Mundane News

[tom73]

Dog walk time and another dry and mild one.

 

[biggs682]

Time for a few miles
Might be a bit blustery

 

[PeteXXX]

I'm almost up.

 

[tyred]

We have torrential rain. We have wind. What more could anyone ask for?

 

[classic33]

We have torrential rain. We have wind. What more could anyone ask for?

Thunder, lightning...

 

[tom73]

This mornings post dog walk early morning bake is some Honiglebkuchen dough now resting in the fridge. Recipe via our very own @Reynard looking forward to tasting once baked in a few days time.
All washed up and cleaned up now resting with a and some Christmas tunes on the HomePod currently Bing and London symphony Orchestra album.

 

[PeteXXX]

I have to go to the local shop to buy eggs as grandson has ordered pancakes for lunch before we head off to the Pantomime this afternoon.
🥞

 

[tom73]

The biscuits sound delish. Is there a recipe available?

They are a real step above in favour it's the orange blossom water that really up's the game.
The recipe is one of James Mortons from How Baking Works.

 

[oldwheels]

The South Circ is a nightmare for trucks.. Low bridges all over the place. Mind you, most companies with regular deliveries, like supermarkets & B&M type shops, have safe routes planned out. The difficulty arises when getting from one drop to another.
Mind you, all bridges are marked up with height signs.

Trouble is that some either chance it or do not read the signs. Connel Bridge is marked clearly and they still get stuck on a regular basis. The detour is via Glencoe and I have had in the past had to do over 60 miles to a destination half a mile north of the bridge. The bridge was still closed when I eventually reached my destination.
The last one was a static caravan on a truck.

 

[Jenkins]

Good morning from Suffolk where the sun has finally made an appearance and the skies are a clear blue colour. The first coffee of the day has just been finished and a bowl of porridge will soon be microwaved for breakfast.

Later on today it's the work Chr***mas get together at a local pub with food & drink provided by management so I think I'll go out for a bike ride in a little while to build up an appetite and a bit of a thirst, although any alcohol intake will be the first for December thanks to the cold/chest infection I've had!

 

[fossyant]

Very blustery in North Wales, has been for over 24 hours.

 

[oldwheels]

Still wet and very windy so not nice outside and the car has not yet been cleared of most rubbish.
I will probably have a trip out later so can get another bag full in.
Today somebody is having a "traditional" santa dash along the main street. No idea when such things became traditional here as it is clearly an import. In this weather anybody doing it has to be pretty keen.
If swearing is allowed then OVO can get a mention.
Couple of weeks ago they wrote telling me that as electricity prices are going to come down my direct debit is being reduced by a nominal amount.
Yesterday another letter telling me prices are in fact going up.
Have they any idea what they are doing?
It gets into the political side so not going any further but I suspect political connections.
Coffee time.

 

[biggs682]

I have to go to the local shop to buy eggs as grandson has ordered pancakes for lunch before we head off to the Pantomime this afternoon.
🥞

Oh no he didn't

 

[biggs682]

Nice 33 miles earlier a ride of two halves, struggling into a head wind on the way there and then being a passenger as the tail wind propelled me home.

First cuppa went down well.

Washing machine on .

Christmas cake to make today 😀

 

[Mike_P]

For once instead of dropping off a bag of used coffee machine pods for recycling and then shopping in Aldi I decided to drop them off whilst driving to Lidl. Good job as they refused to accept them due to having too much to be collected. Lidl had 6 CR2032s for £1.99.