Mundane News

[Deleted member 1258]

I remember the paper. Actually, I remember when there was a morning paper and an evening paper, and extra editions if something happened.

We still get both an evening paper and a morning one

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Yesterday a Red Admiral flutterby landed on me in the garden.

If there is a shortage of bees in your garden, they are all in my garden.

My lavender hedge is buzzing with insects all day long, as are my shashtra daisies and a lot of other plants

 

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[Gravity Aided]

I am thinking about putting drop bars on my mountain bike.i noticed a few riders going to work on the tow path a few weeks ago,it looks a little comfier,it's just an idea.Going to Leeds outside market an Saturday ,there is a second hand bike stall.

I have just Googled photos of Mountain bikes with drops,oh they look rather good.This is an idea because my mate wants to go out on the road with his new Mountain bike.

Works out pretty good, especially on choppy or bad roads, gravel, etc. You may have to have different brake levers, or add a device called a Travel Agent to your brakes to make the brakes work properly. Worth the time and trouble, though. Use a CR-Mo frame, as the steel ones get a bit heavy.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

My lavender hedge

 

[TVC]

Cloudy and dull here, definitely not scorching either..

Blue skies here, we have been lolling in hot mineral pools, now in Husavik. Not that you are interested. Did I say blue skies?

 

[potsy]

Blue sky here too (better late than never)

 

[potsy]

I see hoppy has had her monthly bath

 

[raleighnut]

A flying ant has just landed in my bucket of tea

make it spit it out.

 

[TVC]

There is puffin on the menu tonight. Tempted, really tempted.

 

[Speicher]

There is puffin on the menu tonight. Tempted, really tempted.

How far is the hotel from the Restaurant? Could you just walk rather than run? I imagine Lu will not be puffing.

 

[potsy]

There is puffin on the menu tonight. Tempted, really tempted.

Not poncy enough?

 

[Speicher]

I recall that there is a ceremony of sorts that the children of Iceland join. They release a baby puffin from the cliffs. I think that is what baby puffins are sposed to do. On my holiday in Iceland, we transported a baby puffin to the cliffs, and it flew off happily. I hasten to add, that it was not me who did this, it was our Icelandic guide who had the correct expertise.

 

[Illaveago]

I'm back from our ride and most of it went as I had forecast. It was a hot sunny evening with lots of cyclists about, I wasn't sure if I was going to be make the ride tonight.
I had to get off and walk for the mountain stage, the large knobly tyres were alright on the rough cycle track but we're unsuitable for riding on the road and I found them tiring.
When I got back from my ride my wife asked me if I had taken my phone with me. Apparently my BIL had received some strange texts from my phone whilst I was cycling. I only take my phone in case of emergencies.

 

[TVC]

Not poncy enough?

Really?