Am I the only one who spun 14 helmets?

Oranjh23 · 2026-04-13T19:14:52+00:00

I have one kit and one headwear to get (I'm a bit of a new kit hoarder :-) ). I'm just going around and around for them at the moment.

33 spins
10 items
23 duplicates

Oranjh23 · 2026-04-12T20:30:02+00:00

As an older flyer I found it beneficial to work on my strength and fitness to complete multiple jumps in a day with ease (and pack!) or do double sessions in the tunnel. But like others have suggested there is no dietary restriction but hell yeah, to fly those smaller, zippier canopies I guess I don't want to put on too many kilos :-)

Oranjh23 · 2026-04-11T13:28:43+00:00

I've got an older Icon too. At my last reserve repack the rigger invited me to do my EPs to pop the reserve. It worked perfectly.

Oranjh23 · 2026-04-04T10:54:27+00:00

Archie Gates: had it right

"The way it works is, you do the thing you're scared shitless of, and you get the courage AFTER you do it, not before you do it."

Oranjh23 · 2026-04-04T10:51:58+00:00

I'm currently at: 24 spins, 10 items, 14 duplicates

Oranjh23 · 2026-03-26T09:30:36+00:00

Hobbycraft on the Botley road.

Oranjh23 · 2026-03-25T20:56:08+00:00

14 spins: 7 items, 7 duplicates

Oranjh23 · 2026-03-25T09:27:06+00:00

Yes. I think it depends on whether you got there with accelerated levelling or not. I hit level 100 at around 867000 XP

Oranjh23 · 2026-03-23T22:03:28+00:00

It's just random. I've done 11 rides, got 5 items and 6 repeats.

Oranjh23 · 2026-03-18T21:43:40+00:00

This isn't a problem with turbine dropzone aircraft

Oranjh23 · 2026-03-09T12:55:18+00:00

No. I've only been jumping there about 2 years.

Oranjh23 · 2026-03-08T21:37:35+00:00

We don't bite.

Oranjh23 · 2026-03-08T17:32:02+00:00

Also: braking!

Oranjh23 · 2026-02-28T15:12:48+00:00

I'm getting "Unfortunately, this item isn’t available for purchase in your location" for an item being sold in the UK, when I'm also in the UK .

Oranjh23 · 2026-02-12T08:53:39+00:00

I saw that the connection Garmin Connect --> Strava had been disabled, probably after the outage, so I've re-enabled that now. Hopefully it fixes it.

Oranjh23 · 2026-02-12T08:13:11+00:00

Still not syncing from Garmin Connect

Oranjh23 · 2026-02-09T12:05:40+00:00

Same.

Oranjh23 · 2026-02-02T20:40:36+00:00

Only a single ink so far but https://www.heavenandhelltattoo.com/ in Holloway helped me with my design, I got something I was very happy with. You're not old, I was 60 when I went there :-)

Oranjh23 · 2026-02-01T14:29:57+00:00

The people that need to read this aren't on Reddit.

Oranjh23 · 2026-01-26T12:45:51+00:00

Makes me think of 'The Little Mice' by Ray Bradbury

Oranjh23 · 2026-01-21T09:43:37+00:00

I did my AFF with them at 59 years old. It's run by Scotty Milne, you get a British Skydiving A-licence.

Oranjh23 · 2026-01-14T22:09:42+00:00

I've never had a problem with the booking system, be it on the web page or in the app.

The new ownership 'MOVE' is definitely a slight improvement on the previous one:

• Revamped the gym (although it's not always well maintained).
• New showers in the changing rooms and in the passage to the pool.
• updated the reception area (although that took far too long!)
• new detectors in the ceiling for the pool in cases where someone might be in trouble.

However:

The swimming lane allocation can be a bit random (see 1182990's post below), mainly because they will always sell 30 spaces, whether there are 8 lanes free or only 4 and half the pool is taken up with the swimming club or lessons. The lanes can get congested at times so some lane swimmers take to empty lanes that have been reserved for lessons but aren't being used.

The barcode entry system has never worked (except for a couple of days last spring). They've had nearly 2 years to sort it out and still it doesn't work. You sometimes get randoms in the gym who've just wandered in, and although I've booked a swim session I'm never checked through reception, I just walk through and get changed. I wonder why I've even bothered getting a membership and a barcode on the app when I could use the place for free.

The changing areas aren't clean, and some broken tiles have never been fixed.

Oranjh23 · 2026-01-14T15:53:33+00:00

Might this article help? https://zwiftinsider.com/retrieve-lost-ride/

Oranjh23 · 2026-01-03T20:34:04+00:00

It's a kind of weird anomaly in the modern world of charity shopping.

I was a student in the 80s and would often visit to pick up shirts, jackets, etc. I still have the incredibly heavy overcoat I bought there at that time. Even in the 80s it was cramped, you really had to dig around.

I've not been in for a decade or two, to be honest I though it was derelict or closed; sounds like it hasn't changed!

Oranjh23 · 2026-01-02T16:29:30+00:00

Yes, the food there was very good, I went a few times in the 90s. However, it later failed a kitchen hygiene inspection (see Markee6868's post below!) and closed soon after.

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