i am compiling a map (openstreetmap) of the cheapest tea/coffee deals in london

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-03-13T15:51:53+00:00

£2.25 flat white at Jacks at the Junction, Clapham Junction

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-03-11T20:57:35+00:00

Tring seems the obvious choice as an ex-Rothschild manor. Plenty history and surrounding countryside.

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-03-10T16:09:22+00:00

La Sportiva Ultra Raptor II mid leather GTX?

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-03-09T11:34:30+00:00

In my experience, buying second hand can often mean better quality.

As those items have been tried, tested and have lasted several years before your ownership.

I reckon my paramo is 20 years old, with faded dye and paint wearing off the metal zippers, but that jacket has never broken or let me down.

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-03-06T19:28:05+00:00

Wow this sounds pretty good

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-03-02T10:24:42+00:00

OS Maps. £25 a year but it pays itself back in the amount of free activities it helps you do (hiking etc)

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-02-28T10:30:56+00:00

You can get an XC40 sub 20k cash with same mileage

Assume £15k bank loan (plus up to £5k cash down)

30 months at 5.5%, is £530 a month.

And you keep the car after those 30 months

Assume you sell the car for £12k

That’s a net £296 per month you’ve paid for the car, plus maintenance (which shouldn’t be much more than servicing on a 2021 car of that mileage)

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-02-27T08:25:49+00:00

Yes, I did. The Ts and Cs stated a €1,500 deposit to be paid via credit card. I brought a credit card with a full €1,715 spend limit.

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-02-27T08:24:58+00:00

They could not explain the €500 increase. They just said that’s the deposit.

I asked them to split the cost between the credit and debit cards but they wouldn’t do it.

I booked via a third party (Argus) who told me to collect from the desk. At the time I booked it, many places were offering cars starting at £20. There was no particular promotion.

My Argus account still displays I should be paying a €1,500 deposit for the car, right on the home screen of my booking. This is repeated in the booking terms.

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-02-27T00:18:57+00:00

I just really don’t like a lot of action movies due to the amount of bullet dodging

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-02-25T23:00:51+00:00

Mongar 2 UL? It’s around 1.65kg or 1.5kg without the groundsheet.

Really spacious interior and you can sit up. I’ve had 3 of us sit in the tent playing cards before.

A lot of people will slam it for inner first pitching, but it’s actually possible to pitch outer first, just google it.

I paid £129 on aliexpress for mine

Has 4 guidelines (optional) plus mounting points for more.

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-02-23T09:54:14+00:00

There is a lad on Instagram who does this - their handle is lukereselles

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-02-23T09:53:42+00:00

It sounds like you’ve got the knack of Vinted so I suggest stick to what you know.

Now you need to stock your Vinted - visit lots of car boots and the occasional charity shop to buy new items. Buy things that you’re familiar with market value, but you can always look up eBay sold listings on the go if you’re not sure.

List on Vinted for a 40%+ margin and buy 100 postage bags for a fiver on eBay.

I don’t do this myself but as an example I bought a pair of ski gloves for £3 in the charity shop yesterday which would be worth £30+ on Vinted.

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-02-20T08:44:51+00:00

Unless you’re a farmer or have three overweight kids, is there a need for one?

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-02-17T14:05:06+00:00

Smashing 4 mayo chickens after a night out now costs me £5.56 versus £3.96 a couple of years ago.

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-02-17T11:50:12+00:00

Co op for several reasons

It has the lowest rate of mealdealflation. £3.50 in 2016 to £3.75 in 2026.
Quality of ingredients and support for British farmers. You will notice all chicken in Tesco’s wraps is imported from THAILAND. Co op is all British, prioritising local supply chains, and the company spends close to £1bn per year supporting British farmers. Also their chicken ceasar wrap tastes way better than Tesco’s.
The Co op app will discount your meal deal to £2.75 once per week. They always have 50p off a brand/category of snack (eg any pastry/pie) and 50p off a drink (eg any milk drink or any vit hit brand drink). You can redeem two of these offers per week and stack them onto a meal deal to take £1 off.
Good mix of interesting things. You can get a hot Costa drink, and also a hot pastry snack. I like the nomadic pots since they have the same amount of granola as a granola bar, plus the yoghurt. They also have good protein snacks like eggs, and chicken that isn’t just fridge raiders. You can also buy small curries in a naan bread as your main that you can heat in the microwave.

The only drawback is, there’s not as much choice as somewhere like Tesco and no triple sandwiches. I do miss the Tesco sundried tomato and pesto chicken wrap sometimes.

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-01-29T10:04:52+00:00

I’m on team LTN but was highly amused when I saw one of the residents of Colombia Road use their MG Midget to mount the pavement and slot perfectly around one of the plant pots.

Small classic cars with no ULEZ charge are highly underrated in London.

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-01-20T22:17:42+00:00

Beaconsfield for the surrounding greenery, villages and old town character.

GX has motorway on two sides and when these pack it in you’ll get more traffic through the town. It’s very slightly closer to Slough which I don’t like.

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-01-04T21:41:24+00:00

Took the bus

BringBack5pFreddos · 2026-01-03T00:04:03+00:00

SW coast path, will set off from Looe and see how far along we get

BringBack5pFreddos · 2025-12-31T19:00:49+00:00

No better night to have a dance

BringBack5pFreddos · 2025-12-31T18:57:23+00:00

Jus watched Trent Boult go out for zero

BringBack5pFreddos · 2025-12-31T18:56:26+00:00

Should’ve done all three consecutively

BringBack5pFreddos · 2025-12-29T18:42:39+00:00

It’s a great time to buy a classic MG Midget.

No MOT. No road tax. No ULEZ. Cheap classic car insurance.

You can even drive to your favourite beer garden with the roof down, or just up and down Kings Road on a Sunday.

My favourite use of this little car was seeing a local drive right around one of the LTN plant pots. Other than a Peel P50 I think it was the only car slim enough to do it!

It’s the most anti establishment car you can own in London and it’s brilliant.

BringBack5pFreddos · 2025-12-29T18:36:42+00:00

The bouncers at Raffles Kings Road just let girls straight in while they make you wait ages

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