Let the buyer beware

Gad’s Hill School, Rochester, Kent is boasting of its academic achievements, claiming to be “The TOP Performing Independent School in England.” This recent photograph of a signboard at the school is misleading. The trouble is Gad’s Hill School has sunk to the bottom of the class.
In the GCSE results for 2011 Gad’s Hill rated 408 out of 420 independent schools – see: Daily Telegraph.
The exaggerated claims so irked another local school that they allegedly complained to the Advertising Standards Authority – see: Daily Telegraph.
The headmaster of Gad’s Hill School, David Craggs, receives a £200,000 annual remuneration package made up of £160k salary + £23k pension + £3,872 governors expenses + 85% reduction in school fees worth i.r.o. £15k. For this he supervises 390 pupils and a total of 68 staff. That is £200,000 for managing a medium-sized, underperforming school.
The Prime Minister receives a salary of £142,500.
Photograph by A. Mole.

Maiden Flight

This is my newly-acquired 1972 Batavus Batafold bicycle. I'm cleaning her up and making her roadworthy. Threw on a NOS Weinmann 1080 side-pull front brake. These bikes were supplied without front brakes, relying solely on a rear coaster. I took her out on Friday for the first proper test, bedding in the front brake.
The bike features a Sachs Torpedo Duomatic 2-speed kickshift hub gear - no control cables to the rear.