax is applied, however this is lower at 10% than VAT.

I've had two solar thermal water heaters, one in western Scotland near Oban (so hardly the world capital of excess sunshine) and another in Tasmania. For Tasmania the system basically supplied all hot water requirements for a household of four for nine months of the year. In Scotland it was more...

No experience of solar panels in the UK, however I have had multiple houses in Australia with panels. My current house has the oldest installation, a 15 year old 2.5kW system that still is performing as designed. I do find the price of solar systems in the UK bafflingly expensive. We installed...

There seems to be a general acceptance that what Carey did was completely lawful, and normal practice by wicketkeepers at every level of the game from juniors right up to international matches. There was no pause in his actions, no attempt to wait to see if a foot was lifted like in numerous...

If Carey had've gathered the ball and stopped, waited for Bairstow to leave his crease and then thrown the stumps down I would agree with you, not in the spirit of the game. As it stands, he gathered and threw in one action so the ball was still live. Bairstow was in his crease when the ball was...

There's absolutely nothing dubious about what Carey did. He received the ball and under-armed it in one continual motion so there can be no question the ball was somehow dead. In fact if you look at when he releases the ball, Bairstow is still in his crease and then dozily wanders out. Brain...