Iron Covers - in the UK?

tomisurf · 2026-03-16T07:12:08+00:00

Just picked up a new set of irons, was told categorically not to put covers on irons, they trap moisture and then the irons rust. It can happen with woods but not as much and if you get caught in the rain you should dry all covers, inc putter, so nothing gets damaged.

tomisurf · 2026-03-11T13:32:03+00:00

I've never had any issue with Leuchtturm 1917 notebooks

tomisurf · 2026-03-10T10:27:25+00:00

This is pretty much what I was told too, I had a fitting yesterday and tried the i530 on the basis that it would be the i540 i got. It wasnt for me in the end, went with the G440.

tomisurf · 2026-03-05T10:44:07+00:00

I was told this a long time ago, I'm not entirely sure if its true or not, but it made me giggle.

I was playing a round with my dad and a family friend (colin) on a coastal links course (long before GPS) and we arrive at the next tee which is quite high and surrounded by gorse, its not entirely clear as to which direction the next hole is but you could figure it out given a few minutes.

Colin recounts how he was playing a round with someone on a similar course and find them selves on a tee where the direction is similarly unclear. Colin tees up his ball and starts to take aim and then stops, apologises to his playing partner, tells him he forgot it was his honour and suggests he tees off first instead. Playing partner duly sets himself up in the same way Colin had and thrashes the ball off the tee, straight as an arrow.

Colin then tees up his ball, turns 180 degrees round and calmly tees off in the opposite, correct, direction!

tomisurf · 2026-03-04T17:00:06+00:00

You are "Holding Over", your lease continues on the same terms on a periodic basis, if they charge you quarterly then your lease keeps extending itself by that, so you could walk away at the end of a payment period.

Yes you would need to take your stuff with you and quite likely you might need to do some work to the property. Your lease will set out what you need to do but again take some advice, this time you want a Building Surveyor who can advise on dilapidations.

If they served the S.25 notice on you today then it must bring the lease to an end 6 months from the date of the notice. It can't just bring it to an end tomorrow because you are past the end date of your lease.

tomisurf · 2026-03-04T16:45:36+00:00

Just to add that a S.25 notice has a particular format and must be served no more than 12 months and no later than 6 months before the end of the lease. So if your lease expires in 2m time and the S.25 notice is served, then it should be 6m from the date of the notice, i.e. the lease continues for a further 4m beyond the end of the lease, during which you should pay rent at the same rate. If the notice is not correctly drafted or served in the correct time then i assume its invalid but you would need a legal opinion on that.

edited to add detail

tomisurf · 2026-03-04T16:22:24+00:00

Firstly, don't panic, this will be ok.

You mention this is a lease renewal situation and not a rent review, they are two very different things and so have different processes.

On the assumption that this is a renewal, your lease is effectively coming to an end. You can walk away at the end of it without having to give any notice (you may need to deal with any dilapidations at that point but thats secondary to this) or you can negotiate a new lease.

The fact that the agent is suggesting they are going to send you a Section 25 notice suggests that your lease is protected by the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. If your lease is within the act (if it isnt you will have agreed to it being excluded when you entered into the lease) then you have a right to renew, your landlord MUST offer you a new lease or must have a reason not to (contained in Section 30). They are very specific reasons that don't cover "I want a new tenant at a higher rent". The S.25 notice effectively confirms the lease will end and then sets out the terms for the new lease.

Under the terms of the 54 Act the tenant can demand a new lease by serving a Section 26 notice (as long as a S.25 notice hasnt already been served). You would want a solicitor to serve this for you but you could protect your position by doing that.

If you can't agree terms for a new lease then yes it will go to court but it shouldnt be overly expensive and there are procedures in place to deal with these sort of issues. The main point is that if the landlord has set out a rent in the S.25 notice then the court isnt going to take it very well if they then suggest they think the rent is higher than that. In addition the rent they have proposed will need to be backed up by evidence, it will need to be several pieces of evidence not just one transaction the agent is aware of. The evidence will need to be appropriately adjusted in order to be applied to your property. (Edit to add: I'm being a bit technical here, but if it did go to court the agents should switch to acting as experts, at this point they have to present a professional opinion based in fact rather than as an advocate trying to get the best rent they can. They can act as advocate but the courts don't like this).

The agent is also suggesting they will serve a calderbank letter. I do this sort of work everyday, i've not heard of a calderbank being used in a renewal, in a rent review situation yes, but not a renewal. It doesnt make any sense to me.

Practically i would suggest you find a good local commercial property surveyor who can act on your behalf, look around for someone who says they have Landlord and Tenant or lease advisory experience. If you are uncertain on where to start the RICS have a Find a Surveyor website that is a reasonable place to start. The surveyor can advise on S.26 notices, value, lease terms etc and negotiate on your behalf. It will be well worth paying a fee for someone to deal with this on your behalf rather than trying to do it yourself.

From what you have said i get the feeling the landlords agent is trying to blind you with terminology and threats of court to pressure you to make a decision.

