Hello I'm Datta Phuge. Do You Like My Gold Shirt? Will You Marry Me?

Hello, I'm Datta, I'm thirty two
and I'm a money lender from Pimpri-Chinchwad in central India.
I'm single and I know I'm not the best looking man in the world but I'm very rich.
Do you like my twenty two carat gold shirt?
It took a team of fifteen goldsmiths two weeks to make it and it's got crystal buttons, matching cuffs, a gold belt and finger rings.
It cost $230,000.
I hope you're impressed.
Some people say I'm ostentatious.
I don't know what ostentatious is but I like the sound of big words like that.
I'm a generous man too.
I'd give the right lady the shirt off my back...

Antony Gibbon's Lord Of The Rings Treetop Dwellings...

Looking like some treetop dwellings for the Elves of Lothlorien in JR Tolkiens Lord Of The Rings, Antony Gibbon's Roost Treehouses are designed to copy the curvaceous and organic forms found in Nature.
The intention was to create a treehouse using materials from sustainable sources that blended in and almost became part of the tree, being camouflaged by the surrounding foliage.
Each treehouse is harnessed to the treetrunk using a bracing technique that causes no damage to the tree or inhibits its growth
in any way.
One central spiral staircase leads to the treetop platform and each Roost sleeps two regular size people my precious...

It's The Twike And It's Twiffic...

The German manufactured Twike has been part of the twaffic scene in Europe for a lot of years after the then human powered and now human-electric hybrid vehicle made its debut at Canada's 1986 Vancouver World Expo.
This twiffic little two seater is capable of 55mph or 85kph and between 90 and 240 kilometers, 30-150 miles, depending on the size of the chosen battery pack, the terrain, size and weight of the pilot and passenger and the pilot's driving style.
The one thousandth Twike has just rolled off the assembly line much to the delight of the dedicated following, mainly in Switzerland and Germany but also in the UK, Austria, the Netherlands, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium and the US.
If you want more twiffic information on life in the twike lane, you can have a browse here.
Twy not to look at the pwice tag...

Inspiration For Your Quiet Place Somewhere...

Any visit over to Cabinporn is always
an inspiring one but don't just take my word for it.
You know by now I'm biased.
Have a look here...

This Laser Lightstrip Will Help Night-Time Cyclists Stay Safer And Live Longer...

This blog as you know is an advertising free zone, but in the interests of lengthening the life expectancy of its cycling readers, call me self serving, and because this is such a good idea,
I wanted to share it with you.
The Xfire safety light creates a laser generated bike lane for safer night-time cycling and for those of you who've been freaked out cycling at night, this might make you feel a lot more secure.
Xfire says the intense laser lane markers are visible from over a mile away, well you're not going to get hit from a mile away but to be seen is to be safer.
The AAA battery powered light that evidently lasts for twenty hours, simply clamps to your bike frame..
You can check out more details and the reasonable price here.
Please stay alive...

The Dobbertin Surface Orbiter. Not Your Usual Motorhome...

The Dobbertin Surface Orbiter
is not your usual sort of motorhome.
Fabricated completely from marine grade stainless steel, the thirty two foot DSO was designed to circumnavigate the earth over land and sea without any type of support vessel.
Project Earth Trek was a twenty eight country Amphibious Adventure covering 30,000 land miles and 3,000 sea miles.
Freedom Camping all the way.
Hop out of your armchair and look here
at what Rick Dobbertin and his wife Mary who live in Pennellville NY achieved.
It was probably more fun than staying home...

A Beautiful Tiny Gypsy Housetruck Ready For Some Big New Adventures...

I found this delightful little 50 square foot, Romany inspired housetruck over at Tiny House Listings.
Built on the back of a 1975 vintage Dodge truck, it's been carefully and lovingly crafted with much attention to detail and advice from a UK based Romany restoration artist, this tiny house on wheels will be someone's next big adventure...