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Look great Dave - suit the car very nicely :cool: Steve :)

LOL - Shoreham tunnel, fond memories! My wife could never understand why I had to wind the window down (just a little) ;) :D CheerZ Steve :)

Good to see your still around Paul :cool: How's life - you still round this way? Steve :)

Happy birthday bud :duffer: Steve :)

Looks great Vijay - I'm very jealous! Will be great to get her back again :cool: Steve :) PS. 27 months - Pah! Mine's been away on and off since May 2006! :rolleyes: ;)

LOL - good to hear Si :cool: Steve :)

Glad to hear things are on the up Si. Get some grub inside ya ;) CheerZ Steve :)

I think that was PaulC with his plastic tyres ;) I started a caption comp for that pic but I can't find the original :( And I was still disappointed ;) :D Steve :)

I'm keeping mine! Hope to see her back this year better than ever :cool: Steve :)

Welcome fella :cool: Steve :)

I'm interested subject to price Vijay Steve :)

Just found the vid I did of the day ;) Right Click Save As Really enjoyed the day - great memories :cool: CheerZ Steve :)

Quality - date's in the diary! :hyper: Steve :)

;) Good to see you around James :D Steve :)

I'll put up £20 too CheerZ Steve :)

'ello Mark - glad to see you're still around bud. Go get yourself another one ;) Steve :)

Ahh crap - gutted for you bud. Hope you can get it back asap. Happy to chip into the fund if it helps... CheerZ Steve :)

Very sad - thoughts are with his family and friends Steve

Works fine with Vista as well ;)

Yeah :( Details here http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/pavingfrontgardens Steve :)

Run Tversity http://tversity.com/ on the PC (turns it into a media server). It's a free download and works well with the PS3. Need any help, I'll try to point you in the right direction... CheerZ Steve :)

Got away with it because work started before 1st October ;) :D I'm not sure if the legislation is national James - I got the impression that it's a local council planning matter.. May be worth checking with your local planning department first CheerZ Steve :)

Seeing the contractor today - will let you know what's said... Steve :)

Going to speak to them tomorrow Mark Apparently the gaps "seal themselves" with crap. The council don't see it as pourus unfortunately :(

We share a drive with our neighbour. He's a retired fella and an all round good bloke. Our driveway was all concrete and it had seen better days (cracking in places and a bit eneven) and my neighbour wanted to get it replaced - I told him that we couldn't really afford it. He went ahead and got a couple of quotes and before we knew what was happening, there were lines painted on the drive and a paving company's sign in front of the neighbour's house. I asked him about it and discovered that he was planning on block paving his half and leaving my half concrete! Work was supposed to be starting the next day :( Thinking this would look stoopid, I got the contractor to quote us for our half (which was much bigger than next door's). The price wasn't too bad and we reluctantly agreed to have the work done - the phrase "paved into a corner" seemed appropriate. We checked out the company, watched the work carefully and had a couple of professional "mates" check the progress. All looked good and the job was finished to a professional standard in just over a week. Two weeks later, we get a knock on the door from a member of the local council planning department. Apparently since 1 October, new driveways must be constructed of porous materials or have drainage to capture water before it drains onto the public highway (info here). He told me that the council would have turned a blind eye to it, but he had to follow up "a complaint from one of our neighbours". We received a letter today - we've got to correct the problem (ie: dig up the drive and add drains) within 28 days. Our driveway is exactly the same area as we had before (although it looks much better!) but the legislation still applies to us. Didn't even want this done really and now we're stuck with this. So pi$$ed off I can't tell you. If you've made it this far, thanks for reading. If anyone has any ideas of our legal position, please drop me a PM or post away... Steve :(