Lockdown skills

[slowmotion]

Actually here's a 'newly acquired skill' for me..

Stopping work before it's too dark to see, or I'm so tired that I do dumb stuff, that has to be 'undone' the following day.

Enjoying the 'go slow' when and where possible.

Nice weather, too.

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Is that Exmoor in the distance?

 

[mudsticks]

Is that Exmoor in the distance?

The Pebblebed Heaths, of East Devon.

 

[Reynard]

Brushing up on my rather disused "arty farty" studio-type photography skills thanks to a 30-day challenge being run on the Book of Faces by a very good friend. It's also been a fabby exercise in thinking extremely sideways.

Otherwise it's been pretty well much business as usual here chez Casa Reynard.

 

[Lullabelle]

Just getting through the day without wanting to punch someone.

I went back to work last Monday, still struggling, some folk just a good thump

 

[ColinJ]

The Pebblebed Heaths, of East Devon.

Nice... and it isn't far from where my sister is buying a retirement property. (Between Exeter and Crediton.) Her offer had been accepted but the purchase has been put on hold due to the coronavirus crisis. Hopefully, it will go ahead after lockdown finishes.

I hope to leave a bike (or two) there and come down regularly for cycling holidays. I intend to explore Devon by bike while I still have the energy and fitness to tackle those hills!

 

[anothersam]

I had a crack at something that looks so simple when the professionals have a go. View attachment 514736

I need my hair cutting lady to don a hazmat suit and get back to work STAT. Mine grows fast. Whenever I've watched her work her scissor magic in the mirror, it's clear she's got an advanced degree in the art of keeping me from looking like Chewbacca.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I am mastering the art of being content in stillness and silence. I have a head start on this subject, being an introvert in nature.

 

[steveindenmark]

We were planning a bicycle adventure to Pegasus Bridge, St Maire Eglise and Caen on our Bromptons. That's off due to the circumstances.
I decided to try and brush up my schoolboy French of over 50 years ago 😯
A little a day, it is surprising how much of what I learned pops back into my head.

@alicat,
Bored? Bored? Don't talk to me about bored! As a (much) younger man I did a few track races. 24 hours non stop running round a 400 metre running track could get a bit monotonous 😂

The American Cemetery at Colville sur Mer should be on your list, If you have not been. It leaves a lasting memory.

 

[Chris S]

The Sun suggests ogling
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/11365200/celebrities-bum-body-selfies-lockdown-pics-fans-happy/

 

[mudsticks]

Oh yeah, as per...

"Sun Kicks Off Race to the Bottom"

Don't click on the link, they get ££ every time you do..

 

[mudsticks]

Nice... and it isn't far from where my sister is buying a retirement property. (Between Exeter and Crediton.) Her offer had been accepted but the purchase has been put on hold due to the coronavirus crisis. Hopefully, it will go ahead after lockdown finishes.

I hope to leave a bike (or two) there and come down regularly for cycling holidays. I intend to explore Devon by bike while I still have the energy and fitness to tackle those hills!

Good plan,

I'd recommend the Devon CtoC as a nice no-so-hilly way to enjoy some of our scenery too.

 

[winjim]

Oh yeah, as per...

"Sun Kicks Off Race to the Bottom"

Don't click on the link, they get ££ every time you do..

The Sun is apparently experiencing financial trouble at the moment as sales are falling, so somebody has helpfully set up a Save the Sun Newspaper campaign so that people can donate a bit of money. I would urge everbody to do so.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-sun-newspaper

 

[mudsticks]

The Sun is apparently experiencing financial trouble at the moment as sales are falling, so somebody has helpfully set up a Save the Sun Newspaper campaign so that people can donate a bit of money. I would urge everbody to do so.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-sun-newspaper

Yes I saw that -

- excellent

 

[Tenkaykev]

The American Cemetery at Colville sur Mer should be on your list, If you have not been. It leaves a lasting memory.

That was to be part of the trip Steve, we'd booked the 8pm ferry from Caen to give us all day. ( we were going to start at Tarrant Rushton airfield and cycle down to the ferry terminal on the morning of 5thJune)

 

[Chris S]

I've learned that you can repair stripped threads on a nut with Hard As Nails.