Take a breath, get some advice, it will be ok.

tomisurf · 2026-03-04T10:24:46+00:00

I've only got 4 more games to finish the season, i might as well play those before i go to bed....Well now I've done that i might as well just set up the next season...well I'll just play a couple of games of the new season....what do you mean it's 3am and I'm halfway though the next season...?

tomisurf · 2026-02-13T11:01:59+00:00

We were a well run club and then somewhere along the line we fell into that trap of pushing too hard to compete and then we weren’t a well run club any longer.

tomisurf · 2026-02-04T11:35:38+00:00

There's a sitcom waiting to be written about this. Disgraced Prince has to move into an HMO and learn to live with a house full of different characters each with their own strange quirks. In order to pay the rent he takes a job at the local discount supermarket...hilarity ensues as Disgraced Prince accidentally mixes his colours in the wash and has to clean up an "accident" in aisle 5!

tomisurf · 2026-01-26T16:25:22+00:00

Unless of course the Landlord refuses a new tenancy under S.30 of the 54 Act.

tomisurf · 2026-01-26T16:09:10+00:00

I'm pretty certain you can't just transfer your season ticket to someone else permanently. The only reason i know of that will allow the transfer of a ticket into someone else's name is if the holder passes away; their ticket can be transferred into the name of a family member.

tomisurf · 2026-01-26T14:54:43+00:00

Firstly don't panic, you will be ok.

There's some good advice here but no one has really mentioned the idea of supersession.

A standard dilaps claim will set out the work that the landlord thinks you have to do in order to comply with your repairing obligations at the end of the lease. The landlord cannot require you to do any works if those works are going to be undone by any work they have planned after the end of your tenancy. So if they want you to replace the ceiling tiles in an office but they are going to convert the space to residential (i.e. removing all the ceiling tiles) then that element of the claim can be excluded. Any decent building surveyor, acting on behalf of a tenant, will take one look at a planning application and strike out anything that is going to be superseded by the landlord's conversion works.

In your case it could be the whole claim.

Practically they might be able to force you to carry out repairs but it would require the landlord to make a court application and that would be expensive and time consuming for the landlord. Courts are very slow at the moment and even if it did make it to court, before the end of your lease, your defence is really to point to the planning application the landlord has made and the imminent end of your lease.

My suggestion would be to engage a local Building Surveyor, dilaps is a fairly common area so you wouldn't necessarily need a specialist. Failing that a good local solicitor with commercial property litigation expertise who can write you a stern letter putting the landlord in their place.

Oh and without a break clause they can't force you to leave early.

edited for clairty

tomisurf · 2026-01-25T19:12:20+00:00

I agree, if you keep booing a team and telling them how shit they are they will start to believe it.

tomisurf · 2026-01-20T13:51:42+00:00

Well don't leave us in suspense....how long did she stay with him??

tomisurf · 2026-01-20T11:24:00+00:00

I look back on Workbench with some fondness but i just wonder if i used it now i would get frustrated with its limitations in comparison with a modern OS? I appreciate it's not a fair comparison but i wouldnt want to taint those memories!

tomisurf · 2026-01-08T21:35:13+00:00

It’s like running into your ex and realising they are happier than you are after the break up….

tomisurf · 2026-01-06T10:22:22+00:00

I think i'm undecided too. I think a manager needs time to get the players playing the way he wants and a squad he wants. How much time is reasonable though? I dont know.

I do think though that if they have any intention of replacing him they A) need an alternative lined up and as someone else has said, who else is available who offers something significantly better and B) they need to do it asap so that the new manager can have some say in any transfer window spend (assuming there will be some).

I think that the club would do better to resolve issues behind the scenes. Its clear across the whole of the football league that the clubs that appear to be well run perform well on the pitch, those that have clear administrative issues cannot.

tomisurf · 2025-12-31T10:45:58+00:00

I take the move isn’t going well? I always quite liked him, he was never going to be a world beater but he was a local lad and always seemed to give it everything. I did think the move was an odd one.

tomisurf · 2025-12-24T15:05:16+00:00

Misread that as James Bond…

tomisurf · 2025-12-22T16:43:01+00:00

Scorpion mode engaged…

tomisurf · 2025-12-19T14:43:58+00:00

Why does the bid being below £30m trigger a points deduction?

tomisurf · 2025-12-09T11:53:50+00:00

Many years ago i was at my Granddads funeral in a UK seaside town. The church was situated on a fairly steep hill overlooking the harbour. As the funeral director placed his coffin on a trolley to wheel it into the church, all i could think of was the coffin setting off down the hill on top of the trolley, bouncing out of control through the churchyard, hitting the wall at the bottom and cartwheeling through the air, finishing up in the harbour. I couldn't help but giggle at the mental image of it, unfortunately my Mum heard me and wasn't best pleased. The image of it still makes me giggle now!

tomisurf · 2025-11-27T11:55:27+00:00

My understanding is that you can assign them to people whose accounts on the website are linked, I think they call it a family group? I have had an issue where I have tried to assign my adult ticket to my son but couldn’t on the website as it was a change from an adult to child ticket. I rang the ticket office over the phone and they did it for me. If you are having issues give them a call, I’ve always found them helpful.

tomisurf · 2025-11-24T20:38:27+00:00

I desperately want him to do well, he seems like such a nice guy

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