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Anglesey or Llangrannog in Wales for us usually, either in a cottage or camping. Did the west coast of Scotland last August, near Gaerlochhead and it was ok, nice scenery and all that, but too wet for my liking! We drove over from Germany where the temperature was pushing 40 degrees (I kid you not, it gets very hot here in the summer) to less than half that temperature and rain! Epic scenery though, and plenty of walking if you like that sort of thing and no phone signal for the most part. Even took a drive to the Mull Of Kintyre - it was a bit breezy on the beach there to say the least. I love the UK (and Northern Europe too), very underrated places to holiday. Whole the sheep are off to the Maldives, I'll be in Wales: having said that, if I had the money...

But without the intense heat!

We usually go to Llangrannog in West Wales - it's great place but don't tell anyone or they'll all go there! But living in the Fatherland it's a bit of a long trek to get there so we're going to Bergen ann Zee on the Dutch coast, which is just up from Amsterdam. We went there a few years ago too and it's a tiny little place with a huge sandy beach and sand dunes, just like British beaches. But without the union jack shorts and bulldog tattoos! And with ice cream parlours and cafes. http://bergenaanzee.com/nl-nl/home/

I've got the Prodrive exhaust on mine - it has the awesome burble sound, which I love, and the dogs can hear it from inside the house and are always waiting at the door when I get in! Go for the burble.

My wife was doing a three point turn when she scrapped the front bumper against a wooden fence panel - she then blamed it on the kids who were on the back seat arguing with each other and distracting her, and nothing at all to do with her driving!

I'd love to send them off, but it live in Germany and it gets driven daily. And anyway, I really like fixing brakes...

I'm rebuilding the callipers on my XT with some nice new shiny stainless steel pistons from Godspeed, and my question is about the guide pins - does the one with the rubber bit on the end go at the top or bottom of the bracket? Tokico 2 pot callipers at the front, single pot at the rear. I've tried Google and it seems to be a 50/50 split, along with using some very special grease on the pins.